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Hardback. Gives an account of the political meaning of the "Essais" in the context of Montaigne's life and times. This work argues, Montaigne's "Essais" very much reflect his ongoing involvement and preoccupation with contemporary politics - particularly the politics of France's civil wars between Catholics and Protestants. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131221
- ISBN
- 9780691131221
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€ 58.91€ 46.20
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Hardback. Looks at the relationship between torture and colonial domination through a examination of the French army's coercive tactics during the Algerian war from 1954 to 1962. This book presents an anatomy of torture - its methods, justifications, functions, and consequences. It also shows how torture was central to guerre revolutionnaire. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBA; 3JJPG; HBW; JWKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 634.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131351
- ISBN
- 9780691131351
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€ 70.69€ 55.08
€ 70.69
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Paperback. Redefines America's perception of itself. This book shows that the United States is no longer a free-enterprise society, but a structured state controlled by the largest companies. It presents the goal of these companies as immortality through an uninterrupted stream of earnings. Series: The James Madison Library in American Politics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 126 x 203 x 33. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Princeton Ed
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131412
- ISBN
- 9780691131412
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Condition: New
€ 53.02€ 42.10
€ 53.02
€ 42.10
Paperback. Develops protocols for conducting counterfactual thought experiments and uses them to probe the causes and contingency of transformative international developments like World War I and the end of the Cold War. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 line illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691132907
- ISBN
- 9780691132907
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€ 46.99€ 33.73
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€ 33.73
Hardback. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) has long been recognized as a major political and social thinker as well as historian, but his writings also contain a wealth of little-known insights into economic life and its connection to the rest of society. This title shows that Tocqueville had a highly original and suggestive approach to economics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 halftones. 1 line illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX; JHB; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691132990
- ISBN
- 9780691132990
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Condition: New
€ 64.80€ 51.23
€ 64.80
€ 51.23
Paperback. Memory is perhaps the most extraordinary phenomenon in the natural world. Without memory there can be no mind as we understand it. Focusing on research in behavioral science and neuroscience, this work is a primer of our scientific understanding of the mechanics of memory and learning. Series: Science Essentials S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 halftones. 30 line illus. BIC Classification: JMRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133119
- ISBN
- 9780691133119
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.73
€ 46.99
€ 33.73
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133126
- ISBN
- 9780691133126
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.20
€ 29.99
€ 22.20
Hardback. Making a case for liberation that is based primarily on common moral intuitions and beliefs, and that therefore could attract wide understanding and support, this title attempts to change the terms of the liberation debate. It claims that speciesism is compatible with liberation. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133287
- ISBN
- 9780691133287
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Condition: New
€ 64.80€ 50.75
€ 64.80
€ 50.75
Hardback. Drawing on the General Social Survey - a social science project that has tracked demographic and attitudinal trends in the United States since 1972, this title offers a window into diverse facets of American life, from intergroup relations to political views and orientations, social affiliations, and perceived well-being. Editor(s): Marsden, Peter V. Num Pages: 408 pages, 86 line illus. 66 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 698.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133317
- ISBN
- 9780691133317
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Condition: New
€ 108.39€ 82.78
€ 108.39
€ 82.78
Hardback. Examines the leadership styles of earliest presidents, men who served at a time when it was by no means certain that the American experiment in free government would succeed. This book explains how these early presidents and their successors shaped the American presidency and helped the republic prosper despite challenges at home and abroad. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133584
- ISBN
- 9780691133584
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.78
€ 23.99
€ 17.78
Paperback. Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault, John Dewey, Niklas Luhmann, and German painter Gerhard Richter, this book offers a set of conceptual tools for scholars examining practices in the life sciences, security, new media and art practices, and other emergent phenomena. It shows how anthropology remains relevant to contemporary debates. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133638
- ISBN
- 9780691133638
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€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Explaining how politics shapes corporate governance, this book combines a theoretical model on this political interaction, with statistical evidence from thirty-nine countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America and narratives of country cases. Num Pages: 368 pages, 23 line illus. 53 tables. BIC Classification: JP; KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133812
- ISBN
- 9780691133812
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.85
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Paperback. Examines the role of intellectuals in foreign policymaking. This work recounts the history of the development of ideas about strategy and foreign policy during a critical period in American history: the era of the nuclear standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133874
- ISBN
- 9780691133874
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
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Paperback. Develops a theory of trust in international relations and applies it to the Cold War. Contrary to the common view that both sides were willing to compromise but failed because of mistrust, this work argues that most of the mistrust in the Cold War was justified, because the Soviets were not trustworthy. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133881
- ISBN
- 9780691133881
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.29
€ 46.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. Offers an account of the suburbanization of the South from the perspective of corporate leaders, political activists, and especially of the ordinary families who lived in booming Sunbelt metropolises such as Atlanta, Charlotte, and Richmond. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 23 halftones. 1 line illus. 4 tables. 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133898
- ISBN
- 9780691133898
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.39
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Paperback. How we die reveals much about how we live. This book traces the history of euthanasia in the United States to show how changing attitudes toward death reflect new and troubling ways of experiencing pain, hope, and freedom. It shows how over time, the term came to mean a death blessed by the grace of God, and later, medical hastening of death. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133904
- ISBN
- 9780691133904
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
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Paperback. Gives an account of nationalism and the politics of turning immigrants into citizens and Americans. This work takes you through controversies over citizenship for blacks and the rights of aliens at the nation's founding, and also examines the interplay of ideas and institutions in the Americanization movement in the 1910s and 1920s. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133966
- ISBN
- 9780691133966
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
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Paperback. Argues that many of the basic concepts that we use to describe and analyze our governmental system are out of date. This work explains the causes and character of this failure, and then proposes a new conceptual framework, which describes our administrative government, and identifies its weaknesses instead of merely bemoaning its modernity. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 33. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133973
- ISBN
- 9780691133973
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Condition: New
€ 58.91€ 46.42
€ 58.91
€ 46.42
Paperback. Uses the lens of executive clemency in capital cases to discuss the fraught condition of mercy in American political life. This book examines the history of capital clemency in the twentieth century and surrounding legal controversies and philosophical debates about when mercy should be extended. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JMC; JKVP; JPQB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133997
- ISBN
- 9780691133997
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
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Paperback. Challenges standard understandings of deterrence by analyzing it as a form of talk and reaches conclusions about the effectiveness of diplomacy that are much more optimistic. This book argues that diplomacy works precisely because it is so valuable. Num Pages: 184 pages, 7 line illus. 18 tables. BIC Classification: JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134000
- ISBN
- 9780691134000
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45