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Hardback. Num Pages: 568 pages, 161 halftones, 34 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 254 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1920.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674807310
ISBN
9780674807310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 261.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 715.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674794757
ISBN
9780674794757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.67

Hardback. North Sea oil, garden suburbs, socialized medicine, ombudsmen, economic diversification, party politics, relations with the US and the USSR--these are some of the exciting and controversial aspects of Scandinavian life in the 1970s that Scott explores in this revised and enlarged edition of The United States and Scandinavia. Series: American Foreign Policy Library. Num Pages: 426 pages, tabs.M. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised and Enlarged Edition
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674790001
ISBN
9780674790001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.96

Paperback. Examines the historical background and major cultural developments of the Mediaeval Renaissance. Num Pages: 439 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
439
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674760752
ISBN
9780674760752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.30

Hardback. This text examines religious conflict in the parish communities of early modern England using an interdisciplinary approach that includes a number of perspectives. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 476 pages, 1 map, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBJD1; HBLH; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674758452
ISBN
9780674758452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.68

Hardback. Minister to Britain John Adams was unable to enforce the peace treaty of 1783 and renew Anglo-American commerce. But he saved U.S. credit, petitioned to release impressed sailors, saw the Prussian-American treaty ratified, and laid the groundwork for negotiations with the Barbary States. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 183 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728950
ISBN
9780674728950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.38

Hardback. By 1945 Washington and London envisioned a new era in which the U.S. shouldered global responsibilities while Britain focused its regional interests narrowly. Mapping the End of Empire reveals how Anglo-American perceptions of geography and perspectives on the Muslim world shaped postcolonial futures from the Middle East to South Asia. Num Pages: 324 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW; JPH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728882
ISBN
9780674728882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.79

Hardback. For six terror-filled weeks in 1870 German armies bombarded Strasbourg, killing hundreds of citizens, wounding thousands, and destroying landmarks. Rachel Chrastil tells how the city became the epicenter of a new kind of warfare whose indiscriminate violence shocked contemporaries and led to debates over the wartime protection of civilians. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728868
ISBN
9780674728868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Hardback. The rapid rise and fall of the southern kingdom of Wu inspired many memorials in the former capital city of Suzhou, including the building of temples, shrines, and monuments. Analyzing the history of Wu as recorded in ancient Chinese texts and literature, the author illuminates the cultural endurance of this powerful but short-lived kingdom. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674726680
ISBN
9780674726680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Paperback. A study that blends diplomatic, military, technology, and business history. It shows how US officials during World War I discovered the enormous value of global communications. It sheds light on the early stages of the global infrastructure that helped launch the United States as the predominant power of the century. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 358 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725775
ISBN
9780674725775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.48

Hardback. Ada Palmer explores how Renaissance poets and philologists, not scientists, rescued Lucretius and his atomism theory. This heterodoxy circulated in the premodern world, not on the conspicuous stage of heresy trials and public debates but in the classrooms, libraries, studies, and bookshops where quiet scholars met transformative ideas. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HBLH; HPCF; HRAM3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725577
ISBN
9780674725577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.44

Hardback. Dispelling the myth that Florentine politics offered only negative lessons, Mark Jurdjevic shows that significant aspects of Machiavelli's political thought were inspired by his native city. Machiavelli's contempt for Florence's shortcomings was a direct function of his considerable estimation of the city's unrealized political potential. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725461
ISBN
9780674725461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.24

Hardback. Using four notorious moments in the life of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua, Valeria Finucci explores changing early modern concepts of sexuality, reproduction, beauty, and aging. She deftly marries salacious tales with historical analysis to tell a broader story of Italian Renaissance cultural adjustments and obsessions. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 244 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725454
ISBN
9780674725454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.41

Hardcover. In explaining an improbable liaison and its consequences, A Mattress Maker's Daughter explores changing concepts of love and romance, new standards of public and private conduct, and emerging attitudes toward property and legitimacy just as the age of Renaissance humanism gives way to the Counter Reformation and Early Modern Europe. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 242 x 38. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724662
ISBN
9780674724662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.90

hardcover. Looks at the lives and careers of four prominent historians, and discusses the political implications for progress. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBAH; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674713758
ISBN
9780674713758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.83

Hardcover. Timothy Brook studies three widely separated and economically dissimilar counties. He draws on rich data in monastic gazetteers to examine the patterns and social consequences of patronage. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 426 pages, 10ill.3M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674697751
ISBN
9780674697751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.33

