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Paperback. "I can't describe my frame of mind that afternoon. Not for a moment did I feel any fear of death; one simply abandons oneself to fate."-Karl Aldag, killed at Fromelles, France, age 26 Translator(s): Wedd, A. F. Series: Pine Street Books. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Pine Street Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218169
- ISBN
- 9780812218169
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
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Paperback. Uses the bra to gauge the social history of women and to understand the business history of fashion. This book illuminate the effect the brassiere has had on women's lives - their style, health, and economic opportunity. It also contains examples from advertising, movies, and other areas of popular culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, 51 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AK; GT; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 461.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218350
- ISBN
- 9780812218350
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
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Paperback. Discusses the background of the World War I Middle East conflict and relates the final, critical campaign through Palestine, along with its notable personalities, including T E Lawrence, Emir Feisal, Kress von Kressenstein, and Edmund Allenby. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJF; HBG; HBJF1; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218619
- ISBN
- 9780812218619
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
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Paperback. "Not only did religion permeate every aspect of daily life but it affords the only discourse in which we hear an extraordinary range of voices, from housewives to queens, from shoemakers to bishops. John King's excellent and timely collection of primary documents enables us once again to hear their voices."--Peter Stallybrass, University of Pennsylvania Editor(s): King, Mr John N. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218770
- ISBN
- 9780812218770
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
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€ 37.34
Paperback. "Magliocco impressively corrals the diverse writings and experiences of U.S. neo-pagans into this highly readable and deeply researched ethnographic study.. Highly recommended."-Choice Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HRKP; JHBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218794
- ISBN
- 9780812218794
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
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Paperback. Rather than categorizing Romantic literature as resistant to, complicit with, or ambivalent about the workings of empire, Slavery and the Romantic Imagination views the creative process in light of the developing concept of empathy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218824
- ISBN
- 9780812218824
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
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Paperback. A sweeping biography of the legendary Spanish queen who was patron of Christopher Columbus, brought the Inquisition to Spain, expelled the Jews from the Iberian Peninsula, and was mother of the first wife of King Henry VIII. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218978
- ISBN
- 9780812218978
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
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Paperback. "American Capitalism is an important contribution to our understanding of postwar American thought and culture. It will force historians to revise their pantheon of important thinkers for the period."-George Cotkin, author of Existential America Editor(s): Lichtenstein, Nelson. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219401
- ISBN
- 9780812219401
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
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Paperback. Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe seeks to explain the convergence of religion and gender in medieval Christendom. Essays in the volume examine how Europeans identified themselves as women, men, and Christians, and how these identities influenced religious belief and practice in everyday life. Editor(s): Bitel, Lisa M.; Lifshitz, Felice. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC1; HRAX; HRCV4. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220131
- ISBN
- 9780812220131
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
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Paperback. Liam Riordan explores how the American Revolution politicized religious, racial, and ethnic identity among the diverse inhabitants of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey from 1770 to 1830. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220506
- ISBN
- 9780812220506
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
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Paperback. In The Crusades and the Christian World of the East, Christopher MacEvitt marshals an impressive array of literary, legal, artistic, and archeological evidence to demonstrate how crusader ideology and religious difference gave rise to a mode of coexistence he calls "rough tolerance." Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: HBWC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220834
- ISBN
- 9780812220834
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
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Paperback. Seneca Possessed explores how the Seneca people and their homeland were "possessed"-culturally, spiritually, materially, and legally-in the wake of the American Revolution. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221992
- ISBN
- 9780812221992
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
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Paperback. In Old Worlds, New Mirrors Moshe Idel turns his gaze on figures as diverse as Walter Benjamin and Jacques Derrida, Franz Kafka and Franz Rosenzweig, Arnaldo Momigliano and Paul Celan, Abraham Heschel and George Steiner to reflect on their relationships to Judaism in a cosmopolitan, mostly European, context. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HRJX; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 319. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222104
- ISBN
- 9780812222104
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
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Paperback. Jean-Claude Schmitt examines a unique and controversial conversion narrative to explore its meaning within the society and culture of its period as well as what it has to tell us about the way historians think and write. Translator(s): Novikoff, Alex J. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222197
- ISBN
- 9780812222197
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.93
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Paperback. Focusing on the formative period of European exploration, settlement, and conquest in the Americas, from roughly 1500 to 1760, Empires of God brings together literary scholars and historians of the English, French, and Spanish Americas to demonstrate the power of religious ideas and narratives to create kingdoms both imagined and real. Editor(s): Gregerson, Linda; Juster, Susan. Num Pages: 344 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HRAX; HRC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222609
- ISBN
- 9780812222609
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
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Paperback. Presented with an introduction by John Lukacs, the letters in this volume reveal new dimensions in George Kennan's thinking about America and its future and illuminate the political-and spiritual-philosophies that both authors shared as they wrote about a world transformed by war and the clash of ideologies that defined the twentieth century. Editor(s): Lukacs, John R. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTW; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222715
- ISBN
- 9780812222715
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
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Paperback. Intended for the undergraduate yet also invaluable for teachers and scholars, this book illustrates how the crusade became crucial for defining and promoting the very concept and boundaries of Latin Christendom. It provides translations of and commentaries on key original sources and up-to-date bibliographic materials. Editor(s): Bird, Jessalynn Lea; Peters, Edward; Powell, James M. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 536 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 39. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223132
- ISBN
- 9780812223132
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Condition: New
€ 63.95€ 62.96
€ 63.95
€ 62.96
Paperback. Seasons of Misery offers a boldly original account of early English settlement in American by placing catastrophe and crisis at the center of the story. Donegan argues that the constant state of suffering and uncertainty decisively formed the colonial identity and produced the first distinctly colonial literature. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223774
- ISBN
- 9780812223774
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. Kingdom of Snow investigates the impact of Roman rule in Cappadocia and the fate of classical Greek culture in an increasingly Christian society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236811
- ISBN
- 9780812236811
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Condition: New
€ 76.23
€ 76.23
Hardback. Making a significant contribution to the large debate over the transition from "scriptural" to "scientific" culture in Europe, this book also sheds light on the centrality of Jews to medieval and Enlightenment history. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; HRC; HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237405
- ISBN
- 9780812237405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17