Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Hardcover. Up until the end of the eighteenth century, the way Ottomans used their clocks conformed to the inner logic of their own temporal culture. This book unravels the complexity of Ottoman temporal culture and tells the story of its transformation. It presents us with a new understanding of the relationship between time and modernity. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTB; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 15. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226257723
- ISBN
- 9780226257723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.73€ 48.09
€ 56.73
€ 48.09
Paperback. At once academic and cheeky, the experience of this book is like reading Herodotus while simultaneously consulting a history of Greece and a scholarly commentary on the text. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14, 5 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406565
- ISBN
- 9781421406565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.10
€ 43.10
hardcover. At once academic and cheeky, the experience of this book is like reading Herodotus while simultaneously consulting a history of Greece and a scholarly commentary on the text. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14, 5 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421406558
- ISBN
- 9781421406558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.28
€ 76.28
Hardcover. Reading the Sphinx unearths buried conflicts in religion, myth, and the memory of Egypt in the West, illuminating issues of identity, inheritance, gender, and sexuality through cultural productions ranging from Herodotus to Freud. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; DSBF; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603288
- ISBN
- 9780230603288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Paperback. This book contains a comprehensive selection of historical documents for courses in Greek History and Civilization, and Western Civilization. It includes material dealing with all the major aspects of Greek historical experience: political, social, cultural, intellectual, economic, and technological. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199978458
- ISBN
- 9780199978458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.13
€ 53.13
hardcover. This book investigates the mappings of ideas about sexual and ethnic difference in Galilee during the centuries following the last Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1QDA; 3D; HRAX; HRJ; JFSJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740296
- ISBN
- 9780804740296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.13
€ 98.13
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€ 37.18
€ 52.99
€ 37.18
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
€ 59.09€ 46.06
€ 59.09
€ 46.06
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
€ 59.09€ 45.72
€ 59.09
€ 45.72
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
€ 59.54
€ 59.54
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
€ 206.83€ 153.78
€ 206.83
€ 153.78
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
€ 63.52
€ 63.52
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
€ 18.99€ 17.19
€ 18.99
€ 17.19
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. 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
€ 54.99€ 39.04
€ 54.99
€ 39.04
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
€ 94.55€ 77.43
€ 94.55
€ 77.43
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€ 40.60
€ 40.99
€ 40.60
Paperback. This 1999 book describes the religious life of the Greeks from the archaic to the Roman periods. Series: Key Themes in Ancient History. Num Pages: 230 pages, 36 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362. Series: Key Themes in Ancient History. 230 pages, 36 b/w illus. This 1999 book describes the religious life of the Greeks from the archaic to the Roman periods. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; HRKP. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 15. Weight: 370.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521388672
- ISBN
- 9780521388672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.89
€ 36.89
Hardcover. Materials from ten different cultures and traditions that arose and developed in Mediterranean religions are presented side by side in an incisive study of the complexities of the ancient spiritual world, which interprets these specific beliefs, rituals, practices, gods, and cults. Editor(s): Johnston, Sarah Iles. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 732 pages, 20 colour illustrations, 2 maps, 100halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 267 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1574.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 732
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674015173
- ISBN
- 9780674015173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.95€ 69.39
€ 77.95
€ 69.39
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€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54