Hardcover. This study examines the realignment of the Chinese social order that took place over the course of the Sung dynasty. From the perspective of specific Sung families, it uses data on two groups of Sung elites - the grand councilors who led the bureaucracy, and locally prominent gentlemen in Wu-chou. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 table, 1 map, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674695924
ISBN
9780674695924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 229ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674690769
ISBN
9780674690769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.57

Hardcover. Editor(s): Handlin, Oscar; Handlin, Mary Flug. Num Pages: 978 pages, Endpr.M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBE; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 0. Weight in Grams: 1407.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1966
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
978
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674690004
ISBN
9780674690004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 288.02

Paperback. This volume presents the history of Pompeii. It explores Pompeii's public buildings, its streets and gathering places, the impact of religious changes, the renovation of theatres and expansion of athletic facilities and the influence of elite families on the city's appearance. Translator(s): Schneider, Deborah Lucas. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 286 pages, 113 line illustrations, 15 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674689671
ISBN
9780674689671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.85

Hardcover. This work traces the history of the German child welfare system over an extended period of conflict and compromise. It looks at the complexity of the struggles from which modern social policy emerged, and the ways in which similar policies could be adapted to changing political systems. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674688629
ISBN
9780674688629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.86

Paperback. Blending political, cultural and economic perspectives, this text traces the evolution of Asian countries in the 20th century. Its aim is to determine the mix of culture, experience, scale, timing, leadership and policy that shapes individual developing nations. Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJ; GTF; HBJF; JFC; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674687585
ISBN
9780674687585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.21

Hardcover. Phylogeography is a discipline concerned with various relationships between gene genealogies (phylogenetics) and geography. This book aims to capture the field's conceptual and empirical richness, plus the sense of innovation that phylogeographic perspectives have brought to evolutionary studies. Num Pages: 464 pages, 113 line illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; PSAJ; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 187 x 32. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674666382
ISBN
9780674666382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.58

Hardcover. These two volumes consist of over 600 letters and documents that Adams sent to, and received from, numerous correspondents in Europe and America. It chronicles Adam's efforts to convince the British that peace was essential, as well as other diplomatic efforts and more personal correspondence. Editor(s): Revelas, Joanna M.; Ryerson, Richard Alan; Walker, Celeste; Decker, Anne M. Series: Adams Papers: General Correspondence & Other Papers of the Adams Statesmen. Num Pages: 1192 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 94. Weight in Grams: 3082.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
1192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674654457
ISBN
9780674654457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 421.00

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kline, Mary-Jo; Lint, Gregg L. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 888 pages, volume 1: 410 pages, 10 halftones volume 2: 482 pages; 11 halftones; 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 103. Weight in Grams: 2097.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
888
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674654419
ISBN
9780674654419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 418.17

Hardcover. The first of three volumes surveying the historical, spatial, and human dimensions of inter-Asian connections, Asia Inside Out: Changing Times> brings into focus the dynamic networks that have linked peoples from Japan to Yemen over the past five centuries. Each author examines a single year or decade that redefined Asia. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674598508
ISBN
9780674598508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 208 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Harvard University Press Cambridge, MA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674557758
ISBN
9780674557758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.83

Hardcover. Examines the rise, development and ultimate failure of the German Social Democrats, the largest of the European socialist parties, from 1887 to 1912. Prominent figures are discussed but the book focuses primarily on the younger generation - Paul Kampffmeyer, Max Schippel, Conrad Schmidt and others. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674551237
ISBN
9780674551237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.96

Hardcover. Volume 18 of the Papers of John Adams chronicles John Adams' tenure as minister to Great Britain and his joint commission, with Jefferson, to negotiate treaties with Europe and North Africa. Adams found it impossible to do "any Thing Satisfactory" with Britain, and the volume ends with his decision to resign his posts. Editor(s): Lint, Gregg L.; Martin, Sara; Taylor, C. James; Georgini, Sara; Woodward, Hobson; Sikes, Sara B.; Norton, Amanda M. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 175 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Belknap Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674545076
ISBN
9780674545076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.46

Hardcover. A document in the history of the Kennedy years, these letters give us a firsthand look at the working relationship between the president and one of his close advisors, John Kenneth Galbraith. His letters are a source of advice about economics, public policy, and the federal bureacracy. Num Pages: 168 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674528376
ISBN
9780674528376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.29

Hardcover. Num Pages: 672 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1116.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674526662
ISBN
9780674526662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.70

Hardcover. Num Pages: 640 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First edition.
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674526655
ISBN
9780674526655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.53

Hardcover. Series: Belknap Press S. Num Pages: 776 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1243.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
776
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674526631
ISBN
9780674526631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.53

