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Empires & historical states
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
€ 101.99
€ 101.99
Hardback. Collected essays in honour of Mark J. Smith, Professor of Egyptology, University of Oxford, focussing on his research interests including Egyptian religion, language and texts, incl. demotic. Exceptional list of international contributors, majority European. 25 colour, c.100 b&w illustrations. Editor(s): Jasnow, Richard; Widmer, Ghislaine. Series: Material and Visual Culture of Ancient Egypt. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HRKP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1633.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Lockwood Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937040741
- ISBN
- 9781937040741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.44
€ 121.44
Illustrating Empire: A Visual History of British Imperialism (The Bodl...
Ashley Jackson & David Tomkins
paperback. Illustrating Empire tells the history of the British Empire through the ephemeral images used to promote, record, and celebrate its development. The narrative is told through more than 200 striking and original images accompanied by illuminating story captions which unlock the history and meaning behind the illustrations. Series: Visual History from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. Num Pages: 224 pages, 228 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 213 x 21. Weight in Grams: 886. A Visual History of British Imperialism. Series: Visual History from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. 224 pages, 228 colour illustrations. Illustrating Empire tells the history of the British Empire through the ephemeral images used to promote, record, and celebrate its development. The narrative is told through more than 200 striking and original images accompanied by illuminating story captions which unlock the history and meaning behind the illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ; WCS. Dimension: 229 x 213 x 21. Weight: 894.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243341
- ISBN
- 9781851243341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.67
€ 26.99
€ 20.67
Hardcover. On museum visits, we pass by beautiful, well-preserved vases from ancient Greece - but how often do we understand what the images on them depict? Covering the range of Greek style and its growth between the early Archaic and Hellenistic periods, the author describes the intellectual, social, and artistic contexts in which the images were created. Translator(s): O'Donnell, Joseph. Num Pages: 384 pages, 87 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1074.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226297651
- ISBN
- 9780226297651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.29€ 60.49
€ 71.29
€ 60.49
Paperback. In archaic and classical Greece, statues played a constant role in people's religious, political, economic, aesthetic, and mental lives. Evidence of many kinds demonstrates that ancient Greeks thought about - and interacted with - statues in ways very different from our own. This book recovers ancient thinking about statues. Num Pages: 384 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; ACG; AFKB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691094885
- ISBN
- 9780691094885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.92€ 54.12
€ 68.92
€ 54.12
Hardcover. Analyses ancestral representation in ancient Greece, Etruria and Rome. This book includes contributions that address the artistic, social and political significance of given portraits and themes such as the true and false forefathers in the portraits of Hellenistic rulers, the question of whether women were ancestors in republican Rome, and more. Editor(s): Hojte, J. M. Series: Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity. Num Pages: 309 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; ACG; AGH; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 186 x 26. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 309
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772889481
- ISBN
- 9788772889481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.69
€ 37.69
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Mandrake
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906958213
- ISBN
- 9781906958213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Hardback. An investigation of the metaphors of illegitimacy in classical Greek literature, concentrating in particular on the way in which the illegitimate child, "nothos", is imagined in narratives. The "nothos" is connected to concerns about gender, reproduction, marriage, and concepts of polity. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 136 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739105375
- ISBN
- 9780739105375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.20
€ 122.20
Paperback. An examination of how the Roman past was perceived, and used, by Victorian Britain. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 220 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDAR; 3D; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Royal Historical Society
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861933358
- ISBN
- 9780861933358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.01
€ 33.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Disinformation Company
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938875007
- ISBN
- 9781938875007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.35
€ 31.99
€ 28.35
Series: Routledge Studies in Ancient History. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415737869
- ISBN
- 9780415737869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.29
€ 194.29
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066625
- ISBN
- 9780674066625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Paperback. Taking British colonialism and White Australia as case studies, Alison Bashford's innovative study, now published for the first time in paperback, examines the enclosures, boundaries and borders which were the objects and means of public health, as well as of colonial, national and racial administration between 1850 and 1950. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJM; HBLL; HBLW; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137429216
- ISBN
- 9781137429216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 182.39
€ 182.39
Paperback. The Roman empire remains unique. Although Rome claimed to rule the world, it did not. This title argues that the longevity of the empire rested not on Roman military power but on a gradually realized consensus that Roman rule was justified. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 520 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 515
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280168
- ISBN
- 9780520280168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
This is a lively, new textbook for US students on British history from the Stuart Restoration of 1660 to the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. Its central theme is how Britain became the first modern nation state. Num Pages: 448 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405134446
- ISBN
- 9781405134446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 171.83
€ 171.83
Paperback. This is a lively, new textbook for US students on British history from the Stuart Restoration of 1660 to the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. Its central theme is how Britain became the first modern nation state. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405134453
- ISBN
- 9781405134453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99
€ 43.99
Paperback. This chronicles the interrelation of gender, class and race which shaped British imperialism and, subsequently, its bloody dismantling. Num Pages: 464 pages, 50ill. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBTB; HBTQ; JFC; JFSJ; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415908900
- ISBN
- 9780415908900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.03
€ 63.03
Paperback. An illustrated history of the Roman Navy and their warships in the late Empire. A less well-known aspect of Roman history that will appeal to ancient and naval history enthusiasts. Illustrator(s): Rava, Giuseppe. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 48 col. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472818263
- ISBN
- 9781472818263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.50
€ 16.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472810892
- ISBN
- 9781472810892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. The Roman empire during the period framed by the accession of Septimus Severus in 193 and the rise of Diocletian in 284 has conventionally been regarded as one of crisis. This book describes and integrates the contrasting histories of different parts of the empire and assesses the impacts of administrative, political and religious change. Series: The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 b&w illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 464. The Critical Century. Series: The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome. 320 pages, 30 b&w illustrations, 5 maps. The Roman empire during the period framed by the accession of Septimus Severus in 193 and the rise of Diocletian in 284 has conventionally been regarded as one of crisis. This book describes and integrates the contrasting histories of different parts of the empire and assesses the impacts of administrative, political and religious change. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 14. Weight: 478.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748620517
- ISBN
- 9780748620517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.39
€ 43.99
€ 36.39