Search Results: Authors starting with C from House of Our Own Books

Oxford University Press, 2005. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine. This is a collective biography of the Strachey family, including Lytton Strachey, one of the most well-known members of the Bloomsbury set, his nine siblings, and his parents; the Stracheys were an unusual family, prominent in imperial administration, science, and feminism in the 19th century, and in the suffrage movement, women's education, and in new approaches to sexuality in the 20th century; the book examines the lives of the Stracheys and relates the issues they faced to the wider society; includes photographs and family trees (black cloth with gold lettering; white pictorial dust jacket with photo of the Stracheys on the front, spine ends very slightly creased; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

London, England, U.K.: Lawrence & Wishart, 1995. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This issue of the journal New Formations includes articles that position psychoanalysis as the dominant paradigm in cultural theorizing in the academy; a subsection, Revisiting Psychoanalysis and Feminism, returns to the issue of sexual difference and includes the first British publication of Derrida's critique of the International Psychoanalytic Association; contributors include Lesley Caldwell, Malcolm Bowie, Andre Green, Dominique Scarfone, D.W. Winnicott, Jim Hopkins, Claire Pajaczkowska, Alex Tarnopolsky, Christopher Wintle, Ann Scott, Juliet Mitchell, Margot Waddell, Joanna Ryan, Joan Raphael-Leff, Jacques Derrida (white pictorial cover with pink borders, slight shelfwear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Macmillan, 1932. This is the first general history of American foreign relations with Mexico, written after the success of Ambassador Dwight Morrow's efforts to improve relations after two decades of contention; the author's attitude toward American policy is revealed in the preface: "Unfortunately, American foreign policy....has too often...assumed an attitude of superiority and of impatience with Mexican arguments and delays which have characterized an independent people groping toward nationality and political stability through long struggle...."; includes four maps (brown cloth with gold lettering, ends of spine slightly worn with small tear at bottom, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, pages slightly tanned; otherwise a good, clean, tight copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York , NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. This book takes issue with the major themes of postmodernism; it challenges the idealist irrationalism of post-structuralism, questions the existence of any radical break separating allegedly postmodern from modern art, and denies that recent socio-economic developments represent a fundamental shift from classical patterns of capital accumulation, and also takes issue with some critics of postmodernism, such as Habermas and Jameson; it views postmodernism as a symptom of political frustration and social mobility rather than a significant intellectual or cultural phenomenon, reflecting the disappointment of the generation of 1968 and the incorporation of many of its members into the new professional and managerial middle class (light blue cover with black lettering, a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Persea Books, 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine. This is the second collection of poems by an award-winning poet from Los Angeles (yellow cloth with black lettering; black pictorial dust jacket with author's photo on the back flap; back cover slightly rubbed, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Urbana, IL, U.S.A.: University of Illinois Press, 1992. Trade Paperback. As New. This is a study of pragmatism's contributions to American social thought, based on the writings of James, Dewey, Mead, Tufts, and their critics; it explores pragmatism's analysis of society's potential for intelligent inquiry to address social ills and argues that social amelioration is the ultimate concern of pragmatism (black cover with white & red lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy)

Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 2009. This is a study of the hardships experienced by Ontario families during the Depression of the 1930s and their impact on family life and gender roles; it examines the resources and strategies families used to cope with poverty, unemployment, eviction, foreclosure, bankruptcy, desertion, and domestic violence, and shows how collective action and protest redefined the meanings of welfare and citizenship; includes a section of photographs (gray pictorial cover with red & black lettering and photo of Toronto students on a relief strike; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment). Trade Paperback. Fine.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, 1992. This book represents the author's recent work in social choice in economic environments; it addresses the standard social choice questions in the framework of welfare economics, with emphasis on the allocation of public and private goods; but it goes beyond the standard issues to prove fundamental theorems on efficiency and equity in public policy analysis (black cloth with gold lettering, Oxford review copy slip affixed to front endpaper; dark green dust jacket with white lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy). Hard Cover. As New/As New.

