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Paperback. Propelled to fame by his "Two Cultures" lecture, scientist-turned-novelist C. P. Snow (1905--1980) here tells a story of hatred and ambition at the top of British science, exposing how vital decisions were ultimately determined by politics. Today scientists and politicians are more contentious, but Snow's dramatic narrative remains the best guide. Series: Godkin Lectures on the Essentials of Free Government & the Duties of the Citizen. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JPH; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 190 x 11. Weight in Grams: 166.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072374
- ISBN
- 9780674072374
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€ 36.99€ 30.66
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Hardback. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 106 includes "A Picnic, a Tomb, and a Crow: Hesiod's Cult in the Works and Days"; "Sapphica"; "A New Manuscript of Classical Authors in Spain"; "The Dates of the Dramatists of the Fabula Togata"; "The Coroebus Episode in Virgil's Aeneid"; "Herod's Last Days"; and other essays. Editor(s): Coleman, Kathleen M. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 374 pages, 8 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 528.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard Department of the Classics
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072015
- ISBN
- 9780674072015
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€ 54.99€ 45.96
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Paperback. This is a guide to the Hebrew Bible, leading the reader chapter by chapter through its most important stories. It aims to show how ancient interpretors let their own interpretations become the generally accepted meaning. All the major transformations and developments of the text are examined. Num Pages: 696 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCG1; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1096.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674069411
- ISBN
- 9780674069411
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€ 44.99€ 36.78
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Hardback. Working in a renewed Aristotelian tradition, Guillelmus de Aragonia wrote De nobilitate animi, "On Nobility of Mind," around 1280--1290 and taught that true nobility is an acquired, not inborn, quality. This edition, based in part on hitherto unknown manuscripts, presents the Latin text with an English translation, an introduction, and appendix. Editor(s): Paden, William D. Translator(s): Trovato, Mario. Series: Harvard Studies in Medieval Latin. Num Pages: 210 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard Department of the Classics
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674068124
- ISBN
- 9780674068124
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€ 45.99€ 37.91
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Hardback. In 1482 Francesco Berlinghieri produced the Geographia, a book of over 100 folio leaves describing the world in Italian verse interleaved with lavishly engraved maps. Roberts demonstrates that the Geographia represents the moment of transition between printing and manuscript culture, while forming a critical base for the rise of modern cartography. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDT; 1QRM; 3JB; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066489
- ISBN
- 9780674066489
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€ 64.13€ 58.39
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Hardback. The Puritans were not as busy policing their neighbors' behavior as Nathaniel Hawthorne or many early American historians would have us believe. Keeping their own households in line occupied too much of their time. Under Household Government reveals that family members took on the role of watchdogs in matters of sexual indiscretion. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 326 pages, 15 charts, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066335
- ISBN
- 9780674066335
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€ 61.75€ 56.34
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Hardback. Novels by Proust, Woolf, and Nabokov have been read as expressions of a desire to transcend time. Hagglund gives them another reading entirely: fear of time and death is generated by investment in temporal life. Engaging with Freud and Lacan, he opens a new way of reading the dramas of desire as they are staged in both philosophy and literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPCF7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Sew
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066328
- ISBN
- 9780674066328
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€ 64.13€ 58.69
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Paperback. Even before the emergence of the civil rights movement with black churches at its center, African American religion and progressive politics were assumed to be inextricably intertwined. In this title, the author counters this assumption. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 201 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066274
- ISBN
- 9780674066274
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€ 36.99€ 30.66
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Paperback. Over the twentieth century, American Indians fought for their right to be both American and Indian. This title traces how Indians defined democracy, citizenship, and patriotism in both domestic and international contexts. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; HBW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066236
- ISBN
- 9780674066236
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Paperback. Presents the two founding documents of the United States of America: the Declaration of Independence (1776), our great revolutionary manifesto, and the Constitution (1787-88), in which "We the People" forged a new nation and built the framework for our federal republic. The author serves as a guide to these texts. Num Pages: 368 pages, 34 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066229
- ISBN
- 9780674066229
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€ 24.99€ 21.68
