History of Ideas, Intellectual History
"Dreams of Peace and Freedom"Utopian Moments in the Twentieth Century
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Focuses on some of the twentieth-century's 'minor utopias' whose stories, overshadowed by the horrors of the Holocaust and the Gulag, suggest that the future need not be as catastrophic as the past. This book is organized around six key moments when utopian ideas and projects flourished in Europe. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 212 x 153 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: Winter, Jay
ISBN: 0300106653
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) History of Ideas, Intellectual History
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"Dreams of Peace and Freedom"Utopian Moments in the Twentieth Century
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In the wake of the monstrous projects of Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and others in the twentieth century, the idea of utopia has been discredited. This book focuses on some of the twentieth-century's 'minor utopias' whose stories, overshadowed by the horrors of the Holocaust and the Gulag, suggest that the future need not be as catastrophic as the past. Paperback, 272 pages. Size: 228 x 152 mm. Weight: 296g.
Author: Winter, Jay
ISBN: 0300126026
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) History of Ideas, Intellectual History
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"Rousseau"A Very Short Introduction
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"Very Short Introductions" series; Rousseau was both a central figure of the European Enlightenment and its most formidable critic. This study of his works, across a range of disciplines, shows how his thinking and writing were inspired by an ideal of humanity's self-realization in a condition of unfettered freedom. With 27 halftones. Paperback, 188 pages. Size: 174 x 111 mm. Weight: 167g.
Author: Wokler, Robert
ISBN: 0192801988
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) History of Ideas, Intellectual History
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"Locke: a Biography"
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The first comprehensive biography of John Locke to be published in nearly a half century. With illustrations. Hardback, 558 pages. Size: 235 x 160 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: Woolhouse, Roger S.
ISBN: 0521817862
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) History of Ideas, Intellectual History
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"Iron Curtain"From Stage to Cold War
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The story of the most powerful political metaphor of the twentieth century: the 'Iron Curtain'. Opening with Churchill's use of the term in his legendary Fulton speech of 1946, this fascinating investigation shatters the conventional assumption that Churchill invented it and charts its long and influential history prior to the onset of the Cold War. With 48 halftone plates, 5 cartoons. Hardback, 512 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 972g.
Author: Wright, Patrick
ISBN: 0199231508
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly History of Ideas, Intellectual History
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"Manifest Activity"Thomas Reid's Theory of Action
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Thomas Reid is one of the philosophers of the 18th century, but hitherto under-appreciated; through the reconstruction of his arguments. This work presents and critically examines Thomas Reid's doctrines about the model of human power, the will, our capacities for purposeful conduct, and the place of our agency in the natural world. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 248g.
Author: Yaffe, Gideon
ISBN: 0199228035
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational History of Ideas, Intellectual History
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"The Art of Memory"
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This study of memory looks at the history and development of memory enhancement. The book begins by looking at the ancient Greeks who invented a memory system based on a technique of impressing places and images on the mind. This technique was then developed by the Romans and Europeans. With 24pp b&w photographs. New ed. Paperback, 448 pages. Size: 215 x 134 mm. Weight: 530g.
Author: Yates, Frances A.
ISBN: 071265545X
Publisher: Vintage
Date: 1992 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) History of Ideas, Intellectual History
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"Encyclopaedic Visions"Scientific Dictionaries and Enlightenment Culture
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Cultural history of Enlightenment encyclopaedias revealing Enlightenment debates concerning organisation and communication of knowledge. With 30 halftones. Hardback, 358 pages. Size: 256 x 183 mm. Weight: 965g.
Author: Yeo, Richard
ISBN: 0521651913
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational History of Ideas, Intellectual History
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"On Belief"
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"Thinking in Action" series; What is the basis for belief in an era when globalisation, multiculturalism and big business is the new religion? Renowned philosopher and irrepressible cultural critic takes on all comers in this compelling new book. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 181g.
Author: Zizek, Slavoj
ISBN: 0415255325
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational History of Ideas, Intellectual History
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"Dark Moon"Apollo and the Whistle-Blowers
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This work questions the entire validity of the official record of mankind's exploration of the Moon, especially the Apollo lunar landings themselves. It uncovers a deception that emanates from the very top regarding the exploration of the Moon, and demonstrates that NASA has a case to answer. With b&w photographs, drawings. Paperback, 568 pages. Size: 175 x 245 mm. Weight: 1178g.
Author: Bennett, Mary D. Percy, David S.
ISBN: 1898541108
Publisher: Aulis Publishers
Date: 1999 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Hoaxes & Deceptions
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"The Museum of Hoaxes"The World's Greatest Hoaxes
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This title contains a collection of fabulous pranks, stunts, deceptions, fakery, hornswoggle and hoaxes inflicted on the gullible public from long ago to today. With 40 b/w photo\illu(s). New ed. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 196 x 129 mm. Weight: 266g.
Author: Boese, Alex
ISBN: 0752864262
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Hoaxes & Deceptions
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"Return of Martin Guerre"
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The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost won his case, when a man with a wooden leg swaggered into the French courtroom, denounced du TiIh, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. This book, by the noted historian who served as a consultant for the film, adds new dimensions to this famous legend. With illustrations; facsimiles; map; portraits. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 234 x 155 mm. Weight: 250g.
Author: Davis, Natalie Zemon
ISBN: 0674766911
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date: 1984 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Hoaxes & Deceptions
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"The Sun and the Moon"The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York
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In 1835, the New York Sun, the first of the city's 'penny papers', perpetrated one of the greatest hoaxes of all time when it convinced the people of New York that the moon was inhabited. This work tells the remarkable story of the outrageous newspaper hoax that captivated 19th century America and gave birth to tabloid journalism. With h. Hardback, 360 pages. Size: 236 x 156 mm. Weight: 630g.
Author: Goodman, Matthew
ISBN: 0465002579
Publisher: The Perseus Books Group
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Hoaxes & Deceptions
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"Inauthentic Archaeologies"Public Uses and Abuses of the Past
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Public uses and abuses of the past. With 35 illus., cartoons. Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Lovata, Troy
ISBN: 1598740113
Publisher: Left Coast Press Inc
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Hoaxes & Deceptions
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"The Man Who Sold Nelson's Column"And Other Scottish Frauds
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Uncovers a collection of tales of fraudsters and hoaxes. This book contains tales touching social classes and settings in society. It also looks at more familiar Scottish mysteries such as those surrounding the Loch Ness monster, the 'Great Highland Hoax' of Ossian's poems, and the Burns Temple Hoax. With illustrations throughout. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 321g.
Author: Love, Dane
ISBN: 1841586129
Publisher: Birlinn General
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Hoaxes & Deceptions
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