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Paperback. Provides an overview of the antebellum slavery debate and its key issues and participants. This book introduces each selection, locating it historically, culturally, and thematically as well as linking it to other writings. The documents represent the full scope of the varied debates over slavery. Editor(s): Lowance, Mason I., Jr. Num Pages: 568 pages, 3 tables. 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002286
ISBN
9780691002286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001937
ISBN
9780691001937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.85

Paperback. "The Heart Sutra" is perhaps the most famous Buddhist text, traditionally regarded as a potent expression of emptiness and of the Buddha's perfect wisdom. This work explores the elaborate philosophical and ritual uses of the "Heart Sutra" in India, Tibet, and the West. It also includes full translations of the eight extant Indian commentaries. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPD; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001883
ISBN
9780691001883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.45
€ 46.96

Paperback. Presents a collection of important essays on Plato and Socrates. This collection displays author's characteristic combination of analytical rigor and sensitivity to the literary form and dramatic effect of Plato's work. It discusses Plato's representation of Socrates as a model of authentic human goodness. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001784
ISBN
9780691001784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Gives an ethnographic account of Bosnian Muslims' lives in a rural village located near Sarajevo. Although they represent a majority of the population in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Muslims are still members of a minority culture in the region that was once Yugoslavia. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 halftones, 2 maps, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBJD; JFF; JFSL1; JFSR2; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001753
ISBN
9780691001753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.07
€ 45.34

Hardcover. Demonstrates that the creation of a civil defense program produced dilemmas about the degree to which civilian society should be militarized to defend itself against threats. This book uncovers responses to the militarization of daily life and reveals how government planners and ordinary people negotiated their way at the dawn of the atomic age. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JWKW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001388
ISBN
9780691001388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.18
€ 68.86

Paperback. Combines passages from Islamic texts with a commentary of the author. This book enables the reader to grasp the bases of Muslim faith and to get some sense of the breadth and depth of Islamic religious culture as a whole. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691000404
ISBN
9780691000404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.45
€ 46.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674975354
ISBN
9780674975354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

Hardback. Sydney Nathans offers a counterpoint to the narrative of the Great Migration, a central theme of black liberation in the twentieth century. He tells the story of enslaved families who became the emancipated owners of land they had worked in bondage. Num Pages: 344 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 15 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674972148
ISBN
9780674972148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970892
ISBN
9780674970892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. Courtesans, Concubines, and the Cult of Female Fidelity traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries. By taking women and men's relationships with women seriously, this book makes a case for the centrality of gender relations in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970649
ISBN
9780674970649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.03

Hardback. Rebecca Doran offers a new understanding of major female figures of the Tang era including Wu Zhao, Empress Wei, and Shangguan Wan'er within their literary-historical contexts, and delves into critical questions about the relationship between Chinese historiography, reception-history, and the process of image-making and cultural construction. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970588
ISBN
9780674970588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. Reagan's Legacy in a World Transformed offers a timely retrospective on the fortieth president's policies and impact on today's world, from the influence of free market ideas on economic globalization, to the role of an assertive military in U.S. foreign policy, to reduction of nuclear arsenals in the interest of stability. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674967694
ISBN
9780674967694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.64
€ 50.74

Hardback. This study of the evolution of Chinese capitalism chronicles the Song family of North China under five successive authoritarian governments. Brett Sheehan shows both foreign and Chinese influences on private business, which, although closely linked to the state, was neither a handmaiden to authoritarianism nor a natural ally of democracy. Num Pages: 327 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674967601
ISBN
9780674967601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.83
€ 51.77

Hardback. Alexander Sedgwick explores a tumultuous period of French history which coincided with and punctuates the Arnauld family's struggle with the world. He show how this family reacted to political and religious developments, and the ways in which they helped shape the history of their time. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 550 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBJD; HBLL; HBTG; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674905672
ISBN
9780674905672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.50
€ 82.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 562 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVC; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 292 x 223 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2184.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
562
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674896352
ISBN
9780674896352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.52
€ 104.41

Hardback. Editor(s): Kish, George. Num Pages: 474 pages, 1 map, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674822702
ISBN
9780674822702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.87
€ 123.20

Hardback. Editor(s): Birkhoff, Garrett; Merzbach, Uta C. Num Pages: 486 pages, 18 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674822450
ISBN
9780674822450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.79
€ 150.12

Hardback. North Sea oil, garden suburbs, socialized medicine, ombudsmen, economic diversification, party politics, relations with the US and the USSR--these are some of the exciting and controversial aspects of Scandinavian life in the 1970s that Scott explores in this revised and enlarged edition of The United States and Scandinavia. Series: American Foreign Policy Library. Num Pages: 426 pages, tabs.M. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised and Enlarged Edition
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674790001
ISBN
9780674790001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.25
€ 87.22

Hardback. A detailed discussion by the editor complements this critical edition and translation of the phonetical treatise (Pratisakhya) of the Saunaka Samhita, one of two versions of the second oldest Indian text, the Saunaka Atharvaveda. Translator(s): Deshpande, Madhav M. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 826 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DNF; DSBB; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
826
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674789876
ISBN
9780674789876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.42
€ 71.43

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