Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Paperback. In "re-reading" the sophists of fifth-century Greece, Susan C. Jarratt reinterprets classical rhetoric, with implications for current theory and composition. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809322244
- ISBN
- 9780809322244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.26
€ 44.26
Paperback. Republics Ancient and Modern, Volume I: The Ancien Regime in Classical Greece" Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807844731
- ISBN
- 9780807844731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.45
€ 65.45
Paperback. "The Republic" deals with almost the whole range of Plato's thought, but is particularly concerned with what makes a well-balanced society and individual. It combines argument with myth to advocate a life organized by reason rather than dominated by leisures and appetites. Translator(s): Davies, John Llewelyn; Vaughan, David James. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HPCA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853264832
- ISBN
- 9781853264832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.36
€ 7.36
Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DB; HPCA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199535767
- ISBN
- 9780199535767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.78
€ 11.99
€ 10.78
Hardback. Examines the role of romantic comedy, particularly the plays of Menander, in defending democratic culture and transnational polis culture against various threats during the initial and most fraught period of the Hellenistic Era. This book also demonstrates the importance of gender, kinship, and sexuality to the making of democratic civic ideology. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; JFC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115832
- ISBN
- 9780691115832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.36€ 68.07
€ 88.36
€ 68.07
Paperback. Pioneering study of the anglophone 'settler boom' in North America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand between the early 19th and early 20th centuries, looking at what made it the most successful of all such settler revolutions, and how this laid the basis of British and American power in the 19th and 20th centuries. Num Pages: 592 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 45. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199604548
- ISBN
- 9780199604548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.83
€ 29.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784531614
- ISBN
- 9781784531614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.96
€ 33.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. A comprehensive and radical new survey of religious life in Rome over the course of a millennium. Num Pages: 476 pages, 58 b/w illus. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 176 x 22. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 476
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521316828
- ISBN
- 9780521316828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.55
€ 40.99
€ 40.55
Hardcover. How does religion stimulate and feed imperial ambitions and violence? This title identifies three core components of an imperial theology that have transhistorical and contemporary relevance: dualistic ethics, a theory of divine election, and a sense of salvific mission. It shows how the religious ideas shaped Achaemenian practice. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 halftones, 11 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; HBJD; HBLA; HRKP; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226481968
- ISBN
- 9780226481968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.25€ 78.69
€ 94.25
€ 78.69
Paperback. Examines the complex fate of classical Egyptian religion during the centuries from the period when Christianity first made its appearance in Egypt to when it became the region's dominant religion. This book describes how an ancient culture maintained itself while also being transformed through influences such as Hellenism, and Roman government. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map, 1 line illus., 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HRC; HRKP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070544
- ISBN
- 9780691070544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.36
€ 62.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226067186
- ISBN
- 9780226067186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.65
€ 32.99
€ 25.65
paperback. Editor(s): Brisch, N. Num Pages: 272 pages, 49 illus, 5 tabs. BIC Classification: 1QDAA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781885923554
- ISBN
- 9781885923554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.55
€ 37.55
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140262520
- ISBN
- 9780140262520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.46
€ 23.99
€ 17.46
Hardcover. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771243932
- ISBN
- 9788771243932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.00
€ 68.00
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JH; HBJF1; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691651644
- ISBN
- 9780691651644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.17€ 154.18
€ 206.17
€ 154.18
Paperback. Analyzing the biblical material in light of recent archaeological discoveries about rural village life in ancient Palestine, Meyers depicts Israelite women as strong and significant actors within their families and society. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAL; HDDH; HRCG; HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199734627
- ISBN
- 9780199734627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.14
€ 63.14
Hardback. The 18th-century rediscovery of the three archaic Greek-Doric temples in Paestum in southern Italy turned existing ideas on classical architecture upside down. In this book, the author analyzes extensive original source material, including letters, diaries, drawings, paintings, engravings and published texts, which are reproduced here. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 352 pages, 100 color + 185 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMA; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 234 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300195750
- ISBN
- 9780300195750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.91€ 46.20
€ 58.91
€ 46.20
Hardback. The scholars have argued that the Roman Republic's political culture was democratic in nature, stressing the role of the 'sovereign' people and their assemblies. The author challenges this view, warning that this trend threatens to become an orthodoxy, and defending that the republic was a Roman, oligarchic and aristocratic political form. Translator(s): Heitmann-Gordon, Henry. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised, Updated
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140384
- ISBN
- 9780691140384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.56
€ 79.56
Hardback. Offers an in-depth exploration of the libellus - or little book - of six Latin satires left by the Roman satirical writer Persius when he died in AD 62 at the age of twenty-seven. In this book, the author fleshes out the primary importance of this mysterious and idiosyncratic writer. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141411
- ISBN
- 9780691141411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.69€ 55.08
€ 70.69
€ 55.08
Paperback. Editor(s): Fischer-Hansen, Tobias; et al. Series: Acta Hyperborea. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772891217
- ISBN
- 9788772891217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.77
€ 52.99
€ 37.77