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Hardcover. The Roman calendar, in particular the Julian form of the calendar during the reign of Caesar, was used as the basis for what is, globally, the most important calendar today. It evolved in a series of reforms and revolutions and many of its peculiar features, from the names of the months to the number of days, are still visible. Translator(s): Richardson, David M. B. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HB; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 174 x 20. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655085
- ISBN
- 9780470655085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.54
€ 193.54
Paperback / so. Series: Abhandlungen Der Rheinisch-Westfalischen Akademie Der Wissen. Num Pages: colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GBCR; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531090528
- ISBN
- 9783531090528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.47
€ 85.47
Paperback. Series: Pitt Latin American Series. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822962038
- ISBN
- 9780822962038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.57
€ 70.57
Paperback. Arditi's study offers a history of mores from the High Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Drawing on the ideas of Elias, Foucault and Bourdieu, as well as through analysing courtesy manuals and etiquette books of the times, he examines the relationship between power and social practices and traces how power changes over the centuries. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFCX; JH; WJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226025841
- ISBN
- 9780226025841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
€ 40.99
€ 31.48
Hardback. This collection of essay explores two traditions of interpreting and manipulating nature in the early- modern and nineteenth-century Iberian world: one instrumental and imperial, the other patriotic and national. Num Pages: 248 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755436
- ISBN
- 9780804755436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.10
€ 139.10
Paperback. The book demonstrates that a wider Pan-American perspective can upset the most cherished national narratives of the United States, for it maintains that the Puritan colonization of New England was as much a chivalric, crusading act of Reconquista (against the Devil) as was the Spanish conquest. Num Pages: 344 pages, 55 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLH; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742801
- ISBN
- 9780804742801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. In the mid-18th century, the French naturalist Buffon contended that the New World was in fact geologically new and that it had recently emerged from the water. This text looks at the debate surrounding the geological history of the New World, and the effect on historiographical concepts. Series: Cultural Sitings. Num Pages: 488 pages, 54 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804746939
- ISBN
- 9780804746939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.74
€ 42.99
€ 38.74
Paperback. Este libro expone todas las reglas y formas gramaticales basandose en el texto biblico hasta llegar a los aspectos practicos de como redactar cartas, Actas, Oficios y otros documentos propios de la labor pastoral, pasando por todos los giros gramaticales del Castellano. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- CLIE US
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788476455364
- ISBN
- 9788476455364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.96
€ 16.99
€ 15.96
Hardcover. In spite of the growth of secularization, technology, and science, statistics tell us that religious conversions are on the rise, and the number of people who take religion and divine revelation seriously is at an all time high. This book offers a philosophical treatment of religious hermeneutics. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFP; HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240257
- ISBN
- 9780312240257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240288
- ISBN
- 9780312240288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Cuba has long been a social policy pioneer, with ambitious policies to address health care, education, employment, the environment, and social inequalities. Yet facing severe economic challenges, the government may look to learn from its Latin American neighbors. Social Policies and Decentralization in Cuba analyzes these issues in depth. Editor(s): Dominguez, Jorge I.; Arguelle, Maria del Carmen Zabala; Prieto, Mayra Espina. Series: Series on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; GTB; HBJK; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
- Publisher
- David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975309
- ISBN
- 9780674975309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.47
€ 27.99
€ 24.47
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive 'who's who' guide to medieval philosophers. This title contains a mix of essays providing historical context followed by 140 alphabetically arranged entries on individual thinkers. It spans the history of medieval philosophy from the fourth century AD to the fifteenth century. Editor(s): Gracia, Jorge; Noone, Timothy B. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 768 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; GBC; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 768
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216735
- ISBN
- 9780631216735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.71
€ 54.71
Hardback. Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality is the first book of philosophy that explores race, ethnicity, and nationality together and attempts to present a systematic and unified theory about them with particular emphasis on the metaphysical and epistemological issues that these phenomena raise. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742550162
- ISBN
- 9780742550162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.64
€ 171.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBTB; HBWP; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198688
- ISBN
- 9781845198688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.96
€ 42.99
€ 38.96
Hardcover. The first study of its kind, this book traces 150 years of the history of fatherhood in Scandinavia and shows how Scandinavian gender equality policy has important implications for the rest of the world. Among other interesting findings, Lorentzen reveals that the modern-day rise in equality fathering can be traced back to the 19th century. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343376
- ISBN
- 9781137343376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Looks at the processes and realities of Muslim participation in local and national politics in a range of Eastern and Western European countries: voting patterns in local and national assemblies, membership of elected councils and national parliaments, and the tensions between ethnic, political and religious identities. Editor(s): Nielsen, Professor Jorgen S. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HRHP; JFSR2; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748695874
- ISBN
- 9780748695874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.39
€ 40.99
€ 35.39
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; GBCR; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitätsverlag United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783322987082
- ISBN
- 9783322987082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.32
€ 83.32
Hardcover. A comparative scholarly volume on the political culture of the French, Batavian, Helvetic, Cisalpine, and Neapolitan revolutions, bridging the gap between the historiographies of the European revolutionary sphere of the so-called 'Sister' Republics in the period 1789 to 1805. Editor(s): Oddens, Joris; Jacobs, Erik; Rutjes, Mart. Series: Intellectual and Political History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0 black and white; 2 full color. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089646064
- ISBN
- 9789089646064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.45
€ 142.45
Hardback. Presents 17 contributions written by an international group of historians addressing the intercultural dimension of historical theory. The editor's introduction discusses historical thinking as intercultural discourse and presents ten hypotheses that aim to define Western historical thinking. Schola Editor(s): Rusen, Jorn. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: HBA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817815
- ISBN
- 9781571817815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.75
€ 163.75
Hardback. In Evidence and Meaning, Rusen surveys the seismic changes that have shaped the historical profession over the last half-century, while offering a clear, economical account of his theory of history. Translator(s): Kerns, Diane; Digan, Katie. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785335389
- ISBN
- 9781785335389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.47
€ 166.47