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Great Empires of the Ancient World
Av Thomas Harrison, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2021
168 kr
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A distinguished team of internationally renowned scholars surveys the great empires from 1600 BC to AD 500, from the ancient Mediterranean to China, in ten comprehensive chapters, taking in the empires of New Kingdom Egypt; the Hittites; Assyria and Babylonia; Achaemenid Persia; Athens; Alexander; …
Tarquinia
Av Robert Leighton, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2004
530 kr
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Tarquinia was one of the principal cities of ancient Etruria, the most powerful nation in pre-Roman Italy, and has been at the forefront of Etruscan studies since the early days of antiquarian scholarship. The lack of Etruscan literature and problems with the interpretation of ancient sources have …
Substance Abuse
Information for School Counselors, Social Workers, Therapists, and Counselors
Av Gary Fisher, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2017
1270 kr
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Note: This is the bound book only and does not include access to MyLabTM Counseling with Pearson eText. To order MyLab Counseling with Pearson eText packaged with the bound book, use ISBN 0134387457 In an accessible writing style, Fisher and Harrison’s Substance Abuse: Information for School …
Polybius and his World
Essays in Memory of F.W. Walbank
Av Thomas Harrison, Bruce Gibson
E-bok, 2013
1662 kr
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From his first publication, Aratos of Sicyon (1933), to his death in 2008, F. W. Walbank established himself as one of the leading ancient historians of the last century. His many publications - not least his three-volume commentary on the Greek historian of Roman power, Polybius - transformed the …
Interpreting Herodotus
Av Elizabeth Irwin, Thomas Harrison
E-bok, 2018
1961 kr
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Charles W. Fornara''s Herodotus: An Interpretative Essay (Oxford, 1971) was a landmark publication in the study of the great Greek historian. Well-known in particular for its main thesis that the Histories should be read against the background of the Atheno-Peloponnesian Wars during which it was …
Interpreting Herodotus
Av Elizabeth Irwin, Thomas Harrison
E-bok, 2018
1961 kr
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Charles W. Fornara''s Herodotus: An Interpretative Essay (Oxford, 1971) was a landmark publication in the study of the great Greek historian. Well-known in particular for its main thesis that the Histories should be read against the background of the Atheno-Peloponnesian Wars during which it was …
Divinity and History
The Religion of Herodotus
Inbunden, 2000
3285 kr
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Critics of Herodotus have generally shown an unease in the face of the religious passages of the Histories, a sense that he 'lets himself down' by delving into matters irrelevant to the proper purpose of history. They have tended consequently to latch on to isolated instances of scepticism in an …
Interpreting Herodotus
Av IRWIN HARRISON, Thomas Harrison m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
3126 kr
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Charles W. Fornara's Herodotus: An Interpretative Essay (Oxford, 1971) was a landmark publication in the study of the great Greek historian. Well-known in particular for its main thesis that the Histories should be read against the background of the Atheno-Peloponnesian Wars during which it was …
Divinity and History
The Religion of Herodotus
Häftad, 2002
1176 kr
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Critics of Herodotus have generally shown an unease in the face of the religious passages of the Histories, a sense that he 'lets himself down' by delving into matters irrelevant to the proper purpose of history. They have tended consequently to latch on to isolated instances of scepticism in an …
Polybius and his World
Essays in Memory of F.W. Walbank
Av Bruce Gibson, Thomas Harrison
Inbunden, 2013
2063 kr
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From his first publication, Aratos of Sicyon (1933), to his death in 2008, F. W. Walbank established himself as one of the leading ancient historians of the last century. His many publications - not least his three-volume commentary on the Greek historian of Roman power, Polybius - transformed the …
Of Bridges
A Poetic and Philosophical Account
Inbunden, 2021
379 kr
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Offers a philosophical history of bridges—both literal bridges and their symbolic counterparts—and the acts of cultural connection they embody.“Always,” wrote Philip Larkin, “it is by bridges that we live.” Bridges represent our aspirations to connect, to soar across divides. And it is the …
Of Bridges
A Poetic and Philosophical Account
E-bok, 2021
545 kr
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Offers a philosophical history of bridges—both literal bridges and their symbolic counterparts—and the acts of cultural connection they embody. “Always,” wrote Philip Larkin, “it is by bridges that we live.” Bridges represent our aspirations to connect, to soar across divides. And it is the …
Of Bridges
A Poetic and Philosophical Account
Häftad, 2023
281 kr
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Offers a philosophical history of bridges—both literal bridges and their symbolic counterparts—and the acts of cultural connection they embody.“Always,” wrote Philip Larkin, “it is by bridges that we live.” Bridges represent our aspirations to connect, to soar across divides. And it is the …
Music of the 1980s
Inbunden, 2011
733 kr
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Beyond coverage of mainstream 80s music, such as "hair band" hard rock, pop, new wave, and rap, this compilation of essential musical artists also covers genres like classical, jazz, outlaw country, and music theater.Popular music in the United States during the 1980s is well known for imports from …
