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Southern Europe

Hardcover. Drawing on a variety of sixteenth-century sources, including household inventories, epigrams, dedications, catalogs, travel books, and advice manuals, this book studies how individuals displayed different maps in their homes as deliberate acts of self-fashioning. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226255316
ISBN
9780226255316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.43

Hardback. Focuses on Rome's historic Monti district and the wrenching dislocation caused by rapid economic, political, and social change. This book tells the story of the gentrification of Monti - once the architectural home of a community of artisans and shopkeepers now displaced by an invasion of rapacious real estate speculators, and corrupt officials. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226329116
ISBN
9780226329116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 79.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 430 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1; JHBK; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226457642
ISBN
9780226457642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Hardback. The kingdom of Granada faced radical changes imposed by its occupiers including conversion of its native Muslim population. This title attempts to lodge a protest against assimilationist laws that required converted Muslims in Granada to dress, speak, eat, marry, celebrate festivals, and bury their dead exactly as the Castilian settler population. Editor(s): Barletta, Vincent. Translator(s): Barletta, Vincent. Num Pages: 128 pages, 2 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFSR2; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226547268
ISBN
9780226547268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 79.61

Hardback. "This catalog is published in conjunction with the special exhibition presented at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Bloomington, October 1, 2016-February 5, 2017, and curated by Adelheid M. Gealt, Director Emerita, Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art." Num Pages: 128 pages, 68 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; ACQ; AFF; AGC; HRLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7747 x 7112 x 15. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022905
ISBN
9780253022905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85

Hardback. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 601.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024749
ISBN
9780253024749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.11

Paperback. "Thorough and convincing.. likely to become the standard work on the subject." Library Journal

"Highly readable." Medieval Literature

"A major work of synthesis." Walter E. Kaegi

"Burns has achieved much for the modern study of Ostrogoths." Antiquaries Journal

" Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780253206008
ISBN
9780253206008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Paperback. A new perspective on Italian masculinity Num Pages: 248 pages, 42 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DST; APF; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216441
ISBN
9780253216441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Paperback. The 1930s to the 1950s in Italy witnessed large increases in film-going, radio-listening, and the sale of music and weekly magazines. This book draws on evidence, including oral histories and archival material, to explore possible continuities between the uses of mass culture before and after World War II. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219480
ISBN
9780253219480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Examines the history of Italian celebrity culture and ponders the changing qualities of stardom. This book examines the phenomenon of the diva in the European cinema, the invention of new stars in the sound cinema, and the postwar impact on stardom through the introduction of changing forms of narration in popular genres. Series: New Directions in National Cinemas. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220080
ISBN
9780253220080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Analyses questions of cultural violence Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 b&w illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223098
ISBN
9780253223098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. The latest volume of archaeological investigations in southern Italy by the Institute of Classical Archaeology that will present a wealth of new information about the region's ancient rural economy and culture. Editor(s): Carter, Joseph Coleman; Prieto, Alberto. Num Pages: 1648 pages, color and b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 520 x 420 x 100. Weight in Grams: 9765.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
1648
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292726789
ISBN
9780292726789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 221.28

Paperback. Shared concern for nature can be a way of transcending national, ethnic, religious, and cultural boundaries, yet conservation efforts often pit the interests of historically rooted or indigenous people against the state and international environmental organizations. This title examines the cultural politics around nature conservation. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSTA; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989990
ISBN
9780295989990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. "MacKendrick writes so enthusiastically that all laymen who have a serious interest in scholarship and antiquity will delight in following his story." --New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations, maps, plans, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393301199
ISBN
9780393301199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

paperback. Anonymously published in 1554, Lazarillo de Tormes remains a centrepiece of Renaissance literature and is arguably the most popular example of the picaresque novel. Editor(s): Stavans, Ilan. Translator(s): Stavans, Ilan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DS; 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780393938050
ISBN
9780393938050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Pioneering aviator, blackshirt leader, colonial governor, confidante and heir-apparent to Benito Mussolini, the dashing and charismatic Italo Balbo exemplified the ideals of Fascist Italy during the 1920s and 30s. Num Pages: 482 pages, Illustrations, maps,ports. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
482
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520071995
ISBN
9780520071995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.31

Paperback. Examines the films of such key directors as Bunuel, Saura, Erice, and Almodovar, as well as works from the popular cinema and television, exploring how they manifest political and cultural tensions related to the production of Spanish national identity within a changing global context. Num Pages: 568 pages, 103 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520081574
ISBN
9780520081574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.31

Hardback. This cultural history of Mussolini's dictatorship discusses the meanings of modernity in interwar Italy. The work argues that fascism appealed to many Italian intellectuals as a new model of modernity that would resolve the European crisis as well as long-standing problems of the national past. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 327 pages, 17 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; GTB; HBJD; HBWN; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520223639
ISBN
9780520223639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.26
€ 45.97

Hardback. Shows that Spanish intellectuals, calls for Spain to modernize its political, social, and economic institutions brought the question of women's place to the forefront, along with women themselves. This book illustrates the visibility of women, and reveals the processes that led to their swift exit from public institutions in the early 1800s. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 330 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245839
ISBN
9780520245839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.42
€ 65.36

Paperback. Christine Shawa s new biography uses a wealth of archival sources to paint a vivid portrait of one of the most remarkable and colourful men ever to sit on the papal throne. Admired and hated, his actions were always controversial and made him one of the most influential figures in Renaissance Italy. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780631202820
ISBN
9780631202820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.44

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