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Paperback. Hong Kong is perched on the fault line between China and the West, a Special Administrative Region of the PRC. This book offers an insider's view of Hong Kong, capturing the history and culture that make the city so different from its generic neighbors. It shows the relationship between Hong Kong's geography and its colonial experience. Num Pages: 332 pages, 64 color illustrations, 24 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 183 x 26. Weight in Grams: 806.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046894
ISBN
9780674046894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

Paperback. Tells the story about the tangle of race, talk, and identity in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. This title delves into the intricacies of his sermons, speeches, storytelling, exhortations, jokes, jeremiads, taunts, repartee, eulogies, confessions, lamentation, and gallows humor. It explores his performances. Num Pages: 408 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; CFG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046986
ISBN
9780674046986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.87

Hardback. Tells the stories of three of the most dramatic fugitive slave trials of the 1850s, presenting the determination of the fugitives, the radical tactics of their rescuers, the brutal doggedness of the slavehunters, and the tortuous response of the federal courts. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 32. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047044
ISBN
9780674047044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Hardback. Combining the history of the Enlightenment, Atlantic history, and the history of the French Revolution, this title explores the political economy of globalization in eighteenth-century France. It presents an interpretation of the relationship between capitalism and the French Revolution. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 line illustrations, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; HPS; KCCD; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047266
ISBN
9780674047266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.41
€ 95.24

Paperback. The Allied landings on the coast of Normandy on June 6, 1944, have assumed legendary status in the annals of World War II. This title offers a balanced, complete account that reveals the successes and weaknesses of the titanic enterprise. Translator(s): DeBevoise, M. B. Num Pages: 464 pages, 10 maps, 3 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047471
ISBN
9780674047471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.82

Hardback. The American fixation with marriage owes much of its intensity to a small group of reformers who introduced Americans to marriage counseling in the 1930s. This book tells the American story of a culture gripped with the hope that, with enough effort and the right guidance, more perfect marital unions are within our reach. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRLM5; JFSJ; JHBK; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047969
ISBN
9780674047969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Hardback. Wishing to ingratiate himself with Rome, Herod the Great built theaters, amphitheaters, and hippodromes to bring pagan entertainments of all sorts to Palestine. Zeev Weiss explores how the indigenous Jewish and Christian populations responded, as both spectators and performers, to these cultural imports, which left a lasting imprint on the region. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAL; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674048317
ISBN
9780674048317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.46
€ 56.78

Hardback. In "Group Experiment", edited by Friedrich Pollock, Theodor W Adorno and his Frankfurt School colleagues published their findings on their group discussion experiments that delved deeper into the process of opinion formation. This title makes a case that these experiments are an important missing link in the ontology and methodology. Num Pages: 268 pages, 20 figures, 21 tables. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674048461
ISBN
9780674048461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.19
€ 60.91

Hardback. A hundred years ago Catholic believers young and old, rich and poor, would fill churches on holy days, drawn together in prayer and in the conviction that they, the laypeople, needed the clergy and patron saints to mediate between them and their God. This book traces dramatic changes in the practice of faith among American Catholics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7; HRCR1; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674049130
ISBN
9780674049130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Hardback. Published here for the first time is a crucial document in the history of American radicalism--the "Prison Blossoms," a series of essays, narratives, poems, and fables composed by three activist anarchists imprisoned for the 1892 assault on anti-union steel tycoon Henry Clay Frick. Editor(s): Brody, Miriam; Buettner, Bonnie. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPFB; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050563
ISBN
9780674050563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.27

Hardback. None of the founding fathers of America equals the candor of John Adams' observations of his eighteenth-century world. This title features Adams' letters that reveal his positions on the personalities and issues of his times. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 592 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1479.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674051232
ISBN
9780674051232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.89
€ 115.21

Hardback. "The Law Code of Visnu" ("Vaisnava-dharmasastra") is one of the of the ancient Indian legal texts composed around the seventh century ce in Kashmir. This title contains a critical edition of the Sanskrit text based on fifteen manuscripts, an annotated English translation, and an introduction evaluating its textual history. Editor(s): Olivelle, Patrick. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 560 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2B; 2BM; CJB; DSBB; HBJF; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674051393
ISBN
9780674051393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.26

