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History: theory & methods

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History: theory & methods

Hardcover. * A classic work written by a world famous historian. * Well known by lecturers and a popular text to assign to classes. * Afterword puts the book in the context of Eltona s other work and assesses its impact. . Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229797
ISBN
9780631229797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.12

Hardcover. This text presents a coherent framework for the study of memory in past societies. It is a concise book explicitly designed to serve as an introduction to the central issues in the study of memory, authored by noted archaeologists working in a variety of contexts and geographic areas. Editor(s): Dyke, Ruth Van (Colorado College USA); Alcock, Susan E. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20. BIC Classification: HBA; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235842
ISBN
9780631235842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.18

Paperback. * Serves as an accessible introduction to central issues in the study of memory, including authority and identity, and the role memory plays in their creation and transformation. * Presents a collection of newly commissioned essays that provide a coherent framework for the study of memory in past societies. Editor(s): Dyke, Ruth Van (Colorado College USA); Alcock, Susan E. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20. BIC Classification: HBA; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235859
ISBN
9780631235859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.87

Hardback. Leonardo Bruni is widely recognized as the most important humanist historian of the early Renaissance. Gary Ianziti undertakes a systematic work-by-work investigation of the full range of Bruni's output in history and biography, and assesses in detail the impact of the Greek historians on humanist methods of historical writing. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBAH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 764.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674061521
ISBN
9780674061521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.37
€ 58.11

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

€ 26.99
€ 23.67

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 United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674713758
ISBN
9780674713758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.37

Hardback. Rebecca Doran offers a new understanding of major female figures of the Tang era including Wu Zhao, Empress Wei, and Shangguan Wan'er within their literary-historical contexts, and delves into critical questions about the relationship between Chinese historiography, reception-history, and the process of image-making and cultural construction. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970588
ISBN
9780674970588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.40

Paperback. How does film construct a historical world? What are the rules, codes, and strategies by which it brings the past to life? What does that historical construction mean to us? This book grapples with these questions, and looks at an example of New History cinema. Editor(s): Rosenstone, Robert A. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691025346
ISBN
9780691025346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.97
€ 40.56

Paperback. Explores the staggering gap between the country's role in the terrors of war and its subsequent success as a democracy. Comprising original essays, this book begins by reexamining the nationalist, socialist, and liberal master narratives that have dominated the presentation of German history but are losing their hold. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBAH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691059365
ISBN
9780691059365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Hardback. Examines how modern Jewish historians have interpreted Jewish history. This book traces the master narratives of Jewish history from the beginnings of the scholarly study of Jews and Judaism in nineteenth-century Germany; to eastern European approaches by Simon Dubnow and the interwar school of Polish-Jewish historians. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139289
ISBN
9780691139289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.69
€ 51.53

Hardback. Challenges the hold that cliometrics - an approach to economic history that employs the analytical tools of economists - has exerted on the study of our economic past. This book calls for the reconstruction of economic history, one in which history and the social sciences are brought to bear on economics, and not the other way around. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: HBAH; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144009
ISBN
9780691144009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.97
€ 40.69

Hardback. Helps to understand the intellectual and social transformation of China. This title distills the author's reflections on modern China and details change in Chinese historical studies in the 20th century. It assesses the work of historians prior to 1950 and the domination of China by the Communist Chinese. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 halftones. 22 color illus. 3 color maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144634
ISBN
9780691144634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.25

Paperback. A biography of the last and greatest British idealist philosopher, R G Collingwood (1889-1943), a man who both thought and lived at full pitch. Best known for his philosophies of history and art, Collingwood was also a historian, archaeologist, sailor, artist, and musician. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HBA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150055
ISBN
9780691150055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.52

Hardback. Investigates American origin stories - from John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address - to show how American democracy is bound up with the history of print. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153995
ISBN
9780691153995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.51

Paperback. Offers an account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address - to show how American democracy is bound up with the history of print. Part civics primer, part cultural history, this title excavates the origins of everything from the paper ballot and the Constitution to the I O U and the dictionary. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159591
ISBN
9780691159591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.06

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691606675
ISBN
9780691606675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.25

Paperback. aeo An introductory and comparative textbook which examines the decline of history. aeo Focuses primarily on the decline of European Civilizations from the Ancient world to the present day. aeo Includes several detailed case--studies such as chapters on Ancient Rome, Byzantine, Spain and Portugal. Series: Themes in History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745614250
ISBN
9780745614250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.20

Hardback. * Features detailed conversations with nine internationally renowned historians: Asa Briggs, Peter Burke, Robert Darnton, Carlo Ginzburg, Jack Goody, Daniel Roche, Quentin Skinner, Keith Thomas and Natalie Zemon Davis. * Offers an engaging and helpful entry point into the study of the 'new historya . Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745630205
ISBN
9780745630205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.64

Paperback. * Features detailed conversations with nine internationally renowned historians: Asa Briggs, Peter Burke, Robert Darnton, Carlo Ginzburg, Jack Goody, Daniel Roche, Quentin Skinner, Keith Thomas and Natalie Zemon Davis. * Offers an engaging and helpful entry point into the study of the 'new historya . Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745630212
ISBN
9780745630212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.10

Hardback. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650135
ISBN
9780745650135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.64

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