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Reminiscences of the Vienna Circle and the Mathematical Colloquium
Menger, Karl. Ed(S): Golland, Louise (Univers...
Hardback. Karl Menger (1902-1985), a pure mathematician, also took an active interest in both philosophy and economics. In this memoir, he relates how these subjects developed against the Viennese background, and describes his membership of the Vienna Circle and of the Mathematical Colloquium. Editor(s): Golland, Louise (University of Chicago, Illinois, USA); McGuinness, Brian. Series: Vienna Circle Collection. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFA; HBTB; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792327110
- ISBN
- 9780792327110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Paperback. This text describes the birth and early development of the International Astronomical Union. Attention is paid to the Union's bridging political controversies and maintaining the ties between astronomers in times of war or heavy political tension. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 563.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792329800
- ISBN
- 9780792329800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 188.06
€ 188.06
Hardback. This work consists of essays dealing with the astronomical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. It includes essays on Astronomy and Religion, Astronomy and Myth, and Astronomy and Astrology. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 688 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC; PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1138.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792363637
- ISBN
- 9780792363637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 415.72
€ 415.72
paperback. This collection of fascinating historical case studies reveals the remarkable inner workings of the modern food provisioning system and the complex web of institutions that move food from the farm to the dinner table. Editor(s): Belasco, Warren; Horowitz, Roger. Series: Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 26 illus. BIC Classification: HBTK; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221343
- ISBN
- 9780812221343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Hardcover. Between 1917 and 1919 women enlisted in the Women's Land Army, a national organisation with the task of increasing domestic food production. Behind the scenes organisers laboured to not only recruit an army of women workers, but to also dispel public fears that Britain's Land Girls would be defeminized and devalued by their wartime experiences. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363893
- ISBN
- 9781137363893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.93
€ 63.93
Hardcover. This book examines magic's generally maleficent effect on humans from ancient Egypt through the Middle Ages, including tales from classical mythology, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim cultures. It shows that certain magical motifs lived on from age to age, but that it took until the Italian Renaissance for magic tales to become fairy tales. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRKP; HRQX2; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380876
- ISBN
- 9781137380876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.42
€ 111.42
Hardcover. This book examines the structures and texture of rural social relationships, using one type of document found in abundance over all the four component parts of Britain and Ireland: petitions from tenants to their landlords. The book offers unexpected angles on many aspects of society and economy on estates in the 17th and 18th centuries. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137394088
- ISBN
- 9781137394088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Hardcover. Using a variety of cases from history and today's life, the book examines character attackers targeting the private lives, behavior, values, and identity of their victims. Numerous historical examples show that character assassination has always been a very effective weapon to win political battles or settle personal scores. Editor(s): Shiraev, Eric; Icks, Martijn. Num Pages: 294 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFJ; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137397867
- ISBN
- 9781137397867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.84
€ 122.84
Paperback. Examines Frantz Fanon's relevance to contemporary South African politics and by extension research on postcolonial Africa and the tragic development of postcolonies. Scholar Nigel C. Gibson offers theoretically informed historical analysis, providing insights into the circumstances that led to the current hegemony of neoliberalism in South Africa. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; JFSL3; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137414779
- ISBN
- 9781137414779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.90
€ 70.90
Paperback. This book is the first complete biography of Raphael Lemkin, the father of the United Nations Genocide Convention, based on his papers; and shows how his campaign for an international treaty succeeded. In addition, the book covers Lemkin's inauguration of the historical study of past genocides. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTZ; JPVH; LBBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427373
- ISBN
- 9781137427373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.20
€ 124.20
Disputed Territories and Shared Pasts: Overlapping National Histories ...
Frank, Tibor, Hadler, Frank
Paperback. A collection of essays on European historiography, focussing on the overlapping national histories in Europe presenting many of the contested areas through conflicting historiographies. Sponsored by the European Science Foundation, this unique volume is part of Writing the Nation, a major international project. Editor(s): Frank, Tibor; Hadler, Frank. Series: Writing the Nation. Num Pages: 448 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 21 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBAH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428134
- ISBN
- 9781137428134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.22
€ 123.22
Hardcover. Johnson provides an historically rich examination of the intersection of early twentieth-century imperial culture, imperial politics, and imperial economics as reflected in the colonial built environment at New Delhi, a remarkably ambitious imperial capital built by the British between 1911 and 1931. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 colour tables, 3 maps, 5 black & white halftones, 2 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137469861
- ISBN
- 9781137469861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.30
€ 65.30
Paperback. Demonstrates the impact of diasporas on interstate relations, and forms some propositions regarding the conditions affecting the influence exerted by diasporas. Problems and dilemmas are reviewed, and a comparison is made of three archetypical diasporas: the Greek, the Jewish and the Armenian. Editor(s): Constas, Dimitri; Platias, Athanassios G. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349127085
- ISBN
- 9781349127085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.35
€ 63.35
Paperback. This is a collection of papers providing an analysis of the Cyprus conflict and possible directions for its resolution. The essays blend political, economic, constitutional and socio-psychological considerations into a contemporary assessment of the problem. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBTQ; JPS. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349127832
- ISBN
- 9781349127832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
The Landscape of Consumption. Shopping Streets and Cultures in Western...
Lesger, Cle. Ed(S): Furnee, Jan Hein
Paperback. This volume brings together research on retailing, shopping and urban space; themes that have attracted wide interest in recent decades. The authors argue that the 'modernity' of the nineteenth century is often over-emphasised at the expense of recognising earlier innovation. Editor(s): Furnee, Jan Hein. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JHB; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349347193
- ISBN
- 9781349347193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.35
€ 69.35
Hardback. Proceedings of the Joint Discussion-17 at the 23rd IAU General Assembly, organised by the Commission 41, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 25-26, 1997 Editor(s): Ansari, S.M. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBT; PGC; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402006579
- ISBN
- 9781402006579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.87
€ 192.87
Paperback. The Liberation of the Serfs argues that slave labor can never be efficient and will therefore disappear by itself (though the process may take many years). The contributions herein address the economics of unfree labor in places like Prussia, Westphalia, Austria, Argentina and the British Empire. Editor(s): Backhaus, Jurgen George. Series: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 84 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBTS; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 4. Weight in Grams: 145.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489992697
- ISBN
- 9781489992697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.17
€ 120.17
paperback. Here, Lachmann offers an explanation for the origins of nation-states and capitalist markets in early modern Europe. He compares regions and cities within and across England, France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands from the 12th through 18th centuries, Num Pages: 336 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBTB; JH; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780195159608
- ISBN
- 9780195159608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.12
€ 61.12
Hardcover. The essays in this volume exploring the construction of gender ideology in early modern England, focus attention on the implications of the gender debate for women writers and their literary relations, cultural ideology and the family, and political discourse and ideas of nationhood. Editor(s): Malcolmson, Cristina; Suzuki, Mihoko. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSBB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294571
- ISBN
- 9780312294571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.48
€ 65.48
Hardcover. Bringing together a diverse array of photographs, this collection provides a visual record of life in Kansas, from 1936-1949. The photographs portray, for example, FSA-aided farmers and striking coal miners, dust-bowl debris and tumbleweeds, and a failed bank and a thriving stockyard. Editor(s): Schulz, Constance B. Num Pages: 160 pages, 94 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 204 x 17. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607990
- ISBN
- 9780700607990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.24
€ 70.24