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Paperback. Including Amazonian rainforests, Andean peaks, coastal lowlands, and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador's geography is notably diverse. This book examines its history, culture, and politics, from many different perspectives. It addresses colonialism, independence, the nation's integration into the world economy, and its tumultuous twentieth century. Editor(s): De la Torre, Carlos; Striffler, Steve. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 480 pages, 39 illustrations, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343745
- ISBN
- 9780822343745
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.58
€ 32.99
€ 32.58
Paperback. The story of a missionary in Turkey and the blessings and horrors that accompany his service Num Pages: 192 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HRCV; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857212306
- ISBN
- 9780857212306
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Condition: New
€ 12.97
€ 12.97
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472910431
- ISBN
- 9781472910431
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.30
€ 33.99
€ 22.30
Hardback. The Edible Monument considers the elaborate architecture, sculpture, and floats designed for court and civic celebrations in early modern Europe, including popular festivals such as Carnival and the Italian Cuccagna. This book is published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Getty Research Center from October 13, 2015, to March 23, 2016. Editor(s): Reed, Marcia. Num Pages: 192 pages, 91 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; ASZP; HBJD; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 262 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1152.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606064542
- ISBN
- 9781606064542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.04
€ 40.99
€ 29.04
Paperback. Presents food as a new way to chronicle the American South's larger history. Marcie Cohen Ferris tells a richly illustrated story of southern food and the struggles of whites, blacks, Native Americans, and other people of the region to control the nourishment of their bodies and minds, livelihoods, lands, and citizenship. Num Pages: 496 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; HBTB; JFCV; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 875.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469629957
- ISBN
- 9781469629957
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.39
€ 30.99
€ 30.39
Paperback. The Edinburgh Companion is a gateway to the fascinating worlds of ancient Greece and Rome. Wide-ranging in its approach, it demonstrates the multifaceted nature of classical civilisation. Editor(s): Bispham, Edward; Harrison, Thomas; Sparkes, Brian. Num Pages: 616 pages, over 100 black and white illustrations, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748616305
- ISBN
- 9780748616305
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.89
€ 48.99
€ 43.89
Hardcover. The Edinburgh Companion to Critical Theory provides a comprehensive analysis of the changing role of critical theory in the new century. Taking note of new theoretical and socio-political developments, this volume demonstrates critical theory's continuing relevance across disciplines ranging from the arts through to the hard sciences. Editor(s): Sim, Professor Stuart. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748693399
- ISBN
- 9780748693399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.83€ 194.50
€ 206.83
€ 194.50
Hardback. Surveys the challenges and provocations raised by the major voices of poststructuralism: Foucault, Lyotard, Guattari, Kristeva, Irigary, Barthes and Baudrillard. This book guides students in philosophy, literature, art, geography, politics, sociology, law, film and cultural studies around the nature and contemporary relevance of poststructuralism. Editor(s): Dillet, Benoit; Mackenzie, Iain; Porter, Robert. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 244 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1124.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641222
- ISBN
- 9780748641222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.47€ 156.23
€ 165.47
€ 156.23
Hardback. This authoritative reference work examines literary and artistic responses to the war's upheavals across a wide range of media and genres, from poetry to pamphlets, sculpture to television documentary, and requiems to war reporting. Editor(s): Einhaus, Ann-Marie; Baxter, Katherine Isobel. Series: Edinburgh Companion to Literature. Num Pages: 512 pages, 36 black and white, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; ACXD; DSBH; DSR; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474401630
- ISBN
- 9781474401630
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Condition: New
€ 206.83€ 194.30
€ 206.83
€ 194.30
Hardback. A reference work that critically examines the history of democracy, from ancient history to the directions it might take in the future. Over the course of 42 chapters, it explores the full breadth of the origins of democracy and expands the canon of democratic history by exploring new - and sometimes surprising - examples from around the world. Editor(s): Isakhan, Benjamin; Stockwell, Stephen. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JPHV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 251 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748640751
- ISBN
- 9780748640751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.47€ 156.28
€ 165.47
€ 156.28
Paperback. Critically examines the history of democracy, from ancient history to the directions it might take in the future. Over the course of 42 chapters, this book explores the full breadth of the origins of democracy and expands the canon of democratic history by exploring new - and sometimes surprising - examples from around the world. Editor(s): Isakhan, Benjamin; Stockwell, Stephen. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBL; JPHV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 245 x 34. Weight in Grams: 996.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474400145
- ISBN
- 9781474400145
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.26
€ 41.99
€ 37.26
Hardback. The Companion is organized into two sections, each one of which reflects the developments of the Anglo-American Analytic and the Continental European philosophical traditions respectively. An appendix presents the main accomplishments of non-Western philosophies in the same time frame. Editor(s): Boundas, Constantin V. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 254 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1578.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748620975
- ISBN
- 9780748620975
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Condition: New
€ 147.74€ 139.88
€ 147.74
€ 139.88
Hardback. The Edinburgh Critical History of Philosophy is a seven-volume reference work on the history of philosophy. This volume surveys the key issues and debates distinct to nineteenth-century philosophy. Editor(s): Stone, Alison. Series: The Edinburgh Critical History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748635665
- ISBN
- 9780748635665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 224.56€ 210.97
€ 224.56
€ 210.97
Paperback. With over 450 clearly written definitions and articles by an international team of specialists, this authoritative dictionary covers the thinkers, topics and technical terms associated with the many fields known as 'continental' philosophy'. Care has been taken to explain the complex terminology of many continental thinkers. Editor(s): Protevi, John. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; GBC; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1076.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617166
- ISBN
- 9780748617166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.38
€ 48.99
€ 43.38
Hardback. A guide to the history and development of modern criticism in the humanities. The work takes the reader through introductions to historically influential philosophers and movements before focusing on three principal areas of critical attention: Europe, North America and Great Britain. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; GBC; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1526.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748613014
- ISBN
- 9780748613014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 443.21€ 413.32
€ 443.21
€ 413.32
Paperback. Provides a nuanced picture of the Greek experience in the Ottoman empire. The author discusses the changing views of the Ottoman Empire more generally and assesses what this changing historiography can tell us about this period in Greek history. It covers the period from the fall of Constantinople to the Russo Ottoman War. Series: The Edinburgh History of the Greeks. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDT; 3J; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748693993
- ISBN
- 9780748693993
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.32
€ 42.99
€ 35.32
Paperback. Traces the rich social, cultural, economic and political history of the Greeks. This book examines some key themes that were especially important in shaping the development of Greek culture during the 19th century, including the impact of the formation of the nation state, the formation of multi tiered, multinational social structure, and more. Series: The Edinburgh History of the Greeks. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748636068
- ISBN
- 9780748636068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.06
€ 41.99
€ 37.06
Hardback. The story of one of the landmark censorship trials of the 20th century. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; LA; LNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Roberts Rinehart Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780911797404
- ISBN
- 9780911797404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.59
€ 30.99
€ 26.59
hardcover. The story of one of the landmark censorship trials of the 20th century. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; LA; LNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Roberts Rinehart United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780911797480
- ISBN
- 9780911797480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.25€ 52.44
€ 58.25
€ 52.44
Paperback. Vives advocated education for all women, regardless of social class and ability. From childhood through adolescence to marriage and widowhood, this manual offers advice as well as philosophical meditation. Vives stressed that women were intellectually equal if not superior to men. Translator(s): Fantazzi, Charles. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226858159
- ISBN
- 9780226858159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.35
€ 35.99
€ 28.35