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Paperback. A collection of essays that seeks to establish Roman constructions of sexuality and gender difference as a distinct area of research, complementing work already done on Greece to give a picture of ancient sexuality. This title applies feminist critical tools to forms of public discourse, including literature, history, law, and political oratory. Editor(s): Hallett, Judith P.; Skinner, Marilyn B. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFC; JFFK; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691011783
ISBN
9780691011783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.56
€ 53.85

Paperback. Lays out a developed theory of domestic politics, showing how domestic politics affects international outcomes. In developing this rational-choice theory, this book argues that any explanation that treats states as unitary actors is ultimately misleading. It examines the central factors that influence the strategic game of domestic politics. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691011769
ISBN
9780691011769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 50.43

Hardcover. The history of The Princeton Graduate School reveals a great deal about the explosion of knowledge that has radically changed American society in the twentieth century. First published in 1978, this book features chapters recounting the dramatic growth of graduate education since World War II. Num Pages: 456 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691011684
ISBN
9780691011684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.44
€ 58.45

Paperback. Presents a collection of essays which explains a reflection on the author's project to anthropologize the West. This book attempts to exoticize the Western constitution of reality, emphasizes those domains taken as universal, and shows how their claims to truth are linked to particular social practices, hence becoming effective social forces. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
First Printing, Underlining
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691011585
ISBN
9780691011585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.63

Paperback. Looks at a conversation among practitioners of two very different fields: ancient history and political theory. The topic of the conversation is classical Greek democracy and its contemporary relevance. Editor(s): Ober, Josiah; Hedrick, Charles. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691011080
ISBN
9780691011080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.44
€ 58.48

Paperback. In towns like Amigo, Red Jacket, Helen, Odd, Viper, Decoy, and Twilight, men and women track a dense social imaginary through stories of traumas, apparitions, encounters, and eccentricities. This book explores how this storytelling imbues everyday life in the hills and forms a cultural poetics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691011035
ISBN
9780691011035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.24

Paperback. An inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans that speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy. This title makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691010915
ISBN
9780691010915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHM; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691010731
ISBN
9780691010731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.45

Paperback. What turns rich nations into great powers? How do wealthy countries begin extending their influence abroad? This book seeks to answer these questions by examining the most puzzling case of a rising power in modern history - that of the United States. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 tables 4 maps 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691010359
ISBN
9780691010359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.49

Paperback. Draws on a fieldwork - including interviews with politicians, immigrant leaders, and militants - to analyze interactions between states and immigrants in France and Germany. This book argues that states contribute to the elaboration of immigrants' identity, in part by articulating the grounds on which their groups are granted legitimacy. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691010151
ISBN
9780691010151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 49.72

Paperback. Explains the systemic dynamics and myriad consequences of globalization, focusing on the interplay between globalizing market forces and the needs of society. This book presents a multilevel analysis of globalization, connecting the economic to the political and cultural, and interrelating different local, regional, and global arenas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009889
ISBN
9780691009889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.78

Paperback. How does law transform family, sexuality, and community in the fractured social world characteristic of the colonizing process? This title reveals how, in Hawai'i, indigenous Hawaiian law was displaced by a transplanted Anglo-American law as global movements of capitalism, Christianity, and imperialism swept across the islands. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 23 halftones 1 map 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFS; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009322
ISBN
9780691009322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.08

Paperback. A study of the democratic theory of education. It tackles a range of issues, from the democratic case against book banning to the role of teachers' unions in education, as well as the vexed questions of public support for private schools and affirmative action in college admissions. Series: Princeton Paperbacks. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009162
ISBN
9780691009162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 42.04

Paperback. Beyond giving a view of the life and worth of cinema in France, this book contributes to our knowledge of how films are dealt with in history. It stresses the dialogue of culture and cinema. Num Pages: 384 pages, 132 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJG; APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691008837
ISBN
9780691008837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.56
€ 54.16

Paperback. Addresses the problems that arise not only from a politicized foreign policy process but also from excessive bureaucratization and lack of leadership in the Foreign Service itself. Series: 20th-Century Fund Books. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691007458
ISBN
9780691007458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.20

Paperback. Can the Supreme Court be free of politics? This book argues for an openly political role for the Supreme Court. It asserts that politically motivated constitutional decisionmaking is not only inevitable, it is legitimate and desirable as well. It examines that a political Court possesses instrumental value in American democracy. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; LAB; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691007182
ISBN
9780691007182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.45

Paperback. Frequently described as the "radical aristocrat" of the spirit, Nietzsche abhorred mass culture and strove to cultivate an Ubermensch endowed with exceptional mental qualities. This title explores Nietzsche's attitudes toward Jews, Judaism, Christianity, anti-Semitism, and National Socialism. Editor(s): Golomb, Jacob; Wistrich, Robert S. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691007106
ISBN
9780691007106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.86

Hardcover. Explores the relationship between overseas developments and the most important reform movement in modern American history, the struggle for racial justice. This book argues that civil rights leaders were interested in the world beyond America and incorporated their understanding of overseas matters into their reform program. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691007069
ISBN
9780691007069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.56
€ 54.80

Paperback. Based on more than three decades of observation, this title concludes that the very foundations of many social science theories - especially those in political science - are faulty. It observes that we live in a world where things are interconnected, where unintended consequences of our actions are unavoidable and unpredictable. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691005300
ISBN
9780691005300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 46.37

Paperback. Is liberal democracy a universal ideal? Proponents of 'Asian values' argue that it is a distinctive product of the Western experience and that Western powers shouldn't try to push human rights and democracy onto Asian states. This book attempts to chart a middle ground between the extremes of the international debate on human rights and democracy. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691005089
ISBN
9780691005089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 45.72

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