Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Paperback. Combining archaeological and textual evidence, this book examines the eighth-century settlements that became the city-states of classical Greece (the polis). The author suggests that the Athenian model was probably the exception, not the rule, in the development of the polis. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226673349
- ISBN
- 9780226673349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.65
€ 39.65
Paperback. Sex is beyond reason, and yet we constantly reason about it. So, too, did the peoples of Ancient Greece and Rome.This work considers how erotic experience is understood in classical texts, and what ethical and philosophical arguments are made about sex? Editor(s): Nussbaum, Martha C.; Sihvola, Juha. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; JFCX; JFSJ; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226609157
- ISBN
- 9780226609157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.04
€ 60.04
Hardcover. In the fifth century BCE, an artistic revolution occurred in Greece, as sculptors developed the ways of representing bodies, movement, and space. This title tells the story of Greek sculpture. It provides the ways to understand classical sculpture in Greek terms, and analyzes the relationship between political and stylistic histories. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 colour plates, 130 halftones, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFKB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 285 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 2232.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226570631
- ISBN
- 9780226570631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.52
€ 132.52
Paperback. Museums play a vital role in connecting us with little-known terrains and the deep mysteries of our historical past. Based on the author's exploration of the British Museum's world-famous collection of Egyptian antiquities, this title reveals the powerful role of museums in shaping our understanding of science, culture, and history. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13 colour plates, 99 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; GM; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 182 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1056.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226542102
- ISBN
- 9780226542102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.29
€ 47.29
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
€ 124.79
€ 124.79
Paperback. Jonathan M. Hall explores questions of ethnic and national identity in the context of ancient Greece in Hellenicity, drawing on an exceptionally wide range of evidence to determine when, how, why, and to what extent the Greeks conceived themselves as a single people. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 b/w figs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226313306
- ISBN
- 9780226313306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.04
€ 60.04
Hardcover. This work explores the question of national identity in the context of Ancient Greece, drawing on a wide range of evidence to determine when, how, why and to what extent the Greeks conceived themselves as a single people. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 maps, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226313290
- ISBN
- 9780226313290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.27
€ 123.27
Paperback. The third and fourth books of Cicero's "Tusculan Disputations" deal with the nature and management of emotion. He presents the insights of Greek philosophers on the subject, reporting the views of Epicurians and Peripatetics and giving a detailed account of the Stoic position. Translator(s): Graver, Margaret (Assistant Professor of Classics, Dartmouth College, USA). Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; DSK; HPCA; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305783
- ISBN
- 9780226305783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.40
€ 47.40
Paperback. Explores the ways in which three novelists of empire - Paul Scott, V.S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie - have charted the blurred boundaries of identity in the wake of British imperialism. This text provides readings of post-colonial fiction, showing how imperialism shaped British national identity. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226304755
- ISBN
- 9780226304755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.68
€ 42.68
Paperback. A consideration of the character of the ancient Romans through portraits of Rome's most typical personages. Essays on the politician, the soldier, the priest, the farmer, the slave, the merchant, and others together create a fresco of Roman society as it spanned 1300 years. The text is part of a series of books on historical character. Editor(s): Giardina, Andrea. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QSM; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226290508
- ISBN
- 9780226290508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.47
€ 61.47
Paperback. A collection of over two hundred recipes from ancient Rome, tested and updated for today's tastes. Translator(s): Herklotz, Anna. Num Pages: 244 pages, 16 colour plates, 113 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; WBA; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226290324
- ISBN
- 9780226290324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.30
€ 36.30
Hardcover. In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. This title relates the story of Evans' excavation and its long-term effects on Western culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226289533
- ISBN
- 9780226289533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.19
€ 63.19
Hardcover. Over the past 200 years, thousands of ancient Greek vases have been unearthed. Yet debate continues about what the images depicted on these vases actually meant to ancient Greek viewers. This work demonstrates how the study of visual images will enrich understanding of the ancient world. Num Pages: 408 pages, 149 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFPC; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244365
- ISBN
- 9780226244365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.55
€ 135.55
Paperback. An introduction to the people who lived along the Nile for almost 35 centuries, this collection of essays presents studies of ancient Egyptians arranged by social type - slaves, craftsmen, priests, bureaucrats, pharaohs, peasants and women - representing Egyptian culture, state and society. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA; HBTB; HDD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First edition.
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226155562
- ISBN
- 9780226155562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.72
€ 45.72
Paperback. Examining the tools and methods that the Romans employed for their investigations of nature, as well as their cultural, intellectual, political, and religious contexts, the author shows that the Romans had sophisticated and novel approaches to nature, approaches that were empirically rigorous, philosophically rich, and epistemologically complex. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 halftones, 3 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HPCA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143217
- ISBN
- 9780226143217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.68
€ 42.68
Paperback. In this text Bernadette Brooten examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. She establishes the fact that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of sexual love between women. Series: Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society. Num Pages: 446 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; HRC; JFSJ; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075921
- ISBN
- 9780226075921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.72
€ 45.72
Paperback. Series: Readings in Western Civilization. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069395
- ISBN
- 9780226069395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.21
€ 44.21
Hardcover. Offers a look at the delectable secrets of Mesopotamia. The author's broad perspective takes us inside the religious rites, everyday rituals, attitudes and taboos, and even the detailed preparation techniques involving food and drink in Mesopotamian high culture during the second and third millenniums BCE, as the Mesopotamians recorded them. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Num Pages: 152 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA; JHBT; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226067353
- ISBN
- 9780226067353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.68
€ 72.68
Paperback. This volume begins with Roman myths and traces their influence in early Christian and later European literature. Ninety-five entries cover subjects such as sacrificial cults and rites in pre-Roman Italy, Roman religion and its origins, the mythologies of paganism, and myth in twentieth-century English literature. Translator(s): Doniger, Wendy. Num Pages: 344 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDAR; HRA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226064550
- ISBN
- 9780226064550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.53
€ 68.53
Hardcover. People in the ancient world thought of vision as an ethical tool and a tactile sense. Gazing upon someone was treated as a path to philosophical self-knowledge, but the question of tactility also introduced an erotic element. This title asserts that these links among vision, sexuality, and self-knowledge are key to the understanding of the self. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 185 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226038353
- ISBN
- 9780226038353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.92
€ 123.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 174 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition, 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226013824
- ISBN
- 9780226013824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Draws on the work of modern economic geographers to explore how the river-based ecology and geography of the Tigris-Euphrates alluvium impacted the development of urban civilization in southern Mesopotamia. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 halftones, 9 maps, 6 line drawings, 1 figure, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226013770
- ISBN
- 9780226013770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.62
€ 55.62
Paperback. Plato's dialogues show Socrates at different ages, beginning when he was about nineteen and already deeply immersed in philosophy and ending with his execution five decades later. Offering an analysis of Plato's "Protagoras, Charmides, and Republic", this book charts Socrates' discovery of a proper politics to shelter and advance philosophy. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226006284
- ISBN
- 9780226006284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.04
€ 60.04
Paperback. Of the journey by travel writer Robert Byron to the Middle East, this serves as a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now innaccessible to most Western travellers, and a nostalgic look back at a more innocent time. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FC; 1QDAP; 3JJG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195325607
- ISBN
- 9780195325607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.69
€ 19.69