Comparative History – alle Bücher und CDs

Dirk Heirbaut
Redefining Codification

This book explores the evolution of law codes in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium from the late eighteenth century to today. It delves into civil, commercial, and procedural codes, even uncov…

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The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative New Cinema Histories

This Handbook offers new and previously unexplored comparative approaches to the field of New Cinema History. The volume brings together contributions focussing on historical and contemporary comparative …

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Steven High, Stefan Berger,
The Politics of Industrial Closure

The Politics of Industrial Closure explores how the political consequences of neoliberal globalization have led to the decline of industrial regions across Western Europe and North America. Co-editors and…

lieferbar ab 24.3.2026.

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Berthold Delbruck
Introduction to the Study of Language. A Critical Survey of the History and Methods of Comparative Philology of the Indo-European Languages

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

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Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
Scent, Colour and Glitter in the Ancient World

A comparative history of aromatics, cosmetics and adornment and how they shaped civilisation across the Ancient Near East, Central, East and South Asia, from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity.

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Xunwu Chen
The Eastern-Western Philosophical Discourse of Mind, Reason, and Culture

This book provides a comparative study, as well as an account of global history, of the philosophical discourse of mind, reason, and culture. It then enthrones the cosmopolitan doctrine of mind, reason, a…

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Islamic Financial Institutions from the Early Modern Period to the 20th Century

The edited collection offers a comprehensive and intricate exploration of Ottoman cash waqfs, extending its scope from the early modern era to the onset of the twentieth century. It delves into the histor…

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Wen-Chin Ouyang
Ethical Living Through Stories

This book shows that Muslim literature can be an ethical guide for how human beings live on earth.

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Donald L Horowitz
The Promise and Perils of Devolution

A large literature describes the benefits of federalism and regional autonomy for fostering peace and democracy in countries experiencing conflict among ethnic groups. Political leaders are often reticent…

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Miriam Weinstein
Yiddish

The history, tragedies, and bitter controversies that characterized a language once spoken by 11 million people brought vividly to life For a people of exile, the language took the place of a nation. . . …

lieferbar ab 14.4.2026.

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Joe Whitchurch
Revenge, Punishment and Anger in Ancient Greek Justice

"Anger was the engine of justice in the ancient Greek world. It drove quests for vengeance which resulted in a variety of consequences, often harmful not only for the relevant actors but also for the…

lieferbar ab 30.4.2026.

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Water Powers

Water Powers is an interdisciplinary collection that presents timely, original research on sacred aquatic animals---from dragons and nagas to crocodiles, eels, dugongs, and whales---and environmental chan…

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Morten Bøås
Sahel

A revealing account of Africa's ecological and historical frontier zone, now plagued by interlocking insurgencies and climate change.

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Spies in European Culture, 1815-1914

This volume brings together academics from the USA and across Europe to examine the nature, representations and perceptions of the figure of the spy in Europe between 1815 and 1914. As such, it is the fir…

lieferbar ab 20.8.2026.

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Bernard Mees
King Arthur and the Languages of Britain

Medievalists have denied the historical existence of King Arthur for over 50 years . Arthur and the Languages of Britain demonstrates how linguistic evidence can be employed to see if the earliest histori…

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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby
The Emperor and the Elephant

A new history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Carolingian period that provides a fresh account of events by drawing on Arabic as well as western sourcesIn the year 802, an elephant arrived at the cou…

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Andrew I Port
Germany

Few countries are more haunted by the darker aspects of their history than Germany. Nazi crimes continue to cast a long shadow at home and abroad. Germans have nevertheless managed to put their violent, g…

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Thomas F Madden
The Fall of Republics

What caused the world's great republics to fall---and what their fate reveals about the dangers facing modern democracies todayIn this timely book, distinguished historian Thomas Madden explores the peopl…

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Béatrice Hibou, Mohamed Tozy, Katharine Throssell
Weaving Political Time in Morocco

Explores how neoliberal ideology and historical governance traditions come together in contemporary Morocco.

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John H Westerhoff, Sharon Ely Pearson
A People Called Episcopalians

A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the Episcopal Church.What are we as Episcopalians? This concise booklet explores five main areas of Episcopal life: identity, authority, spirituality,…

lieferbar ab 3.3.2026.

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