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Hardcover. It is hard to imagine nowadays that, for many years, France and Germany considered each other as "arch enemies." And yet, for well over a century, these two countries waged verbal and ultimately violent wars against each other. Series: Studies in Contemporary European History. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571816696
ISBN
9781571816696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.76

Paperback. Masuzawa also explores the complex relation of "world religions" to Protestant theology, from the hierarchical ordering of religions typical of the Christian supremacists of the nineteenth century, to the aspirations of early twentieth-century theologian Ernst Troeltsch, who embraced the pluralist logic of "world religions" and. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 halftone, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 183 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
4/15/05
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226509891
ISBN
9780226509891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.47

paperback. A fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history. Editor(s): Hobsbawm, Eric; Ranger, Terence. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464. Series: Canto Classics. 326 pages. Editor(s): Hobsbawm, Eric; Ranger, Terence. A fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBT. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 17. Weight: 468.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107604674
ISBN
9781107604674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.45

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786600493
ISBN
9781786600493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.95
€ 22.15

Paperback. A characteristically robust and controversial account of Scotch myth and Scottish history by one of Britain's greatest historians. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300208580
ISBN
9780300208580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.50

Hardcover. Written by three experts in the field, The Invention of Satanism examines contemporary religious Satanism as the product of historical, ideological, and social processes. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 illustratons. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRQX9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195181104
ISBN
9780195181104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.15

Paperback. The timely and gripping story of Russia since the collapse of Communism, by The Economist's Moscow bureau chief. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857891600
ISBN
9780857891600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Argues that the conventional wisdom on religion makes sense only as a strategy of intellectual and political control. It examines how nationalists, officials, missionaries and scholars in the West and the colonis defined and redefined the relationship between the political and religious. Editor(s): Peterson, Derek R.; Walhof, Darren. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813530932
ISBN
9780813530932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.46

Paperback. Through most of its long history, Japan had no concept of what we call "religion." In this book, the author reveals how Japanese officials invented religion in Japan and traces the sweeping intellectual, legal, and cultural changes that followed. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HRAX; HRKN3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226412344
ISBN
9780226412344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.48

Paperback. There was racism in the ancient world, after all. This book refutes the common belief that the ancient Greeks and Romans harbored "ethnic and cultural," but not racial, prejudice. It considers themes in the history of discrimination. It provides analysis of proto-racism and prejudices toward particular groups of foreigners in Greco-Roman world. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
590
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691125985
ISBN
9780691125985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BM; DSB; HBJF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 214 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174398
ISBN
9780231174398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.65

Paperback. By emphasizing the ways the Bishops of Rome first leveraged the cult of St. Peter to their advantage, George E. Demacopoulos constructs an alternate account of papal history that challenges the dominant narrative of an inevitable and unbroken rise in papal power from late antiquity through the Middle Ages. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780812223699
ISBN
9780812223699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.33

Paperback. The extraordinary history of news and its dissemination, from medieval pilgrim tales to the birth of the newspaper Num Pages: 456 pages, 64 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300212761
ISBN
9780300212761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 442 pages, colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGH; BM; HBJD1; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Daunt Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970528
ISBN
9781907970528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGH; BM; HBJD1; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 194 x 40. Weight in Grams: 900. Very good copy in near fine dustwrapper.First edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Daunt Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KEX0303263
ISBN
9781907970146
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Hardback. Law is a specific form of social regulation distinct from religion, ethics, and even politics, and endowed with a strong and autonomous rationality. Its invention, a crucial aspect of Western history, took place against the backdrop of the Roman Empire's gradual consolidation. Schiavone reconstructs this development with clear-eyed passion. Translator(s): Carden, Jeremy; Shugaar, Antony. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; LAFD; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 170 x 242 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1106.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047334
ISBN
9780674047334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.80
€ 60.92

Paperback. Provides an account of the role of the Torah in ancient Judaism, exploring key moments in its history, beginning with the formation of Deuteronomy and continuing through the Maccabean revolt and the rise of Jewish sectarianism and early Christianity. Series: Taubman Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520294127
ISBN
9780520294127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.10

Paperback. An innovative theory of pragmatic objectivity to guide journalism today. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: CBWJ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773546318
ISBN
9780773546318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Translation, Jewish philosophy, and social and cultural history Num Pages: 202 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HP; HRCF1; HRJS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222497
ISBN
9780253222497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.13

Paperback. This portrayal of Jane Ellen Harrison raises the question of who wins (and how) in the competition for academic fame. The author captures Harrison's ability to create her own image, and contrasts it with the story of Eugenie Sellers Strong, a younger competitor. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1QDAG; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008076
ISBN
9780674008076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.40

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