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History: theory & methods

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History: theory & methods

Paperback. To what extent does peoplehood make sense today? Can plural societies tell "national stories" without marginalising their minorities? Should historians be concerned with stories of peoplehood? This book offers theoretical reflections on the narrative character of national identities and studies of the contexts in which they emerged. Editor(s): Boss, Michael. Num Pages: 345 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
345
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779345690
ISBN
9788779345690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.04

Hardcover. In this work, overviews of the relevant literature on modern life, as well as empirical case studies, appear alongside theoretical and methodological reflections. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571817778
ISBN
9781571817778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.98

Paperback. A reappraisal of the work of five major narrative historians (Voltaire, Hume, Robertson, Gibbon and Ramsay) in eighteenth-century Europe and America. Series Editor(s): Erskine-Hill, Howard; Richetti, John. Series: Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature & Thought. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521619448
ISBN
9780521619448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.48

Paperback. Explores the transition from oral to written history that is taking place in tribal Jordan, a transition that reveals the many ways in which modernity, literate historicity, and national identity are developing in the contemporary Middle East. This book discusses the substance of tribal history through the eyes of its creators. Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies. Num Pages: 363 pages, 22 b&w photographs, 6 line illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HBAH; HBTD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201019
ISBN
9780520201019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.65

Paperback. Lends clarity to the heated debate about the purpose and direction of Native American scholarship Editor(s): Mihesuah, Devon Abbott. Num Pages: 213 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; JFSL9; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803282438
ISBN
9780803282438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.44

Paperback. Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific method. This book consists of eight comparative studies drawn from history, archeology, economics, economic history, geography, and political science. Editor(s): Diamond, Jared; Robinson, James A. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 figures, 5 maps, 7 tables. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060197
ISBN
9780674060197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 142 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772898384
ISBN
9788772898384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.17

Paperback. Soon after Alexander Gardner's "Photographic Sketch Book" was published, in 1866, it became the Civil War's best-known visual record and helped define how viewers would come to know the war. This study of a pivotal American historical document, approaching it from the perspective of visual studies as well as American literature and history. Series: Defining Moments in American Photography. Num Pages: 128 pages, 27 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AJCR; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 49.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253315
ISBN
9780520253315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.30

Paperback. Dissolves the logic of a beginning based on writing, civilization, or historical consciousness and offers a model for a history that escapes the continuing grip of the Judeo-Christian time frame. This book presents a case for bringing neuroscience and neurobiology into the realm of history. Num Pages: 288 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258129
ISBN
9780520258129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.89

Hardcover. In his 1840 lectures on heroes, Thomas Carlyle, Victorian essayist and social critic, championed the importance of the individual in history. Eventually translated into fifteen languages, this work of history, comparative religion, and literature is the one of the influential statement of a man who came to be thought of as a secular prophet. Series: Norman & Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle. Num Pages: 622 pages, ports., facsims. BIC Classification: DNF; HBA; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 962.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520075153
ISBN
9780520075153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.78
€ 58.97

Paperback. *A great historian tells the inside story of how history is recorded. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349110509
ISBN
9780349110509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. A translation of Fernand Braudel's "Ecrits sur l'histoire", published in 1969. The main themes of the work include: the importance of a "rapprochement" between history and the social sciences; the inseparability of study of past and present; and the dubious value of the narrative techniques. Translator(s): Matthews, Sarah. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226071510
ISBN
9780226071510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.00
€ 28.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
108
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608461493
ISBN
9781608461493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.79

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Signed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198703136
ISBN
9780198703136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.86

Paperback. Explores the relationship between the well-established practice of oral history and the burgeoning field of memory studies. This work explains the processes by which oral histories move beyond interviews with individual people to become articulated memories shared by others. Editor(s): Hamilton, Paula; Shopes, Linda. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 maps, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781592131419
ISBN
9781592131419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.58

Paperback. Oral history is a way to capture ordinary people's lived experiences. This book introduces the full array of oral history research methods and invites students and qualitative researchers to try them out in their own work. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Guilford Publications United States
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593850739
ISBN
9781593850739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.33

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 100 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBAH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691600017
ISBN
9780691600017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.57

Hardback. An illuminating collection of essays from the preeminent scholar of architectural history and theory Num Pages: 232 pages, 63 color + 63 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AC; AMX; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 254 x 22. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300218718
ISBN
9780300218718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BGL; HBAH; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141979472
ISBN
9780141979472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of Oral History brings together forty authors on five continents to address the evolution of oral history, the impact of digital technology, the most recent methodological and archival issues, and the application of oral history to both scholarly research and public presentations. Editor(s): Ritchie, Donald A. Series: Oxford Handbooks in History. Num Pages: 560 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HBA; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 172 x 35. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199945061
ISBN
9780199945061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.49

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