Isbn: 9780465030255 - history of the idea progress (18 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condición: acceptable. Fairly worn, but readable and intact. If applicable: Dust jacket, disc or access code may not be included.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Condición: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: About Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, 2nd printing. Hard cover 8vo in cream cloth w/ red spine titles. About Fine book in Near Fine unclipped creased DJ w/ 1/2" tear bottom front panel. Bookseller stamp front endpaper, else book Fine and unmarked. xi, 370pp inc. textual footnotes, Index. 370 p. Book.…

hardcover. Condición: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First printing. VG+/VG-. Minor edge wear to dust jacket with a small tear to front, in a clear protective sleeve. Book is in excellent condition with minimal wear. Interior is clean. No writing or markings of any kind.

Condición: good, good. 24 cm, 370, ink notation on front endpaper, underlining primarily at the start of the book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Complete number line. Price $16.95 on jacket flap. Spotting to covers under jacket. Edgewear to jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Very Good hardcover with Dustjacket.

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Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Front hinge cracked. FEP torn out. Foxing on top text block edge. Small closed tear on rear panel top corner.

Hardcover. First Edition; Fifth Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condición: VERY GOOD. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing with complete number line. 8vo, sewn binding in off-white cloth with red stamped spine lettering. Foxing to the top and fore edges, sound and square otherwise with no markings and tight binding; DJ with some light wear to the extremities, price clipped, now wrapped in mylar. 'In History of the Idea of Progress, Robert Nisbet traces the idea of progress from its origins in Greek, Roman, and medieval civilizations to modern times. It is a masterful frame of reference for understanding the present world. Nisbet asserts there are two fundamental building blocks necessary to Western doctrines of human advancement: the idea of growth, and the idea of necessity. He sees Christianity as a key element in both secular and spiritual evolution, for it conveys all the ingredients of the modern idea of progress: the advancement of the human race in time, a single time frame for all the peoples and epochs of the past and present, the conception of time as linear, and the envisagement of the future as having a Utopian end.' (blurb from the Transaction Press edition).…