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Paperback. From antiquity onwards people have opted to live near rivers and major watercourses. This volume explores rivers as facilitators of movement through landscapes, and it investigates the reasons for living near a river, as well as the role of the river in the human landscape. Editor(s): Vianello, Andrea. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. BIC Classification: HDA; HDDA; RGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 300 x 211 x 13. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Archaeopress United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784911782
- ISBN
- 9781784911782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.80
€ 93.80
Paperback. This volume is dedicated to the examination of a small corpus of bronze U-shaped burial receptacles from ancient Mesopotamia and Elam, dubbed 'bathtub' coffins for their characteristic apsidal shape, reminiscent of a style of 19th and early 20th century bathtub. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 3F; HDDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 298 x 20. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Archaeopress United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784911744
- ISBN
- 9781784911744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.02
€ 87.02
Paperback. This book aims to present Gnathia ware on the East Adriatic coast, to define local Issaean Gnathia production from manufacturing to distribution, to identify other pottery workshops along the East Adriatic coast and, finally, to understand the trade and contacts in the Adriatic during the Hellensitic period. Num Pages: 178 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QSH; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 292 x 206 x 14. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Archaeopress United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784911645
- ISBN
- 9781784911645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.13
€ 80.13
Paperback. Provides analysis of production trends and complex, quantified distribution patterns of the principal traded sigillatas and slipped table wares in the Roman East, from the early Empire to Late Antiquity. Series: Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery. Num Pages: 204 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. BIC Classification: 1QRM; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 299 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Archaeopress United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784911201
- ISBN
- 9781784911201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.06
€ 99.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; AB; AF; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 198 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1136.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679423720
- ISBN
- 9780679423720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 39.50
€ 45.99
€ 39.50
Paperback. This collection of essays aims at promoting dialogue between groups that have become polarized over issues such as: human rights, same-sex marriage and religion. Num Pages: 131 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Iff Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782799542
- ISBN
- 9781782799542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.13
€ 17.99
€ 16.13
Paperback. Siegi Moos, an anti-Nazi and active member of the German Communist Party, escaped Germany in 1933 and, exiled in Britain, sought another route to the transformation of capitalism. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Chronos Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782796770
- ISBN
- 9781782796770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.00
€ 31.99
€ 27.00
Hardcover. In 1944, a number of Sonderkommando-"special squads" of Jewish prisoners who kept the gas chambers running smoothly-buried on the grounds of Auschwitz a series of remarkable eyewitness accounts. This study reconstructs their history and textual content, revealing literary works that raise troubling questions about the nature of testimony. Num Pages: 276 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782389989
- ISBN
- 9781782389989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.39
€ 152.39
Hardback. From 1919 to 1989, the German-Polish borderland, one of Central Europe's important industrial regions, was at the center of a conflict between Germany and Poland. In their interaction with - and mutual influence on - one another, both nations developed a transnational culture, giving the borderland a "Polish"/"German" face. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782388876
- ISBN
- 9781782388876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.71
€ 152.71
Hardback. Non-knowledge should not be simply regarded as the opposite of knowledge, but as complementary to it: each derives its character and meaning from the other and from their interaction. This volume's ethnographic analyses provide a theoretical frame through which to consider the production and reproduction of ignorance, non-knowledge, and secrecy. Editor(s): Dilley, Roy; Kirsch, Thomas G. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782388388
- ISBN
- 9781782388388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.03
€ 152.03
The Emperor's Old Clothes: Constitutional History and the Symbolic Lan...
Barabara Stollberg-Rilinger
Hardcover. For many years, scholars struggled to write the history of the constitution and political structure of the Holy Roman Empire. This book argues that this was because the political and social order could not be understood without considering the rituals and symbols that held the Empire together. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 396 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782388050
- ISBN
- 9781782388050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.03
€ 164.03
Hardback. European colonial conquest included many instances of indigenous peoples being exterminated. Cases where invading commercial stock farmers clashed with hunter-gatherers were particularly destructive, often resulting in a degree of dispossession and slaughter that destroyed the ability of these societies to reproduce themselves. Editor(s): Adhikari, Mohaemd. Series: War and Genocide. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ; HBTZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387381
- ISBN
- 9781782387381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.84
€ 164.84
Hardcover. This book examines the Holocaust via three sites of murder by the Nazis: the former concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany; the mass grave at Babi Yar, Ukraine; and the razed village of Lidice, Czech Republic. The author balances scrutiny with a focus on the way these violent histories are remembered.. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 258 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387091
- ISBN
- 9781782387091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.02
€ 154.02
Hardback. The political culture of the German Democratic Republic strongly emphasized solidarity with the non-white world, from contributions to relief efforts in Vietnam to public memorials for Ho Chi Minh and Martin Luther King, Jr. Through a series of illuminating historical investigations, this volume traces the contours of East German internationalism. Editor(s): Slobodian, Quinn. Series: Protest, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 332 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387053
- ISBN
- 9781782387053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.78
€ 163.78
Hardcover. The beginning of filmmaking in the German colonies coincided with colonialism itself coming to a standstill. Scandals and economic stagnation in the colonies demanded a new and positive image of their value for Germany. Series: Film Europa. Num Pages: 308 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1H; 3JH; 3JJC; APF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386971
- ISBN
- 9781782386971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.85
€ 152.85
Hardcover. Between 1939 and 1945 some 80,000 Finnish children were sent to Sweden, Denmark, and elsewhere, ostensibly to protect them from danger while their nation's soldiers fought superior Soviet and German forces. This was the largest of all World War II children's transports.. Editor(s): Saffle, Sue. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386582
- ISBN
- 9781782386582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.99
€ 152.99
Hardcover. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Germans exhibited a widespread cultural passion for tales and representations of Native Americans. Pervasive and adaptable, imagery of Native Americans was appropriated by Nazi propaganda and merged with exceptionalist notions of German tribalism, oxymoronically promoting the Nazis' racial ideology. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 268 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386544
- ISBN
- 9781782386544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.39
€ 152.39
Hardcover. Over the last 70 years, memories and narratives of the Holocaust have played a significant role in constructing Jewish communities. This book explores one field where these narratives are disseminated: Holocaust pedagogy in Jewish schools in Melbourne and New York. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386520
- ISBN
- 9781782386520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.31
€ 152.31
Hardcover. In the nineteenth century "the West" became associated with notions of progress, liberty, civilization, and modernity. Examining the shifting meanings, political uses, and transnational circulations of the idea of "the West" sheds new light on German intellectual history from the post-Napoleonic era to the Cold War. Editor(s): Bavaj, Riccardo; Steber, Martina. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385974
- ISBN
- 9781782385974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.90
€ 152.90
Hardcover. The newly awakened interest in the lives of craftspeople in Turkey is highlighted in this collection, which uses archival documents to follow Ottoman artisans from the late 15th century to the beginning of the 20th. The authors examine historical changes in the lives of artisans, focusing on craft organizations (or guilds).. Editor(s): Faroqhi, Suraiya. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385585
- ISBN
- 9781782385585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.03
€ 164.03