Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Paperback. Offers perspectives on the practices and beliefs of Greco-Roman Jews who lived outside of Palestine and beyond rabbinic control or influence. This book investigates their influence on early Christians and examines how the two communities defined themselves in relation to each another. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBTB; HRAX; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 182 x 11. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128575
- ISBN
- 9780231128575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.87
€ 46.87
Hardback. This title reconsiders images of Byzantine empresses on media as diverse as bronze coins and gold mosaic from the fifth through seventh centuries A.D. The representations have often been viewed in terms of individual personas, but strong typological currents frame their medieval contexts. Editor(s): Wheeler, Bonnie. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3D; 3F; AG; HBJD; HBJF; HBLC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294922
- ISBN
- 9780312294922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.71
€ 123.71
Hardback. An exploration of the public and private beliefs of governors such as Sir Thomas Brisbane, Sir John Colbourne, Sir George Grey and Lord Elgin as they struggled to survive in colonial cultures which both defied and vilified their personal qualities. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333539040
- ISBN
- 9780333539040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.02
€ 123.02
Paperback. A prize-winning classicist's thrilling account of the Ten Years' War--the first stage of the Peloponnesian War Num Pages: 576 pages, b&w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 234 x 39. Weight in Grams: 698. The Peloponnesian War Begins. 576 pages, b&w photos, maps. For ten years in the late fifth century BC, the dueling city-states of Athens and Sparta fought the first bloody chapter of the Peloponnesian War, the conflict that turned the Golden Age of Greece to iron. This book gives an account of the epic clash of Athens and Sparta. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Dimension: 181 x 234 x 39. Weight: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465031436
- ISBN
- 9780465031436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.30
€ 23.99
€ 22.30
Hardcover. This Companion provides scholarly yet accessible new interpretations of Greek history of the Classical period, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 B.C. to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. Editor(s): Kinzl, Konrad H. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 632 pages, 51. BIC Classification: 1QDA; GBC; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 186 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230144
- ISBN
- 9780631230144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.92
€ 250.92
Looks at the attitudes of colonial officials in Africa who served between the end of the19th century and WWII, as well as what shaped such attitudes, including education and training, interrelationships, infrastructural change, and anti-colonial nationalism. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719083686
- ISBN
- 9780719083686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.56
€ 151.56
Examines the networks that linked academics across the British settler world in the age of 'Victorian' globalization. Drawing on extensive archival research, remaps the intellectual geographies of Britain and its empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 256 pages, Tables, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; JFCX; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085024
- ISBN
- 9780719085024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.94
€ 151.94
This book appraises the critical contribution of the Studies in Imperialism series to the writing of imperial histories as the series passes its 100th publication. The volume brings together some of the most distinguished scholars writing today to explore the major intellectual trends in Imperial history. Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew S. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719086007
- ISBN
- 9780719086007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.66
€ 163.66
Hardback. This volume brings together a wide range of readings on the Athenian Empire. Editor(s): Low, Polly. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625857
- ISBN
- 9780748625857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.91
€ 189.91
Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras
. Ed(S): Marincola, John; Llewellyn-Jones, Ll...
This series, supported by the Leventis Foundation, is a forum for original research in all aspects of ancient Greek history and culture. Each volume is co-edited by the biannually appointed Leventis Professor of Ancient Greece. Editor(s): Marincola, John; Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd; Maciver, Calum. Series: Edinburgh Leventis Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 752. History without Historians. Series: Edinburgh Leventis Studies. 352 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Marincola, John; Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd; Maciver, Calum. This series, supported by the Leventis Foundation, is a forum for original research in all aspects of ancient Greek history and culture. Each volume is co-edited by the biannually appointed Leventis Professor of Ancient Greece. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Dimension: 162 x 234 x 28. Weight: 752.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643967
- ISBN
- 9780748643967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.05
€ 153.05
Paperback. This text examines variation in systems of economic production and exchange and how these systems supported the power networks that integrated Maya society. Editor(s): Masson, Marilyn A.; Freidel, David A. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 1QDA; HBJK; HBLC; JP; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759100817
- ISBN
- 9780759100817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.80
€ 83.80
Paperback. Today the Journal has achieved worldwide recognition as a forum for international exchange among classicists by publishing original research in Greco-Roman literature, and culture. Editor(s): Gold, Barbara K.; Donahue, John F. Num Pages: 184 pages, 29, 29 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801882029
- ISBN
- 9780801882029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.90
€ 32.90
Lowenstam identifies a variety of images and interpretations-some regarded Achilles as a hero, others believed him to be a cruel bully-that reflect and directly respond to the ancient heroic tradition from which the Iliad and Odyssey evolved. Num Pages: 248 pages, 93, 92 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 187 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887758
- ISBN
- 9780801887758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardback. With his keen, original analysis of hitherto untapped literary, iconographical, and archaeological sources, Burgess adds greatly to our understanding of this archetypal mythic hero. Num Pages: 208 pages, 26, 23 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBH; DSC; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890291
- ISBN
- 9780801890291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.88
€ 59.88
Hardcover. Series: ATLA Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 594 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 1QDA; GBC; GTB; HRCG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810823938
- ISBN
- 9780810823938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.37
€ 183.37
Hardcover. In the series of final publications for the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, this book presents ceramic material from Roman Corinth (primarily from the middle of the first century to the end of the fourth century A.D.) in which is included the relatively small number of Roman lamps. Series: Corinth S. Num Pages: 176 pages, xvi + 160 pp, 33 figs, 18 pls, 3 plans. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 229. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies
- Edition
- Volume XVIII Part 2
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876611821
- ISBN
- 9780876611821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.71
€ 122.71
Paperback. This work presents a classification system and absolute chronology for black-gloss wares from Crete, establishing the first local and regional ceramic sequences during the period from 600 to 400 B.C. Num Pages: 380 pages, 7 col and 115 b/w figs, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 281 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
- Edition
- First Edition, First
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876615454
- ISBN
- 9780876615454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 98.97
€ 98.97
Paperback. (American School of Classical Studies, 1961) Series: Excavations of the Athenian Agora Picture Book. Num Pages: 32 pages, 69ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 3. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens
- Edition
- Volume VI
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876616192
- ISBN
- 9780876616192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.39
€ 9.39
Paperback. Full-colour booklet illustrating the many role played by the horse in Greek life, from myth and early history to its significance as a mark of status and its use in war, transport, games and festivals. Series: Excavations of the Athenian Agora Picture Book. Num Pages: 40 pages, 56 col illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK; YNH; YNW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies
- Edition
- Volume XXIV
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876616390
- ISBN
- 9780876616390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.94
€ 11.94
Hardcover. The Peirene Fountain as described by its first excavator, Rufus B. Richardson, is "the most famous fountain of Greece." Here is a retrospective of a wellspring of Western civilization, distinguished by its long history, service to a great ancient city, and early identification as the site where Pegasus landed and was tamed by the hero Bellerophon. Num Pages: 418 pages, 218 col and bw photos and ills, 18 col pls, 4 plans, 1 foldout. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 302 x 253 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2188.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876619650
- ISBN
- 9780876619650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.23
€ 110.23