Livy: The History of Rome, Books 21-25 (Titi Livi ab urbe condita libri XXI-XXV)

JOHN (HONORARY RESEARCH FELLOW, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Manchester) Briscoe

Reeks: Oxford Classical Texts

ISBN: 9780199686162 | Hardcover

A revised critical edition of books 21 to 25 of Livy's history of Rome (Titi Livi ab urbe condita)-which cover the first eight years (218-211 BC) of R... Meer informatie

Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World

Bob (Senior Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Long Island University) Brier

ISBN: 9780197635056 | Hardcover

It is often thought that the story of Tutankhamun ended when the thousands of dazzling items discovered by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were trans... Meer informatie

The History of Computing: A Very Short Introduction

Doron (Honorary Fellow, Honorary Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London) Swade

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780198831754 | Paperback

This Very Short Introduction discusses the central events, machines, and people that feature in established accounts of the history of computing. It t... Meer informatie

The Future of the Professions

Richard (Honorary Professor, Faculty of Laws, Honorary Professor, Faculty of Laws, University College London) Susskind ; Daniel (Fellow, Fellow, Balliol College, Oxford) Susskind

ISBN: 9780198841890 | Paperback

With a new preface outlining the most recent critical developments, this updated edtion of The Future of the Professions predicts how technology will ... Meer informatie

Evolution: A Very Short Introduction

Brian (Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Edinburgh) Charlesworth ; Deborah (Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Edinburgh, and Frs) Charlesworth

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780198804369 | Paperback

This book is about the central role of evolution in shaping the nature and diversity of the living world. It describes the processes of natural select... Meer informatie

Female Servants in Early Modern England

Charmian (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, University of Cambridge) Mansell

Reeks: British Academy Monographs

ISBN: 9780197267585 | Hardcover

Excavating experiences of over a thousand women in service from church court testimony, Mansell argues that early modern service was unstable, but fin... Meer informatie

African History: A Very Short Introduction

John (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Parker ; Richard (Honorary Professor of History, University of Aberystwyth) Rathbone

ISBN: 9780192802484 | Paperback

Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's pa... Meer informatie

Voices from the Chilembwe Rising

JOHN (HONORARY SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Stirling) McCracken

Reeks: Fontes Historiae Africanae

ISBN: 9780197265925 | Hardcover

The short-lived rebellion of 1915 was led by John Chilembwe, a Baptist minister trained in the USA. This book contains the testimonies presented to th... Meer informatie

Liviana

John (Honorary Research Fellow, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Manchester) Briscoe

ISBN: 9780198824688 | Hardcover

Written to accompany the author's Oxford Classical Texts edition of Livy, Books 21-25, this volume focuses on passages presenting particular textual d... Meer informatie

The Oxford Handbook of the Modern Slum

ALAN (HONORARY PROFESSORIAL FELLOW, Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne) Mayne

Reeks: OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES

ISBN: 9780190879457 | Hardcover

The modern slum is as prevalent as its stereotypes. Today, a slum is often understood to be a place of extreme poverty in the developing world-a place... Meer informatie

Architectural Restoration and Heritage in Imperial Rome

Christopher (Honorary Research Fellow, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Exeter) Siwicki

ISBN: 9780198848578 | Hardcover

This volume addresses the treatment and perception of historic buildings in Imperial Rome, examining the ways in which public monuments were restored ... Meer informatie

Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

John (Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge and Honorary Professor of Medieval Philosophy at the University of Cambridge) Marenbon

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780199663224 | Paperback

In this book John Marenbon discusses the extraordinary breadth of medieval philosophy as written by Christians in Greek and Latin, Muslims in Arabic a... Meer informatie

Jewish Soldiers in Nazi Captivity

Yorai (Honorary Research Fellow, Honorary Research Fellow, Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism) Linenberg

ISBN: 9780198892786 | Hardcover

An exploration of the extraordinary story of Jewish POWs in German captivity during the Second World War - extraordinary because of the contrast betwe... Meer informatie

Disclosure and Discretion in Roman Astrology

Steven J. (Honorary Research Fellow, Honorary Research Fellow, University College London) Green

ISBN: 9780199646807 | Hardcover

In light of modern scepticism towards the practice, it is easy to overlook just how important a role astrology played in the career of Rome's first Em... Meer informatie

The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

William (Emeritus Professor of History and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol) Doyle

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780198840077 | Paperback

William Doyle chronicles the unfolding events of the French Revolution, from the quarrels of the first revolutionaries with the king, to the Terror, t... Meer informatie

Deadly Urges

Honorary Research Fellow Dorothy McMillan

ISBN: 9781630662684 | Paperback

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The Gray Green Underground

Honorary Research Fellow Dorothy McMillan

ISBN: 9781630662677 | Paperback

... Meer informatie

The History of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction

Michael (, Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge) Hoskin

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780192803061 | Paperback

An introduction to the history of Western astronomy from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid nineteenth century. Emphasis is g... Meer informatie

Feeling Things

STEPHANIE (RESEARCH FELLOW, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne) Downes ; Sally (Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow in History, Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow in History, Oxford Brookes University) Holloway ; Sarah (Honorary Research Fellow and Adjunct Researcher, Honorary Research Fellow an

Reeks: Emotions in History

ISBN: 9780198802648 | Hardcover

A book about the ways in which humans have been bound affectively to the material world in and over time; how they have made, commissioned, and used o... Meer informatie

Intra-Muslim Polemics in South India

Nandagopal R. (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Munster, Germany) Menon

ISBN: 9780198903321 | Hardcover

This book examines what unifies and separates various Sunni Muslim sects and incites polemics. It explores Islam as a body of information and cultural... Meer informatie