Hardcover. Num Pages: 748 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 237 x 158. Weight in Grams: 1180.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Number of pages
748
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674526624
ISBN
9780674526624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.53

Hardcover. Num Pages: 812 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 237 x 163. Weight in Grams: 1324.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
812
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674526617
ISBN
9780674526617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.70

Hardcover. Num Pages: 658 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 238 x 160. Weight in Grams: 1106.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
658
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674526600
ISBN
9780674526600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.53

Hardcover. No U.S. president has faced the problems Lincoln confronted, nor expressed himself with such eloquence on issues of great moment. Harold Holzer and Thomas Horrocks explore his writings on slavery, emancipation, racial equality, the legality of secession, civil liberties in wartime, and the meaning of the terrible suffering caused by the Civil War. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504837
ISBN
9780674504837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Hardcover. Volume 12 opens with John Adams's inauguration as president and closes just after details of the XYZ affair become public in America. Through private correspondence, and with the candor and perception expected from the Adamses, family members reveal their concerns for the well-being of the nation and the sustaining force of domestic life. Editor(s): Martin, Editor in Chief Adams Papers Sara (Massachusetts Historical Society); Taylor, Former Editor in Chief Adams Papers C James (Massachusetts Historical Society); Millikan, Assistant Editor Neal E (Massachusetts Historical Society); Norton, Assistant Editor Adams Papers Amanda Mathews (Massachusetts Historical Society); Woodward, Associate Editor Adams Papers Hobson (Massachusetts Historical Society); Sikes, Assistant Editor for Digital Projects Adams Papers Sara B (Massachusetts Historical Society); Lint, Series Editor of the Papers of John Adams Gregg L; Georgini, Assistant Editor Adams Papers Sara (Massachusetts Historical Society). Num Pages: 677 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 178 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Belknap Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504660
ISBN
9780674504660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.20

Hardcover. In Defensive Positions, Noell Wilson shows how control of coastal defense by regional domains exacerbated the shogunate's inability to respond to major military and political challenges as Japan transitioned from an early modern system of parcelized, local maritime defense to one of centralized, national security in the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 257 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBW; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 341 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504349
ISBN
9780674504349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Paperback. In this richly illustrated book, Shih-shan Susan Huang investigates the visual culture of Daoism, China's primary indigenous religion, from the tenth through thirteenth centuries with references to earlier and later times. Huang shows how Daoist image-making goes beyond the usual dichotomy of text and image to incorporate writings in image design. Num Pages: 526 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 254 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504288
ISBN
9780674504288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.76

Paperback. The challenge of opening Africa and Australia to British imperial influence fell to a coterie of proto-professional explorers who sought knowledge, adventure, and fame but often experienced confusion, fear, and failure. Kennedy follows the arc of these explorations, from idea to practice, intention to outcome, myth to reality. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBJM; HBTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674503861
ISBN
9780674503861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.77

Hardcover. Using the new tools of GIS and social network analysis, Nicolas Tackett shows that the great Tang aristocratic families were more successful than previously believed in adapting to social and economic changes in the seventh and eighth centuries. Tang political influence waned only after many of them were killed during the three decades after 880. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492059
ISBN
9780674492059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Hardcover. Wai-yee Li examines the discursive space of women in seventeenth-century China. Using texts written by women or by men writing in a feminine voice, as well as writings that turn women into signifiers of lamentation or nostalgia, Li probes the emotional and psychological turmoil of the Ming-Qing transition and subsequent moments of national trauma. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 625 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492042
ISBN
9780674492042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.16

Hardcover. Hiraku Shimoda places the origin of modern Japanese regionalism in the tense relationship between region and nation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This study shows that "region," often seen as a hard, natural place that impedes national unity, is in fact a supple spatial category that can be made to reinforce nationalist sensibilities. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 180 pages, map. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492011
ISBN
9780674492011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Hardcover. Melek Ortabasi reassesses the influence of Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962), a folk scholar and elite bureaucrat, in shaping modern Japan's cultural identity. Only the second book-length English-language study of Yanagita, this book moves beyond his pioneering work in folk studies to reveal the full range of his contributions as a public intellectual. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGL; DSB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492004
ISBN
9780674492004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.83

Hardcover. Rise of a Japanese Chinatown focuses on a Chinese immigrant community in the Japanese port city of Yokohama from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 to the normalization of Sino-Japanese ties in 1972 and beyond. It tells the story of how Chinese immigrants found an enduring place within a monoethnic state during periods of war and peace. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674491984
ISBN
9780674491984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Hardcover. The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; BGX; HBJF; HRE; JFSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674491977
ISBN
9780674491977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.01

