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Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148403
ISBN
9780691148403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Hardback. The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This title sets out a vision for the coming decades from China's point of view. Editor(s): Bell, Daniel A.; Zhe, Sun. Translator(s): Ryden, Edmund. Series: The Princeton-China Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148267
ISBN
9780691148267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. Proposes a renovation of legal ethics, one that contributes to ethical thought generally. This title reinterprets the positive law governing lawyers to identify fidelity as its organizing ideal. It asks what it is like - not psychologically but ethically - to practice law subject to the self-effacement that fidelity demands. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; LATC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148137
ISBN
9780691148137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Presents a study of a controversy in Britain at the turn of the twentieth century. This book explains how England's rulers failed to understand and respond to the initial evidence of erosion in their country's industrial, financial, naval, and military power. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBLL; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148007
ISBN
9780691148007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Robert Wokler was one of the world's leading experts on Rousseau and the Enlightenment, but some of his best work was published in the form of widely scattered and difficult-to-find essays. This book collects a representative selection of his most important essays on Rousseau and the legacy of Enlightenment political thought. Editor(s): Garsten, Bryan. Num Pages: 416 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147895
ISBN
9780691147895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Hardback. Proposes a new approach called value democracy. This title argues that the state should protect the right to express illiberal beliefs, but the state should also engage in democratic persuasion when it speaks through its various expressive capacities: publicly criticizing, giving reasons to reject, and other discriminatory viewpoints. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147628
ISBN
9780691147628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Hardback. Raises stark questions about the nature and meaning of innocent suffering and the relationship of the human to the divine, yet it is also one of the Bible's most obscure and paradoxical books, one that defies interpretation even today. Series: Lives of Great Religious Books. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 124 x 204 x 27. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147598
ISBN
9780691147598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Hardback. Derided by the Right as dangerous and by the Left as spineless, Barack Obama puzzles observers. This title reveals the sources of Obama's ideas and explains why his principled aversion to absolutes does not fit contemporary partisan categories. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFCX; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147468
ISBN
9780691147468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Hardback. On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. Examining the Canal's influence on Panama, the United States, and the world, this title chronicles the economic and political history of the Canal. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 halftone. 30 line illus. 48 tables. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCPC; HBT; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 768.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147383
ISBN
9780691147383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.45

Hardback. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 520 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1DVUR; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 40. Weight in Grams: 882.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147307
ISBN
9780691147307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Paperback. Considers the ways Americans understand the relationship between their religious beliefs and the political arena. This work covers such topics as: how religious diversity affects American democracy, how religion is implicated in America's partisan battles, and how religion affects ideas about race, ethnicity, and gender. Editor(s): Wolfe, Alan; Katznelson, Ira. Num Pages: 456 pages, 16 line illus. 28 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147291
ISBN
9780691147291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147239
ISBN
9780691147239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Hardback. The English philosopher Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) is known as a conservative who rejected philosophically ambitious rationalism and the grand political ideologies of the twentieth century. This title presents an original account of Oakeshott's skepticism about foundations, an account that newly reveals the unity of his thought. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147178
ISBN
9780691147178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.70

Paperback. What fueled the Victorian passion for hair-jewelry and memorial rings? When would an everyday object metamorphose from commodity to precious relic? This title examines the role played by portable objects in persuading Victorian Britons that they could travel abroad with religious sentiments, family ties, and national identity intact. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146621
ISBN
9780691146621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. Whether kids love or hate the food served there, the American school lunchroom is the stage for one of the most popular yet flawed social welfare programs in our nation's history. This book covers this complex and fascinating part of American culture, from its origins in early twentieth-century nutrition science onwards. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 halftones. 1 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: HBLW; JNB; JNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146195
ISBN
9780691146195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.66

Paperback. Los Angeles has attracted intense attention as a 'world city' characterized by multiculturalism and globalization. This work highlights the role African Americans and Japanese Americans played in the social and political struggles that remade twentieth-century Los Angeles. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146188
ISBN
9780691146188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. Was there ever really a black-Jewish alliance in twentieth-century America? And if there was, what happened to it? This book answers these questions, drawing a portrait of what was less an alliance than a tumultuous political engagement - but one that energized the civil rights revolution, and affected the course of American politics as a whole. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146164
ISBN
9780691146164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. Much has been written about the profound impact the post-World War II baby boomers had on American religion. But the lifestyles and beliefs of the generation that has followed - and the influence these younger Americans are having on the face of religion - are not so well understood. This book offers a look at the future of American religion. Num Pages: 320 pages, 68 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: HR; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146140
ISBN
9780691146140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.27

Paperback. The delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention blocked the establishment of Christianity as a national religion. But they could not keep religion out of American politics. This title shows that religion became sectarian and partisan whenever it entered the political fray, and that religious agendas have always mixed with nonreligious ones. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HRAM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146133
ISBN
9780691146133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.92

Hardback. In 1981, Frederick Houk Borsch returned to Princeton University, his alma mater, to serve as dean of the chapel at the Ivy League school. This title tells the story of Princeton's journey from its founding in 1746 as a college for Presbyterian ministers to the religiously diverse institution it is today. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC93; JNB; JNMH; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145730
ISBN
9780691145730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

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