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Empires & historical states

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Empires & historical states

Hardback. While the gender and age of the girl may seem to remove her from any significant contribution to empire, this book provides both a new perspective on familiar girls' literature, and the first detailed examination of lesser-known fiction relating the emergence of fictional girl adventurers, castaways and 'ripping' schoolgirls to the British Empire. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230272866
ISBN
9780230272866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.03

Hardback. This is the first transnational study of British, Norwegian, and Swedish engagement with the Antarctic. Rather than charting how Europeans unveiled the Antarctic, it uses the history of Antarctic activity as a window into the political and cultural worlds of twentieth-century Britain and Scandinavia. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 283 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; 1MTS; 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230115910
ISBN
9780230115910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

Hardback. The essays in this book analyze a range of genres and considers geographical areas beyond the Ottoman Empire to deepen our post-Saidian understanding of the complexity of real and imagined "traffic" between England and the "Islamic worlds" it encountered and constructed. Editor(s): McJannet, Linda; Andrea, Bernadette. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 2AB; DSBD; HBJF1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230115422
ISBN
9780230115422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Hardback. A collection that focuses on the role of European law in colonial contexts and engages with recent treatments of this theme in known works written largely from within the framework of postcolonial studies, which implicitly discuss colonial deployments of European law and politics via the concept of ideology. Editor(s): Dorsett, Shaunnagh; Hunter, Ian. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBTQ; LAB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230104556
ISBN
9780230104556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

hardcover. Looking East examines how English encounters with the Ottoman Empire helped shape national identities and imperial ambitions. Engagingly written in an accessible style, this book demonstrates how the so-called 'conflict of civilizations' separating the Muslim East from the Christian West is a false and dangerous myth. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 2AB; DSBB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2007th Edition
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230019676
ISBN
9780230019676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.45

Paperback. This book follows four Seventeenth-century Englishmen on their journeys around the Ottoman Empire while the British were, for the first time in history, becoming important players in the Mediterranean. This book shows that hostility between East and West is neither historical nor inevitable, but rather the result of selective memory. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDT; HBG; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230003262
ISBN
9780230003262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Paperback. Text with translation, commentary and notes. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DN; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856685903
ISBN
9780856685903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.36

paperback. Suetonius has often been used as if he were an historian, and at the same time criticised for not being one. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages, p. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBAH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856685385
ISBN
9780856685385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.36

Paperback. The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah's 5th regnal year, the longest surviving continuous monumental text from Egypt, describes the combined Libyan and Sea People invasion of Egypt c.1208 BCE. This new study, the first complete commentary on this damaged text, begins with a translation of the text, accompanied by detailed notes. Series: Yale Egyptological Studies. Num Pages: 210 pages, 15 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale Egyptological Seminar United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780974002507
ISBN
9780974002507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Hardcover. The contributors to The Topography of Violence in the Greco-Roman World examine how topography shaped the perception and interpretation of violence in Greek and Roman antiquity. No other book either adopts the spatial theoretical framework or pairs the examination of different classes of violence in classical antiquity in this way. Editor(s): Riess, Werner; Fagan, Garrett G. Num Pages: 432 pages, 14 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 236 x 40. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472119820
ISBN
9780472119820
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.21

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kehoe, Dennis; Ratzan, David; Yiftach, Uri. Series: Law and Society in the Ancient World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 tables, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA1; KCZ; LAQ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472119608
ISBN
9780472119608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.21

Hardcover. Key reading for the discerning history buff or academic specialist Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBW; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472118984
ISBN
9780472118984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472051922
ISBN
9780472051922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.52

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226155463
ISBN
9780226155463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. Terence's Phormio , based on a Greek original by Apollodorus of Carystus, was produced towards the end of his short dramatic career in 161 BC. With its lively action, based on the traditional elements of love, deception and mistaken identity, the play provides an ideal introduction to the genre of New Comedy. Editor(s): Maltby, Robert. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856686078
ISBN
9780856686078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.41

Paperback. Hecuba, in slavery after Troy's fall, fails to dissuade Odysseus, whose life she once saved, from sacrificing her daughter to honour his dead friend, Achilles; but the girl dies proudly, true to her royal blood in surmounting degradation. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856682377
ISBN
9780856682377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.41

paperback. Understanding the history of Athens in the second half of the fifth century BC is largely dependent on the legacy of the historian Thucydides. Previous scholarship has tended to view Thucydides' account as infallible. This book challenges that received wisdom, advancing several controversial views. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415165525
ISBN
9780415165525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.62

Num Pages: 554 pages, 112 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 589.
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
554
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486277400
ISBN
9780486277400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. In this volume drawn from the reference work "Greek Thought: A Guide to Classical Knowledge", major scholars take up basic topics in philosophy and science, offering an account of the extraordinary explosion of desire for knowledge in the classical Greek world. Editor(s): Brunschwig, Jacques; Lloyd, G. E. R. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021556
ISBN
9780674021556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.20

paperback. Only a few years after Britain defeated fascism came the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya - a mass armed rebellion by the Kikuyu people, demanding the return of their land and freedom. Unearthing reams of documents, the author reveals the full savagery of the Mau Mau war and the ruthless determination with which Britain sought to control its empire. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bodley Head
Condition
New
SKU
9781847922946
ISBN
9781847922946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

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