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Paperback. Presents an exploration of the relationships among the rise of urban civilization, the decline of hierarchical, institutional religion, and the place of the secular within society. This book argues that secularity has a positive effect on institutions, and that God is present in both the secular and formal religious realms. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158853
- ISBN
- 9780691158853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.55
€ 26.99
€ 20.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG1; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062343161
- ISBN
- 9780062343161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.82
€ 16.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. Charles Sanders Peirce complained that William James allowed pragmatism to become "infected" with "seeds of death" like the idea that truth is mutable. This volume aims to defend James's pragmatic theory from a range of critics including Peirce, Bertrand Russell, Hilary Putnam, and Cornel West. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692736
- ISBN
- 9780847692736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.91
€ 56.91
Hardback. Charles Sanders Peirce complained that William James allowed pragmatism to become "infected" with "seeds of death" like the idea that truth is mutable. This volume aims to defend James's pragmatic theory from a range of critics including Peirce, Bertrand Russell, Hilary Putnam, and Cornel West. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692729
- ISBN
- 9780847692729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.90
€ 163.90
Hardback. Chisick is the author of a number of books and articles on the social and intellectual history of the 18th century. His reference text focuses on the Enlightenment as an intellectual movement that played a key role in the culture of Europe in the years between roughly 1867 and 1789. In addition to an extensively cross-referenced dictionary, the tex Series: Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations & Historical Eras. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141 x 34. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810850972
- ISBN
- 9780810850972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.00
€ 181.00
Paperback. This interpretive study of Machiavelli's controversial and ambiguous work "Discourses on Livy". These discourses are thoroughly explained in a chapter-by-chapter commentary by Harvey C. Mansfield. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226503707
- ISBN
- 9780226503707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.29
€ 42.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. Uniting 30 years of scholarship, this book is a comprehensive statement on the founder of modern politics. It reveals the role of sects in Machiavelli's politics, his advice on how to rule indirectly and the ultimately partisan character of his project. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226503691
- ISBN
- 9780226503691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.05
€ 25.99
€ 21.05
Paperback. Examines the pamphlet war between Edmund Burke and the followers of Henry St John, First Viscount Bolingbroke during the mid-eighteenth century. In this book, the author points out that while parties have always existed, the party government that we know today is possible only because parties are now considered respectable. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226022178
- ISBN
- 9780226022178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.79
€ 35.99
€ 28.79
paperback. A study of the emergence of community among African Americans in Nova Scotia. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 1KBCV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Vermont Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584656067
- ISBN
- 9781584656067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.81
€ 34.99
€ 27.81
Hardback. The first history of black slavery in the Maritimes, North to Bondage is a startling corrective to the enduring myth of Canada as a land of freedom at the end of the Underground Railroad. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774832281
- ISBN
- 9780774832281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.88
€ 113.88
Paperback. The first history of black slavery in the Maritimes, North to Bondage is a startling corrective to the enduring myth of Canada as a land of freedom at the end of the Underground Railroad. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 325 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774832298
- ISBN
- 9780774832298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. In this study Harvey Levenstein tells of the remarkable transformation in how Americans ate that took place from 1880 to 1930. It devotes special attention to the deliberate attempts of various groups, notably nutritionists and large food processors, to change popular eating habits. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 285 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424. The Transformation of the American Diet. Series: California Studies in Food & Culture. 285 pages, 20 b&w photographs. In this study Harvey Levenstein tells of the remarkable transformation in how Americans ate that took place from 1880 to 1930. It devotes special attention to the deliberate attempts of various groups, notably nutritionists and large food processors, to change popular eating habits. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 12. Weight: 416.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 285
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234390
- ISBN
- 9780520234390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Education is intended to serve as a general introduction to key issues in the field, to further the philosophical pursuit of those issues, and to bring philosophy of education back into closer contact with general philosophy. Editor(s): Siegel, Harvey. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 564 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 954.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 564
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199915729
- ISBN
- 9780199915729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.34
€ 84.34
Hardcover. BIC Classification: HR. Dimension: 160 x 160 x 9. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvest House Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780736965842
- ISBN
- 9780736965842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.26
€ 12.26
Hardback. Thomas Hobbes remains one of the most controversial of early modern philosophers, and debates persist about the interpretation of many of his ideas, particularly his views about natural law and natural right. This book argues that these two concepts are the twin foundations of the entire structure of Hobbes's moral and political thought. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139807
- ISBN
- 9780691139807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.66
€ 54.99
€ 39.66
Paperback. Designed to introduce both students and general readers to a work that is an essential part of a liberal education, this book seeks to encourage readers to explore Greek author Thucydides - one of the world's greatest historians. It examines his landmark "History of the Peloponnesian War", one of the great classics of Western civilization. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138800
- ISBN
- 9780691138800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Takes readers to a time when both the Catholic Church and the main new Protestant denominations embraced a policy of endorsing religious persecution, coercing unity, and, with the state's help, mercilessly crushing dissent and heresy. This work shows how out of the same traditions came the beginnings of pluralism in the West. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121420
- ISBN
- 9780691121420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 413 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 148 x 33. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 413
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674379183
- ISBN
- 9780674379183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.72
€ 54.99
€ 45.72
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674379282
- ISBN
- 9780674379282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674379176
- ISBN
- 9780674379176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.30
€ 54.99
€ 46.30