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Paperback. The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost won his case, when a man with a wooden leg swaggered into the French courtroom, denounced du TiIh, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. This book, by the noted historian who served as a consultant for the film, adds new dimensions to this famous legend. Num Pages: 176 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674766914
ISBN
9780674766914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.01

Hardback. In this collection of essays, historians discuss the applications of evolutionary theory to cultural, social, economic and political phenomena. Contributors include anthropologist Donald Brown, archaeologist Albert Naccache and demographer Noel Bonneuil. Editor(s): Pomper, Philip; Shaw, David Gary. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFCX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521605
ISBN
9780742521605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.27

Paperback. In this collection of essays, historians discuss the applications of evolutionary theory to cultural, social, economic and political phenomena. Contributors include anthropologist Donald Brown, archaeologist Albert Naccache and demographer Noel Bonneuil. Editor(s): Pomper, Philip; Shaw, David Gary. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFCX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521612
ISBN
9780742521612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.19

Paperback. Explores the return of the 'epic' in 21st century cinema. Why did the epic come back, and why did it fall out of fashion? Are these the same kinds of epics as the 1950s and 60s, or are there aesthetic differences? Can we treat Kingdom of Heaven, 300 and Thor indiscriminately as one genre? Are non Western histories like Hero and Mongol epics, too? Editor(s): Elliot, Andrew B. R. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402842
ISBN
9781474402842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.47

Paperback. The Return of the Native offers a look at the role of preconquest peoples such as the Aztecs and the Incas in the imagination of Spanish American elites in the first century after independence. Num Pages: 376 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340843
ISBN
9780822340843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.42

paperback. "[A] passionate, compelling, and disturbing argument that the ills of democracy in the United States today arise from the default of its elites." -John Gray, New York Times Book Review (front-page review) Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSC; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393313710
ISBN
9780393313710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.61

Paperback. In The Revolution Has Come Robyn C. Spencer traces the Black Panther Party's organizational evolution in Oakland, California, examining how its internal politics along with external forces such as COINTELPRO shaped the Party's efforts at fostering self-determination in Oakland's black communities. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTV; JFSL3; JPL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 265 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362869
ISBN
9780822362869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.85

Hardback. In The Revolution Has Come Robyn C. Spencer traces the Black Panther Party's organizational evolution in Oakland, California, examining how its internal politics along with external forces such as COINTELPRO shaped the Party's efforts at fostering self-determination in Oakland's black communities. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTV; JFSL3; JPL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362753
ISBN
9780822362753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.31

hardcover. In this multidisciplinary volume, leading historians provide new understanding of a time that sent shockwaves through Jewish communities in and beyond the Russian Empire and transformed the way Jews thought about the politics of ethnic and national identity. Editor(s): Hoffman, Stefani; Mendelsohn, Ezra. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 35. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812240641
ISBN
9780812240641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BM; JFC; JPW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626567658
ISBN
9781626567658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.56

hardcover. This is a perfect resource for students interested in the Revolutionary War, the birth of the new nation, and the actual opinions and words of those involved. Series: Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313320835
ISBN
9780313320835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.20

paperback. Argues that crucial twentieth-century revolutionary challenges to colonialism and capitalism in the Americas have failed to resist - and in fact have been constitutively related to - the very developmentalist narratives that have justified and naturalized post-war capitalism. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFC; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331667
ISBN
9780822331667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBTV; JFSL4; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310762
ISBN
9781477310762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Bowman, Paul. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFA; JFC; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149952
ISBN
9780231149952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.59

Hardback. Editor(s): Bowman, Paul. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFA; JFC; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149945
ISBN
9780231149945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.66
€ 80.20

Paperback. An updated and significantly expanded edition of McPhail's "The Rhetoric of Racism", this text looks at the rhetorical dynamics of racism - how, in addition to social and material structures and institutions, language can be a cause and facilitator of racism. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFG; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517196
ISBN
9780742517196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674768680
ISBN
9780674768680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.06

hardcover. This work applies Kenneth Burke's theory of guilt-purification-redemption in a close, critical analysis of Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech, developing and examining the implications of Burke's redemption drama in contemporary public discourse. Series: Communication, Media and Politics. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742529274
ISBN
9780742529274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.41

Hardback. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, did symbolic as well as literal damage. This book includes two interlinked essays that proposes the notion of virtual traumato that describe the cultural wound that this name-date both deflects and relays. It examines the historical and philosophical infrastructure of the notion of war on terror. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823231232
ISBN
9780823231232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.13

Paperback. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, did symbolic as well as literal damage. This book includes two interlinked essays that proposes the notion of virtual traumato that describe the cultural wound that this name-date both deflects and relays. It examines the historical and philosophical infrastructure of the notion of war on terror. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823231249
ISBN
9780823231249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.67

Paperback. In addition, he includes a new chapter describing Amish recreation and social gatherings, and he applies the concept of "social capitalto his sensitive and penetrating interpretation of how the Amish have preserved their social networks and the solidarity of their community. Series: Center Books in Anabaptist Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 74, 61 black & white halftones, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC99; HRCX8; HRCZ; JFC; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801867729
ISBN
9780801867729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442630215
ISBN
9781442630215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.73

Hardcover. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813529868
ISBN
9780813529868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.27

Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226397054
ISBN
9780226397054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.37

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