Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.20
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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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.79
€ 34.99
€ 27.79
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305783
- ISBN
- 9780226305783
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.71
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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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 94.89€ 79.10
€ 94.89
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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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.45
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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
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Condition: New
€ 94.89€ 79.10
€ 94.89
€ 79.10
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226542102
- ISBN
- 9780226542102
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226570631
- ISBN
- 9780226570631
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Condition: New
€ 94.89€ 83.88
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€ 83.88
Paperback. Wonder, not accuracy, realism, naturalism, or truth, was the supreme objective of Greek sculptors. This tile offers a fresh way to understand the epoch-making sculpture of classical Greece. It traces this way of thinking about art from the poems of Homer to the philosophy of Plato. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 colour plates, 1 map, 142 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 952.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226570648
- ISBN
- 9780226570648
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
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€ 41.13
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
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.18
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€ 37.18
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226673349
- ISBN
- 9780226673349
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.89
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Paperback. This study explores the influential literary texts of the archaic and classical periods ranging from epic and didactic poetry to the theatrical productions of tragedy and comedy in 5th-century Athens. The workings of gender as a factor in Greek social, religious and cultural practices are explored. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226979229
- ISBN
- 9780226979229
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
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Paperback. Pan Ku's celebrated and influential History of the Former Han has been a model for dynastic history since its appearance in the first century A.D.Burton Watson has translated ten chapters from the biography section, including the lives of imperial princes, generals, officials, and some lesser figures. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 282 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDA; HBJF; HBLA; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231083546
- ISBN
- 9780231083546
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.94
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€ 30.94
Hardback. 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: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128568
- ISBN
- 9780231128568
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Condition: New
€ 112.68€ 85.82
€ 112.68
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Paperback. The variety of ways in which Jews in Israel responded to and appropriated Greek culture is the subject of this volume. The contributors provide corroborating evidence of the influence of Greek culture in Judea and Galilee, from before the Maccabean revolt on into the rabbinic period. Editor(s): Collins, John J.; Sterling, Gregory E. Series: Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1QDA; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA; HRAX; HRJ; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268030520
- ISBN
- 9780268030520
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
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Hardcover. In the early spring of 1358 Francis Petrarch was invited by his friend Giovanni Mandelli to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Petrarch declined, instead offering Mandelli this pilgrimage guide rather than his companionship. Translator(s): Cachey, Theodore J. Num Pages: 245 pages, 11 halftones, 39pp facsimile. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADT; DSBB; DSK; HRC; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038731
- ISBN
- 9780268038731
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Condition: New
€ 43.49
€ 43.49
Paperback. This work is designed for students who are undertaking the serious study of Plato for the first time. It aims to provide a method for engaging with the dialogues as actively as the actual participants are engaged, and discusses the significance of the dramatic and literary form of the dialogues. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSK; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038762
- ISBN
- 9780268038762
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
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€ 29.73
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714328
- ISBN
- 9780292714328
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.94
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292721258
- ISBN
- 9780292721258
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
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Hardcover. Rather than view the contours of Late Classic Maya social life solely from towering temple pyramids or elite sculptural forms, this book considers a suite of small anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, and supernatural figurative remains excavated from household refuse deposits. Series: Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 colour and 99 b&w illustrations, 3 maps, 6 graphs. BIC Classification: 1QDAK; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292771307
- ISBN
- 9780292771307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.20
€ 60.20