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Paperback. Demonstrating the intellectual excitement that is the practice of history at its best, Paul Conkin's The New Deal is still one of the best known titles in the very popular American History Series, edited by John Hope Franklin and A.S. Eisenstadt. The New Deal is still the best succinct and coherent description of a chaotic period. Series: American History S. Num Pages: 122 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780882958897
- ISBN
- 9780882958897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.31
€ 27.31
Paperback. In this text, Paul Conkin focuses his analysis on the numerous challenges in the late 19th and early 20th century to age-old beliefs in the existence of a god, in a world that exhibits some intrinsic or extrinsic purpose, in the divine origin and destiny of humans, and in transcendent moral values. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847690640
- ISBN
- 9780847690640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48
€ 53.48
Paperback. Finished only weeks before his death in 1994, this autobiography traces the trajectory that led Feyerabend him from an isolated, lower-middle-class childhood in Vienna to the height of international academic success as one of this century's most influential intellectuals. Num Pages: 200 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGA; HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226245324
- ISBN
- 9780226245324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.23
€ 27.99
€ 23.23
Paperback. Contemporary philosophy of science has paid close attention to the understanding of scientific practice, in contrast to the previous focus on scientific method. This work shows the deficiencies of many widespread ideas about the nature of knowledge. It argues that the only feasible explanation of any scientific success is a historical account. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 5. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844674428
- ISBN
- 9781844674428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.18
€ 31.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745651590
- ISBN
- 9780745651590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. * Feyerabend was one of the most important philosophers of science of the second half of the 20th century. His most famous book, Against Method, was an international bestseller that sold hundreds of thousands of copies. * This book is based on one of the last texts he wrote, shortly before he died in 1994. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745651903
- ISBN
- 9780745651903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.09
€ 19.09
Paperback. The Socratic, or dialog, form is central to the history of philosophy and has been the disciplinea s canonical genre ever since. Paul Feyerabenda s Three Dialogues on Knowledge resurrects the form to provide an astonishingly flexible and invigorating analysis of epistemological, ethical and metaphysical problems. Num Pages: 170 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631179184
- ISBN
- 9780631179184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.22
€ 36.22
Hardback. From abject poverty to undisputed political boss of Pennsylvania, Lincoln's secretary of war, senator, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and a founder of the Republican Party, Simon Cameron (1799-1889) was one of the nineteenth century's most prominent political figures. Num Pages: 408 pages, 5 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612348148
- ISBN
- 9781612348148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.09
€ 40.99
€ 40.09
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRCM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153409
- ISBN
- 9780231153409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73€ 76.74
€ 98.73
€ 76.74
Paperback. Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314. Four New Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty. Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History. 224 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 14. Weight: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153416
- ISBN
- 9780231153416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.43
€ 29.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 34 b/w photos & 8 b/w maps. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pelican Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455619689
- ISBN
- 9781455619689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.53
€ 27.99
€ 24.53
Hardback. This book focuses on the city of St Petersburg, the capital of the Russian empire from the early eighteenth century until the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917. It uses the Russian court as a prism through which to view the various cultural changes that were introduced in the city during the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311597
- ISBN
- 9781137311597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.65
€ 67.65
hardcover. Escape from the Staple Trap is a powerful critique of the dominant trend in Canadian political economy since the 1970s. Num Pages: 304 pages, 33 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1QFG; GTF; HBJK; JP; KCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802099419
- ISBN
- 9780802099419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Paperback. The bloody sacrifices made by Australian and British soldiers notwithstanding, the fighting at Bullecourt resulted in the first breakthrough of the 'impregnable' Hindenburg Line. Author Paul Kendall has contacted many of the living relatives of those who fought to bring a human face to those terrible statistics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 366 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750981781
- ISBN
- 9780750981781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.98
€ 33.99
€ 28.98
Hardback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752463049
- ISBN
- 9780752463049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.98
€ 33.99
€ 28.98
Paperback. Can the world be governed by agreement rather than conflict? In 1945 the world's powerful nation states came together to 'save succeeding generations from the scourge of war and reaffirm faith in the fundamental human rights'. This title tells the story of the UN - its creation, the threats it has faced, and possibilities it holds for the future. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140285871
- ISBN
- 9780140285871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Offers an account of how the tide was turned against the Nazis by the Allies in the Second World War. This book reveals the role of the problem-solvers and middle-men who made it happen - like Major-General Perry Hobart, who invented the 'funny tanks' which flattened the D-Day beaches. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 pp b/w inset. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141036090
- ISBN
- 9780141036090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141983820
- ISBN
- 9780141983820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. Paul Kennedy's international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might among the great powers of the world. Num Pages: 928 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JPQB; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 48. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780006860525
- ISBN
- 9780006860525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.29
€ 20.99
€ 15.29
Hardback. In this collection, a dozen scholars of international affairs consider the 20th century's recurring failure to construct a peaceful and stable international order in the wake of war. They reflect on the difficulties faced by governments as they sought to secure a world order. Editor(s): Kennedy, Paul; Hitchcock, William I. Translator(s): Spade, Paul Vincent. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; GTJ; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300080100
- ISBN
- 9780300080100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.89€ 42.58
€ 52.89
€ 42.58