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Hardback. Traces, a masterwork of twentieth-century philosophy, is the most modest and beautiful proof of Bloch's utopian hermeneutics, taking as its source and its result the simplest, most familiar and yet most striking stories and anecdotes. Translator(s): Nassar, Anthony A. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804741187
- ISBN
- 9780804741187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.76
€ 108.76
Hardback. This biographical dictionary of some 3,000 photographers (and workers in related trades), active in a vast area of North America before 1866, is based on extensive research and enhanced by some 250 illustrations, most of which are published here for the first time. Num Pages: 768 pages, 250 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJB; GBCB; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 47. Weight in Grams: 2395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 768
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804740579
- ISBN
- 9780804740579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.35
€ 205.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 32. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740449
- ISBN
- 9780804740449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.57
€ 118.57
Hardback. This work aims to reintroduce history into political theory. Contemporary political philosophy - liberalism, communitarianism, and republicanism - disregards history as irrelevant to the nature of politics and to what constitutes a political problem. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPA; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739818
- ISBN
- 9780804739818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.16
€ 156.16
Hardback. This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the extensive writings of Dr. Francisco Hernandez (1515-87). Celebrated in his own day as one of Spain s leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work on the native plants of central Mexico. Editor(s): Varey, Simon. Translator(s): Chamberlin, Cynthia L.; Chabran, Rafael. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line diagram 65 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; PDX; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 25. Weight in Grams: 945.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804739634
- ISBN
- 9780804739634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.26
€ 107.26
Hardback. This work examines stories about Jewish assimilation by four authors: Grigory Bogrov, a Russian Jew; Eliza Orzeszkowa, a Polish Catholic; and Nikolai Leskov and Anton Chekhov, both Eastern Orthodox Russians. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804738309
- ISBN
- 9780804738309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.19
€ 76.19
Hardback. The Czech philosopher Jan Patocka (1907-1977) is widely recognized as the most influential thinker to come from postwar Eastern Europe. This book presents his most mature ideas about the history of Western philosophy. Translator(s): Lom, Petr. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738002
- ISBN
- 9780804738002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.13
€ 129.13
Hardback. This book examines the Jewish community of Morocco in the late 18th and early 19th centuries through the life of a merchant who was the chief intermediary between the Moroccan sultans and Europe . Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBM; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804737777
- ISBN
- 9780804737777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.82
€ 92.82
Paperback. What has made Silicon Valley so productive of new technologies and new firms? How did its pioneering achievements begin? What propelled its unprecedented growth? Contributors from business, geography, history, regional planning, and sociology examine the history, development, and entrepreneurial dynamics of Silicon Valley. Editor(s): Kenney, Martin. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBT; KJH; KJK; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804737340
- ISBN
- 9780804737340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.57
€ 40.99
€ 36.57
Paperback. Drawing on Nietzsche's prolific early notebooks and correspondence, this book challenges the polarized picture of Nietzsche as a philosopher who abandoned classical philology. It traces the contours of his earliest philological thinking and opens the way to a fresh view of his later thinking. Num Pages: 472 pages, 1 half-tone. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804736985
- ISBN
- 9780804736985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.15
€ 46.99
€ 42.15
Paperback. This book presents both a biography of a Stanford University professor, one of the first academics of Asian ancestry in the United States, and, through Ichihashi's wartime writings, the only known comprehensive first-person account of life in U.S. "relocation centers" for persons of Japanese ancestry. Editor(s): Chang, Gordon G. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 584 pages, 37 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BG; HBJK; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804736534
- ISBN
- 9780804736534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.78
€ 43.99
€ 38.78
Hardback. Scholars have come to realize that we can and need to speak of a twin birth of Christianity and Judaism, not a genealogy in which one is parent to the other. In this book, the author develops a revised understanding of the interactions between nascent Christianity and nascent Judaism in late antiquity. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804736176
- ISBN
- 9780804736176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.21
€ 129.21
Hardback. Assessing the English Reformation's legacy of increasing religious diversification, this book explores the complex ways in which England's gradual transformation from a Roman Catholic to a Protestant nation presented men and women with new ways in which to define their relationships with society. Editor(s): MacDonald, Michael; Ward, Joseph; McClendon, Muriel. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC7; HRCC9; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804736114
- ISBN
- 9780804736114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.31
€ 97.31
Hardback. This work traces the formulation and portrayal of the practice of reclusion in China from the earliest times through the sixth century, by which time reclusion had taken on its enduring character. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804736039
- ISBN
- 9780804736039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.22
€ 92.22
Hardback. This book is a much expanded and wholly rewritten treatment of the subject of the author's first book, Warrior Government in Early Medieval Japan, published in 1974. In this new version, the "warrior" and "medieval" character of Japan's first shogunate is significantly de-emphasized, thus requiring not only a new title, but also a new book. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrationsmap. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735919
- ISBN
- 9780804735919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.13
€ 87.13
Hardback. This long-awaited study, the magnum opus of a leading railroad historian, describes the conception, construction, and early operation of the first narrow gauge railroads in northern California. It is lavishly illustrated by some 600 photographs and drawings, almost three-quarters of which have never before been published. Num Pages: 720 pages, 600 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT; TBX; TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7747 x 5817 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735506
- ISBN
- 9780804735506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.46
€ 75.46
Paperback. Taking the perspective of native Americans, this work aims to explain some of the general principles on which pre-Hispanic Andeans lives were based. It also describes how the imposed Spanish colonial system altered the organization and belief systems of the native inhabitants of northern Peru. Num Pages: 252 pages, 2 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735209
- ISBN
- 9780804735209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Hardback. This volume explores the appropriation of the past in modern British culture. The twelve essays argue that to distinguish between "the new" and "the traditional" today often draws a false dichotomy. It argues that Britishness, in fact, has been the product of continuous creation throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Editor(s): Behlmer, George K.; Leventhal, Professor Fred M. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 plan. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734899
- ISBN
- 9780804734899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.10
€ 93.10
Hardback. This is the story of Lady Sarah Cowper, based on a diary that she kept from 1700 to 1716. She reveals not only her personal life, but also her thoughts about religion, politics, and society, weaving her own words with unattributed quotations from conduct manuals, sermons, periodicals, and other sources. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; BGH; DSB; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804734189
- ISBN
- 9780804734189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.13
€ 87.13
Hardback. Painting, according to Jean-Luc Marion, is a topic of central concern for philosophy, particularly phenomenology. These four studies carefully consider the history of painting - from classical to contemporary - as a fund for phenomenological reflection on the conditions of (in)visibility. Translator(s): Smith, James K. A. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733915
- ISBN
- 9780804733915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.67
€ 103.67