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Hardcover. Without denying the importance of the postmodernist approach to the narrative form and rhetorical strategies of historiography, the author, one of Germany's most prominent cultural historians, argues here in favor of reason and methodical rationality in history. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571816245
- ISBN
- 9781571816245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.18
€ 164.18
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rusen, Jorn; Muller, Klaus E. Num Pages: bibliog. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- illustrated ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817761
- ISBN
- 9781571817761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.59
€ 164.59
Hardcover. The first substantial English-language introduction to Plessner's philosophical anthropology. Num Pages: 498 pages, 0 black and white; 4 full color. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 42. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089646347
- ISBN
- 9789089646347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.41
€ 203.41
Paperback. Setting the stage with a selection of readings from important 19th century philosophers, this title on truth puts in conversation some of the main philosophical figures from the 20th century in pragmatist traditions. It focuses on the value or normativity of truth through exposing the dialogues between different schools of thought. Editor(s): Medina, Jose; Wood, David. Series: Blackwell Readings in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405115506
- ISBN
- 9781405115506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.18
€ 52.18
Hardcover. In Kerala, Vakkom Moulavi motivated Muslims to embrace modernity, especially modern education, in order to reap maximum benefit. In this process, he initiated numerous religious reforms. However, he held fairly ambivalent attitudes towards individualism, materialism and secularization, defending Islam against the attacks of Christian missionaries. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRHP; HRHT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383136
- ISBN
- 9781137383136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Garcilaso Inca de la Vega, a Peruvian mestizo and historian, envisioned Latin America as a multiethnic continent and advanced a humanist interpretation of New World history. In this collection of articles, central aspects of Garcilaso's life and work are reviewed. Editor(s): Anadon, Jose. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; BGH; DSBD; HBAH; HBJK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268010379
- ISBN
- 9780268010379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Taxation and Society in Twentieth-Century Argentina (Studies of the Am...
Jose Antonio Sanchez Roman
Hardcover. This book provides a historical narrative of the Argentine tax system in the twentieth century. It argues that the failure to build permanent trust between the state and the civil society and the unraveling of confidence within Argentine society itself account for the collapse of the progressive tax system. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBT; JPA; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341265
- ISBN
- 9780230341265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book provides a historical narrative of the Argentine tax system in the twentieth century. It argues that the failure to build permanent trust between the state and the civil society and the unraveling of confidence within Argentine society itself account for the collapse of the progressive tax system. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFC; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344024
- ISBN
- 9781349344024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761807650
- ISBN
- 9780761807650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.28
€ 128.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761807667
- ISBN
- 9780761807667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.67
€ 108.67
Paperback. In this reconsideration of the relation between religion and modernity, Casanova surveys the roles that religions play in the public sphere of modern societies. He looks at five cases from two religious traditions (Catholicism and Protestantism) in four countries (Spain, Poland, Brazil, USA). Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DVP; 1KBB; 1KLSB; HRCC7; HRCC9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532. 330 pages. In this reconsideration of the relation between religion and modernity, Casanova surveys the roles that religions play in the public sphere of modern societies. He looks at five cases from two religious traditions (Catholicism and Protestantism) in four countries (Spain, Poland, Brazil, USA). Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DVP; 1KBB; 1KLSB; HRCC7; HRCC9; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight: 464.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 330
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226095356
- ISBN
- 9780226095356
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.59
€ 36.99
€ 29.59
paperback. Saldivar is one of the founders of border studies and one of the most respected senior scholars in American Studies. In this work he introduces the term trans-Americanity as a frame for thinking more hemispherically within a global, world-systems frame. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350835
- ISBN
- 9780822350835
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Condition: New
€ 38.09
€ 38.09
Paperback. A comprehensive investigation of the New World. It describes the region's natural resources, flora, animals, and terrain, as well as the Amerindians and their religious and political practices. It offers a significant contribution to Renaissance Europe's thinking about the New World. Editor(s): Mangan, Jane E.; Lopez-Morillas, Frances M. Series: Chronicles of a New World Encounter - Latin America in Translation S. Num Pages: 568 pages, 10 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 806. Series: Chronicles of a New World Encounter - Latin America in Translation S. 568 pages, 10 figures,. 3 maps. Editor(s): Mangan, Jane E.; Lopez-Morillas, Frances M. A comprehensive investigation of the New World. It describes the region's natural resources, flora, animals, and terrain, as well as the Amerindians and their religious and political practices. It offers a significant contribution to Renaissance Europe's thinking about the New World. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLH. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 35. Weight: 806.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328452
- ISBN
- 9780822328452
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 588 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 673.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Editorial Clie United States
- Number of pages
- 588
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788482678870
- ISBN
- 9788482678870
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.29
€ 33.99
€ 30.29
Hardcover. An exposition of rabbinic thought as exemplified by Maimonides. This work is in the Hebrew rhetorical tradition of melisa. It is divided in to five sections - The God of Israel, The Books of Israel, The Governance of Israel, The Memory of Israel, and The Folly of Israel - which focuses on these core matters. Series: Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843130
- ISBN
- 9781934843130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.22
€ 90.22
Hardcover. An exposition of rabbinic thought as exemplified by Maimonides. It illustrates the horizontal organisation of the Jewish people. It is divided into five sections - The God of Israel, The Books of Israel, The Governance of Israel, The Memory of Israel, and The Folly of Israel which focuses on these core matters. Series: Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843185
- ISBN
- 9781934843185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.58
€ 76.58
Paperback / so. Series: Curso de Formacion Teologica Evangelica. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vida Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788472280380
- ISBN
- 9788472280380
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.30
€ 17.99
€ 17.30
Paperback. An illustrated brief history of Portugal written for non-specialist foreign readers. Also included in the book is a historical gazetteer, short biographies, chronological tables and maps. Translator(s): Fonss, Ursula. Series: Aspects of Portugal S. Num Pages: 180 pages, tables, 16 maps, 32pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; HBJD; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857542110
- ISBN
- 9781857542110
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
paperback. An accessible overview of archaeological knowledge of the seat of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan. Series: Ancient Cities of the New World. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813060316
- ISBN
- 9780813060316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.45
€ 24.45
Paperback. Examines an unlikely development in modern political philosophy: the adoption by a major national government of the ideas of a living political theorist. This book discusses what is required of a political philosophy if it is to play the sort of public role that civic republicanism has been playing in Spain. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HPS; JPA; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154473
- ISBN
- 9780691154473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.32
€ 40.99
€ 29.32