That Noble Science of Politics: A Study in Nineteenth-Century Intellectual History Tapa dura - 1984

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. First printing. Very Good. Paperback, previous owners signature, sunning to spine, 385pp.

Cambridge, 1983. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. With marginal checks and lines, not interfering with text. Glossy jacket showing little wear, but faded on spine. .

Cambridge University Press, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, NY Cambridge University Press, 1983. Paperback First Edition Thus (1983), so stated. First Edition Thus (1983), so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a touch of wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to the wrapper covers; very faint smudging to the fore-edge; the binding leans somewhat, but remains perfectly secure; there is a check mark at the inside of the front cover and former owner's name and short note at the front endpaper, but the text itself is clean. Free of creases to the covers. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. A handsome, lightly used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor, unobtrusive flaws. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9 x 6 x 0.8 inches). x, 385 pages. Language: English. Weight: 19.7 ounces. Cambridge Paperback Library. University Press Paperback.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Cambridge University Press. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Comprehensive scholarly text presents a detailed study by three well-known historians of ideas whom examine the diverse forms taken in nineteenth-century Britain by the aspiration to develop what was then known as a 'science of politics'. This aspiration encompassed a more extensive and ambitious range of concerns than is implied by the modern term 'political science': in fact, as this book demonstrates, it remained the overarching category under which many nineteenth-century thinkers grouped their attempts to achieve systematic understanding of man's common life. As a result of both the over-concentration on closed abstract systems of thought and the intrusion of concerns which pervade much writing in the history of political theory and of the social sciences, these attempts have since been neglected or misrepresented. By deliberately avoiding such approaches, this book restores the subject to its centrality in the intellectual… Leer más