Phillips Robert Barden Thomas Perdue (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. For Henry Adams at the turn of the twentieth century, as for his successors in the twenty-first, the relation of mind to a world remade by technology and geopolitical conflict largely determined the destiny of civil life. Henry Adams and the Need to Know presents fourteen essays that articulate Adams' ongoing preoccupation with knowledge, stressing his eclecticism and his need to clarify the role of critical intelligence in public life. Adams' work appeals to a wide spectrum of historical and literary inquiry and claims a place in multiple scholarly contexts. The topics covered in this volume range from international politics (of Adams' age and ours) to portraiture, from orientalism and travel literature to the disintegration of the human mind. Here, leading scholars explore often-overlooked details of Adams' relationships with people and ideas. They reopen settled topics and reframe truisms. Each essay affirms, in one way or another, that to study Adams is to discover his continuing and astonishing relevance. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Dampness has seeped into more than just the cover. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. stated first Virginia paperback edition of edition originally published in 1976, text and pages are clean and unmarked, binding tight, spine not creased, front cover has slight curl on forward edge, cover has slight rubbing on edges and at corners.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Originally published by The University Press of Virginia with ISBN0-8139-0396-6. xlv. Illustrations. Index. 405pp. Pictorial Soft Cover. These slave narratives were collected by the Virginia Writers' Project between 1936 and 1941 and are the only accounts of slave life to have been gathered by black interviewers. Soft Cover.…

Original publisher's paperback, pictorial frontcover, 2nd printing, thick large 8vo: xxxxviij, 406pp., illustrations, tables, interviews, appendices, index. Very fine copy - as new.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Excellent condition, As New.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. B/W Illus (illustrator).