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Empires & historical states

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Empires & historical states

Paperback. Nothing offends liberals and leftists more than western imperialism - it is racism, sexism, and chauvinism all in one. And of course the epitome of western imperialism is the British Empire, the biggest empire the world has ever known. This title exposes how the British Empire was actually one of the greatest establishers and defenders of freedom. Series: The Politically Incorrect Guides. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 187 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Regnery Publishing Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781596986299
ISBN
9781596986299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Klaus, Haagen D; Toyne, J Marla. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 486 pages, 91 b&w photos, 29 b&w illus., 7 b&w maps, 12 b&w charts/graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1QDAK; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309636
ISBN
9781477309636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.75

Hardback. Editor(s): Klaus, Haagen D; Toyne, J Marla. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 486 pages, 91 b&w photos, 29 b&w illus., 7 b&w maps, 12 b&w charts/graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1QDAK; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 41. Weight in Grams: 898.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309377
ISBN
9781477309377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.92

Paperback. Explores the place of the sophists within the Greek wisdom tradition, and argues against their almost universal exclusion from serious intellectual traditions. This book offers a revised history of the development of Greek philosophy, as well as of the potential - yet never realized - courses it might have followed. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055919
ISBN
9780674055919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.41

Paperback. Covering the greatest three centuries of Turkish history, this book tells the story of the Ottoman Empire's growth into a vast Middle Eastern Power. Num Pages: 272 pages, 57, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842124420
ISBN
9781842124420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

Paperback. A collection of essays that seeks to establish Roman constructions of sexuality and gender difference as a distinct area of research, complementing work already done on Greece to give a picture of ancient sexuality. This title applies feminist critical tools to forms of public discourse, including literature, history, law, and political oratory. Editor(s): Hallett, Judith P.; Skinner, Marilyn B. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFC; JFFK; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691011783
ISBN
9780691011783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.91
€ 53.85

Hardcover. This monograph considers the painted frieze on the facade of Tomb II at Vergina (ca. 330-280 B.C.) as a visual document that offers vital evidence for the public self-stylings of Macedonian royalty in the era surrounding the reign of Alexander the Great. Num Pages: 250 pages, 70 col. & b/w figs., 1 col. fold-out. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 299 x 250 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876619667
ISBN
9780876619667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12

Paperback. Features essays that reflect the different directions in which legal history in the settler colonies of the British Empire has developed. This title shows how local life and culture in selected settlements influenced, and was influenced by, the ideology of the rule of law that accompanied the British colonial project. Editor(s): Foster, Hamar; Berger, Benjamin L.; Buck, Mr. A. R. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; LAQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774814928
ISBN
9780774814928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Northcott, K.J.; Lutzeier, E. Num Pages: 230 pages, 64 halftones, 43 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
0002-
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226586588
ISBN
9780226586588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.25

Paperback. In this study, originally published in Norway as Fra Principat Til Dominat, Professor L'Orange sets down the essence of his thought on the crucial period of transition from decentralization to standardization in civic and cultural life-a period not unlike our own.

Num Pages: 131 pages, 67ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 212 x 11. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
131
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691003054
ISBN
9780691003054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.73
€ 44.15

Paperback. The first book to approach the ancient Greek economy along the lines of the "new fiscal history", new in paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 138 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784534325
ISBN
9781784534325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.51

Paperback. Warfare was only one form of the violence that had a profound impact on Archaic and Classical Greek society, literature and government. This important series of thirteen papers, from a seminar held in London in 1998, places private and public conflict within its wider context. Editor(s): Wees, Hans van. Num Pages: 389 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125340
ISBN
9781905125340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.55

Hardcover. Featuring over 400 photographs, this volume presents a range of ancient Egyptian gold objects and jewels. It constitutes a study of the subject, not only revealing an array of dazzling jewellery and metalwork but also tracing the development of the goldsmiths' techniques and fashions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 400 colour and b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; ACG; AFKG; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 325 x 245. . Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KOC0011894
ISBN
9781860645273
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. Stahl's classic book on Thucydides is one of the most profound and widely respected modern studies of the Athenian historian. Published in German in 1966 as Thukydides: Die Stellung des Menschen im geschichtlichen Prozess, it has not been available in English until now. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125326
ISBN
9781905125326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.24

Hardback. Illustrator(s): Fawkes, Glynnis. Num Pages: 584 pages, 26 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HRKP3; HRKP4; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 152. Weight in Grams: 914.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691170152
ISBN
9780691170152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.86

Hardback. Examining various aspects of Coptic civilization along the Nile Valley from Nag Hammadi through Luxor and Coptos and south to Esna over the past seventeen hundred years, the authors look at Coptic religious history, tradition, language and heritage through texts, art, architecture, and archaeology. Editor(s): Gabra, Gawdat; Takla, Hany N. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 824.
Publisher
Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt v. 2; Nag Hammadi - Esna Egypt
Number of pages
372
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774163111
ISBN
9789774163111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 2CXG; 3D; CFF; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Volume 7
SKU
V9780631184416
ISBN
9780631184416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 316.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HRCC2; HRCX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 549.
Publisher
Zondervan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310422518
ISBN
9780310422518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.18

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Craft, Louise. Series: Carnegie Museum Discovery Series. Num Pages: 24 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; YNH; YX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 280 x 215 x 2. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Roberts Rinehart Publishers United States
Number of pages
24
Condition
New
SKU
V9780911239287
ISBN
9780911239287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.51

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138238633
ISBN
9781138238633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.80

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