History: theory & methods
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History: theory & methods
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
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.80
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Paperback. This volume provides an analysis of Christian mysticism during the 16th and 17th centuries, along with an application of the author's transdisciplinary historiography. It aims to reveal the "mystical" aspect of postmodernism's movement of perpetual departure. Translator(s): Smith, Michael B. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 halftones, 7 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRCS1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226100371
- ISBN
- 9780226100371
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.70
€ 46.99
€ 36.70
Paperback. The roots of Scots law can be traced to the 1100s. How and why did that law come into being? How was it used in dispute resolution during the medieval and early modern periods? And how did its authority develop over the centuries? This volume explores such questions, introducing readers to the history of the Scottish legal system. Num Pages: 448 pages, 48 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; LAZ; LR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748697403
- ISBN
- 9780748697403
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Condition: New
€ 51.26
€ 51.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 500 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226072838
- ISBN
- 9780226072838
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.55
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Paperback. The application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to issues in history is among the most exciting developments in both digital and spatial humanities. Describing a variety of applications, this book includes essays that highlight the methodological and substantive implications of a spatial approach to history. Editor(s): Gregory, Ian N.; Geddes, Alistair. Series: The Spatial Humanities. Num Pages: 234 pages, 46 b 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBAH; RGW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253011862
- ISBN
- 9780253011862
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
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€ 30.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 280 x 17. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 4th Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118745441
- ISBN
- 9781118745441
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.37
€ 33.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804797177
- ISBN
- 9780804797177
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
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Paperback. Why is the philosopher Hegel returning as a potent force in contemporary thinking? Why, after a long period when Hegel and his dialectics of history have seemed less compelling than they were for previous generations of philosophers, is study of Hegel again becoming important? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HBA; HPCD1; HPQ; HRAB; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780765587
- ISBN
- 9781780765587
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.54
€ 29.99
€ 29.54
Paperback. Translator(s): Howell, Martha C. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485602
- ISBN
- 9780801485602
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. An introduction to how the history of Rome was written in the ancient world, and its impact on later periods. Editor(s): Feldherr, Andrew. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 488 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBAH; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 665. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 488 pages, 4 b/w illus. Editor(s): Feldherr, Andrew. A 2009 introduction to how the history of Rome was written in the ancient world, and its impact on later periods. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBAH; HBLA1. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 22. Weight: 656.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521670937
- ISBN
- 9780521670937
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Condition: New
€ 44.39
€ 44.39
Paperback. Abuses of history can have dire consequences - look at Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Margaret MacMillan's argument for why history matters shows how treating the past with respect can lead us to a better understanding with the present. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846682100
- ISBN
- 9781846682100
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.47
€ 11.99
€ 10.47
Paperback. The perfect introduction to the discipline of history. It guides the reader through the controversies and debates that surround historical thinking and offers readers the means to make their own discoveries. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415304436
- ISBN
- 9780415304436
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Condition: New
€ 17.84
€ 17.84
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759124370
- ISBN
- 9780759124370
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.96
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paperback. Available for the first time in paperback, The Lessons of History is Will and Ariel Durant's celebrated collection on the themes that define history Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439149959
- ISBN
- 9781439149959
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.42
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Drawing on theory and practice from five continents, this book offers clearly written accessible introductions to debates in public history. It places people at the heart of history-making and discusses practical examples of artists, collectors, novelists, activists, curators, those paid to write history and those who do it for fun. Editor(s): Kean, Hilda; Martin, Paul. Series: Routledge Readers in History. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415520416
- ISBN
- 9780415520416
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Condition: New
€ 60.99
€ 60.99
Paperback. This is a book for anyone interested in history, what it is and where it comes from. Engaging and challenging, it confronts us with the many 'histories' that exist and have existed around the world. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415285926
- ISBN
- 9780415285926
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Condition: New
€ 22.35
€ 22.35
Hardback. This translation of the introduction to Wang Hui's Rise of Modern Chinese Thought (2004) makes part of his four-volume masterwork available to English readers for the first time. A leading public intellectual in China, Wang charts the historical currents that have shaped Chinese modernity from the Song Dynasty to the present day. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJF; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046955
- ISBN
- 9780674046955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.37
€ 45.99
€ 38.37
Paperback. The past is not just, as has been famously said, another country with foreign customs: it is a contested and colonized terrain. This title offers a critique of such historiography by taking issue with the Hegelian concept of World-history. Series: Italian Academy Lectures. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 7. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st US - 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124195
- ISBN
- 9780231124195
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Condition: New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. Series: Dover Philosophical Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 212 x 27. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486437552
- ISBN
- 9780486437552
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.38
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Paperback. The history of Orientalism shows that, whether making philological comparisons between Arabic and Hebrew, cataloguing the coins of Fatimid Egypt or establishing the chronology of Harun al-Rashid's military campaigns against Byzantium, scholars have been unified by their shared obsession. This book is a work of scholarship. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140289237
- ISBN
- 9780140289237
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.17
€ 20.99
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Paperback. Was he influenced by the environment, he asks himself, and if so, how? Ginzburg uses his own experience to examine the elusive and constantly evolving nature of history and historical research. Translator(s): Tedeschi, John; Tedeschi, Anne C. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409900
- ISBN
- 9781421409900
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.74
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Paperback. This study of Hutu refugees from Burundi, driven into exile after their 1972 insurrection against the Tutsi was suppressed, shows how experiences of dispossession and violence are remembered and turned into narratives, and how this process helps to construct identities such as "Hutu" and "Tutsi." Num Pages: 374 pages, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGQ; HBAH; JFC; JFFD; JFSL3; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226502724
- ISBN
- 9780226502724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.55
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Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501324697
- ISBN
- 9781501324697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.03
€ 21.99
€ 20.03
Paperback. Takes a look at those who say the Holocaust never happened and explores the motivations behind such claims. This work shows how we can be certain that the Holocaust happened and, for that matter, how we can confirm any historical event. Num Pages: 360 pages, 48 b/w photographs, 16 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBAH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260986
- ISBN
- 9780520260986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.94
€ 32.99
€ 23.94