wyszukanych pozycji: 34
Europe's Steppe Frontier, 1500-1800
ISBN: 9780226561523 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In Europe's Steppe Frontier, acclaimed historian William H. McNeill analyzes the process whereby the thinly occupied grasslands of southeastern Europe were incorporated into the bodies-social of three great empires: the Ottoman, the Austrian, and the Russian. McNeill benefits from a New World detachment from the bitter nationality quarrels of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century which inspired but also blinded most of the historians of the region. Moreover, the unique institutional adjustments southeastern Europeans made to the frontier challenge cast indirect light upon the...
In Europe's Steppe Frontier, acclaimed historian William H. McNeill analyzes the process whereby the thinly occupied grasslands of southeastern...
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132,55 zł |
Mythistory and Other Essays
ISBN: 9781597402927 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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256,97 zł |
The Fate of Phenomenology: Heidegger's Legacy
ISBN: 9781786608901 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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862,43 zł |
Religion and Belief Systems in World History
ISBN: 9781933782935 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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195,64 zł |
Arnold J. Toynbee: A Life
ISBN: 9781597406406 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Arnold Toynbee was one of the most remarkable thinkers of the 20th century, a man of far-reaching imagination, extraordinary erudition, and an infinite capacity for hard work. At the height of his fame, he was the most renowned scholar in the world, acclaimed as the author of the monumental, 10-volume A Study of History. Indeed, such was the regard for his Study that Time magazine, in a cover article on Toynbee published in 1947, declared that he had found history Ptolemaic and left it Copernican.
In Arnold Toynbee: A Life, William H. McNeill weaves together Toynbee's intellectual... Arnold Toynbee was one of the most remarkable thinkers of the 20th century, a man of far-reaching imagination, extraordinary erudition, and an infinit...
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263,08 zł |
Continental Philosophy
ISBN: 9781557865618 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. From Immanuel Kant to Postmodernism, this volume provides an unparalleled student resource: a wide-ranging collection of the essential works of more than 50 seminal thinkers in modern European philosophy.
Areas covered include Kant and German Idealism, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Marxism and the Frankfurt School, Structuralism, Psychoanalysis, Feminism, Deconstruction, and Postmodernism. Each section begins with a concise and helpful introduction, and all the texts have been selected for accessibility as well as significance, making the volume ideal for... From Immanuel Kant to Postmodernism, this volume provides an unparalleled student resource: a wide-ranging collection of the essential works of more t...
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209,60 zł |
Continental Philosophy: An Anthology
ISBN: 9781557867001 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. From Immanuel Kant to Postmodernism, this volume provides an unparalleled student resource: a wide-ranging collection of the essential works of more than 50 seminal thinkers in modern European philosophy.
Areas covered include Kant and German Idealism, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Marxism and the Frankfurt School, Structuralism, Psychoanalysis, Feminism, Deconstruction, and Postmodernism. Each section begins with a concise and helpful introduction, and all the texts have been selected for accessibility as well as significance, making the volume ideal for... From Immanuel Kant to Postmodernism, this volume provides an unparalleled student resource: a wide-ranging collection of the essential works of more t...
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761,90 zł |
Arnold J. Toynbee: A Life
ISBN: 9781597402910 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Arnold Toynbee was one of the most remarkable thinkers of the 20th century, a man of far-reaching imagination, extraordinary erudition, and an infinite capacity for hard work. At the height of his fame, he was the most renowned scholar in the world, acclaimed as the author of the monumental, 10-volume A Study of History. Indeed, such was the regard for his Study that Time magazine, in a cover article on Toynbee published in 1947, declared that he had found history Ptolemaic and left it Copernican.
In Arnold Toynbee: A Life, William H. McNeill weaves together Toynbee's intellectual... Arnold Toynbee was one of the most remarkable thinkers of the 20th century, a man of far-reaching imagination, extraordinary erudition, and an infinit...
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379,27 zł |
The Fate of Phenomenology: Heidegger's Legacy
ISBN: 9781786608918 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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299,83 zł |
Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History
ISBN: 9781597402941 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Could something as simple and seemingly natural as falling into step have marked us for evolutionary success? In Keeping Together in Time one of the most widely read and respected historians in America pursues the possibility that coordinated rhythmic movement--and the shared feelings it evokes--has been a powerful force in holding human groups together. As he has done for historical phenomena as diverse as warfare, plague, and the pursuit of power, William H. McNeill brings a dazzling breadth and depth of knowledge to his study of dance and drill in human history. From the records of distant...
Could something as simple and seemingly natural as falling into step have marked us for evolutionary success? In Keeping Together in Time one of the m...
