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- Yale University Press, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 256 páginas
PVP: 15,55 €
ISBN 978-0-300-17766-4
EAN 9780300177664
How did the city-state of Athens defeat the invaders from Persia, the first world empire, on the plain of Marathon in 490 BCE? Clever scholars skeptical of our earliest surviving source, Herodotus, have produced one ingenious theory after another. In this stimulating new book, bound to provoke controversy, Peter Krentz argues that Herodotus was right ...
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- Yale University Press, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 26,00 €
ISBN 978-0-300-16605-7
EAN 9780300166057
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Encounters Character Writing workbook 1 (ver incidencias)
Chinese Language and Culture
- Yale University Press, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 26,00 €
ISBN 978-0-300-16170-0
EAN 9780300161700
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Sunday
A History of the First Day from Babylonia to the Super Bowl
- Yale University Press, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 480 páginas
PVP: 22,35 €
ISBN 978-0-300-16703-0
EAN 9780300167030
The mere mention of "Sunday" will immediately conjure up a rich mix of memories, associations, and ideas for most anyone of any age. Whatever we think of-be it attending church, reading a bulky newspaper, eating brunch, or watching football-Sunday occupies a unique place in Western civilization. But how did we come to have a day ...
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Too Much to Know
Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age. Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age
- Yale University Press, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 416 páginas
PVP: 22,05 €
ISBN 978-0-300-16539-5
EAN 9780300165395
The flood of information brought to us by advancing technology is often accompanied by a distressing sense of information overload, yet this experience is not unique to modern times. In fact, says Ann M. Blair in this intriguing book, the invention of the printing press and the ensuing abundance of books provoked sixteenth- and seventeenth-century ...
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- Yale University Press, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 544 páginas
PVP: 25,95 €
ISBN 978-0-300-15261-6
EAN 9780300152616
Turkey, Islam, Nationalism, and Modernity reveals the historical dynamics propelling two centuries of Ottoman and Turkish history. As mounting threats to imperial survival necessitated dynamic responses, ethnolinguistic and religious identities inspired alternative strategies for engaging with modernity. A radical, secularizing current of change competed with a conservative, Islamically committed current. Crises sharpened the differentiation of ...
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- Yale University Press, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 192 páginas
PVP: 14,30 €
ISBN 978-0-300-17125-9
EAN 9780300171259
For many enlightened, liberal-minded thinkers today, and for most on the political left, evil is an outmoded concept. It smacks too much of absolute judgments and metaphysical certainties to suit the modern age. In this witty, accessible study, the prominent Marxist thinker Terry Eagleton launches a surprising defense of the reality of evil, drawing on ...
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Afghanistan
How the West Lost its Way
- Yale University Press, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 304 páginas
PVP: 25,98 €
ISBN 978-0-300-15457-3
EAN 9780300154573
In October 2001, NATO forces invaded Afghanistan. Their initial aim, to topple the Taliban regime and replace it with a more democratic government aligned to Western interests, was swiftly achieved. However, stabilizing the country in the ensuing years has proven much more difficult. Despite billions of dollars in aid and military expenditure, Afghanistan remains a ...
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- Yale University Press, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 336 páginas
PVP: 32,50 €
ISBN 978-0-300-15404-7
EAN 9780300154047
Situated north of the Himalayas, Tibet is famous for its unique culture and its controversial assimilation into modern China. Yet Tibet in the twenty-first century can only be properly understood in the context of its extraordinary history. Sam van Schaik brings the history of Tibet to life by telling the stories of the people involved, ...
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Pashas
Traders and Travellers in the Islamic World
- Yale University Press, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 16,90 €
ISBN 978-0-300-17091-7
EAN 9780300170917
Long before they came as occupiers, the British were drawn to the Middle East by the fabled riches of its trade and the enlightened tolerance of its people. The Pashas, merchants and travelers from Europe, discovered an Islamic world that was alluring, dynamic, and diverse. Ranging across two and a half centuries and through the ...
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Cosima Wagner
The Lady of Bayreuth
- Yale University Press, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 33,10 €
ISBN 978-0-300-17090-0
EAN 9780300170900
In this meticulously researched book, Oliver Hilmes paints a fascinating and revealing picture of the extraordinary Cosima Wagner illegitimate daughter of Franz Liszt, wife of the conductor Hans von Bülow, then mistress and subsequently wife of Richard Wagner. After Wagner's death in 1883 Cosima played a crucial role in the promulgation and politicization of his ...
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- Yale University Press, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 480 páginas
PVP: 27,20 €
ISBN 978-0-300-17086-3
EAN 9780300170863
In this magnificent book, distinguished archaeologist Barry Cunliffe reframes our entire conception of early European history, from prehistory through the ancient world to the medieval Viking period. Cunliffe views Europe not in terms of states and shifting political land boundaries but as a geographical niche particularly favored in facing many seas. These seas, and Europe's ...
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- Yale University Press, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 664 páginas
PVP: 30,30 €
ISBN 978-0-300-17143-3
EAN 9780300171433
For two hundred years historians have viewed England's Glorious Revolution of 1688 1689 as an un-revolutionary revolution bloodless, consensual, aristocratic, and above all, sensible. In this brilliant new interpretation Steve Pincus refutes this traditional view. By expanding the interpretive lens to include a broader geographical and chronological frame, Pincus demonstrates that England's revolution was a ...
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All but forgotten today, eight historic gardens that once flourished along the length of the Thames in early Tudor London are here historically recreated and analysed in this richly illustrated book. One of the gardens belonged to Sir Thomas More and the others to politically powerful friends and acquaintances of his. The stories of these ...
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