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Empires & historical states

Paperback. Collects some of John McDowell's papers, written at various times in the 1980s and 1990s. Issues dealt with include: the interpretation of the ethical writings of Aristotle and Plato; and treatments of questions in moral philosophy that arise naturally out of reflection on the Greek tradition. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007130
ISBN
9780674007130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.22

Hardback. Delivers a comprehensive reading of Minoan art as a system of thought. Num Pages: 280 pages, 137 line drawings, 24 b&w photographs, 3 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252033926
ISBN
9780252033926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Paperback. As we approach the centenary of Sir Arthur Evans' rediscovery of the Minoans, the author questions whether the work of subsequent archaeologists in Crete support the defined cultural traits that make the Minoan personality. This book examines recent research and offers a new vision of Minoan Crete. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415088336
ISBN
9780415088336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.14

Hardback. Miracles occupied a unique place in medieval and Byzantine life and thought. This volume makes available three collections of miracle tales never before translated into English. They deepen our understanding of attitudes toward miracles and display the remarkable range of registers in which Greek could be written during the Byzantine period. Translator(s): Talbot, Alice-Mary; Johnson, Dr. Scott Fitzgerald. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3F; 3H; DSBB; HRCC2; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 210 x 28. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674059030
ISBN
9780674059030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.07

Hardback. Examines the ways in which Christian monks justified occupying the Sinai through creating associations between Biblical narratives and Sinai sites while assigning uncivilized, negative, and oppositional traits to the indigenous nomadic population, whom the Christians pejoratively called Saracens. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 figures, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283770
ISBN
9780520283770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.79

Paperback. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 95 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 1QDA; HBJF1; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 7. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
95
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772890685
ISBN
9788772890685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.28

Hardcover. Presents fresh insights into the relationships between missions and indigenous peoples, and the outcomes of mission activities in the processes of imperial conquest and colonisation. This book focuses on missions across the British Empire (including India, Africa, Asia, the Pacific), within transnational and comparative perspectives. Editor(s): Grimshaw, Patricia; May, Andrew. Num Pages: 207 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBTQ; HRCX7; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193089
ISBN
9781845193089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.51

Paperback. The widespread idea that Christian missions went hand in hand with Imperialism and colonial conquest is challenged here by a group of eminent historians. By showing the variety of missions and the vital role played by indigenous men and women, they place missions in a long historical perspective. Editor(s): Etherington, Norman. Series: Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HRCX7. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199253487
ISBN
9780199253487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.25

Editor(s): Carter, Sarah; Nugent, Late Maria. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 maps, Illustrations, black & white|Maps. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 282 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784991401
ISBN
9781784991401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 163.25

Paperback. Mithridates the Great was one of the dominant figures of the first century BC and the Romans' most persistent enemy, going to war with them three times. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473828902
ISBN
9781473828902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Hardback. Editor(s): Frachetti, Michael David; Spengler, Robert N., III. Num Pages: 215 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, 9 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3B; JFFN; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319151373
ISBN
9783319151373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.99

Hardback. Editor(s): Davaras, Costis; Soles, Jeffrey S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 82 illus, 60 b/w figs, 35 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 1QDAG; 3B; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 287 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Institute for Aegean Prehistory United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931534604
ISBN
9781931534604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.99

hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931534789
ISBN
9781931534789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167164
ISBN
9789774167164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.68

Hardback. Num Pages: 530 pages, 117 tbls, 137 b/w figs, 70 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 1QDAG; 3B; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 285 x 225 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2188.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Institute for Aegean Prehistory United States
Number of pages
530
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931534581
ISBN
9781931534581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.22

Hardcover. Presents a photographic and narrative survey of the major sites of the Inca empire, including the famed city of Machu Picchu, the Inca town and sun temple of Ollantaytambo, the mighty temple-fortress of Sacsahuaman, and the steeply terraced ruins of Pisac. This book also includes chapters about Choquequirao, Chinchero, and Vitcos. Num Pages: 240 pages, 174 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 1QDAK; 3H; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 274 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1546.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500051634
ISBN
9780500051634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.76

Hardback. Arthur Eckstein's interpretation challenges the way Polybius' "Histories" have long been viewed. He argues that Polybius evaluates people and events as much from a moral viewpoint as from a pragmatic, utilitarian, or even Machiavellian one. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520085206
ISBN
9780520085206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 53.80

Paperback. In this analysis, Leslie Peirce delves into the life of a 16th-century Middle Eastern community, bringing to light the ways that women and men used their local law court to solve personal, family and community problems. Num Pages: 475 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBT; JFSJ; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Paper edition
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228924
ISBN
9780520228924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.23

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 450 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614755
ISBN
9780691614755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.24
€ 59.92

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 450 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; 1QDAG; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642338
ISBN
9780691642338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.46
€ 147.81

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