Paperback. Between Thucydides and Polybius focuses on the contribution of fourth-century authors such as Ephorus, Theopompus, and Xenophon to the development of Greek historiography. Essays examine the interface between historiography and rhetoric, while undermining the claim that historians after Thucydides allowed rhetoric to prevail over research. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBAH; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Center for Hellenic Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674428348
ISBN
9780674428348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.27

Hardcover. Tamara T. Chin explores the politics of representation during the Han dynasty at a pivotal moment when China was asserting imperialist power on the Eurasian continent and expanding its local and long-distance ("Silk Road") markets. Chin explains why rival political groups introduced new literary forms with which to represent these expanded markets. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 382 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSB; HBJF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417199
ISBN
9780674417199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.83

Hardcover. The Korean Economy provides an overview of Korean economic experience since the 1950s, with a focus on the period since democratization in 1987. Chapters analyze the Korean experience from a wide range of economic and social perspectives, as well as describing the country's economic challenges going forward and how they can best be met. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417182
ISBN
9780674417182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Hardcover. From the 1910s to the 1940s, a wave of anarchist, Marxist, nationalist, and feminist leftist groups swept the Korean cultural scene with differing agendas but shared demands for equality and social justice. Sunyoung Park reconstructs the complex mosaic of colonial leftist culture, focusing on literature as its most fertile and enduring expression. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSB; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417175
ISBN
9780674417175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Hardcover. Sukhee Lee posits an alternative understanding of the relationship between the state and social elites during the Southern Song and Yuan dynasties. Challenging the assumption of a zero-sum competition between the powers of the state and of local elites, Lee shows that state power and local elite interests were mutually constitutive and reinforcing. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417144
ISBN
9780674417144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Hardcover. Investing Japan demonstrates that foreign investment is a vital and misunderstood aspect of Japan's modern economic development. This study investigates the role played by foreign companies in the Japanese experience of modernization, highlighting their identity as key agents in the processes of industrialization and technology transfer. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF; KCM; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417137
ISBN
9780674417137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Hardcover. Natasha Heller offers a cultural history of Buddhism through a case study of the Chan master Zhongfeng Mingben. Monks of his stature developed a broad set of cultural competencies for navigating social and intellectual relationships. Heller shows the importance of situating monks as actors within wider sociocultural fields of practice and exchange. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRAX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 802.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417113
ISBN
9780674417113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.83

Paperback. The Revolution s aspiration was summed up by the phrase life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Yet the American founding was also a bid for inclusion in the community of nations. According to Eliga Gould, America aspired to diplomatic recognition under international law and the authority to become an Atlantic colonizing power itself." Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; JPH; JPS; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416949
ISBN
9780674416949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.47

Paperback. "Gentlemen Bankers" focuses on the social and economic circles of one of America s most renowned and influential financiers, J. P. Morgan, to tell a closely focused story of how economic and political interests intersected with personal rivalries and friendships among the Wall Street aristocracy during the first half of the twentieth century." Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; KFFK; KJZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416901
ISBN
9780674416901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416833
ISBN
9780674416833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.75

Paperback. The Marine Corps has always considered itself a breed apart. Since 1775 America s smallest armed service has been suspicious of outsiders and deeply loyal to its traditions. Undying faith in its exceptionalism made the Marines one of the sharpest, swiftest tools of American military power, but developing this brand did not come without costs." Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JWF; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416819
ISBN
9780674416819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.47

Paperback. A searching meditation on our all-too-human capacity for inhumanity, "Evil Men" confronts atrocity head-on how it looks and feels, what motivates it, how it can be stopped. James Dawes s unflinchingly honest account, drawing on firsthand interviews, is not just about the things Japanese war criminals did, but about what it means to befriend them." Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; HBWQ; HPQ; JPVH; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416796
ISBN
9780674416796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.67

Paperback. This fifth and final volume of an award-winning series charts the changing inner history of our times from the tumult of World War I to the 1990s, when personal identity was released from its moorings in gender, family, social class, religion, politics and nationality. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: History of private life. Num Pages: 640 pages, 16 colour illustrations, 230 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1Q; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 228 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674400047
ISBN
9780674400047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.01

Paperback. This text, Volume Four in a series on the evolution of private life, covers the development of self-consciousness from the tumult of the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War I, a century and a quarter of rapid, ungovernable change culminating in a conflict that altered life in the West. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: History of private life. Num Pages: 744 pages, 16 color illustrations, 406 halftones. BIC Classification: 1Q; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBTB; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
744
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674400030
ISBN
9780674400030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.60

