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British Royal and Japanese Imperial Relations, 1868-2018. 150 Years of Association, Engagement and Celebration, Hardback - Hugh Cortazzi

789,99 RON

This new study examines the history of the relations between the British and Japanese monarchies over the past 150 years. Complemented by a signifi...

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Making The Black Jacobins. C. L. R. James and the Drama of History, Hardback - Rachel Douglas

786,99 RON

Rachel Douglas traces the genesis, transformation, and afterlives of the different versions of C. L. R. James's landmark The Black Jacobins across ...

duke university press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences

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Stuart: A History of the American Light Tank, Vol. 1, Hardcover - R. P. Hunnicutt

784,99 RON

In Stuart: A History of the American Light Tank (Vol. I), Richard Hunnicutt outlines the development history of the American light tank and its ass...

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A History of Midwifery in the United States: The Midwife Said Fear Not, Paperback - Helen Varney Burst

783,99 RON 838,99 RON

Reducere. Written by two of the profession's most prominent midwifery leaders, this authoritative history of midwifery in the United States, from the 1600s t...

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The Language of the English Street Sign, Hardback - Vivian Cook

783,99 RON

This book opens readers' eyes to something they see all the time but take for granted: street signs. It is a portrait of the signs on modern Englis...

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The History of Black Studies, Hardcover - Abdul Alkalimat

782,99 RON 837,99 RON

Reducere. A surge of African American enrolment and student activism brought Black Studies to many US campuses in the 1960s. Sixty years later, Black Studies...

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Archaeologies of the Heart, Hardcover - Kisha Supernant

781,99 RON

Archaeological practice is currently shifting in response to feminist, indigenous, activist, community-based, and anarchic critiques of how archaeo...

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The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages: Volume 2, Contexts - Martin Maiden, John Charles Smith, Adam Ledgeway

781,55 RON

The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages: Volume 2, Contexts - Martin Maiden, John Charles Smith, Adam Ledgeway

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Coloman, King of Galicia and Duke of Slavonia (1208-1241). Medieval Central Europe and Hungarian Power, New ed, Hardback - Gabor Barabas

779,99 RON

Publisher: Arc Humanities PressAuthor(s): Gabor BarabasIllustration(s): 11 Maps; 10 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 160Collection: B...

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Critically Reading the Theory and Methods of Archaeology. An Introductory Guide, Hardback - Guy Gibbon

778,99 RON

All archaeology students, instructors, and practitioners need this book to learn how to critically read and think about theory and methods or to im...

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The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia: Czech Initiatives, German Policies, Jewish Responses, Hardcover - Wolf Gruner

776,99 RON

Description Prior to Hitler's occupation, nearly 120, 000 Jews inhabited the areas that would become the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; by 19...

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Aspiration and Dissonance: Readings in History, Religion, and Global Affairs, Paperback - ***

776,99 RON 831,99 RON

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The Life of the Red Sea Dhow: A Cultural History of Seaborne Exploration in the Islamic World, Hardcover - Dionisius a. Agius

775,99 RON

DescriptionFew images are as evocative as the silhouette of the Arab dhow as, under full sail, it tacks to windward on glittering waters of Red Sea...

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A Biography of Power: Research and Excavations at the Iron Age 'oppidum' of Bagendon, Gloucestershire (1979-2017), Paperback - Tom Moore

775,99 RON

This book explores the changing nature of power and identity from the Iron Age to the Roman period in Britain. It provides fresh insights into the ...

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Prehistoric Stone Tools of Eastern Africa. A Guide, Hardback - John J. Shea

775,99 RON

This first book about stone tools written specifically for Eastern African archaeology by an expert stoneworker, teaches students how to 'read' sto...

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Shaping Modern Shanghai: Colonialism in China's Global City, Hardcover - Isabella Jackson

775,99 RON

Shaping Modern Shanghai provides a new understanding of colonialism in China through a fresh examination of Shanghai's International Settlement. Th...

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Beyond the Pale - The Holocaust in the North Caucasus, Hardback - Kiril Feferman

775,99 RON

The first book devoted exclusively to the Holocaust in the North Caucasus, exploring mass killings, Jewish responses, collaboration, and memory in ...

