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Mastering the West: Rome and Carthage at War
Paperback,
01/05/2017,
£12.99
£11.69
A tour de force of military history that recounts a critical turning-point in the history of Rome
Claude Levi Strauss' Structural Anthropology
Paperback,
15/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
Structural Anthropology (1958) not only transformed the discipline of anthropology, it also energized a movement called structuralism that came to dominate the humanities and social sciences for a generation. Linguistic structuralism studies the meaning of language beyond definitions, looking at the relationships of words and sounds to each other.
Clifford Geertz's The Interpretation of Cultures
Paperback,
15/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
Up to the mid 20th century, generations of anthropologists had imported their own value systems into their work, regardless of where they were studying. Indigenous cultures were almost always judged to fall short in some manner - offering justification for colonization in the name of 'civilizing natives.'
Arjun Appadurai's Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation
Paperback,
05/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
Modernity at Large is an edited collection of the essays that made Appadurai an influential figure in cultural anthropology. Collectively, these not only present a theory of globalization, but also suggest ways that other researchers can follow up on the author's ideas.
Franz Boas' Race, Language and Culture
Paperback,
04/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
Born in 1858, Franz Boas permanently changed the standards and practices of anthropology. His 1940 work Race, Language and Culture brings together a half-century's worth of ground-breaking scholarship in one volume.
Hamid Dabashi's Iran: A People Interrupted
Paperback,
15/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
Hamid Dabashi suggests that the Iranian Revolution of 1978-9 would not have taken place had it not been for the influential ideas set out by eight Iranian Islamic thinkers in the decades before it occurred.
E. E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande
Paperback,
15/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
Based on 20 months of fieldwork among the Azande people of South Sudan, Evans-Pritchard's work became the founding text in the anthropology of witchcraft. Although the book had little impact when it first appeared in 1937, its popularity grew after World War II and its influence on anthropology is still strong nearly 80 years later.
Saba Mahmood's The Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject
Paperback,
06/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
In this original and controversial 2005 book, Mahmood argues that Muslim women can show independence even while assuming traditional Islamic roles. Her research suggests that, in choosing to embrace the norms of their faith, these pious Muslims are not limiting, but rather affirming, themselves.
Marcel Mauss' The Gift
Paperback,
05/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
In The Gift (1925), Marcel Mauss elevates a simple gift from the status of innocent object to something that has the capacity to motivate people and define social relationships. The Gift analyzes cultures across the world and across time, examining the ways gifts are given and received.
Jane Jacobs' The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Paperback,
15/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
American author, journalist, and activist Jane Jacobs was born in 1916 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She moved to New York City in 1934, where she became a journalist, writing for magazines including Architectural Forum and Fortune.
Story of Stonehenge
Paperback,
19/07/2012,
£16.99
£15.29
A comprehensive illustrated history of the prehistoric megalithic structure at Stonehenge and those who built it.
Archaeology: The Whole Story
Paperback,
01/09/2017,
£24.95
£22.46
A comprehensive guide through our whole human past that takes the reader on a tour through time and across the globe to every site of archaeological importance.
History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 2: From the Great Pyramid to the Fall of the Middle Kingdom
Paperback,
02/11/2017,
£18.99
£17.09
Stonehenge: The story so far
Hardback,
30/09/2017,
£25.00
£22.50
The story that is told here is right up to date, including the results of the latest investigations in the landscape in 2016.
Introducing the Ancient Greeks
Hardback,
02/04/2015,
£20.00
£18.00
Who were the ancient Greeks? They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. But what was it that enabled them to achieve so much? This indispensable introduction unveils a civilization of incomparable richness and a people of astounding complexity.
War That Killed Achilles : True Story of the Iliad
Hardback,
18/02/2010,
£20.00
£18.00
The "Iliad" is still the greatest poem about war that our culture has ever produced. Disconcertingly, "The Iliad" portrays war as a catastrophe that destroys cities, orphans children and wrecks whole societies. This book is about what the "Iliad" is about. It is about what the "Iliad" says of war.
Rosetta Stone: and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt
Paperback,
01/07/2008,
£9.99
£8.99
What does the Rosetta Stone tell us about the past? What treasures of Egyptian literature can now be read, thanks to its decipherment? What does it tell us about the history of writing and the story of our own alphabets? How do decipherments work and how can we know if they are right? This book answers these questions.
Story Of Archaeology
Hardback,
26/05/2011,
£14.99
£13.49
A history of archaeology in 50 great discoveries.
AD43 The Roman Invasion of Britain
Paperback,
19/04/2002,
£17.99
£16.19
This book assesses the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43.
Stonehenge
Paperback,
14/12/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
A concise, beautifully illustrated account of the history and archaeology of an iconic feature of the English landscape.
