princeton university press 1999 princeton nj (6 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Illustrated by (cover design) Tracy Baldwin (illustrator). 1st Edition (softcover issue). [nice clean as-new book, with no discernible wear]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) In this "deeply original and searching reassessment of the complex intersections among modernity, vision, and public space," the author "examines one of the most intriguing and characteristic figures of European urban modernity: the observing city stroller, or flaneur. In an age transformed by industrialism, the flaneur drifted through city streets, inspired and repelled by the surrounding scenes of splendor and squalor. Gleber examines this often elusive figure in the particular contexts of Weimar Germany and the intellectual sphere of Walter Benjamin, with whom the concept of flanerie is often associated. She sketches the European influences that produced the German flaneur and establishes the figure as a pervasive presence in Weimar culture, as well as a profound influence on modern perceptions of public space.".

near fine dust-jacket, attractive copy blue cloth, slightest scuffing along foredge, but book appears unused. CALDER, LENDOL GLEN. Financing the American dream: a cultural history of consumer credit. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1999, later printing number line, xv, 377pp., . Calder presents the first book-length social and cultural history of the rise of consumer credit in America. He focuses on the years between 1890 and 1940, when the legal, institutional, and moral bases of today's consumer credit were established, and in an epilogue takes the story up to the present. He draws on a wide variety of sources - including personal diaries and letters, government and business records, newspapers, advertisements, movies, and the words of such figures as Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain, and P.T. Barnum - to show that debt has always been with us. He vigorously challenges the idea that consumer credit has eroded traditional values. Instead, he argues, monthly payments have imposed strict, externally reinforced disciplines on consumers, making the culture of consumption less a playground for hedonists than an extension of what Max Weber called the "iron cage" of disciplined rationality and hard work. - CONTENTS: Credit, consumer culture, and the American Dream -- Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society -- Debt in the Victorian money management ethic -- Small-loan lending and the rise of the personal finance company -- Hard Payments: the rise of installment selling -- From consumptive credit to consumer credit -- Consumer credit in the Great Depression. ISBN 9780691058276.

sewn PAPERBACK, very good, appears little used if at all, slightest edgewear. FOSTER, ALICIA. Gwen John. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999, 80pp., . British artists, series. - John, Gwen, 1876-1939. Nicely illustrated with color reproductions and ample text. 9780691029443 ISBN 069102944X.

Zustand: Near Fine. First edition (hardback). 4to (26cm by 21cm), ix, 237pp. Text illustrations. Original brown cloth, dustwrapper. Ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, else the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 0691001863.

FIRST EDITION 8vo. dark blue cloth hardback, gilt, in unclipped dust jacket. 293pp., Indexed. Remains on ink number to inner rear flap of dust jacket, otherwise no markings or inscriptions. Top outer corners of first blank and half title page clipped. Overall Good+ in VG dust jacket. (Shelf 200) ISBN: 0691017301 PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

First printing. Thick 8vo. 888 pp. 153 color plates. Orange cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, dust jacket; rear cover creased, otherwise fine. ISBN: 0691006873 Beautiful plates.