Affluence and Freedom: An Environmental History of Political Ideas (Charbonnier Pierre)(Paperback)

Affluence and Freedom: An Environmental History of Political Ideas (Charbonnier Pierre)(Paperback)

In this pathbreaking book, Pierre Charbonnier opens up a new intellectual terrain: an environmental history of political ideas. His aim is not to locate the seeds of ecological thought in the history of political ideas as others have done, but rather to show that all political ideas, whether or not

Using Political Ideas (Goodwin Barbara)(Paperback)

Using Political Ideas is a unique blend of political philosophy, political theory and history of political thought. It combines a critique of the major ideologies of recent and contemporary society with an analysis of the ideas that form the very stuff of political debate. By exposing the interplay

African Political Thought: An Intellectual History of the Quest for Freedom (Chan Stephen)(Paperback)

A History of Political Thought: Property, Labor, and Commerce from Plato to Piketty (Bercuson Jeffrey)(Paperback)

A History of Political Thought analyses market society by surveying the ideas of its most perceptive, thought-provoking observers - critics and defenders - from ancient Greece to the present

Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nio Famines and the Making of the Third World (Davis Mike)(Paperback)

Bestselling, magisterial melding of global environmental history and global political history. Winner of the World History Association Book Award. Examining a series of El Nino-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis

The Frankfurt School: Its History, Theory and Political Significance (Wiggershaus Rolf)(Paperback)

This widely acclaimed book is a comprehensive and authoritativeaccount of the history and ideas of the Frankfurt School - the mostimportant and influential group of leftist intellectuals, philosophers and social theorists in Germany this century. Wiggershaus traces the history of the School from

Political Thought and History (Pocock J. G. a.)(Paperback)

John Pocock is arguably the most original and imaginative historian of ideas of modern times. Over the past half century he has created an audience for his work which is truly global, and he has marked the way in which the history of political thought is studied as deeply and personally as any

Government and Politics of Italy (Leonardi Robert)(Paperback)

The political history of Italy has been an undeniably turbulent one. The country's political system has been repeatedly threatened by the historical existence of extremist parties on the left and right, an economy which struggles to adapt, the cleavage between a developed north and an

Cicero: Political Philosophy (Schofield Malcolm)(Paperback)

This book offers an innovative analytic account of Cicero's treatment of key political ideas: liberty and equality, government, law, cosmopolitanism and imperialism, republican virtues, and ethical decision-making in politics. Cicero (106-43 BC) is well known as a major player in the turbulent

Frontlines: Stories of Global Environmental Justice (Meynen Nick)(Paperback)

Every unpacked frontline is one cutting edge of an economic system and political ideology that is destroying life on earth. Revealing our ecosystems to be under a sustained attack, Nick Meynen finds causes for hope in unconventional

Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait (Demuth Bathsheba)(Paperback)

Floating Coast is the first-ever comprehensive history of Beringia, the Arctic land and waters stretching from Russia to Canada. The unforgiving territories along the Bering Strait had long been home to humans--the Inupiat and Yupik in Alaska, and the Yupik and Chukchi in Russia--before American

Power Of Ideas (Berlin Isaiah)(Paperback / softback)

These essays focus on the social and political role - past, present and future - of ideas and of their progenitors. Contents include 'My Intellectual Path', an autobiographical survey of Berlin's main preoccupations, and 'Jewish Slavery and Emancipation', the classic statement of his Zionist

The Politics of Opera: A History from Monteverdi to Mozart (Cohen Mitchell)(Paperback)

A wide-ranging look at the interplay of opera and political ideas through the centuries The Politics of Opera takes readers on a fascinating journey into the entwined development of opera and politics, from the Renaissance through the turn of the nineteenth century. What political backdrops have

Ancient Greece: An Illustrated History (Rodgers Nigel)(Pevná vazba)

An authoritative account of political and military history, art, architecture and culture, fully illustrated

African American Political Thought: A Collected History (Rogers Melvin L.)(Paperback)

African American Political Thought offers an unprecedented philosophical history of thinkers from the African American community and African diaspora who have addressed the central issues of political life: democracy, race, violence, liberation, solidarity, and mass political action. Melvin L

Ancient Rome - An Illustrated History (Rodgers Nigel)(Pevná vazba)

An authoritative account of Ancient Rome, its political and military history, art, architecture and culture, sumptously illustrated throughout with 1000 photographs and reproductions, chronicling the story of the most important and influential civilisation the world has ever

History of Western Political Thought (Morrow John)(Paperback)

The third edition of this highly-regarded core textbook offers an accessible and impressively comprehensive account of Western Political Thought over the last two millennia. Structured in four main parts, the chapters are organised around a wide range of key themes, covering everything from

Indian River Lagoon: An Environmental History (Osborn Nathaniel)(Paperback)

Florida Historical Society Stetson Kennedy Book Award 'Lively and nuanced.'--David McCally, author of The Everglades: An Environmental History 'As we work to repair the damage we have done to fragile ecosystems, this book tells us how much we have lost and how little time we have left before it is

Ideas - A History (Watson Peter)(Paperback / softback)

A highly ambitious and lucid history of ideas from the very earliest times to the present

The Future of War: A History (Freedman Lawrence)(Paperback)

An award-winning military historian, professor, and political adviser delivers the definitive story of warfare in all its guises and applications, showing what has driven and continues to drive this uniquely human form of political violence. Questions about the future of war are a regular feature

Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West (Cronon William)(Paperback)

In this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-century America. By exploring the ecological and economic changes that made Chicago America's most dynamic city and the Great West its hinterland, Mr. Cronon opens a new window onto our

Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World (McNeill J. R.)(Paperback)

Race and the Making of American Political Science (Blatt Jessica)(Paperback)

Race and the Making of American Political Science shows that changing scientific ideas about racial difference were central to the academic study of politics as it emerged in the United States. From the late nineteenth century through the 1930s, scholars of politics defined and continually

A New History of Yachting (Bender Mike)(Pevná vazba)

An overview of the history of yachting in its social, cultural, political and economic contexts. Shortlisted for the Maritime Foundation's Mountbatten Award 2018 This book, by a leading expert in the field, is the first major history of yachting for over a quarter of a century. Setting