Upper Saddle River, NJ, U.S.A: Merrill/Prentice-Hall, 2000. Second Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. This is the second edition of a textbook on multicultural education; Part 1 on the social, economic, and cultural foundations of the current school crisis combines a critical analysis of race, class, gender, and poverty; Part 2 provides practical strategies for teachers to promote democracy and multicultural education; Part 3 examines controversies around school reform; co-authors include Dolores Delgado-Campbell, Forrest Davis, Diane Cordero de Noriega, Kathryn Singh, Eric Vega, Velma Villegas, and Pia Linquist Wong; according to Cornell West this "powerful text is the most comprehensive analysis we have of sharpening the practical strategies for multicultural education....Campbell makes it clear what it means to choose democracy in our classrooms, workplaces, homes, and civic life." (gray pictorial cover with very slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Chicago, IL, U.S.A: University of Chicago Press, 1990. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book, by two of the foremost experts on public discourse, is the first comprehensive, comparative study of pesidential speeches; it demonstrates that rhetoric is a fundamental constituent of the presidency; it analyzes inaugural, State of the Union, and farewell addresses, war declarations, veto messages, impeachment rhetoric, and pardons from Washington to Reagan (red cloth with silver lettering & blue paper-covered boards, creases at ends of spine; red pictorial dust jacket with photographs of presidental speeches on the front; a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York , NY, U.S.A.: Vantage Press, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 8 1/2" X 11. This handbook on fencing is intended primarily as a guide for fencing teachers but is also useful for pupils, even beginners; it describes the uses of the three weapons and explains when, why, and how each fencing action should be started and executed; it analyzes the movements of body and blade that maximize efficiency in combat; includes illustrations (red & white cover with black lettering, author's photo on the back, small crease on spine, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.: Sing Out Corporation, 1990. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. Originally published in two volumes by Oak Publications in 1963 and 1968, this is a collection of freedom songs which emerged out of the campaigns against racism and injustice in the early 1960s; the editors worked at the Highlander Center in Tennessee, where music workshops which brought together songleaders from the civil rights campaigns were held in the 1960s; includes many photographs and commentary on the songs (brown cloth with gold lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1984. A collection of articles from the 1970s by a Boston Globe reporter who moved to California and became a free-lance writer for New Times, Outside, Ramparts, Rolling Stone, and other magazines featuring the "new jouirnalism"; Hunter S. Thompson called his writing "so fine & rare & original that I was awed. It's a fine, elegant little book." (yellow cloth & orange paper-covered boards with gold lettering, yellow & orange dust jacket with slight edgewear, small tear at upper left corner, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. This study of the writings of Wollstonecraft, Godwin, and their daughter Mary Shelley contends that life and literature were inseparable in the daily lives of this family of writers, and is the first to consider their writings collectively; it demonstrates how and why the works of these three writers can only be understood within the context of the family life in which they were created; a final chapter looks at the case of Mary's husband Percy (white cloth with gold lettering; tan dust jacket with red & black lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy)

Ithaca, NY, U.S.A.: Cornell University Press, 1974. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. This book is a study of the revolution of 1689 in Maryland, when a small group of agitators raised a militia and seized the proprietary government, which led to the replacement of the Catholic proprietor by the Anglican crown; the authors challenge the traditional explanations of the revolution that stress Catholic-Protestant discord, and provide a socio-political interpretation of the revolution based on detailed biographies of members of both factions (light gray cloth with black lettering; dust jacket has slight edgewear, with a few tiny edge tears; otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

London, England, U.K.: Robert Hall, 1957. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. The author was a British District Officer in Kenya for 20 years, includes map and photographs (tan cloth with gold lettering, one corner creased, previous owner's inscription on ffep, otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

Privately Printed A six-volume set in blue textured cloth with gold lettering on the front cover and on a black spine label, privately printed for subscribers only, with no date or place of publication, limited to 500 sets on Louvain laid antique paper; on the half-title page is printed "The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, the rare unabridged London edition of 1894 translated by Arthur Machen to which has been added the chapters discovered by Arthur Symons, a supplement and bibliography." (bright blue cloth with bright gold lettering, fore edge and bottom edge rough cut, marbled end papers, very slight edgewear, otherwise these volumes are in very good or better condition). Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Limited Edition.

Paris, France: Fernand Nathan Editeur. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Bourgeas. Text in French; this is an illustrated elementary French grammar textbook (red, white & yellow paper-covered boards with drawings of children playing on the front is slightly shelfworn, pages slightly tanned; gray dust jacket from the bookstore Joseph Gibert on Boulevard St. Michel with black lettering, drawing of the bookstore on the back, sunned on spine and along edges, worn at ends of spine; otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

Newbury Park, CA, U.S.A: Sage Publications, 1991. Third Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A collection of original research essays that explore the complex relationship between technology and space, mediated by economic, cultural, and political processes (blue & black cover with slight shelf and edge wear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.: Franklin Printing and Publishing Company, 1894. This is a compendium of condensed articles from dental journals of six different nations that is, according to the editor, "...a necessity for every active progressive dentist, to enable him to keep fully abreast with the dental profession"; includes a list of dental journals from around the world and books and pamphlets pertaining to dentistry, as well as advertisements for dental schools and dentistry products; this book is from the personal library of Hermann Prinz, Professor of Dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania and auhor of many book on dentistry (black cloth with slightly faded gold lettering on spine, worn on corners and spine ends; previus owner's name & date stamp on title page; otherwise a good, clean, tight copy). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.