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Empires & historical states

Paperback. Eric Adler explores the degree to which ancient historians of Rome were capable of valorizing foreigners and presenting criticisms of their own society. By examining speeches put into the mouths of barbarian leaders by a variety of writers, he investigates how critical of the empire these historians could be. Num Pages: 269 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292744035
ISBN
9780292744035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardcover. The catacombs of Rome have captured imaginations for centuries. This innovative study takes a fresh look at these underground spaces, and considers how art, space, texts, and practices can tell us more about the catacombs and the people who dug and decorated them. Series: Religion and Spatial Studies. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; AMN; HBLA; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137468031
ISBN
9781137468031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Paperback. Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater examines actors and their popular reception from the origins of theater in Classical Greece to the Roman Empire. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; AN; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118782880
ISBN
9781118782880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.43

Paperback. An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Series: Greece and Rome - Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 210 pages, 4 colour book. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 4KL; AN. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 11. Weight in Grams: 428. Series: Greece and Rome - Texts and Contexts. 208 pages, 4 colour book. An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Cateogry: (UA) A / AS level. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 4KL; AN. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 11. Weight: 468.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521689427
ISBN
9780521689427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.40

Paperback. The first book in a new Johns Hopkins series, Regional Perspectives on Early America, At the Edge of Empire explores one of British America's most intriguing regions, both widening and deepening our understanding of North America's colonial experience. Series: Regional Perspectives on Early America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1QDB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801871375
ISBN
9780801871375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.97

Hardcover. This fascinating work profiles Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, the foremost Islamic scholar and mystic of the medieval period. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 3H; BGX; HRH; HRLK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851684144
ISBN
9781851684144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.02

Hardcover. Editor(s): Rebillard, Eric; Rupke, Jorg. Series: CUA Studies in Early Christianity. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HRAX; HRCC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813227436
ISBN
9780813227436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589880504
ISBN
9781589880504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.27

paperback. Winner of the 2001 Alf Andrew Heggoy Prize of the French Colonial Historical Society This book examines the role of the Vichy regime in bringing about profound changes in the French colonial empire. It argues that Vichy contributed to postwar decolonization by introducing an ideology based on a new, harsher, brand of colonization. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QD; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750479
ISBN
9780804750479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156354
ISBN
9780691156354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. This study of the late Republic examines institutions as well as personalities, social tensions as well as politics, the plebs and the army as well as the aristocracy. Num Pages: 615 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
615
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201538
ISBN
9780520201538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. A revisionist study of Roman imperialism in the Greek world, which considers the Hellenistic context within which Roman expansion took place. Num Pages: 800 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520057371
ISBN
9780520057371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 42.58

Hardback. Prevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other - Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners. This book demonstrates how the ancients found connections rather than contrasts. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148526
ISBN
9780691148526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.17
€ 64.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Red Wheel/Weiser
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781601632470
ISBN
9781601632470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.23

Paperback. Contents: Domestic Space in the Geometric Cyclades; Archaeological field work in ancient Kalydon; The Zea Habour Project 2001-06; A fresh approach to the problems of the Parthenon Frieze; The cult and political background of the Knidian Aphrodite; Sight, object, space. The notion of landscape in antiquity as a functional or an aesthetic category. Editor(s): Hallager, Erik; Jensen, Jesper. Num Pages: 212 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDAG; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Edition
1st
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772887258
ISBN
9788772887258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.94

Paperback. Editor(s): Hallager, Erik; Riisager, Sine. Num Pages: 308 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1179.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aarhus University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779345225
ISBN
9788779345225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.02

Paperback. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, 23. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; BGH; HBJH; HBLA; HRKP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218. 160 pages, 1 map, 15 b&w photographs, 7 drawings. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; BGH; HBJH; HBLA; HRKP1. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight: 218. Translator(s): Lorton, David.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487255
ISBN
9780801487255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Translator(s): Baines, John. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25, 20 line drawings, 5 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HRKP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390. The One and the Many. 296 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HRKP1. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight: 392. Translator(s): Baines, John.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483844
ISBN
9780801483844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

The British Empire used intelligence tests, laboratory studies, and psychoanalysis to measure and manage the minds of subjects in distant cultures. Challenging assumptions about the role of scientific knowledge in the exercise of power, Erik Linstrum shows that psychology did more to reveal the limits of imperial authority than to strengthen it. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBTQ; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088665
ISBN
9780674088665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDH; HBLA1; HPN; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416963
ISBN
9780674416963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

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