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hardcover. In order to grasp what it means to call Rousseau an author of the Revolution, it is necessary to take full measure of the difficulties of literary interpretation to which Rousseau's work gives rise. This is a deconstructive analysis of Rousseau as an "author" of the French Revolution. Series: Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735551
ISBN
9780804735551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.96

The disappearance and imprisonment behind the Iron Curtain of the American brothers Noel and Hermann Field in 1949, followed by that of Noel's wife and their foster daughter, was one of the most publicized international mysteries of the Cold War. This dual memoir gives an intensely human dimension to that struggle. Num Pages: 488 pages, 18 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJPG; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 780.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735902
ISBN
9780804735902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.46

hardcover. Between 1560 and 1620, a thousand or more people left the town of Brihuega in Spain to migrate to New Spain (now Mexico), where nearly all of them settled in Puebla de los Angeles. This text examines the transference of social, economic and cultural patterns within the early modern Hispanic world. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 line diagram 6 maps 9 genealogical tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804736633
ISBN
9780804736633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

hardcover. In this extended meditation on the language of the self within contemporary social politics, the author ponders the question: What does it matter what you say about yourself? She studies why the requirement to be a something-or-other should be so hard to satisfy in a manner that rings true in the ears of its own subject. Series: Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804736725
ISBN
9780804736725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

hardcover. A history of the Mixtec Indians of southern Mexico, this book focuses on several dozen Mixtec communities in the region of Oaxaca during the period from about 1540 to 1750. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804737562
ISBN
9780804737562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Hardback. This book examines the early development of the fantastic tale through the works of of the German romantics Ludwig Tieck, Achim von Arnim, and E. T. A. Hoffmann; the subsequent French rediscovery of the genre in works by Theophile Gautier and Prosper Merimee; and Edgar Allan Poe's contributions to the literary form. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738590
ISBN
9780804738590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.96

hardcover. This book analyzes the relationship between the many and the few in the formation of a republican polity. It studies the case of Buenos Aires in the 1860s and 1870s, when the inauguration of a new national order in Argentina entailed a radical change, by exploring the different forms of participation of the people in the public life of the city. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739436
ISBN
9780804739436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.96

Hardback. This book, by one of the most innovative and challenging contemporary thinkers, rethinks community and the very idea of the social. Nancy's fundamental argument is that being is always "being with," that "I" is not prior to "we," that existence is essentially co-existence. Translator(s): Richardson, Robert; O'Byrne, Anne E. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739740
ISBN
9780804739740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

hardcover. Analysing qualitative and quantative data from 1950 to 1999, the author shows how higher education publishing moved from a culture of independent domestic publishers to international conglomerates. The theory is applicable to explaining institutional changes in all professional service industries. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBT; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740210
ISBN
9780804740210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

hardcover. In this daring book, the author proposes that artistic and literary forms can be understood as modulations of wave forms in the physical world. By the phrase "natural syntax," he means that physical nature enters human communication literally by way of a transmitting wave frequency. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; HPK; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804741781
ISBN
9780804741781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.35

hardcover. This volume reflects Jacques Derrida's engagement in the late 1970s with French political debates on the teaching of philosophy and the reform of the French university system. Translator(s): Plug, Jan. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742948
ISBN
9780804742948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

An anthology of discourses from the Pali Canon, this work provides an account of Buddhist teachings from the earliest primary sources. It contains a general introduction that discusses the structure and language of the Pali Canon - its importance within the Buddhist tradition, and the historical context in which it developed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207936
ISBN
9780872207936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.33
€ 41.70

Hardcover. In the aftermath of the Kosovo Crisis, it is said that Macedonia will be next. This volume provides an in-depth, interdisciplinary analysis of the Macedonian Question. The essays included illustrate the intimate connections between culture and ethnic politics in Macedonia Editor(s): Roudometof, Victor. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; HBAH; HBJD; JPA; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334518
ISBN
9780880334518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.13

Hardcover. This volume of essays traces the historical-sociological background of minority policies in Hungary, along with nation's changing image and its immigration problems in the 20th century. Num Pages: 320 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 166. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335560
ISBN
9780880335560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Iff Books
Number of pages
439
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780999678
ISBN
9781780999678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.78

Paperback. Two classic books are brought together here. Editor(s): Menzies, Gordon. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 maps, 32 plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3D; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJD1; HBLA; HBLC; HBLH; JFC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902930381
ISBN
9781902930381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. A reader on the 2,000-year-old debate about the meaning of the story of Adam and Eve. Editor(s): Kvam, Kristen E.; Schearing, Linda S.; Ziegler, Valarie H. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLC1; HRLP5; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 763.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
0007-
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212719
ISBN
9780253212719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

paperback. Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 453.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415406116
ISBN
9780415406116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.55

Hardback. In this engaging and wide-ranging new book, Nikk Effingham provides an introduction to contemporary ontology - the study of what exists - and its importance for philosophy today. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745652542
ISBN
9780745652542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

hardcover. * Slavoj Zizek is one of the most widely-read and controversial philosophers writing today. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745663746
ISBN
9780745663746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.05

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