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Paperback. Investigates the role of civic associations in promoting democratic attitudes and behavioral patterns in contexts that are less than democratic. This work argues that, in state-centralized environments, associations can just as easily promote civic qualities vital to authoritarian citizenship - such as support for the regime in power. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPHV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140995
- ISBN
- 9780691140995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.52
€ 36.99
€ 26.52
Hardback. There are many established theories concerning political quiescence and dissent in Soviet-era eastern Europe. This book--drawing on newly accessible archival data and over one hundred interviews conducted with communists, dissidents, and by-standers in Poland and East Germany--challenges them. Series: East European Monographs S. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; HBJD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880334068
- ISBN
- 9780880334068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.24€ 43.04
€ 55.24
€ 43.04
Hardback. Finally, he examines the relation of the Dreyfus Affair to the "culture of forcethat marked French society during the prewar years, thus accounting for the rise of the youthful athlete as a more compelling manly ideal than the bookish and sedentary intellectual. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874338
- ISBN
- 9780801874338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.70
€ 70.70
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 563
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590336649
- ISBN
- 9781590336649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.01€ 80.20
€ 107.01
€ 80.20
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312475178
- ISBN
- 9780312475178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.41
€ 41.41
Paperback. The central question for both the victors and the vanquished of World War II was just how widely the stain of guilt would spread over Germany. This title chronicles explores the processes of accommodation and rejection that Allied plans for a new German state inspired among the German intelligentsia. Num Pages: 392 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103341
- ISBN
- 9780226103341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.30
€ 26.99
€ 21.30
Hardcover. Constantin Fasolt explores in this work the idea that history is supremely a political activity. He demonstrates that history presupposes highly political assumptions about free will, responsibility, and the relationship of the past to the present. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226239101
- ISBN
- 9780226239101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06€ 75.79
€ 92.06
€ 75.79
paperback. Presents an examination of the political and social construction of gender under the Vichy regime. This book argues that the regime used symbolic violence to reshape a liberal culture once based on individual rights into one of deference to hierarchical authority. Translator(s): Johnson, Kathleen A. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 234 x 30. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327745
- ISBN
- 9780822327745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.81
€ 35.99
€ 31.81
paperback. Real-life stories about Montana from the perspective of a rural veterinarian and rancher. Num Pages: 108 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 10.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Falcon Guides United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560442486
- ISBN
- 9781560442486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.45
€ 10.99
€ 10.45
Hardcover. The next piece of thrilling WW2 history from acclaimed author Robert Lyman Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b&w section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 246 x 32. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784299934
- ISBN
- 9781784299934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 7.28
€ 24.99
€ 7.28
Hardback. Tarun Chhabra offers detailed ethnographic descriptions of multiple aspects of the culture of the Todas, the oldest inhabitants of the Nilgiri Hills of South India. Chhabra s prologue details his journey to becoming a Toda insider. The text and appendices include significant new data, and the book represents a major breakthrough in Toda studies." Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 721 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 263 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 721
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088504
- ISBN
- 9780674088504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23€ 57.13
€ 63.23
€ 57.13
Paperback. An ethnography about 'Japan outside of Japan' - specifically, how Japanese families on corporate re-assignment in the United States recreate their homeland within domestic spaces Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336228
- ISBN
- 9780822336228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47
Hardcover. Good copy with some minor shelf wear, dustwrapper with minor edge wear. Previous owners inscription
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007831
- ISBN
- 9780717116003
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
hardcover. This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. Num Pages: 217 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC1; PDX; PS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496. 250 pages, 1 b/w illus. This book examines the relationship between humans and nature that evolved in medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC1; PDX; PS. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781107026452
- ISBN
- 9781107026452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.93
€ 118.93
Paperback. Combining skilful economic, political and social analysis, this text provides a fascinating insight into the decline of the Soviet Union. Series: Postwar World. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582299580
- ISBN
- 9780582299580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.67
€ 63.67
Paperback. Rembrandt's life coincided with what the Dutch refer to as their "golden age". This study explores a society that had torn itself away from the mediocrity of its past, a stagnant nation of peasants and fishermen, to pursue an overseas empire that led to wealth and a cultivation of the arts. Series: Daily Life. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804722018
- ISBN
- 9780804722018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.66
€ 36.99
€ 32.66
Paperback. Combining diverse sociological and philosophical theories, The Path of the Devil is a comparative analysis of the witch hunts of the early modern era. The author broadens his investigation through new quantitative analyses of the role of apocalyptic crises such as plague, war and other hardship. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742546974
- ISBN
- 9780742546974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.55
€ 60.55
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907973079
- ISBN
- 9781907973079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.65
€ 4.65
Hardback. Re-envisages what we know about African political economies through its examination of one of the key questions in colonial and African history, that of commercial agriculture and its relationship to slavery. Editor(s): Law, Robin; Schwarz, Suzanne; Strickrodt, Silke. Series: Western Africa Series. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010759
- ISBN
- 9781847010759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.48
€ 82.48
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; HBJD; HBLW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691613376
- ISBN
- 9780691613376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.58
€ 77.58
Paperback. This is a historical biography of Hannibal, the military leader of Carthage responsible for waging a dramatic onslaught against Rome during the Punic Wars, and one of the most fascinating figures of ancient history. It is told from a pro-Hannibal, rather than pro-Roman, perspective. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBJH; HBLA; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218487
- ISBN
- 9780631218487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 51.45
€ 52.99
€ 51.45
Paperback. "Immediately useful to anyone interested in Spanish history and culture."-Virginia Quarterly Review Editor(s): Cowans, Jon. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218466
- ISBN
- 9780812218466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.78
€ 38.99
€ 34.78
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637051
- ISBN
- 9780691637051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.93
€ 128.93
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986500
- ISBN
- 9780295986500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.71
€ 44.71