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Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School
by Jeffries, Stuart
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 1784785687
- ISBN 13
- 9781784785680
- Seller
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Brooksville, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Verso, 2016. Hardcover. New/New. In 1923, a group of German intellecturals came together at Frankfurt, determined to explain the workings of the modern world. This book combines biography, philosophy, and storytelling to reveal how the Frankfurt thinkers gathered in hopes of understanding the politics of culture during the rise of fascism. Volume itself has black cloth covers with sharp silver lettering on the spine. 440 pages, including an index. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. Dj is not price-clipped! A very nice, new, copy; available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box!
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- Bookseller
- James Lasseter, Jr.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0011606
- Title
- Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School
- Author
- Jeffries, Stuart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1784785687
- ISBN 13
- 9781784785680
- Publisher
- Verso
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 2016
- Keywords
- Frankfurt School of Sociology-History. Critical theory-History-20th Century. Frankfurt School of sociology-Biography. Germany-Intellectual Life-20th Century.
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About the Seller
James Lasseter, Jr.
Biblio member since 2018
Brooksville, Florida
About James Lasseter, Jr.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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