Hardback. Why do free people submit to any rule? How is consent of the governed formed? Block argues that the source is found in the nursery and schoolroom, where the necessary synthesis of self-direction and integrative social conduct--so contradictory in logic yet so functional in practice--are established without provoking reservation or resistance. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 36. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674051942
ISBN
9780674051942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.73
€ 52.25

Hardback. Palaces of Time resurrects the seemingly banal calendar as a means to understand early modern Jewish life. Elisheva Carlebach has unearthed a trove of beautifully illustrated calendars, to show how Jewish men and women both adapted to the Christian world and also forged their own meanings through time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 56 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRJC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052543
ISBN
9780674052543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.96

Hardback. The Civil War revealed what united as well as what divided Americans in the nineteenth century - not only in its deadly military conflict, but also in the broader battle of ideas, dueling moral systems, and competing national visions that preceded and followed. This title reveals a city at the heart of the cultural civil war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052888
ISBN
9780674052888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.28

Hardback. The admired American painter Winslow Homer rose to national attention during the Civil War. But one of his most important early images remained unknown for a century. "Near Andersonville" (1865-66) is the earliest and least known of these impressive images. This title reveals the long-hidden story of this remarkable Civil War painting. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 152 pages, 8 color illustrations, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053205
ISBN
9780674053205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.85

Hardback. For centuries, readers of Tao Qian have felt directly addressed by his poetic voice. This book revisits Tao's approach to his readers by attempting to situate it within the particular poetics of address that characterized the Six Dynasties classicist tradition. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053212
ISBN
9780674053212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.10

Hardback. Examines the making of a new child's world in Japan between 1890 and 1930 and focuses on the institutions, groups, and individuals that reshaped both the idea of childhood and the daily life of children. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSP1; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053342
ISBN
9780674053342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.19

Hardback. Fritzsche traces twentieth-century history through the remarkable diaries of an ordinary Berliner. Franz Goll wrote of hungry winters during WWI, the Berlin bombing, rapes by Russian soldiers, shockwaves cast by Darwin, Freud, and Einstein, the flexing of U.S. superpower, and the strange lifestyles that marked Germany's transition to modernity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055315
ISBN
9780674055315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.96

Hardback. Religion has been on the rise in America for decades - which strikes many as a shocking new development. This book shows how the American public, powered by a national religious revival, was purposefully disillusioned regarding the country's mythical innocence and fortified for an epochal struggle with totalitarianism. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HRAM2; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055551
ISBN
9780674055551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.36
€ 50.42

Paperback. Latin America's widespread poverty and multi-dimensioned inequalities have long perplexed and provoked observers. This title brings together some of the most important results of this work to measure and explain changes in Latin American living standards as far back as the colonial era. Editor(s): Salvatore, Ricardo; Coatsworth, John H.; Challu, Amilcar E. Series: Series on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFSC; KCB; KCM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055858
ISBN
9780674055858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Hardback. As Japan's pre-Pearl Harbor ambassador to the United States, Admiral Nomura Kichisaburo (1877-1964) played a significant role in a tense and turbulent period in Japanese-US relations. This biography casts light on the life and career of this important figure. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 332 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BGH; HBJF; HBWQ; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055995
ISBN
9780674055995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.99

Paperback. In 1762, John Adams penned a flirtatious note to 'Miss Adorable', Abigail Smith. In 1801, Abigail wrote to wish her husband John a safe journey as he headed home to Quincy after serving as president of the nation he helped create. This collection invites readers to experience the founding of a nation and the partnership of two strong individuals. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James. Num Pages: 528 pages, 19 color illustrations, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057050
ISBN
9780674057050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.79

Hardback. The French Revolution invented the notion of the citizen, but it also invented the noncitizen--the person whose rights were nonexistent. The South American outpost of Guiana became a depository for these outcasts of the new French citizenry, and an experimental space for the exercise of new kinds of power and violence against marginal groups. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057548
ISBN
9780674057548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.27
€ 55.44

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