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Paperback. Offers a critique about (but not for) intellectuals that explores their impact on public opinion, policy, and society at large. This title not only examines the track record of intellectuals in the things they have advocated but also analyzes the incentives and constraints under which their views and visions have emerged. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; JPVK. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 46. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- Revised, Enlarged ed.
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465025220
- ISBN
- 9780465025220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.45
€ 29.99
€ 25.45
Paperback. "With a new preface by the author, this updated reissue of Sowell's classic study describes in concrete detail how knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout modern society. Sowell discusses how r" Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNC; KC; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465037384
- ISBN
- 9780465037384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.11
€ 34.99
€ 34.11
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465058723
- ISBN
- 9780465058723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.09
€ 30.99
€ 24.09
Paperback. Encompassing more than a decade of research around the globe, this book shows that cultural capital has far more impact than politics, prejudice, or genetics on the social and economic fates of minorities, nations, and civilization. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465067978
- ISBN
- 9780465067978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.85
€ 23.99
€ 17.85
Paperback. Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Sowell sees what has happened during that time not as a series of isolated mistakes b Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465089956
- ISBN
- 9780465089956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.70
€ 20.99
€ 17.70
Paperback. Sowell challenges all the assumptions of contemporary liberalism on issues ranging from the economy to race to education in this collection of controversial essays, and captures his thoughts on politics, race, and common sense with a section at the end for thought-provoking quotes. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817992620
- ISBN
- 9780817992620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.26
€ 21.26
Paperback. Focusing on four major cultural areas, this book attempts to understand the role of cultural differences within nations and between nations in shaping the economic and social fates of peoples and of whole civilizations. Num Pages: 516 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 128 x 203 x 31. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465014002
- ISBN
- 9780465014002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.12
€ 25.99
€ 18.12
Hardcover. A broad-based and withering critique of America's current trajectory. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465022519
- ISBN
- 9780465022519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.81
€ 36.99
€ 29.81
Paperback. This essay unscrambles the gross misconceptions that have made rational debates about tax policies virtually impossible for decades. Num Pages: 20 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817916152
- ISBN
- 9780817916152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.59
€ 8.59
Paperback. In the papers collected in "Education: Assumptions versus History," Dr. Thomas Sowell takes a hard look at the state of education in our schools and universities. His imperative is to test the assumptions underlying contemporary educational policies and innovations against the historical and contemporary evidence. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817981129
- ISBN
- 9780817981129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.82
€ 18.82
Paperback. Migrations and Cultures goes beyond the political view of immigration and presents the whole phenomena of migration and immigration and the major role it plays in the general advancement of the human race. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465045891
- ISBN
- 9780465045891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.71
€ 31.99
€ 22.71
Paperback. One of America's leading intellectuals offers a moving and deeply personal account of his experiences with his own son, a late-talking child, and offers hope, advice, and fellowship to parents who are faced with a similar situation. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFH; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465038350
- ISBN
- 9780465038350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.14
€ 18.99
€ 16.14
Paperback. Blending physiology and psychology with historical examples of social change and a model of social systems, this work examines how societies are made possible. The influences of love relationships, attachments, and addictive behaviours in society are also discussed here. Num Pages: 330 pages, 32 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFS; JMAL; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226764146
- ISBN
- 9780226764146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.29
€ 43.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531157290
- ISBN
- 9783531157290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.04
€ 86.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 41 b&w, 5 colour. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JM; JFSP1; JHB; JHMC; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837636086
- ISBN
- 9783837636086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.14
€ 53.48
€ 42.14
Paperback. In this study of the laws and policies associated with commercial radio and television, the author shows that government regulation creates rather than intervenes in the market. It shows that liberal marketplace principles have come into contradiction with themselves. Num Pages: 352 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPQB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226777221
- ISBN
- 9780226777221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814741160
- ISBN
- 9780814741160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardcover. Our minds have spawned civilizations and technologies that have changed the face of the Earth, while even our closest primate relatives remain confined to the borders of their dwindling forest habitats. This book gives an account of what makes human minds different from those of other animals, and how this difference arose. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JMM; PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465030149
- ISBN
- 9780465030149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.81
€ 33.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. In this polemical response to the controversy about drug use and drug criminalization, Thomas Szasz suggests that governments have overstepped their bounds in labelling and prohibiting certain drugs as "dangerous" substances and incarcerating "addicts" in order to cure them. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607687
- ISBN
- 9780815607687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.99
€ 20.99
€ 19.99
Paperback. Millions of Americans, diagnosed mentally ill, are drugged and confined by doctors for non-criminal conduct, go unpunished for crimes they commit, and are supported by the state - not because they are sick but because they are unproductive and unwanted. This study re-examines such interventions Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; MBDC; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815605119
- ISBN
- 9780815605119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.17
€ 20.99
€ 19.17