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Hardback. In this first systematic study in English of the highly influential yet overlooked thinker Xue Xuan (1389--1464), author Khee Heong Koh seeks to redress Xue's marginalization while showing how a study interested mainly in "ideas" can integrate social and intellectual history to offer a broader picture of history. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 370 pages, 2 maps, 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HPDF; HRKN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062443
ISBN
9780674062443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.91

Paperback. JAYA is a study of how the four poets of the Indian epic Mahabharata fuse their separate performances of the poem into a single and seamless work of art. The subtle poetics of preliteracy and literacy which are compounded in one performance are demonstrated and made distinct in both a literary and a conceptual light. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 122 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 231 x 7. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
122
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062467
ISBN
9780674062467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.42

Hardback. In the Leipzig Mahzor, one of the most lavish Hebrew illuminated manuscripts of all time, Kogman-Appel has discovered a fascinating portal into the life of the fourteenth century Jewish community in Worms. A prayer book used only during holidays, it brings to life the religious culture and customs of medieval Ashkenazi Jews. Num Pages: 308 pages, 21 color illustrations, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064546
ISBN
9780674064546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.60
€ 58.19

Hardback. In this bold exploration of the political theory of the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, Burt shows that God's authority is no less inherently problematic and in need of justification than the legitimacy of secular government. He paints a surprising picture of the ambivalent, mutually dependent relationship between God and his peoples. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 215 x 31. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Apparent First Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674065666
ISBN
9780674065666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.11

Paperback. Even before the emergence of the civil rights movement with black churches at its center, African American religion and progressive politics were assumed to be inextricably intertwined. In this title, the author counters this assumption. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 201 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066274
ISBN
9780674066274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. This is a guide to the Hebrew Bible, leading the reader chapter by chapter through its most important stories. It aims to show how ancient interpretors let their own interpretations become the generally accepted meaning. All the major transformations and developments of the text are examined. Num Pages: 696 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCG1; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1096.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
696
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674069411
ISBN
9780674069411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.78

Hardback. In an era of anxiety about the safety and industrialization of the food supply, kosher food--with $12 billion in sales--is big business. Timothy Lytton tells a story of successful private-sector regulation: how independent certification agencies rescued U.S. kosher supervision from corruption and made it a model of nongovernmental administration. Num Pages: 214 pages, 12 graphs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJC; KNDF; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072930
ISBN
9780674072930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 49.18

Hardback. Born in Europe's shadow, haunted by the Holocaust, and inspired by the Enlightenment, Israel has changed. Where is this diverse and self-absorbed country heading today? How do its citizens see themselves, globally and historically? Israel Has Moved is a profound and sometimes unsettling account of a country that is no longer where we might think. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBTB; HRJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073425
ISBN
9780674073425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HRQX2; P. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674341715
ISBN
9780674341715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.96
€ 88.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674355262
ISBN
9780674355262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.75

Hardcover. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 228 pages, photographs, notes, glossary, bibliography, tables. BIC Classification: HRKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674356184
ISBN
9780674356184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.82

Hardcover. Editor(s): Safran, Bezalel. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674381209
ISBN
9780674381209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Hardcover. Natasha Heller offers a cultural history of Buddhism through a case study of the Chan master Zhongfeng Mingben. Monks of his stature developed a broad set of cultural competencies for navigating social and intellectual relationships. Heller shows the importance of situating monks as actors within wider sociocultural fields of practice and exchange. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRAX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 802.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417113
ISBN
9780674417113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.12

Paperback. Averil Cameron refutes an argument by some scholars that Christians did not dialogue after a wall of silence came down in the fifth century AD. Cameron shows that in late antiquity and throughout Byzantium Christians debated and wrote philosophical, literary, and theological dialogues, and she makes a case for their centrality in Greek literature. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 140 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: AGR; DSBB; HBLA; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 6. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Center for Hellenic Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674428355
ISBN
9780674428355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.45

Hardcover. The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; BGX; HBJF; HRE; JFSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674491977
ISBN
9780674491977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

Hardcover. Through an exploration of contemporary Chinese popular religion from its cultural, social, and material perspectives, Wei-Ping Lin paints a broad picture of the dynamics of popular religion in Taiwan. Analyzing these aspects of religious practice in a unified framework, she traces their transformation as adherents move from villages to cities. Num Pages: 217 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRA; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504363
ISBN
9780674504363
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

Hardcover. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: HR. Dimension: 212 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1966
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
First
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674518759
ISBN
9780674518759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 43.03

Hardcover. Series: Belknap Press S. Num Pages: 728 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1189.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Library edition
Number of pages
728
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674632103
ISBN
9780674632103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 248.67
€ 218.35

Hardcover. Series: Folger Library of the Works of Richard Hooker. Num Pages: 332 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674632165
ISBN
9780674632165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.79
€ 116.34

Hardcover. Timothy Brook studies three widely separated and economically dissimilar counties. He draws on rich data in monastic gazetteers to examine the patterns and social consequences of patronage. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 426 pages, 10ill.3M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674697751
ISBN
9780674697751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.02

Hardcover. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HRKN; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674698383
ISBN
9780674698383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.70
€ 53.28

Hardback. Some commentators claim that Anselm's writings contain a second independent "modal ontological argument" for God's existence. A. D. Smith contends that although there is a second a priori argument in Anselm, it is not the modal argument. This "other argument" bears a striking resemblance to one that Duns Scotus would later employ. Num Pages: 260 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HPCB; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725041
ISBN
9780674725041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.60
€ 58.19

Hardback. Ada Palmer explores how Renaissance poets and philologists, not scientists, rescued Lucretius and his atomism theory. This heterodoxy circulated in the premodern world, not on the conspicuous stage of heresy trials and public debates but in the classrooms, libraries, studies, and bookshops where quiet scholars met transformative ideas. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HBLH; HPCF; HRAM3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725577
ISBN
9780674725577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.85

Paperback. After retiring from teaching literature, the author embarked on a year-long project of rereading dozens of novels: childhood favorites, young adult fiction, canonical works she didn't like, and guilty pleasures. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725898
ISBN
9780674725898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.66

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