Wallace K Ferguson Introduction (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is "Sociology of the Renaissance" by Alfred von Martin, as translated by W. L. Luetkens. This edition was published by Harper & Row as a Harper Torchbook (# TB 1099) in its Academy Library Series. It has an Introduction by Wallace K, Ferguson. This is the 1963 First Torchbook Edition, which is also the First Paperback Edition. The following is excerpted from the Introduction by Mr. Ferguson : " 'Sociology of the Renaissance' is interesting, not only as a unique attempt to place the evolution of the dominant class of the Florentine society in relation to the whole cultural complex of the age, but, still more, because it marks the culmination of a definite stage in the socio-economic historiography devoted to the Renaissance during the opening decades of the Twentieth Century. As in his earlier studies, von Martin was endeavoring to discover and define the spirit or essence of the Renaissance. But now the 'ideal type' he placed in the foreground of his study was no longer the humanist, but rather the capitalist 'haute bourgeois' who represented the economically, politically, and culturally dominant class of the Renaissance, particularly as it existed in Florence, the 'bourgeois metropolis' which he regarded as most typical of the culture of the age ." SERIES : The Academy Library Series TITLE : Sociology of the Renaissance AUTHOR : Alfred von Martin TRANSLATOR : W. L. Luetkens INTRODUCTION : Wallace K. Ferguson IMPRINT : Harper & Row - Harper Torchbook TB 1099 PLACE : New York DATE : (1963) EDITION : Reprint - First Torchbook Edition STATUS : Harper Torchbooks edition OP - Harper Torchbooks are no longer being published PHYSICAL DETAILS : Contains the Author's Preface, an Introduction, notes, including Bibliographical notes, an index; xx + 100 pages, plus 6 pages of publisher's list; 5 3/8" x 8", pictorial , glued and sewn wraps. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that shows a few small signs of handling, but which, overall, remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR -- Spine is faded; rear cover displays toning about the edges; cover edges display scattered minute nicking; corner tips are softly bumped with attendant corner creasing - else clean and presentable. BINDING -- Solid INTERIOR -- The previous owner's neatly inked signature displays at the top of the title page, else the interior is clean and free of marking.…

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 128 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 128 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.