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paperback. Robert Eaglestone argues that postmodernism is a response to the Holocaust. He offers a range of new perspectives, including new ways of looking at testimony and at recent Holocaust fiction; explores controversies in Holocaust history; looks at the importance of the Holocaust for recent philosophy; and asks what the Holocaust means for reason, ethics, and for being human. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBG; HBLW3; HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199239375
- ISBN
- 9780199239375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.97
€ 63.97
hardcover. This volume examines the fifth century BC, and is therefore more narrowly focused geographically than its predecessors and successors, hardly straying beyond Greece. Editor(s): Lewis, David M.; Boardman, John; Davies, J.K.; Ostwald, Martin. Series: Cambridge Ancient History. Num Pages: 620 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 620
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521233477
- ISBN
- 9780521233477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 275.64
€ 275.64
Hardcover. * A groundbreaking new study by a leading scholar on the history of the Jews and the process by which they became a diaspora people. * Wide-ranging in scope, from the expulsion of Jews from their ancestral homeland in the Ancient world to the 'Final Solution' and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 582.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660165
- ISBN
- 9780745660165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
paperback. Editor(s): Hobuss, Steffi; Jager, Benedikt. Num Pages: 170 pages, 15 b&w, 10 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBG; HBTR; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Transcript Publishing Germany
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837634792
- ISBN
- 9783837634792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.10
€ 44.99
€ 32.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; MBX; MMK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349524204
- ISBN
- 9781349524204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.44
€ 121.44
Hardcover. Provides an overview of the different factors involved in the emergence and change in early urban societies in the Fourth Millennium BC. This book examines such factors as centralized storage and redistributive economies, agro-managerial models, mercantile network control, and conflict and conquest. Editor(s): Manzanilla, Linda. Series: Fundamental Issues in Archaeology. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Springer
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306454943
- ISBN
- 9780306454943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.55
€ 128.55
hardcover. A critical study by social scientists to identify 'neofascism' in the modern world. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JFCX; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521859202
- ISBN
- 9780521859202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.97
€ 56.97
Paperback. Chronicles the lives of Pham Van Dinh and Tran Ngoc Hue, two of the brightest young stars in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). This book provides a lens through which to understand the ARVN and South Vietnam's complex relationship with Americas government and military. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794678
- ISBN
- 9780814794678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.18
€ 36.99
€ 31.18
Hardcover. Contains work by 20 contributors, representing six nations on three continents, reflecting the most recent research on a crusade which mobilized Europe on a larger scale than any expedition undertaken since the Roman Empire. Particular attention is paid to the role played by St Bernard. Editor(s): Gervers, Michael. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3H; HBG; HBLA; HBLC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312056070
- ISBN
- 9780312056070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.04
€ 123.04
The Ends of European Colonial Empires. Cases and Comparisons.
. Ed(S): Jeronimo, Miguel Bandeira; Pinto, An...
Paperback. Editor(s): Jeronimo, Miguel Bandeira; Pinto, Antonio Costa. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. BIC Classification: HBG. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349679072
- ISBN
- 9781349679072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.40
€ 80.40
Hardback. Focusing on socialism as it has been practised in recent years, this text examines the serious set-backs that face its existence, particularly following events in Eastern Europe. The author argues that it is totalitarianism which is being rejected and not socialism as it was originally conceived. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JPA; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333546901
- ISBN
- 9780333546901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.77
€ 122.77
Paperback. Examining such nation-states as Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, India, and Thailand, this book shows how states invoke the remote past to extol the glories of specific peoples or prove claims to ancestral homelands. It is suitable for archaeologists and historians. Editor(s): Kohl, Philip L.; Kozelsky, Mara; Ben-Yehuda, Nachman. Num Pages: 384 pages, 23 halftones, 5 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: HBG; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226450599
- ISBN
- 9780226450599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 31.03
€ 38.99
€ 31.03
Hardback. Thousands of documents surviving on stone and papyrus help us to understand the complex society that took shape after the death of Alexander the Great. This book presents some of the most revealing of these documents in translation, allowing readers to form an impression of the Hellenistic world. Editor(s): Derow, Peter; Bagnall, Roger S. Series: Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405101325
- ISBN
- 9781405101325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.09
€ 143.09
Paperback. Empires - vast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambition - have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. This title departs from conventional European and nation-centered perspectives to take a look at how empires relied on diversity to shape the global order. Num Pages: 528 pages, 44 halftones. 34 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QD; HBG; HBJQ; HBL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- unknown
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152363
- ISBN
- 9780691152363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.79
€ 36.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. The Great War is a collection of seven original essays and three critical comments by senior scholars dealing with the greatest conflict in modern history to its time - the 1914-18 World War. The Great War is edited by the distinguished historian of the First World War, R.J.Q.Adams. Editor(s): Adams, R. J. Q. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349114566
- ISBN
- 9781349114566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.47
€ 121.47
Hardcover. The chastity belt is one of those objects people have commonly identified with the 'dark' Middle Ages. This book analyzes the origin of this myth and demonstrates how a convenient misconception, or contorted imagination, of an allegedly historical practice has led to profoundly flawed interpretations of control mechanisms used by jealous husbands. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403975584
- ISBN
- 9781403975584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.11
€ 144.11
Hardcover. This work examines a critical time and place in world history (the end of the Cold War) and the strategies and values employed in the public diplomacy of the Bush and Clinton administrations to build domestic and international consensus. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLW3; JPQB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333800515
- ISBN
- 9780333800515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.30
€ 186.30
Hardback. Considerations of the effect of trauma on heritage sites. Editor(s): Convery, Dr. Ian; Corsane, Gerard; Davis, Peter. Series: Heritage Matters. Num Pages: 359 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 171 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1108.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839637
- ISBN
- 9781843839637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.10
€ 96.10
Hardcover. Children and Sexuality probes the hidden relations between children and sexuality in case studies from the Greeks to the Great War. The lives reconstructed here extend from Greek Alcibiades to Lewis Carroll and Baden-Powell, each recounted with scrupulous vigilance to detail and nuance. Editor(s): Rousseau, Professor George S. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 389 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230525269
- ISBN
- 9780230525269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Hardback. Num Pages: 438 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBG; HBW; HBWN; HRAM9; HRC; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062105097
- ISBN
- 9780062105097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.53
€ 31.99
€ 27.53
Hardcover. Translator(s): Zohn, Harry. Num Pages: 314 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972063
- ISBN
- 9780865972063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.99
€ 27.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. As a Greek who lived in Asia Minor during the second century AD, Pausanias travelled all through Greece and wrote a description of its classical sites that includes information on archaeology, religion, history and art. This is a study of the work and personality of Pausanias. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 223 pages, 27 b/w photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520061705
- ISBN
- 9780520061705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.65
€ 37.99
€ 27.65
Paperback. Despite a terrible two-stage 'European civil war' and the traumatic rise and fall of communism, wealth has increased dramatically alongside a four-fold leap in population, and women's lives have been transformed. This title offers an overview of a turbulent century that explores both dramatic events and the trends. Num Pages: 928 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 616. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002980
- ISBN
- 9780140276312
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General; (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1973
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789024715961
- ISBN
- 9789024715961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06