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Tabula Lugdunensis. A Critical Edition with Translation and Commentary, Hardback - ***

775,99 RON

The Tabula Lugdunensis preserves part of a speech delivered to the senate in AD 48 by the Emperor Claudius supporting a petition by elites of north...

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All the Nations Under Heaven. Immigrants, Migrants, and the Making of New York, Revised Edition, Hardback - Robert Snyder

775,99 RON

All the Nations Under Heaven is an unparalleled chronicle of the role of immigrants and migrants in shaping the history and culture of New York Cit...

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What China and India Once Were. The Pasts That May Shape the Global Future, Hardback - ***

775,99 RON

This book seek to understand modern China and India through an unprecedented comparative analysis of their long histories. Using new sources, makin...

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Soldiers as Citizens: Popular Politics and the Nineteenth-Century British Military, Hardcover - Nick Mansfield

775,99 RON

Rank and file soldiers were not 'the scum of the earth' but included a cross section of working-class men, who retained their former civilian cultu...

liverpool university press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

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Sideways in Time: Critical Essays on Alternate History Fiction, Hardcover - Glyn Morgan

775,99 RON

Alternate history is a genre of fiction that, although connected to science fiction, has its own rich history and lineage. With its roots in the wr...

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Walter Besant. The Business of Literature and the Pleasures of Reform, Hardback - ***

775,99 RON

In the 1880s and 1890s, Walter Besant was one of Britain's most lionized living novelists. Today he is comparatively unknown. Bringing together lit...

liverpool university press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

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History of Humanitarian Intervention, Hardback - Mark Swatek-Evenstein

775,99 RON

History is underrepresented in international law, in particular in the narrative created for the legal instrument 'humanitarian intervention'. This...

cambridge university press, carti, carte straina, law

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Aeschylus: Suppliants, Hardback - ***

775,99 RON

Many themes of Aeschylus' Suppliants resonate strongly today, yet this edition is the first since 1889 to provide an English commentary based on th...

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Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge, Hardcover - Margaret Willson

775,99 RON 830,99 RON

Reducere. Finalist for the 2017 Washington State Book Award in General Nonfiction / HistoryThe plaque said this was the winter fishing hut of Thurídur Einars...

university of washington press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

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Kuwait and Al-Sabah: Tribal Politics and Power in an Oil State, Hardcover - Rivka Azoulay

774,99 RON

The Emirate of Kuwait hardly resembles the city-State it was at the start of the 20th century. The discovery of oil in 1938 rapidly transformed the...

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The Middle East in 1958: Reimagining a Revolutionary Year, Hardcover - Jeffrey G. Karam

771,99 RON

The revolutionary year of 1958 epitomizes the height of the social uprisings, military coups, and civil wars that erupted across the Middle East an...

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Do Not Forget Me: Three Jewish Mothers Write to Their Sons from the Thessaloniki Ghetto, Hardcover - Leon Saltiel

770,99 RON 824,99 RON

Reducere. Following the Axis invasion of Greece, the Nazis began persecuting the country's Jews much as they had across the rest of occupied Europe, beginnin...

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Historical Dictionary of the Clinton Era, Hardback - Richard S. Conley

770,99 RON

Publisher: Scarecrow PressAuthor(s): Richard S. ConleyIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecified; Tables; Black & White IllustrationsNumber of pag...

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Brazilian History. Culture, Society, Politics 1500-2010, Hardback - Roberto Pinheiro Machado

769,99 RON

This book offers the reader a critical and interdisciplinary introduction to Brazilian history. Combining a didactic approach with insightful histo...

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Oxford Textbook of the Newborn. A Cultural and Medical History, Hardback - Michael Obladen

769,99 RON

The Oxford Textbook of the Newborn: A Cultural and Medical History provides readers with an accessible exploration of the natural lifecycle of a ne...

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Hidden History of the Smock Frock, Hardback - Alison Toplis

769,99 RON

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Paradigms and Methods in Early Medieval Studies, Hardback - ***

769,99 RON

The articles in this volume, by scholars all pursuing careers in the United States, concern the theoretical approaches and methods of early medieva...

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Worlds Together, Worlds Apart. A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present, Sixth Edition - Robert (Princeton University) T

768,99 RON

Master teachers focused on engaging introductory students and non-majors.Publisher: WW Norton & CoAuthor(s): Robert (Princeton University) TignorNu...

