History: theory & methods
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History: theory & methods
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781107595583
- ISBN
- 9781107595583
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€ 48.99
€ 48.99
The philosophy of historiography examines our representations and knowledge of the past, the relation between evidence, inference, explanation, and narrative. The philosophy of history is the direct philosophical examination of history, whether it is necessary or contingent, whether it has a direction, or whether it is coincidental. Editor(s): Tucker, Aviezer. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 180 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1232.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405149082
- ISBN
- 9781405149082
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€ 261.41
€ 261.41
Paperback. This collection addresses the recent rebirth of interest in immigrant letters. As these letters are increasingly seen as key, rather than incidental, documents in the interpretations of gender, age, social class, and ethnicity/nationality, the scholars gathered here demonstrate a diversity of new approaches to their interpretation. Editor(s): Elliot, B. Num Pages: 325 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBAH; HBG; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349532636
- ISBN
- 9781349532636
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Condition: New
€ 133.52
€ 133.52
Paperback. This compact, forcefully argued work calls Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, and the rest of the so-called 'New Atheists' to account for failing to take seriously the historical record to which they so freely appeal when attacking religion. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137586056
- ISBN
- 9781137586056
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Condition: New
€ 36.50
€ 36.50
Paperback. This compact, forcefully argued work calls Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, and the rest of the so-called 'New Atheists' to account for failing to take seriously the historical record to which they so freely appeal when attacking religion. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HPC; HRA; HRAB; HRAX; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349502158
- ISBN
- 9781349502158
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Condition: New
€ 34.37
€ 34.37
Hardback. This work presents interpretations of the wide range of historical experiences in 19th-century America. Twenty-seven scholars demonstrate how 19th-century American historiography has evolved, summarize current historical research, and assess the future direction of scholarship. Editor(s): Barney, William L. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 37. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631209850
- ISBN
- 9780631209850
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Condition: New
€ 215.02
€ 215.02
Hardcover. In this book, Emslie establishes that narrative explanations are to be preferred over non-narrative in the humanities. They are more truthful in two senses. They both correspond more closely to reality and allow inference as to normative values. This is particularly the case when aesthetics are added to the mix. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275448
- ISBN
- 9781137275448
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Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Paperback. Translator(s): Sprigge, S. Num Pages: 395 pages, index. BIC Classification: HBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 395
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972698
- ISBN
- 9780865972698
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.94
€ 14.99
€ 14.94
The Past as History: National Identity and Historical Consciousness in...
Berger, Stefan, Conrad, Christoph
Hardcover. The book provides a synthesis of the development of the genre of national history writing in Europe, in particular it seeks to illuminate the relationship between history writing and the construction of national identities in modern Europe. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 583 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBA; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230500099
- ISBN
- 9780230500099
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Condition: New
€ 126.33
€ 126.33
Paperback. This book offers historians and aspiring historians a learned, absorbing, and comprehensive overview of current fashions of method, interpretation, and meaning in the context of postmodernism that has washed over the historical profession in the last two decades. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349375653
- ISBN
- 9781349375653
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Condition: New
€ 143.30
€ 143.30
Hardback. This book offers historians and aspiring historians a learned, absorbing, and comprehensive overview of current fashions of method, interpretation, and meaning in the context of postmodernism that has washed over the historical profession in the last two decades. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608689
- ISBN
- 9780230608689
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Condition: New
€ 133.62
€ 133.62
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 234 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 447.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137483218
- ISBN
- 9781137483218
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Condition: New
€ 143.58
€ 143.58
Paperback. Southgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility ofescape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications." Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBTB; HPC; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346554
- ISBN
- 9781349346554
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Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
paperback. This engaging collection of essays seeks to create an awareness of the contributions made by women to history and the historical profession from 1870 to 1970 in English Canada. Editor(s): Boutilier, Beverly; Prentice, Alison. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774806411
- ISBN
- 9780774806411
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 40.01
€ 44.99
€ 40.01
Memory and Theory in Eastern Europe (Palgrave Studies in Cultural and ...
Blacker, Uilleam, Etkind, Alexander
Hardcover. It is the aim of this volume to investigate how academic practices of Memory Studies are being applied, adapted, and transformed in the countries of East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. It affords a new, startlingly different perspective for scholars of both Eastern European history and Memory Studies. Editor(s): Fedor, Julie. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBA; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322050
- ISBN
- 9781137322050
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Condition: New
€ 154.41
€ 154.41
Paperback.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822317388
- ISBN
- 9780822317388
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.33
€ 34.99
€ 31.33
Paperback. Nothing has generated more controversy in the social sciences than the turn toward culture, variously known as the linguistic turn, culturalism, or postmodernism. This book examines the impact of the cultural turn on two prominent social science disciplines, history and sociology. Editor(s): Bonnell, Victoria E.; Hunt, Lynn. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 361 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: HBA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520216792
- ISBN
- 9780520216792
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.85
€ 37.99
€ 27.85
Paperback. In this study of the gendering of the practices of history, Bonnie Smith resurrects the amateur history written by women in the 19th century - a type of history condemned as trivial by "scientific" male historians. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674002043
- ISBN
- 9780674002043
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Condition: New
€ 37.00€ 35.32
€ 37.00
€ 35.32
Hardcover. This compact, forcefully argued work calls Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, and the rest of the so-called 'New Atheists' to account for failing to take seriously the historical record to which they so freely appeal when attacking religion. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HRQA; HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137477675
- ISBN
- 9781137477675
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Condition: New
€ 45.70
€ 45.70
Hardback. Exploring the developments that have occurred in the practice of oral history since digital audio and video became viable, this book explores various groundbreaking projects in the history of digital oral history, distilling the insights of pioneers in the field and applying them to the constantly changing electronic landscape of today. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322005
- ISBN
- 9781137322005
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Condition: New
€ 143.94
€ 143.94
Hardback. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought. Num Pages: 94 pages, 4 colour illustrations, 4 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HPS; JFFS; JHBA; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319524092
- ISBN
- 9783319524092
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Condition: New
€ 69.62
€ 69.62
Paperback. Contains essays about a segment of the past that runs roughly from the end of antiquity to the thirteenth century. This volume includes essays about the past that is written about and the writing that brings it to life. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBAH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216127
- ISBN
- 9780812216127
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.30
€ 34.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. Editor(s): Blower, Brooke L.; Bradley, Mark Philip. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 black & white halftones, 1 tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479113
- ISBN
- 9780801479113
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Condition: New
€ 46.22
€ 46.22
Hardback. Editor(s): Blower, Brooke L.; Bradley, Mark Philip. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 black & white halftones, 1 tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452499
- ISBN
- 9780801452499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.86
€ 146.86