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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.
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

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349532636
ISBN
9781349532636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.94

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349375653
ISBN
9781349375653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774806411
ISBN
9780774806411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 40.01

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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137322050
ISBN
9781137322050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.41

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822317388
ISBN
9780822317388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
94
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319524092
ISBN
9783319524092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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