Music of the 1980s
E-bok, 2011
785 kr
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Beyond coverage of mainstream 80s music, such as "hair band" hard rock, pop, new wave, and rap, this compilation of essential musical artists also covers genres like classical, jazz, outlaw country, and music theater. Popular music in the United States during the 1980s is well known for imports …
Music of the 1990s
Inbunden, 2011
733 kr
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Red Hot Chili Peppers, Goo Goo Dolls, Nirvana, Green Day, Mariah Carey, Notorious B.I.G., Billy Ray Cyrus, Backstreet Boys… the list goes on. Meet all the 1990s' essential musical artists in one insightful volume.During the 1990s, musical genres became more commercialized than ever—and that was …
Music of the 1990s
E-bok, 2011
785 kr
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Red Hot Chili Peppers, Goo Goo Dolls, Nirvana, Green Day, Mariah Carey, Notorious B.I.G., Billy Ray Cyrus, Backstreet Boys… the list goes on. Meet all the 1990s' essential musical artists in one insightful volume. During the 1990s, musical genres became more commercialized than ever—and that was …
1910
The Emancipation of Dissonance
Inbunden, 1996
623 kr
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The year 1910 marks an astonishing, and largely unrecognized, juncture in Western history. In this perceptive interdisciplinary analysis, Thomas Harrison addresses the extraordinary intellectual achievement of the time. Focusing on the cultural climate of Middle Europe and paying particular …
1910
The Emancipation of Dissonance
E-bok, 1996
1056 kr
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The year 1910 marks an astonishing, and largely unrecognized, juncture in Western history. In this perceptive interdisciplinary analysis, Thomas Harrison addresses the extraordinary intellectual achievement of the time. Focusing on the cultural climate of Middle Europe and paying particular …
Emptiness of Asia
Aeschylus' "Persians" and the History of the Fifth Century
Inbunden, 2000
1386 kr
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Aeschylus' "Persians" is not only the first surviving Greek drama, it is also the ony tragedy to take for its subject historical rather than mythical events: the repulse of the army of Xerxes at Salamis in 480 BC. It has frequently been mined for information on the tactics of Salamis or the Greeks' …
Euripides
"Iphigenia at Aulis"
Av Pantelis Michelakis, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2006
429 kr
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"Iphigenia at Aulis" dramatises the myth of Iphigenia, the young virgin sacrificed by her father Agamemnon at the start of the expedition against Troy. The ongoing debates around Iphigenia's voluntary sacrifice, the corruption of the play's moral universe, and the corruption of its text make …
Euripides
"Medea"
Av Colonel William Allan, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2002
397 kr
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Euripides' "Medea" is one of the greatest and most influential Greek tragedies. This book outlines the development of the Medea myth before Euripides and explores his uniquely powerful version from various angles. There are chapters on the play's relationship to the gender politics of fifth-century …
Ancient Democracy and Modern Ideology
Av P. J. Rhodes, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2003
345 kr
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How should we study the democracy of classical Athens? How, if at all, is it relevant to our own world with its different forms of democracy? Attitudes to Athenian democracy have always been affectd by the circumstances of those studying it; but, after a period in which scholars professed …
Avebury
Av Mark Gillings, Joshua Pollard m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
530 kr
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Avebury remains one of the most spectacular and enigmatic prehistoric monuments in Europe. Constructed in several stages during the course of the third millennium BC, the massive earthwork enclosure and stone settings have had a complex history; one which has included later episodes of avoidance, …
Reading Cicero
Genre and Performance in Late Republican Rome
Av C.E.W. Steel, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2005
201 kr
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M. Tullius Cicero was a prolific writer, his writing covering an astonishingly wide spectrum: oratory, letters, epic and didactic poetry, pamphlets, philosophical and rhetorical treatises. He was also a major political figure at Rome during the Late Republic. The relationship between these two …
Sophocles
"Electra"
Av Michael Lloyd, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2005
429 kr
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Sophocles' Electra deals with the famous story of Orestes' vengeance on his mother Clytemnestra for her murder of his father Agamemnon. This book discusses whether the matricide is a just and final act of violence, or whether Sophocles ironically implies that it is more problematic than it seems. …
Aeschylus
Persians
Av David Rosenbloom, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2007
397 kr
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Aeschylus' Persians is the earliest extant Greek tragedy and sole surviving historical tragedy. Produced in 472 BC, the play tells the story of the defeat of the Persian king Xerxes in his attempt to expand his empire by conquering Greece and his return in rags to Persia to face the condemnation of …
Euripides
Bacchar
Av Sophie Mills, Thomas Harrison
Häftad, 2006
397 kr
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Accessible introductions to ancient tragedies discuss the main themes of a play and the central developments in modern criticism, while also addressing the play's historical context and the history of its performance and adaptation. References to Dionysus in popular culture focus on the god as the …