Roman Triumph
Paperback,
05/05/2009,
£23.95
£21.56
How can we re-create the ceremony as it was celebrated in Rome? How can we piece together its elusive traces in art and literature? This work addresses these questions, focusing on the intriguing process of sifting through and making sense of what constitutes 'history'.
Rome in the Late Republic
Paperback,
27/01/2000,
£18.99
£17.09
This textbook outlines the factors that every student must assess for a proper understanding of the period, from the attitudes of the aristocracy and the role of state religion to the function of political institutions.
Parthenon
Paperback,
20/05/2010,
£9.99
£8.99
The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world's most famous images. Its 'looted' Elgin Marbles are a global cause celebre. But what actually are they? This work tells the history and explains the significance of the Parthenon, the temple of the virgin goddess Athena, the divine patroness of ancient Athens.
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
Paperback,
04/11/2010,
£9.99
£8.99
'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy - scrutinising and animated in equal measure' Laura Silverman, Daily Mail
Amazons: The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World
Paperback,
19/04/2018,
£10.99
£9.89
Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors.
Fear and Temptation: The Image of the Indigene in Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand Literatures
Paperback,
01/04/1989,
£21.99
£19.79
In Fear and Temptation, Terry Goldie reveals the striking similarity of images of native peoples in the white literature of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Goldie shows this by examining more than 350 texts, from the narratives of early explorers to the fiction, poetry, and drama of later periods.
Greeks: Lost Civilizations
Hardback,
14/05/2018,
£18.00
£16.20
In The Greeks, Philip Matyszak illuminates the Greek soldiers, statesmen, scientists and philosophers who, though they seldom - if ever - set foot on the Greek mainland, nevertheless laid the foundations of what we call 'Greek culture' today.
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States
Paperback,
11/09/2018,
£14.99
£13.49
An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available that contradicts the standard narrative for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations
Celts
Paperback,
19/05/2016,
£10.99
£9.89
TV tie-in to major BBC series revealing a new history of the Celts and their international legacy today
Rome: A History in Seven Sackings
Paperback,
01/10/2018,
£12.99
£11.69
A fascinating history of the city of Rome, seen through the eyes of its most significant sackings, from the Gauls to the Nazis and everything in between.
Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life
Paperback,
01/09/2011,
£14.99
£13.49
We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did. In The Hemlock Cup, acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes gives Socrates the biography he deserves, painstakingly piecing together Socrates' life and using fresh evidence to get closer to the man who asked 'how should we live?' - a question as relevant now as it has ever been.
Helen Of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore
Paperback,
07/11/2013,
£25.00
£22.50
Because of her double marriage to the Greek King Menelaus and the Trojan Prince Paris, Helen was held responsible for both the Trojan War and enduring enmity between East and West. Helen of Sparta, the focus of a cult which conflated Helen the heroine with a pre-Greek fertility goddess;
Ancient Celts 2ed
Paperback,
10/04/2018,
£20.00
£18.00
Archaeologist Sir Barry Cunliffe brings up to date his classic work on the Ancient Celts, those bold warriors and skill craftsmen of barbarian Europe who inspired fear in the Greeks and Romans.
Archaeology Under Fire: Nationalism, Politics and Heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East
Paperback,
12/11/1998,
£34.99
£31.49
This volume addresses archaeology's role in current political issues, whether it be the ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, the division of Cyprus, or the continued destruction of Beirut.
Little History of Archaeology
Paperback,
23/04/2019,
£9.99
£8.99
The thrilling history of archaeological adventure, with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around the globe
Cities of the Classical World: An Atlas and Gazetteer of 120 Centres of Ancient Civilization
Paperback,
28/02/2019,
£12.99
£11.69
Age of Conquests: The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian (336 BC - AD 138)
Paperback,
06/06/2019,
£12.99
£11.69
Five hundred years of power, politics and culture in the Hellenistic period and the Roman East.
Silver Economy in the Viking Age
Hardback,
01/12/2006,
£120.00
£108.00
Contains papers by archaeologists and numismatists from six countries concerned with different aspects of how silver was used in both Scandinavia and the wider Viking world during the 8th to 11th centuries AD. This volume brings together a combination of summaries and work on silver and gold coinage, rings and bullion.
Prehistory of Britain and Ireland
Paperback,
16/05/2019,
£29.99
£26.99
This book brings together the results of fieldwork and academic research to highlight the achievements of prehistoric people who lived in these islands between their settlement by the first farmers and Julius Caesar's invasions of southeast England. It emphasises landscapes and monuments that can be visited today.
Oxford Handbook of Later Medieval Archaeology in Britain
Hardback,
29/01/2018,
£110.00
£99.00
This Handbook provides an overview of the archaeology of the later Middle Ages in Britain between AD 1066 and 1550. Chapters cover topics ranging from later medieval objects, human remains, archaeological science, standing buildings, and sites such as castles and monasteries, to the well-preserved relict landscapes which still survive.
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