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Hardcover. This is a detailed study of the changing nature and limits of academic freedom in pre-war Japan from the Meiji Restoration to the eve of World War II. The analysis is complemented by an extensive use of biographical and archival material. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 illustrations, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520078215
- ISBN
- 9780520078215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.31€ 53.34
€ 68.31
€ 53.34
Hardcover. Uses the history of the university and reframes the "Protestant Ethic" to consider the conditions of knowledge production in the world. The author argues that the research university developed in response to market forces and bureaucracy, producing a kind of academic whose goal was to establish originality and achieve fame through publication. Num Pages: 576 pages, 20 tables, 50halftones. BIC Classification: HBT; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 237 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109213
- ISBN
- 9780226109213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 79.61
€ 94.22
€ 79.61
Paperback. Presents an argument that the research university developed in response to market forces and bureaucracy, producing a academic whose goal was to establish originality and achieve fame through publication. This book investigates the origins and evolving fixtures of academic life: the lecture catalog, the library catalog, and the grading system. Num Pages: 668 pages, 51 halftones, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JHBC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 36. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 668
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109220
- ISBN
- 9780226109220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.59
€ 36.99
€ 29.59
Hardcover. A comprehensive account of half a century's excavation and investigation at one of Egypt's most enigmatic pyramid sites Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Rev Upd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774167904
- ISBN
- 9789774167904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.69
€ 66.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: HRCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 1088
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842384926
- ISBN
- 9780842384926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.14
€ 15.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414301754
- ISBN
- 9781414301754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.13
€ 6.13
Paperback. In this book Mohammad Akram reviews the life and legacy of Abu Hanifa, and surveys the evolution of the Hanafi school in different regions of the Islamic world. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, charts. BIC Classification: BGX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218. His Life, Legal Method and Legacy. 160 pages, illustrations. In this book Mohammad Akram reviews the life and legacy of Abu Hanifa, and surveys the evolution of the Hanafi school in different regions of the Islamic world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGX; HRH. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 10. Weight: 218.
- Publisher
- Kube Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847740175
- ISBN
- 9781847740175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.74
€ 15.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. Abu Dhabi has pumped huge amounts of money into culture, sport and infrastructural development. This book demonstrates the resilience of a traditional monarchy in the twenty-first century and its efforts to create a system of tribal capitalism that incorporates old political allegiances into modern engines of growth. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXU; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041539
- ISBN
- 9781849041539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tughra Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597843713
- ISBN
- 9781597843713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.12
€ 7.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 37. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Marquette Univ Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874626834
- ISBN
- 9780874626834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.05
€ 40.05
Paperback. For years Helene Cixous has been dreaming about The Book-I-Don t-Write but each time she approaches The Book, it withdraws. The-Book-I-Don t Write is always just out of reach. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509500550
- ISBN
- 9781509500550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.72
€ 15.72
hardcover. Helene Cixous has dreamed for years of "The Book-I-Don't-Write," but each time she approaches it, it withdraws. The-Book-I-Don't-Write is always just out of reach. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509500543
- ISBN
- 9781509500543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.21
€ 47.21
Paperback. Series: NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479818365
- ISBN
- 9781479818365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Hardcover. Num Pages: 484 pages, 23 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: H; UNF; UYQ; UYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461470519
- ISBN
- 9781461470519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.06
€ 186.06
Hardback. Deals with the development of thinking under different cultural conditions, focusing on the evolution of mathematical thinking in the history of science and education. This book provides a conceptual framework for describing and explaining the development of cognition by reflective abstractions from systems of actions. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 432 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 785.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792338161
- ISBN
- 9780792338161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.52
€ 202.52
Hardback. Mancosu offers an original investigation of key notions in mathematics: abstraction and infinity, and their interaction. He gives a historical analysis of the theorizing of definitions by abstraction, and explores a novel approach to measuring the size of infinite sets, showing how this leads to deep mathematical and philosophical problems. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPL; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 243 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198746829
- ISBN
- 9780198746829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.98
€ 129.98
paperback. These five philosophical essays are designed to constitute a unified whole, in both their critical and their constructive dimensions. Vincent addresses the crisis of meaning, the repetitiousness of technological processes and mechanisms and the declining sense of the real in political life. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 251.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1991st Edition
- SKU
- V9780333513811
- ISBN
- 9780333513811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 251.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349218653
- ISBN
- 9781349218653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
hardcover. Series: New Problems of Philosophy. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138827585
- ISBN
- 9781138827585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.29
€ 194.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HB; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546. Fine, clean copy in dust wrapper. DW showing minor shelfwear, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0006377
- ISBN
- 9780887381805
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99