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Hardback. Paper Memory tells of one man's mission to preserve for posterity the memory of everyday life in sixteenth-century Germany. Lundin takes us inside the mind of an undistinguished German burgher, Hermann Weinsberg, whose early-modern writings sought to make sense of changes that were unsettling the foundations of his world. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; BM; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065949
- ISBN
- 9780674065949
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€ 61.75€ 56.15
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Paperback. One of the Ancient Near East's most important inscriptions is the Bisotun inscription of the Achaemenid king Darius I (6th century BCE), which reports on a suspicious fratricide and coup. Shayegan shows how the Bisotun's narrative influenced the Iranian epic, epigraphic, and historiographical traditions into the Sasanian and early Islamic periods. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, 5 line illustrations; 8 black and white photos, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065888
- ISBN
- 9780674065888
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€ 27.99€ 24.61
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Hardback. Cultural Revolution Culture, often denigrated as mere propaganda, not only was liked in its heyday but continues to be enjoyed today. Considering Cultural Revolution propaganda art from the point of view of its longue duree, Mittler suggests that it built on a tradition of earlier art works, which allowed for its sedimentation in cultural memory. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 500 pages, 125 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 188 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1094.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065819
- ISBN
- 9780674065819
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€ 59.37€ 54.32
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Hardback. Jung-Sun N. Han examines the role of liberal intellectuals in reshaping transnational ideas and internationalist aspirations into national values and imperial ambitions in early twentieth-century Japan. Han's focus is on the ideas and activities of Yoshino Sakuzo (1878--1933), who was a champion of prewar Japanese liberalism and Taisho democracy. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 10 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JPFM; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065710
- ISBN
- 9780674065710
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€ 45.99€ 37.79
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Hardback. In this bold exploration of the political theory of the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, Burt shows that God's authority is no less inherently problematic and in need of justification than the legitimacy of secular government. He paints a surprising picture of the ambivalent, mutually dependent relationship between God and his peoples. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 215 x 31. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Apparent First Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065666
- ISBN
- 9780674065666
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€ 47.99€ 40.11
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Hardback. In the Leipzig Mahzor, one of the most lavish Hebrew illuminated manuscripts of all time, Kogman-Appel has discovered a fascinating portal into the life of the fourteenth century Jewish community in Worms. A prayer book used only during holidays, it brings to life the religious culture and customs of medieval Ashkenazi Jews. Num Pages: 308 pages, 21 color illustrations, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 638.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064546
- ISBN
- 9780674064546
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€ 64.13€ 58.19
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Hardback. Abolitionists have been painted in extremes--vilified as reckless zealots who provoked the bloodletting of the Civil War, or praised as daring reformers who hastened the end of slavery. Delbanco sees them as the embodiment of a driving force in American history: the recurrent impulse of an adamant minority to rid the world of outrageous evil. Series: The Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures on American Politics. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064447
- ISBN
- 9780674064447
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€ 47.99€ 39.96
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Hardback. The Emancipation Proclamation is responsible both for Lincoln's being hailed as the Great Emancipator and for his being pilloried by those who consider his once-radical effort at emancipation insufficient. Holzer examines the impact of Lincoln's announcement at the moment of its creation, and then as its meaning has changed over time. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064409
- ISBN
- 9780674064409
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.11
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Paperback. Slavery existed in North America long before the first Africans arrived at Jamestown in 1619. For centuries, from the pre-Columbian era through the 1840s, Native Americans took prisoners of war and killed, adopted, or enslaved them. This book demonstrates the profound role of Native American history in the American past. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 halftone, 6 line illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064232
- ISBN
- 9780674064232
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.73
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Hardback. An overriding assumption has directed scholarship in both European and Slavic history: that Kievan Rus' was part of a Byzantine commonwealth separate from Europe. Raffensperger refutes this, and offers a new frame for two hundred years of history, in which Rus' is understood as part of medieval Europe, and East is not so neatly divided from West. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 340 pages, 1 map, 5 genealogy charts. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674063846
- ISBN
- 9780674063846
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Condition: New
€ 71.26€ 64.31
€ 71.26
€ 64.31