LIBROS DEL AUTOR: jeremy adelman

4 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: jeremy adelman

jeremy adelman Eliminar filtro Quitar filtros
  • Empire and the Social Sciences
    Jeremy Adelman
    This thought-provoking and original collection looks at how intellectuals and their disciplines have been shaped, halted and advanced by the rise and fall of empires. It illuminates how ideas did not just reflect but also moulded global order and disorder by informing public policies and discourse. Ranging from early modern European empires to debates about recent American hege...
    Disponible

    55,02 €

  • Worldly Philosopher
    Jeremy Adelman
    The life and times of one of the most provocative thinkers of the twentieth centuryWorldly Philosopher chronicles the times and writings of Albert O. Hirschman, one of the twentieth century’s most original and provocative thinkers. In this gripping biography, Jeremy Adelman tells the story of a man shaped by modern horrors and hopes, a worldly intellectual who fought for and wr...
    Disponible

    33,78 €

  • Sovereignty and Revolution in the Iberian Atlantic
    Jeremy Adelman
    This book takes a bold new look at both Spain’s and Portugal’s New World empires in a trans-Atlantic context. It argues that modern notions of sovereignty in the Atlantic world have been unstable, contested, and equivocal from the start. It shows how much contemporary notions of sovereignty emerged in the Americas as a response to European imperial crises in the age of revoluti...
    Disponible

    55,84 €

  • Colonial Legacies
    Jeremy Adelman
    More than other Atlantic societies, Latin America is shackled to its past. This collection is an exploration of the binding historical legacies--the making of slavery, patrimonial absolutist states, backward agriculture and the imprint of the Enlightenment--with which Latin America continues to grapple.Leading writers and scholars reflect on how this heritage emerged from colon...
    Disponible

    86,37 €