New History of the Humanities. The Search for Principles and Patterns from Antiquity to the Present, Paperback - Rens Bod

Offers the first overarching history of the humanities from Antiquity to the present.

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Now in a fully revised and updated edition including new primary sources and illustrations, this comprehensive book surveys Korean history from Neo...

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In a journey spanning 2, 000 years, this book describes the ties of trade, migration and investment between India and the rest of the world, showin...

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Explores Jewish women's lives in what is now Eastern and Western Europe, Britain, Israel, Turkey, North Africa, and North America. The volume focus...

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aeo Highly original and innovative account of the history of humour through the ages from Antiquity to the present day. aeo Includes accounts of jo...

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Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressAuthor(s): Rens BodIllustration(s): 11 Illustrations, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and whiteTra...

This short history of history is an ideal introduction for courses on the historian's craft, historical theory and method, and historiography. It s...

Ranging from ancient to contemporary sculpture, this book is the first study of the history of sculpture to present such an original and comprehens...

How did the statues of ancient Greece wind up dictating art history in the West? How did the material culture of the Greeks and Romans come to be s...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Johanna DruckerIllustration(s): 100 halftonesNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncNumber of pages: 392Collection: Modern South AsiaPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 242 x 162 x 28Cover type: ...

Publisher: Hirmer VerlagAuthor(s): Jessica RichardsonIllustration(s): 240 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 380Publication date: 2021Dimensions:...

Despite a terrible two-stage 'European civil war' and the traumatic rise and fall of communism, wealth has increased dramatically alongside a four-...

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Are copies of Greek and Roman masterpieces as important as the originals they imitate?

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Fresh analysis of elite public giving in the Greek cities in all periods of ancient history, highlighting it as a structural feature of polis socie...

Publisher: Association for Asian StudiesAuthor(s): Shelton WoodsNumber of pages: 118Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 151 x 228 x 11Cover type: Pap...

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Publisher: Indiana University PressIllustration(s): 3 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 624Collection: Studies in AntisemitismPublication ...

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