belknap press an imprint of harvard university press cambridge ma and london uk (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. UNPRECEDENTED: ELOQUENT: LANDMARK: VISIONARY: TOUR DE FORCE: MAGISTERIAL: NEW First edition hardcover (Orig. 2002) Sixth Printing (c. 2004): AS-NEW mylar-protected jacket showing only faint traces of slightest shelf-dust soiling & w/ sharp NEW edges & corners (orig. pub. price not shown) * 6.68" x 10.25" x 2.84", 2.30 kg, xxiv+1433 (1457) pp *ABOUT THE BOOK: The world's most revered & eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers here a work of explanatory force unprecedented in our time--a landmark publication, both for its historical sweep & for its scientific vision. W/ characteristic attention to detail, Stephen Jay Gould first describes the content & discusses the history & origins of the three core commitments of classical Darwinism: (1) that natural selection works on organisms, not genes or species; (2) that it is almost exclusively the mechanism of adaptive evolutionary change; & (3) that these changes are incremental, not drastic. Next, he examines the three critiques that currently challenge this classic Darwinian edifice: (1) that selection operates on multiple levels, from the gene to the group; (2) that evolution proceeds by a variety of mechanisms, not just natural selection; & (3) that causes operating at broader scales, including catastrophes, have figured prominently in the course of evolution.Then, in a stunning tour de force that will likely stimulate discussion & debate for decades, Gould proposes his own system for integrating these classical commitments & contemporary critiques into a new structure of evolutionary thought. In 2001 the Library of Congress named Stephen Jay Gould one of America's 83 Living Legends--people who embody the "quintessentially American ideal of individual creativity, conviction, dedication, & exuberance." Each of these qualities finds full expression in this peerless work, the likes of which the scientific world has not seen--& may not see again--for well over a century. * SHIPPING: Mnemosyne wraps, labels and securely packages this magisterial work for shipment at NO CHARGE to all destinations within the United States via USPS MEDIA MAIL or via USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below cost $16.00 fee & to all international destinations via Mandatory USPS PRIORITY INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL w/ below-cost country-by-country rates available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. IMPERATIVELY IMPORTANT: MAGNUM OPUS: EXTRAORDINARY: ORIGINAL: RIGOROUS: NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 2014) Unstated First Printing: NEW handsomely-designed unclipped mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & showing orig. $39.95 pub. price at top-right inside-front flyleaf, NEW cover w/ library-durable jet-black linen wrapping spine & extending 1.50" onto front & back panels covered in EXCELLENT matching jet-black paper & w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles handsomely gold-stamped on spine, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & crimson silk-finish linen bands at spine caps, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE jet-black card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior SUPERBLY printed on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 6.25" x 9.50" x 2.0", 1.26 kg, x+686 (696) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation & distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, & the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data & clear guiding theories. In "Capital in the Twenty-First Century", Thomas Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from 20 countries, ranging as far back as the 18th century, to uncover key economic & social patterns. His findings will transform debate & set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth & inequality. Piketty shows that modern economic growth & the diffusion of knowledge have allowed us to avoid inequalities on the apocalyptic scale predicted by Karl Marx. But we have not modified the deep structures of capital & inequality as much as we thought in the optimistic decades following World War II. The main driver of inequality (the tendency of returns on capital to exceed the rate of economic growth) today threatens to generate extreme inequalities that stir discontent & undermine democratic values. But economic trends are not acts of God. Political action has curbed dangerous inequalities in the past, Piketty says, & may do so again. A work of extraordinary ambition, originality, & rigor, "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" reorients our understanding of economic history & confronts us w/ sobering lessons for today. HIGHEST PRAISE: "It seems safe to say that 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century', the magnum opus of the French economist Thomas Piketty, will be the most important economics book of the year, and maybe of the decade. Piketty, arguably the world's leading expert on income & wealth inequality, does more than document the growing concentration of income in the hands of a small economic elite. He also makes a powerful case that we're on the way back to 'patrimonial capitalism', in which the commanding heights of the economy are dominated not just by wealth, but also by inherited wealth, in which birth matters more than effort & talent." -Paul Krugman, New York Times -- "Piketty has written a book that nobody interested in a defining issue of our era can afford to ignore." -John Cassidy, New Yorker * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: THOMAS PIKETTY is Director of Studies at L?École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales & Professor at the Paris School of Economics. He is the author of "Capital in the Twenty-First Century".* SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee) & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations at our posted rates.