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This text examines the early modern period and begins by focusing on France, examining the Valois and Bourbon monarchs and the modes of operation they employed. The second part of the text looks at early modern Europe, making the distinction between "absolute" and "limited" monarchs. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582056176
- ISBN
- 9780582056176
Condition: New
€ 81.93
€ 81.93
Paperback. Jean-Pierre Vernant and Pierre Vidal-Naquet are leaders in a contemporary French classical scholarship that has produced a stunning reconfiguration of Greek thought and literature. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 528 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Edition
- New ed of 2 Revised ed
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299199
- ISBN
- 9780942299199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.76
€ 36.99
€ 27.76
Paperback. A classic work that rereads questions of "muthos" and "logos" in multifaceted contexts. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet; Fort, Jeff. Num Pages: 505 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 33. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 505
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951603
- ISBN
- 9781890951603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.39
€ 36.99
€ 27.39
Paperback. Jean-Pierre Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece that takes us far from the calm and familiar images of Polykleitos and the Parthenon, and reveals a culture of slavery, of blood sacrifice, of perpetual and ritualized warfare, of ceremonial hunting and ecstasies. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299175
- ISBN
- 9780942299175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB; HPCB; HPJ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646350
- ISBN
- 9780691646350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 233.45
€ 233.45
Hardcover. Myth and Rhetoric of the Turkish Model Num Pages: 165 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPS; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788132217640
- ISBN
- 9788132217640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.04
€ 69.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349845507
- ISBN
- 9781349845507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137580436
- ISBN
- 9781137580436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. Focuses on one of the most remarkable examples of gothic art to have survived, a unique functioning table decoration. Series: Cleveland Masterwork. BIC Classification: ACK; AGC; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 222 x 15. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- GILES
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907804946
- ISBN
- 9781907804946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.72
€ 26.99
€ 19.72
paperback. Examines contact stories from indigenous and newcomer populations from New Zealand and throughout North America. This book argues that we are in the contact zone, struggling to understand the meaning of contact between indigenous and settler populations. It is suitable for scholars and students in Canadian history and First Nations studies. Editor(s): Lutz, John Sutton. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MBN; HBJK; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- UBC Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774812634
- ISBN
- 9780774812634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Hardback. Examines contact stories from indigenous and newcomer populations from New Zealand and throughout North America. Focusing on misunderstandings embedded in the stories of "first contacts" and these narratives' contemporary relevance, production, and performance, this book introduces different tools for understanding the genre. Editor(s): Lutz, John Sutton. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774812627
- ISBN
- 9780774812627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.66
€ 112.66
Paperback. In these five lectures originally prepared for the CBC, Claude Levi-Strauss, one of the world's greatest living thinkers, offers the insights of a lifetime spent interpreting myths and trying to discover their significance for human understanding. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HBTB; HPC; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 4. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802063489
- ISBN
- 9780802063489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.53
€ 16.53
Hardback. In addresses written for a wide general audience, one of the twentieth century's most prominent thinkers, Claude Levi-Strauss, here offers the insights of a lifetime on the crucial questions of human existence. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 508. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415255486
- ISBN
- 9780415255486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Paperback. Series: Routledge Great Minds. Num Pages: 72 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; HRA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 72
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415854696
- ISBN
- 9780415854696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.56
€ 28.56
Hardback. List of tables and figures; List of Illustrations; Glossary; Note on Shetland dialect; Map; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Pasts, peoples, selves; 2. Stories; 3. Place; 4. Work; 5. Culture; 6. Sexualities; 7. Power; 8. Reflections; Bibliography; Index Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719065927
- ISBN
- 9780719065927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.39
€ 158.39
Paperback. An exploration of the myth and the reality of the creation of Yellowstone National Park and how these ideas reflect the history and culture of the Gilded Age Num Pages: 146 pages, 28 illustrations, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBBWD; 1KBBWM; 1KBBWY; HBTB; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234734
- ISBN
- 9780803234734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.59
€ 17.99
€ 17.59
Hardback. Offers an analysis of various accounts of the foundation of that most "mythical" of the Greek colonies - Cyrene, in eastern Libya. This book examines the Greeks' symbolic discourse to show that these modern concepts arose much later than commonly believed. Translator(s): Berman, Daniel W. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114583
- ISBN
- 9780691114583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.55€ 68.07
€ 87.55
€ 68.07
Paperback. The idea for Myth America grew out of our won teaching experiences. In continuously dealing with students who for the most part were beginning their collegiate study of American history, we found that a thematic approach to the nation's past was stimulating. Editor(s): Gerster, Patrick; Cords, Nicholas J. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 189 x 16. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 2nd Edition, Volume 2
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933385136
- ISBN
- 9781933385136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99
€ 43.99
Paperback. No main blurb. Editor(s): Gerster, Patrick; Cords, Nicholas J. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 2nd Edition, Volume 1
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933385105
- ISBN
- 9781933385105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.04
€ 42.04
paperback. After an analysis of original Old Burmese and other primary sources, the author discovered that four out of the five events considered to be the most important in the history of early Burma, and believed to have been historically accurate, are actually late-nineteenth and twentieth-century inventions of colonial historians. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 231 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896802018
- ISBN
- 9780896802018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.89
€ 36.99
€ 33.89