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Paperback. Suitable for upper-level students, usually in their fourth year of studying Chinese, this book contains literary works and essays related to the social sciences. It reflects the social issues China has faced in the years and presents a fresh approach to introducing students to various aspects of Chinese society. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CJBR; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 203 x 42. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691010441
ISBN
9780691010441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 73.24

Paperback. Shows how enlightened aristocrats, reactionary romantics, and the theorists and victims of totalitarianism have variously fashioned their vision of Russian society in musical terms. This book focuses on four individual composers, each characterized both as a self-consciously Russian creator and as a European. Num Pages: 616 pages, 127 music exs., 11 figures, 3 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AV; CFP; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070650
ISBN
9780691070650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Paperback. Scholarship on translation has moved well beyond the technicalities of converting one language into another and beyond conventional translation theory. This title covers a range of topics, from simultaneous translation to legal theory, from the language of exile to the language of new nations, and from the press to the cinema. Editor(s): Bermann, Sandra; Wood, Michael. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: CFP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116099
ISBN
9780691116099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. Analyzes writers and gurus, literary texts and religious movements, and the political uses of religion alongside the literary expressions of religious teachers, showing the cosmopolitan interconnections between the Indian subcontinent, the British Empire, and the American New Age. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; 1QDB; CFB; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691118284
ISBN
9780691118284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Comprised of three parts - "Poetry," "Lyrics," and "Prose" - this supplementary volume presents texts, chronologically, that represent the artistic embodiment of China's Confucian and Taoist thought. Two introductions separately describe the structural and formal features of regulated verse and parallel prose. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691118321
ISBN
9780691118321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. Aims to instruct, inform, and inspire students of Chinese by presenting selected historical texts and their annotations. Taken from the seminal works known as the Four Histories, the fourteen included texts offer insights into the political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of China over a long period of time. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691118345
ISBN
9780691118345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. Focuses on Rome's practitioner and theorist of public speech, Cicero. This book shows how Cicero's treatment of the Greek rhetorical tradition's central questions is shaped by his ideal of the republic and the citizen. It is a contribution to the debate over the role of public speech in Roman politics. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123646
ISBN
9780691123646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.23
€ 64.47

Paperback. What is the nature of a conceptual scheme? Are there alternative conceptual schemes? If so, are some more justifiable or correct than others? This book explores Wittgenstein's views on these questions. It interprets his conception of grammar as a generalized version of Kant's transcendental idealist solution to a puzzle about necessity. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CJBG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123912
ISBN
9780691123912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. Uses techniques to put beginning learners of Mandarin Chinese on the path toward mastery. This book aims to lead students to adopt Chinese as one of their own languages and not to regard it as an object of study and translation. It features texts in traditional and simplified Chinese characters, and includes a Chinese introduction for teachers. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 616 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 281 x 213 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Rev Blg
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691129914
ISBN
9780691129914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 104.64
€ 80.25

Paperback. Most Chinese-language textbooks cater to beginners and intermediate-level students, but virtually none address the unique needs of advanced students. This work fills this gap through the use of critically acclaimed Chinese films to teach students Chinese while also broadening their knowledge about China. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691131092
ISBN
9780691131092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.97
€ 53.97

Paperback. Brings together the important essays written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of language. This book illustrates the significance of linguistic concerns for a range of philosophical topics - including the relationship between language and thought; truth, vagueness, and partial definition; and, and skepticism about meaning and mind. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136813
ISBN
9780691136813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Paperback. Illustrates the significance of linguistic concerns for a broad range of philosophical topics - including the relationship between language and thought; the objects of belief, assertion, and other propositional attitudes; the distinction between metaphysical and epistemic possibility; and, the nature of necessity, actuality, and possible worlds. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136837
ISBN
9780691136837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Hardback. Presents the author's vision of philosophy of language. Explaining the progress philosophers have made toward creating a theoretical framework for the study of language, this book investigates foundational concepts - such as truth, reference, and meaning - that are central to the philosophy of language and important to philosophy as a whole. Series: Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138664
ISBN
9780691138664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Hardback. Offers a comprehensive philosophical analysis of conventions and the roles they play in social life and practical reason. This work gives a general account of the nature of conventions, explaining the differences between coordinative and constitutive conventions and between deep and surface conventions. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPQ; HPS; JHBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140902
ISBN
9780691140902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Paperback. Hobbes' extreme political views have commanded so much attention that they have eclipsed his work on language and mind, and on reasoning, personhood, and group formation. This book argues that it was Hobbes who invented the invention of language thesis - the idea that language is a cultural innovation that transformed the human mind. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143255
ISBN
9780691143255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Series: Soochow University Lectures in Philosophy. Num Pages: 144 pages, 30 line illus. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156392
ISBN
9780691156392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Hardback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 halftones. 4 tables. BIC Classification: CFG; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691157528
ISBN
9780691157528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. Featuring both traditional and simplified characters along with pinyin and English translation, this book includes comprehensive exercises and character writing sheets with information on the stroke orders of introduced characters. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 328 pages, 129 color illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 275 x 232 x 23. Weight in Grams: 782.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Spi Wkb Bl
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159980
ISBN
9780691159980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.63

Paperback. The description for this book, Notes on Prosody and Abram Gannibal, will be forthcoming. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691621548
ISBN
9780691621548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691625324
ISBN
9780691625324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

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