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Ancient Civilizations, Paperback - Charles Golden

767,99 RON

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Perpetrating the Holocaust: Leaders, Enablers, and Collaborators, Hardcover - Paul R. Bartrop

767,99 RON

DescriptionA comprehensive introductory essay, along with a detailed chronology, reference entries, primary sources, images, and a bibliography pro...

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Protecting the Empire's Humanity. Thomas Hodgkin and British Colonial Activism 1830-1870, Hardback - Zoe (University of Melbourne) Laidlaw

767,99 RON

Laidlaw lays bare the contradictions of mid-nineteenth-century imperial Britain. Missionaries, scientists and imperial officials all claimed an int...

cambridge university press, carti, carte straina, history & archaeology

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Common Understandings, Poetic Confusion. Playhouses and Playgoers in Elizabethan England, Hardback - Professor William N. West

766,99 RON

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Professor William N. WestNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 158 x 237 x 25C...

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Resisting Persecution: Jews and Their Petitions During the Holocaust, Hardcover - Thomas Pegelow Kaplan

766,99 RON

Since antiquity, European Jewish diaspora communities have used formal appeals to secular and religious authorities to secure favors or protection....

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Politics of the Dunes: Poetry, Architecture, and Coloniality at the Open City, Hardcover - Maxwell Woods

766,99 RON

Founded in the late 1960s on Chile's Pacific coast, the Open City (la Ciudad Abierta) has become an internationally recognized site of cutting-edge...

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The Shah's Imperial Celebrations of 1971: Nationalism, Culture and Politics in Late Pahlavi Iran, Hardcover - Robert Steele

766,99 RON

In October 1971 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, held a celebration to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire...

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Blurring Timescapes, Subverting Erasure: Remembering Ghosts on the Margins of History, Hardcover - Sarah Surface-Evans

765,99 RON

What happens when we blur time and allow ourselves to haunt or to become haunted by ghosts of the past? Drawing on archaeological, historical, and ...

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The Cambridge History of Modern European Thought 2 Volume Hardback Set, Hardcover - Warren Breckman

764,99 RON 818,99 RON

Reducere. The Cambridge History of Modern European Thought is an authoritative and comprehensive exploration of the themes, thinkers and movements that shape...

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The Disturbed State of the Russian Realm, Hardback - Edward Orchard

764,99 RON

This translation of the memoirs of a German mercenary who lived in Russia throughout the first decade of the seventeenth century makes available a ...

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Against the Current and Into the Light. Performing History and Land in Coast Salish Territories and Vancouver's Stanley Park, Hardback - Selena Coutur

764,99 RON

An examination of historical performances in an iconic Vancouver park demonstrating how it remains an Indigenous place despite colonial efforts.Pub...

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From Drawing to Visual Culture. A History of Art Education in Canada, Hardback - Harold Pearse

764,99 RON

Offers a view of the role of visual art in Canadian education, from its roots as industrial drawing in the early 19th century to its important posi...

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Collecting Music in the Aran Islands. A Century of History and Practice, Hardback - Deirdre N?! Chonghaile

761,99 RON

In presenting four substantial, historically valuable collections from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book illustrates how understand...

university of wisconsin press, carti, carte straina, society & social sciences

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Critical Visions in Film Theory: Classic and Contemporary Readings, Paperback - Timothy Corrigan

759,99 RON

Critical Visions in Film Theory is a new book for a new generation, embracing groundbreaking approaches in the field without ignoring the history o...

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The Global History of Portugal. From Pre-History to the Modern World, Hardback - ***

758,99 RON

Publisher: Sussex Academic PressNumber of pages: 460Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 176 x 252 x 31Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): Jose Pedro Paiva...

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In Defence of Britains Middle Eastern Empire. A Life of Sir Gilbert Clayton, Hardback - Timothy Paris

758,99 RON

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Friending the Past: The Sense of History in the Digital Age - Alan Liu

757,99 RON

DescriptionCan today's society, increasingly captivated by a constant flow of information, share a sense of history? How did our media-making foreb...

university of chicago press, carti, carte straina, computing & information technology, graphical & digital media applications

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Adapting Macbeth. A Cultural History, Hardback - William C. Carroll

756,99 RON

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): William C. CarrollIllustration(s): 15 bw illusNumber of pages: 288Collection: Shakespeare and Adapta...

