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Humanities
paperback. This provocative book argues that, very often, people may benefit from being constrained in their options or from being ignorant. Num Pages: 324 pages, 5 b/w illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034137
- ISBN
- 9780521665612
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. This book, first published in 2001, provides a truly general account of Francis Bacon as a philosopher. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034139
- ISBN
- 9780521805360
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 1632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415995610
- ISBN
- 9780415995610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 197.62
€ 197.62
hardcover. China s late-imperial history has been framed as a long coda of decline, played out during the Qing dynasty. Reappraising this narrative, Stephen Halsey traces the origins of China s current great-power status to this so-called decadent era, when threats of war with European and Japanese empirestriggered innovative state-building and statecraft." Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674425651
- ISBN
- 9780674425651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.85€ 55.26
€ 59.85
€ 55.26
paperback. Suitable for an introductory American history instructor who wants to make the subject more appealing, this book focuses on "personalized history" presented through biographies of famous and less-well-known figures from the colonial period to 1877. Num Pages: 320 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765619181
- ISBN
- 9780765619181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.24
€ 61.24
paperback. In this social and economic history of the Metis of the Red River Settlement, specifically the parishes of St Francois-Xavier and St Andrew's, Gerhard Ens argues that the Metis participated with growing confidence in two worlds: one Indian and pre-capitalist, the other European and capitalist. Num Pages: 268 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802078223
- ISBN
- 9780802078223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.18
€ 40.99
€ 36.18
paperback. In 1899 the United States launched a brutal war of imperial conquest against the Philippine Republic. US imperialists justified their colonial empire by crafting novel racial ideologies. This book reveals how racial politics served US empire, and how empire-building in turn transformed ideas of race and nation in both the US and the Philippines. Num Pages: 536 pages, 31 illustrations, 1 map, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University North Carolina Pr United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856536
- ISBN
- 9780807856536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.76
€ 54.76
Paperback. The history of the slave trade. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 b&w photos, 3 maps, 3 tables, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813029061
- ISBN
- 9780813029061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.13
€ 33.13
Paperback. Beginning with Buber's seminal essay on mysticism, this book offers texts down the centuries from oriental, pagan, Gnostic, Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim sources. It aims to convey some quality of an experience that is essentially beyond the power of words to capture. Editor(s): Mendes-Flor, Paul. Translator(s): Cameron, Esther. Series: Martin Buber Library. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815604228
- ISBN
- 9780815604228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.54
€ 24.54
Paperback. This text examines the events at Waco, Texas from both sides - the ATF and the FBI on one hand, and Koresh and his followers on the other. It argues that the government had little reason to investigate Koresh, that it lied about what happened, and that the FBI was negligent in gassing Mt. Carmel. Num Pages: 320 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC99; JKSW1; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815605027
- ISBN
- 9780815605027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.54
€ 24.54
Paperback. This is a defence of every individual's right to choose a voluntary death. By maintaining statutes that determine that voluntary death is not legal, Thomas Szasz believes that our society is forfeiting one of its basic freedoms and causing the medical establishment to treat individuals inhumanely. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBZ; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607557
- ISBN
- 9780815607557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.54
€ 24.54
Paperback. This text describes state-of-the-art research methodology and critical approaches to English literature, Latin philosophies, law, science, art and music. Editor(s): Powell, James M. Num Pages: 496 pages, 22 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815625568
- ISBN
- 9780815625568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.56
€ 29.56
Paperback. During the Middle Ages, travellers in Africa and Asia reported that "monstrous races" thrived beyond the boundaries of the known world. This work offers an introspective look at these races and their interaction with Western art, literature and philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 62 b&w photographs, notes, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; AB; HBJD; HBLC; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628262
- ISBN
- 9780815628262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.86
€ 35.86
Paperback. Challenges the paradigm of the societal decline as inadequate for understanding the Ottoman society and state during this period. This book evaluates the established historical view of the Ottoman Empire as an Eastern despotic nation-state in decline, and instead analyzes it as a modern state comparable to contemporary states in Europe and Asia. Series: Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms. Num Pages: 172 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630852
- ISBN
- 9780815630852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.54
€ 24.54
paperback. Ninety-one letters, ethical wills, bar mitzvah speeches, and other personal records are presented in chronological order following an interpretive essay on the ethical aspirations of American Jewry. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Publishers United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568219684
- ISBN
- 9781568219684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.55
€ 81.55
Islamic Ethics of Life: Abortion, War, and Euthanasia (Studies in Comp...
Jonathan E. . Ed(S): Brockopp
paperback. A consideration of three of the most contentious ethical issues of our time - abortion, war and euthanasia - from the Muslim perspective. The volume both integrates Muslim thinking into the field of applied ethics and introduces readers to an aspect of the religion long overlooked in the West. Editor(s): Brockopp, Jonathan E. Series: Studies in Comparative Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDC; HPQ; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University South Carolina Pr United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570034718
- ISBN
- 9781570034718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.08
€ 36.08
paperback. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University South Carolina Pr United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611171921
- ISBN
- 9781611171921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.08
€ 36.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRLP; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616144050
- ISBN
- 9781616144050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.96
€ 20.96
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FCS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJF; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652863
- ISBN
- 9780691652863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.76
€ 150.76
Paperback. Editor(s): Ibler, Reinhard. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; HPN. Dimension: 151 x 213 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838209524
- ISBN
- 9783838209524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.73
€ 34.99
€ 25.73