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226,39 zł |
The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society Since A.D. 1000
ISBN: 9780226561585 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path by which we have arrived at the frightening dilemmas that now confront us. McNeill moves with equal mastery from the crossbow--banned by the Church in 1139 as too lethal for Christians to use against one another--to the nuclear missile, from the sociological consequences of drill in the seventeenth century to the emergence of the military-industrial complex in the twentieth. His central argument is that a commercial transformation...
In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and tra...
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138,08 zł |
Mythistory and Other Essays
ISBN: 9781597406413 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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177,46 zł |
Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History
ISBN: 9781597406741 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Could something as simple and seemingly natural as falling into step have marked us for evolutionary success? In Keeping Together in Time one of the most widely read and respected historians in America pursues the possibility that coordinated rhythmic movement--and the shared feelings it evokes--has been a powerful force in holding human groups together. As he has done for historical phenomena as diverse as warfare, plague, and the pursuit of power, William H. McNeill brings a dazzling breadth and depth of knowledge to his study of dance and drill in human history. From the records of distant...
Could something as simple and seemingly natural as falling into step have marked us for evolutionary success? In Keeping Together in Time one of the m...
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159,12 zł |
Hutchins' University: A Memoir of the University of Chicago, 1929-1950
ISBN: 9780226561714 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The inauguration of Robert Maynard Hutchins as the fifth President of the University of Chicago in 1929 coincided with a drastically changed social and economic climate throughout the world. And Hutchins himself opened an era of tumultuous reform and debate within the University. In the midst of the changes Hutchins started and the intense feelings they stirred, William H. McNeill arrived at the University to pursue his education. In Hutchins' University he tells what it was like to come of age as a undergraduate in those heady times. Hutchins' scathing opposition to the...
The inauguration of Robert Maynard Hutchins as the fifth President of the University of Chicago in 1929 coincided with a drastically changed social an...
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143,60 zł |
A World History, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780195116168 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Global in scope, William McNeill's widely acclaimed one-volume history emphasizes the four Old World civilizations of the Middle East, India, China, and Europe, paying particular attention to their interaction across time as well as the impact on historical scholarship in light of the most recent archaeological discoveries. The engaging and informative narrative touches on all aspects of civilization, including geography, communication, and technological and artistic developments, and provides extensive coverage of the modern era. This new edition includes a thoroughly updated bibliographic...
Global in scope, William McNeill's widely acclaimed one-volume history emphasizes the four Old World civilizations of the Middle East, India, China, a...
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1058,05 zł |
The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000
ISBN: 9781597402903 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path by which we have arrived at the frightening dilemmas that now confront us. McNeill moves with equal mastery from the crossbow--banned by the Church in 1139 as too lethal for Christians to use against one another--to the nuclear missile, from the sociological consequences of drill in the seventeenth century to the emergence of the military-industrial complex in the twentieth. His central argument is that a commercial transformation...
In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and tra...
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446,53 zł |
The Global Condition: Conquerors, Catastrophes, and Community
ISBN: 9780691025599 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. William H. McNeill is known for his ability to portray the grand sweep of history. Now two of his popular books and an essay previously unavailable in book form are brought together in this new paperback edition. In The Human Condition McNeill provides a provocative interpretation of history as a competition of parasites, both biological and human. In The Great Frontier he questions the notion of "frontier freedom" through an examination of European expansion. The concluding essay speculates on the role of catastrophe in our lives. About The Human Condition: "A remarkable tour de force . .... William H. McNeill is known for his ability to portray the grand sweep of history. Now two of his popular books and an essay previously unavailable... |
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176,74 zł |
History of Western Civilization: A Handbook
ISBN: 9780226561608 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Renowned historian William H. McNeil provides a brilliant narrative chronology of the development of Western civilization, representing its socio-political as well as cultural aspects. This sixth edition includes new material for the twentieth-century period and completely revised bibliographies. An invaluable tool for the study of Western civilization, the Handbook is an essential complement to readings in primary and secondary sources such as those in the nine-volume University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization.
Renowned historian William H. McNeil provides a brilliant narrative chronology of the development of Western civilization, representing its socio-poli...
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193,31 zł |
Polyethnicity and National Unity in World History: The Donald G. Creighton Lectures 1985
ISBN: 9780802066435 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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73,41 zł |
Keeping Together in Time P
ISBN: 9780674502307 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Could something as simple and seemingly natural as falling into step have marked us for evolutionary success? In Keeping Together in Time one of the most widely read and respected historians in America pursues the possibility that coordinated rhythmic movement--and the shared feelings it evokes--has been a powerful force in holding human groups together.As he has done for historical phenomena as diverse as warfare, plague, and the pursuit of power, William H. McNeill brings a dazzling breadth and depth of knowledge to his study of dance and drill in human history. From the records... Could something as simple and seemingly natural as falling into step have marked us for evolutionary success? In Keeping Together in Time on... |
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176,46 zł |