Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Paperback. How did the ancient Greeks regard music? In many different ways, as the readings in Greek Views of Music reveal. Editor(s): Mathieson, Thomas J.; Strunk, W. Oliver. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AVGC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393966947
- ISBN
- 9780393966947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.40
€ 41.40
Hardback. For more than a thousand years, Greeks in all walks of life consulted oracles for guidance received directly from the gods. This title encompasses the history of Greek oracles and focuses on philosophical, psychological, and anthropological aspects of oracular consultation. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300140422
- ISBN
- 9780300140422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Examines the history of the Ottoman Empire by focusing on the migrant groups that lived within its bounds and their changing relationship to the state's central authorities. Series: Studies in Modernity and National Identity. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989488
- ISBN
- 9780295989488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Offers free verse translations of 75 lyric poems from the mid-fourteenth to the early twentieth centuries, along with the Ottoman Turkish texts and photographs of many of the original manuscripts. This volume also includes biographies of the poets, and background information on Ottoman history and literature. Editor(s): Andrews, Walter G.; Black, Najaat; Kalpakli, Mehmet. Series: Publications on the Near East. Num Pages: 392 pages, 40 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1F; 1QDT; DC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Expanded ed.
- SKU
- V9780295985954
- ISBN
- 9780295985954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Offers an accessible translation of a representative play by four ancient playwrights. Editor(s): O'Bryhim, Shawn. Translator(s): Franko, George Fredric; Moore, Timothy J.; O'Bryhim, Shawn; Olson, S. Douglas. Num Pages: 330 pages, 5 photos. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292760554
- ISBN
- 9780292760554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. Combines a modern folkloric perspective with literary analysis of ghost stories from classical antiquity to shed light on the stories, and folk roots. This book examines ancient Greek and Roman beliefs about death and the departed and the various kinds of ghost stories that arose from these beliefs. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DSBB; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292725089
- ISBN
- 9780292725089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
Paperback. Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus (ca 100-30 BCE) is our only surviving source for a continuous narrative of Greek history from Xerxes' invasion to the Wars of the Successors following the death of Alexander the Great. This work builds a case for Diodorus' merits as a historian. It offers an estimate of this much-maligned historian. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712775
- ISBN
- 9780292712775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.96
€ 34.99
€ 31.96
Paperback. Reveals women's active role in religious life and rituals in the ancient world Editor(s): Parca, Maryline G.; Tzanetou, Angeliki. Series: Studies in Ancient Folklore and Popular Culture S. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 b&w photos, 1 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HRKP; HRLF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219381
- ISBN
- 9780253219381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Paperback. On the eve of the 20th century, Jews in the Russian and Ottoman empires were caught up in the major cultural and social transformations that constituted modernity for Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewries. This book analyzes how the Jewish popular press in the Russian and Ottoman empires helped construct modern Jewish identities. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 328 pages, 48 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1QDT; GTB; JFSR1; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218933
- ISBN
- 9780253218933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. A sensitive and original reading of Plato's Republic that foregrounds the power of myth in the shaping of history. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HPCA; JFHF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214850
- ISBN
- 9780253214850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 442 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; 3JB; 3JD; HBAH; HBJF1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 821.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024237
- ISBN
- 9780253024237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.91
€ 81.91
Paperback. Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 294 pages, 20 charts, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1HBE; 1QDT; HBJF1; JFFS; JFSR2; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253023094
- ISBN
- 9780253023094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
paperback. Num Pages: 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1DVUAC; 1QDT; HBJD1; HBJF1; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253020932
- ISBN
- 9780253020932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Schull, Kent F.; Saracolu, M. Safa; Zens, Robert F. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; HBJF1; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 307 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253020925
- ISBN
- 9780253020925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.09
€ 37.99
€ 34.09
Paperback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 6 b&w illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDU; HBJD1; JFCV; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019462
- ISBN
- 9780253019462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Isom-Verhaaren, Christine; Schull, Kent F. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; HBJF1; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019431
- ISBN
- 9780253019431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.12
€ 37.99
€ 34.12
Hardback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 180 pages, 6 b&w illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDU; HBJD1; JFCV; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019387
- ISBN
- 9780253019387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.25
€ 86.25
Hardback. Editor(s): Isom-Verhaaren, Christine; Schull, Kent F. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; HBJF1; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019301
- ISBN
- 9780253019301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.35
€ 91.35
Hardback. Series: Ethnomusicology Multimedia. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 b&w illus., 8 audio. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; AVA; HBJF1; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 313 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018335
- ISBN
- 9780253018335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.40
€ 38.40
Hardback. Roman Stoics of the imperial period developed a distinctive model of social ethics. This book shows how these Romans, including various philosophers applied their distinct brand of social ethics to daily relations and responsibilities, creating an effective model of involvement and ethical behavior in the classical world. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308371
- ISBN
- 9780226308371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 79.36
€ 95.07
€ 79.36