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hardcover. This book reveals how Gothic choir screens, through their architecture and sculpture, were vital vehicles of communication and shapers of community within the Christian church. Num Pages: 328 pages, 180 b/w illus. 30 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 285 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1394. Space, Sculpture, and Community in the Cathedrals of France and Germany, CA.1200-1400. 298 pages, 180 b/w illus. 30 colour illus. Reveals how Gothic choir screens, through their architecture and sculpture, were vital vehicles of communication and shapers of community within the Christian church. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2. Dimension: 285 x 223 x 21. Weight: 1178.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107022959
- ISBN
- 9781107022959
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Condition: New
€ 108.41
€ 108.41
hardcover. Explores German engagement with the Italian Renaissance in the decades from German unification to the Weimar republic. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 341 pages, 73 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 678.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781107036994
- ISBN
- 9781107036994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.55
€ 95.55
hardcover. Discusses the experience of nearly 100,000 French colonial prisoners of war captured by Nazi Germany during World War II. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTQ; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781107056817
- ISBN
- 9781107056817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.67
€ 75.67
hardcover. This book examines global humanitarian efforts involving the two German states and Third World liberation movements during the Cold War. Series: Human Rights in History. Num Pages: 439 pages, 38 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 1DFGW; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107095571
- ISBN
- 9781107095571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.03
€ 85.03
hardcover. This book examines the connections between Bavarian tourism and the turbulent experience of German modernity for Germans and foreign tourists. Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KNSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781107111950
- ISBN
- 9781107111950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.90
€ 97.90
Paperback. A richly illustrated book exploring the origins of the modern fascination for heritage, comparing preservation in France, Germany and England. Series: New Studies in European History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 57 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JH; HBAH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781107595583
- ISBN
- 9781107595583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.76
€ 40.99
€ 40.76
paperback. A lively and fascinating account of the political life of the nineteenth-century Prussian diplomat and scholar Baron von Bunsen. Editor(s): Bunsen, Baroness Frances Waddington. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - European History. Num Pages: 1298 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BM; HBJD; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 70. Weight in Grams: 2120.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1298
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781108171076
- ISBN
- 9781108171076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Paperback. Joel Agee, the son of James Agee, was raised for 12 years in East Germany, where his stepfather, the novelist Bodo Uhse, was a member of the privileged communist intelligentsia. This is the story of how young Joel failed to become a good communist, becoming instead a fine writer. Num Pages: 330 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226010502
- ISBN
- 9780226010502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 27.64
€ 35.99
€ 27.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226010663
- ISBN
- 9780226010663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.92
€ 31.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. Over the past three centuries, supporters of German music ranging from music scholars to politicians have nurtured the notion that the German speaking world possesses a peculiar strength in the cultivation of music. This volume explores this notion and the role of music in identity Editor(s): Applegate, Celia; Potter, Pamela M. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AV; HBJD; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226021317
- ISBN
- 9780226021317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.27
€ 38.99
€ 30.27
Paperback. Finally, Silverman traces the formative influence of Franz Boas, the expansion of the discipline after World War II, and the "fault lines" and promises of contemporary anthropology in the United States. Series: Halle Lectures. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1DFG; 1KBB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226038292
- ISBN
- 9780226038292
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
€ 36.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. Under the swastika, German scientists descended into the moral abyss, perpetrating heinous medical crimes at Auschwitz and at euthanasia hospitals. But why did biomedical researchers accept such a bargain? This title offers an account of the myriad ways human heredity and Nazi politics reinforced each other before and during the Third Reich. Num Pages: 392 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226055718
- ISBN
- 9780226055718
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.39
€ 38.99
€ 30.39
Hardcover. Called by Heinrich Heine a city of dull and culturally limited merchants where poets only go to die, Hamburg would seem an improbable setting for a major new intellectual movement. This title clarifies the social, political, and economic pressures faced by German-Jewish scholars on the periphery of Germany's intellectual world. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226061689
- ISBN
- 9780226061689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06€ 75.68
€ 92.06
€ 75.68
Paperback. Combining ethnography, history, and social theory, this book exposes how the shifting fortunes and social perceptions of German intellectuals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries influenced German's conceptions of modernity and national culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226068916
- ISBN
- 9780226068916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.55
€ 36.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. This text, winner of the John Gilmary Shea Prize, examines the social and political atmosphere of late imperial Vienna. It traces the demise of Vienna's liberal culture and the growth of a new radicalism during the latter half of the 19th century. Num Pages: 592 pages, 1 halftone, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JPFF; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 810.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069562
- ISBN
- 9780226069562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 39.42
€ 51.99
€ 39.42
Paperback. Detailing the history of the Christian Socialist Movement after founder Karl Lueger's rise to power, this volume traces the evolution of the movement into the largest single party in the Austrian parliament by 1907 and its major role in Imperial politics during World War II. Num Pages: 718 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1000.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 718
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069616
- ISBN
- 9780226069616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.04€ 57.63
€ 69.04
€ 57.63
Paperback. This text focuses on the social and intellectual world of 19th-century German physics. In providing a biography of Hertz and his scientific community, Buchwald aims to reconstitute the tacit knowledge - the shared, unwritten assumptions, values and understandings - that shapes the work of science. Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 halftones, 83 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BG; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 27. Weight in Grams: 707.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226078885
- ISBN
- 9780226078885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.29€ 53.02
€ 63.29
€ 53.02
Hardcover. The absolute was one of the most significant philosophical concepts in the early nineteenth century, particularly for the German romantics. This title offers an assessment of the romantics and their understanding of the absolute. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226084060
- ISBN
- 9780226084060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.09€ 45.77
€ 54.09
€ 45.77
Paperback. The central question for both the victors and the vanquished of World War II was just how widely the stain of guilt would spread over Germany. This title chronicles explores the processes of accommodation and rejection that Allied plans for a new German state inspired among the German intelligentsia. Num Pages: 392 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103341
- ISBN
- 9780226103341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.30
€ 26.99
€ 21.30
Paperback. Traces the vital and varied roles of science through the story of three generations of the eminent Exner family, whose members included Nobel Prize - winning biologist Karl Frisch, the teachers of Freud and of physicist Erwin Schrodinger, artists of the Vienna Secession, and a leader of Vienna's women's movement. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226111735
- ISBN
- 9780226111735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 39.42
€ 51.99
€ 39.42