Paperback. The second volume of "A History of Private Life" contains much colourful detail culled from a variety of sources. This "secret epic" aims to construct a vivid picture of peasant and patrician life in different places, from the 11th to the 15th centuries. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 688 pages, 16 color illustrations, 427 halftones, 20 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 176 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1084.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674400016
ISBN
9780674400016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.60

Paperback. "A History of the Jewish People" presents a total vision of Jewish experiences and achievements--religious, political, social, and economic--in both the land of Israel and the diaspora throughout the ages. It has been acclaimed as the most comprehensive and penetrating work yet to have appeared in its field. Editor(s): Ben-Sasson, Haim Hillel. Num Pages: 1232 pages, 47 halftones, 17 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
1232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674397316
ISBN
9780674397316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
2nd Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674380813
ISBN
9780674380813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.77

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674379282
ISBN
9780674379282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674379275
ISBN
9780674379275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 214 x 151. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674379213
ISBN
9780674379213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1967
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674379176
ISBN
9780674379176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Hardcover. Translator(s): McLintock, David. Num Pages: 305 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674362321
ISBN
9780674362321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.46

Paperback. Russian Mensheviks were driven out of Soviet Russia and their party stripped of legal existence, this book examines the Soviet experience through the eyes of the best informed observers of the 1920s and 1930s. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 464 pages, 9 halftones; 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPFF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674325180
ISBN
9780674325180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.61

Hardcover. The American Civil War and the Paris commune of 1871, Philip Katz argues, were part of the broader sweep of transatlantic development in the mid-19th century - an age of democratic civil wars. He shows how American political culture in the period that followed was shaped by the Paris Commune. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 286 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
206th
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674323483
ISBN
9780674323483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.69

Hardcover. The peopling of French Canada across the 17th and 18th centuries is the focus of this book. Using archival material it traces the precise origins of individual immigrants, describing them by gender, class, occupation, region, religion, age, and date of departure. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 409 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; JFC; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
409
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674323155
ISBN
9780674323155
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.30

Hardcover. Exploring the morally entangled territory of language and race in 18th- and 19th-century America, Sean Harvey shows that whites' theories of an "Indian mind" inexorably shaped by Indian languages played a crucial role in the subjugation of Native peoples and informed the U.S. government's efforts to extinguish Native languages for years to come. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 330 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFF; HBJK; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674289932
ISBN
9780674289932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.42

Hardcover. After Reconstruction, African Americans found themselves largely excluded from politics, higher education, and the professions. Martin Kilson explores how a modern African American intelligentsia developed amid institutionalized racism. He argues passionately for an ongoing commitment to communitarian leadership in the tradition of Du Bois. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 210 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674283541
ISBN
9780674283541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.27

Hardcover. Obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. Laura Dawes traces changes in diagnosis, treatment, and popular conceptions of the most serious health problem facing American children today, and makes the case that understanding the cultural history of a disease is critical to developing effective public health policy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; MBX; MJW; MMZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674281448
ISBN
9780674281448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.67

Hardcover. Christopher Pastore traces how Narragansett Bay's ecology shaped the contours of European habitation, trade, and resource use, and how littoral settlers in turn, over two centuries, transformed a marshy fractal of water and earth into a clearly defined coastline, which proved less able to absorb the blows of human initiative and natural variation. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; RGBP; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674281417
ISBN
9780674281417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.66

Paperback. The question explored in this book is: if women once had access to effective means of birth control, why was this knowledge lost to them in modern times? The book examines the widespread knowledge of herbal treatments, theories behind them, and the loss of this knowledge. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 tables, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSJ1; JHBD; MBNH4; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674270268
ISBN
9780674270268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.86

Hardcover. Ernest Gruening is perhaps best known for his vehement fight against US military involvement in Vietnam, where he set himself apart by casting one of two votes against the Tonkin Gulf Resolution in 1964. This political biography examines American dissenting thought through his 60-year career. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674260603
ISBN
9780674260603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.16

Hardcover. This first detailed study of the bishops of Florence tells the story of a dynamic Italian lordship during the most prosperous period of the Middle Ages. Drawing upon a rich base of primary sources, Dameron demonstrates that the nature of the Florentine episcopal lordship results from the tension between seigneurial pressure and peasant resistance. Num Pages: 284 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674258914
ISBN
9780674258914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.77

Hardcover. This work on the colloquy presents the dialectical complexities of the sixteenth-century theology--a theology that had emerged with binding strands of religious idealism and political interest. Theology was, indeed, the medium of discourse, but it was not an end in itself. Rather, it was a means to a higher goal: religious reconciliation. Series: Historical Study. Num Pages: 296 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674237254
ISBN
9780674237254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.27