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Paperback. In the Ottoman Empire, many members of the ruling elite were legally slaves of the sultan and therefore could, technically, be ordered to surrender their labor, their property, or their lives at any moment. This work offers insights into Ottoman life and thought. It also examines female harem slaves, and slave dealers, and slave owners. Series: Publications on the Near East. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976426
- ISBN
- 9780295976426
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Challenges many assumptions about gender and politics in the French Revolution. This title shows how revolutionary politics and laws brought about a social revolution within households and created space for thousands of French women and men to reimagine their most intimate relationships. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 474 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520248168
- ISBN
- 9780520248168
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Hardcover. The author argues that by fostering awareness of membership in an elite group, the native place lodges generated a sense of belonging to a nation that furthered the reforms undertaken in the early twentieth century. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 326 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674019560
- ISBN
- 9780674019560
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.19
€ 49.99
€ 42.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2maps. BIC Classification: HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 31. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674131255
- ISBN
- 9780674131255
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Condition: New
€ 61.46€ 56.59
€ 61.46
€ 56.59
Paperback. Looking beyond diplomats and generals, the author shows that neither nationalist passions nor desires for revenge took Europe to war in 1914. He gives voice to a generation who suddenly found themselves compelled to participate in a ghastly, protracted orgy of violence they never imagined would come to pass. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725935
- ISBN
- 9780674725935
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.73
€ 27.99
€ 24.73
Paperback. Questions the foundations of faith that have made a virtue out of the willingness to sacrifice a child. This book offers a perspective on what unites and divides the peoples of the sibling religions derived from Abraham and, implicitly, a way to overcome the violence among them. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRH; HRJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070506
- ISBN
- 9780691070506
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.70
€ 54.99
€ 39.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750962032
- ISBN
- 9780750962032
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
€ 17.99
€ 16.55
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13, 7 tables, 6 charts. BIC Classification: 3JM; HBLX; KCP; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452352
- ISBN
- 9780801452352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.36
€ 35.99
€ 32.36
Paperback. "Rubin raises . . . deep and disturbing questions about the nature of persecution and mass hysteria, and not least about the ways in which Christian beliefs have caused the deaths of Jews. . . . This is a courageous book, with implications far beyond medieval history."--Michael Clanchy, Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812218800
- ISBN
- 9780812218800
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. An interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary resources never before published in English. Editor(s): Joseph, Gilbert M.; Henderson, Timothy J. Series: Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 808 pages, 91 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1078.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 808
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822330424
- ISBN
- 9780822330424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; HBJD; HBTB; HBTQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823270675
- ISBN
- 9780823270675
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Condition: New
€ 101.88
€ 101.88
Hardback. From the rise of ticker-tape technology to the development of conspiracy theories, Reading the Market argues that commentary on the Stock Exchange between 1870 and 1915 changed how Americans understood finance-and explains what our pervasive interest in Wall Street says about us now. Series: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420608
- ISBN
- 9781421420608
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Condition: New
€ 50.87€ 47.39
€ 50.87
€ 47.39
Hardback. Discusses the complexities of a trading network in this period, outling commodity chains, links between colonies and colonial centres, and tensions between local polities and competing empires. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FM; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270699
- ISBN
- 9781783270699
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Condition: New
€ 98.09
€ 98.09
Hardback. The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines. Num Pages: 224 pages, 42 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270897
- ISBN
- 9781783270897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.29
€ 80.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; HR; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271063782
- ISBN
- 9780271063782
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.31
€ 47.99
€ 37.31
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780567030375
- ISBN
- 9780567030375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.31
€ 37.31
Hardcover. 'The Road to Crecy' is a graphically detailed account of one of the great battles of the Hundred Years War, when England broke France's stronghold on Europe. More dramatic, decisive and bloody than Agincourt, it heralded a new era in warfare. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582784208
- ISBN
- 9780582784208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.04
€ 174.04
Hardback. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 256 pages, 258. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJF; HBLA; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 262 x 27. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801444722
- ISBN
- 9780801444722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Paperback. Introduces the most renowned disciple of Socrates and the theory of Platonic forms before moving to Plato's disciple, Aristotle, whose advance to scientific thinking is detailed. Translator(s): Simson, Frances H.; Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson. Num Pages: 453 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 453
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803272729
- ISBN
- 9780803272729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.50
€ 51.99
€ 46.50
Paperback. Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the received wisdom of Western scholarship on the origins and early development of warriors in Japan. Num Pages: 284 pages, 4 half-tones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726962
- ISBN
- 9780804726962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93