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Paperback. This book is a cross--cultural examination of slavery. It draws material from the many regions, and widely separated historical periods, in which slavery has existed -- ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, the Muslim societies of the Middle East and Africa, sub--Saharan Africa and the Americas. Series: New Perspectives on the Past. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631167310
- ISBN
- 9780631167310
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Condition: New
€ 57.50
€ 57.50
Hardback. Drawing material from the ancient and medieval worlds, Africa and the Americas, this book discusses slavery's economic role and the significance of kin, ethnicity, race, and religious and moral ideas in the structuring, maintenance and dissolution of slave societies. Series: New Perspectives on the Past. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631167297
- ISBN
- 9780631167297
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Condition: New
€ 130.60
€ 130.60
Paperback. This book explores the nature of electoral change in Britain during the last half century. The period from 1945--70 was the classic era of two--party dominance at every level of British politics: at Westminster, county hall, and in the electorate. Series: Making Contemporary Britain. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631167167
- ISBN
- 9780631167167
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 51.31
€ 51.99
€ 51.31
Hardback. This is an account of the relationship between social and political change - how voting behaviour has been affected by the decline of the industrial working class and the rise of the "new" working class - and of how political activity and the mechanics of politics have altered. Series: Making Contemporary Britain. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631167150
- ISBN
- 9780631167150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.69
€ 146.69
Hardback. * A collection of studies on Bede, the greatest historian of the English Middle Ages, and the early English church * Written over a 30-year period by one of the leading authorities on the subject. * Integrates the religious, intellectual, political and social history of the English in their first Christian centuries. Editor(s): Baxter, Stephen. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631166559
- ISBN
- 9780631166559
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Condition: New
€ 104.61
€ 104.61
Paperback. Beginning with an account of the historical antecedents to the war, this book traces the history of the Second Republic, which culminated in the electoral victory of the Popular Front in 1936. It goes on to chart and analyze the dramatic chain of events of the Civil War itself. Num Pages: 112 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 198.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631166177
- ISBN
- 9780631166177
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.85
€ 53.99
€ 53.85
Paperback. Assesses the main features of Lloyd George's career from his early days when he established a reputation as a fiery radical, his work as a social reformer, his stance vis-a-vis the Boer War, his career during World War I and his work in the peace-making process, and his later years out of office. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631166085
- ISBN
- 9780631166085
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 51.54
€ 51.99
€ 51.54
Paperback. Manicas argues that ideology is the defining characteristic of the social sciences in this critical review of the discipline. He contends that social science was originally based on a false ideal of science and that the historical assumptions of it are in general, too "Eurocentric". Num Pages: 354 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631165835
- ISBN
- 9780631165835
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.85
€ 53.99
€ 53.85
Paperback. By the end of the 17th century probably three quarters of world Jewry dwelt within the borders of the Polish republic, which became not only a haven from persecution but the centre of a flourishing Jewish culture. Editor(s): Abramsky, Chimen. Num Pages: 276 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631165828
- ISBN
- 9780631165828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.83
€ 53.99
€ 53.83
Paperback. Concerned with the origins of capitalism and the conditions that accompanied its birth, this work argues that capitalism is more than an economic system: it is a culture that affects not just the material but also the social, familial and even spiritual bases of existence. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPF; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 150. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631165576
- ISBN
- 9780631165576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.63
€ 29.63
Hardback. The volume is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three main phases in Gothic history: their early history down to the fourth century, the revolution in Gothic society set in motion by the arrival of the Huns, and the history of the Gothic successor states to the western Roman Empire. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3F; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631165361
- ISBN
- 9780631165361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Paperback. This book is not a conventional introduction to the philosophy of mind, nor is it a contribution to the physicalist/ dualist debate. Instead The Representational Theory of Mind demonstrates that we can construct physicalist theories of important aspects of our mental life. Num Pages: 268 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631164982
- ISBN
- 9780631164982
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.88
€ 48.99
€ 48.88
Hardback. Aimed at philsophy graduates this book investigates mental content in a systematic way and advances a number of claims about how mental content states are related to the body and the world. Internalism is the thesis that they are; externalism is the theory that they are not. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631163695
- ISBN
- 9780631163695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.78
€ 58.78
Paperback. This collection of essays assesses the influence of Heidegger on 20th-century western thought. They also seek to show how Heidegger approached the ideas of being, mind, action and language, and explore the ways in which his thought relates to current philosophical inquiry. Editor(s): Dreyfus, Hubert L.; Hall, Harrison. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631163428
- ISBN
- 9780631163428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.90
€ 48.99
€ 48.90
Paperback. Jean-Francois Lyotard was one of the founding members of the College Internationale de philosophie. Ha has taught at Vincennes, Saint Denis and is currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Irvine. Several of his books have appeared in English, notable The Postmodern Condition, Just Gaming and The Dirrerend. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8 half-tones, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631163398
- ISBN
- 9780631163398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.79
€ 53.99
€ 53.79
Hardback. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, is one of the controversial personalities of 15th century England. This book illuminates Warwick's character and motivation, showing that he was an emotional, charming, and popular man with a strong sense of family loyalty. It deals with this figure within the context of political life in late medieval England. Num Pages: 364 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631162599
- ISBN
- 9780631162599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.44
€ 140.44
Paperback. The books of the Hebrew Bible were created by anonymous writers during the first millennium before the Common Era (BCE). Their messages and concerns are the central theme of the book. Editor(s): Bigger, Stephen. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631162490
- ISBN
- 9780631162490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 51.37
€ 51.99
€ 51.37
Paperback. An examination of the conclusions drawn by Richard Rorty in "Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature". Discussions cover Rorty's views on truth, language, knowledge and the self, together with his pragmatism and his regard for the literary potential of philosophical writing. Editor(s): Malachowski, Alan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631161493
- ISBN
- 9780631161493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.90
€ 48.99
€ 48.90
Paperback. Derrida has had a profound influence on the way texts are read. Deconstruction has become a Sphinx-like feature of the modern critical landscape. The contributors to this volume have endeavoured to take a critical view of Derrida's oeuvre. Editor(s): Wood, David. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631161219
- ISBN
- 9780631161219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.88
€ 48.99
€ 48.88
Hardback. This is a history of the secret activities of the British government in response to threats to the nation's well-being and stability during the twentieth century. It is based on intensive and widespread research in private and public archives and on documents many of which have only recently come to light or been made available. Num Pages: 480 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPQB; JPSH; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631160663
- ISBN
- 9780631160663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.67
€ 63.67