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'Adolf Island'. The Nazi Occupation of Alderney, Hardback - ***

756,99 RON

Drawing on more than a decade's worth of historical, forensic and archaeological research, this book presents the first detailed investigation of t...

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The Talk of the Town. Information and Community in Sixteenth-Century Switzerland, Hardback - ***

756,99 RON

The Talk of the Town explores everyday communication in a sixteenth-century small town and the role it played in the circulation of information acr...

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Empire Unbound. France and the Muslim Mediterranean, 1880-1918, Hardback - ***

756,99 RON

Empire Unbound argues that European empires were not the bounded, stable entities that imperialists imagined. Gavin Murray-Miller demonstrates that...

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British Slaves and Barbary Corsairs, 1580-1750, Hardback - ***

756,99 RON

The first comprehensive study of the thousands of Britons captured and enslaved in North Africa in the early modern period, charting the course of ...

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Looking at Movies, Paperback - Dave Monahan

755,99 RON

DescriptionBuilding on students' enthusiasm for movies, this text is more successful than any other at motivating students to understand and analyz...

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Engaging the Atom. The History of Nuclear Energy and Society in Europe from the 1950s to the Present, Hardback - ***

754,99 RON

Publisher: West Virginia University PressIllustration(s): 7 tables, 8 graphsNumber of pages: 336Collection: Energy and SocietyPublication date: 202...

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Remarkable Lushington Family. Reformers, Pre-Raphaelites, Positivists, and the Bloomsbury Group, Hardback - David Taylor

752,99 RON

This social, artistic, and cultural history examines three generations of the Lushington family and their relationships with prominent British figu...

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Ming China, 1368-1644. A Concise History of a Resilient Empire, Hardback - John W. Dardess

752,99 RON

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): John W. DardessNumber of pages: 172Collection: Critical Issues in World and International HistoryPublicat...

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Familial Fitness. Disability, Adoption, and Family in Modern America, Hardback - Sandra M. Sufian

752,99 RON

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Sandra M. SufianIllustration(s): 5 halftones, 2 line drawings, 1 tablesNumber of pages: 360Pub...

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The Greeks and Romans in the Black Sea and the Importance of the Pontic Region for the Graeco-Roman World - ***

752,71 RON

The proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities (Constanta, 2017) is dedicated to the 90th birthday of Prof. Sir John ...

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Out of Many. A History of the American People, Brief Edition, Combined Volume, 6 ed, Paperback - Susan H. Armitage

749,99 RON

Publisher: Pearson Education (US)Author(s): Susan H. ArmitageNumber of pages: 968Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 230 x 276 x 35Cover type: Paperb...

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Gladiators in Suits: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Representation in Scandal, Hardcover - Ronald L. Jackson

748,99 RON

DescriptionOne of the most popular shows to come out of Shondaland, Shonda Rhimes's production company, is ABC's political drama Scandal (2012-18)-...

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Reinterpreting Southern Histories: Essays in Historiography, Hardcover - Craig Thompson Friend

748,99 RON

A sweeping historiographical collection, Reinterpreting Southern Histories updates and expands upon the iconic volumes Writing Southern History and...

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Uncontrollable Blackness: African American Men and Criminality in Jim Crow New York, Hardcover - Douglas J. Flowe

748,99 RON 801,99 RON

Reducere. Early twentieth-century African American men in northern urban centers like New York faced economic isolation, segregation, a biased criminal justi...

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Alva Ixtlilxochitl's Native Archive and the Circulation of Knowledge in Colonial Mexico, Hardback - Amber E. Brian

748,99 RON

How history was saved in seventeenth-century Mexico

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Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History, Hardcover - Victoria Sherrow

747,99 RON 800,99 RON

Reducere. Examines the ways in which hair has served as a signifier of class, gender, ethnicity, conformity/non-comfority, authority, and power throughout hi...

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Contact Strategies: Histories of Native Autonomy in Brazil, Hardcover - Heather F. Roller

747,99 RON 800,99 RON

Reducere. Around the year 1800, independent Native groups still effectively controlled about half the territory of the Americas. How did they maintain their ...

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