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Title: politics and rhetoric: a critical introductionbinding: paperback
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16th-century notes in erasmus' best-seller about rhetoric desthis rhetoric textbook written by erasmus (first published in ) was a true best-seller at the timekennedy in his “classical rhetoric & its christian & secular tradition from ancient to modern times” notes the following: “some of this is a tour de force, as when erasmus shows one hundred and fifty ways to (in latin) “your letter pleased me very much” and two hundred ways to say “i shall remember you as long as i live” (cfthroughout the book are unobtrusive old moisture spots (see photos)at the end of the book there is a page full of notes in a 16th-century handwriting (see pictures) the entire book runs from ai through cciiii; the numbering in this book runs up to 198, and the book is foliatedthe romans believed that anger was centred in the spleen39 (cvii) is numbered 36; -\tp85 is numbered 58; -\tat pthe binding is slightly rubbed and there are some signs of age at the top of the spine (see photos)the binding is reinforced with what seems to be an incunabulum page (see photos)all folios are present with the exception of 2 pages, namely 25 and 26 (di & dii), remnants are still visible (see photos)the beautiful printer's vignette shows various animals and is surrounded by the motto “habet et musca splenem, et formica sua bilis inest” (see photos)this motto can also be found in erasmus' adagia (a collection of greek and latin proverbs and short essays)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein the printing process, some errors in the page numbering were made: -\tp245) while the first part is about the abundance of words, the second part is about the abundance of ideasfurthermore, the book has a 7-page index and then 3 blank pages, one full of notesthe aim of the book was to show how existing texts could be rewritten and integrated into new compositionsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe endpapers are present but loosename of one of the previous owners on the first flyleaf (“james addison book” (?), ) and on the title page in a 16th-century handwith this in mind, the quote translates to the observation that even a fly can get angry and an ant can feel indignantveltkirchij co[m]mentarijs longè doctissimis enarratithe title page has a small tear at the top left (see photos) and page 64 lacks a small piece, almost without text loss (see photos)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableerasmi roterodami de duplici copia verborvm et rervm commentarii duo, multorum capitum formularumque accessione locupletati: ac mthis survey work also shows that this printer reprinted this specific edition (both earlier and later) many times170 is listed as 167; the printer of this book was jan van der loe, who was active in antwerp between (?) and (cffurthermore, there are marginal notes throughout the book in various 16th-century handwritings (see photos)55 is without page number; -\tpour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein part i, erasmus shows how something can be said in different ways121 the numbering starts again from 219 (so numbers 219 and 220 are included twice but with different contents) -\tpin their survey work “netherlandish books: books published in the low countries and dutch books printed abroad before ” pettegree and walsby () included this edition of this work of erasmus under number on page 511the book is bound in leathercondition: the book is in good antiquarian conditionthe ‘register van drukkers, uitgevers en boekverkopers’ of utrecht university; drukkers61 is numbered 16; -\tpin addition to the notes, the book also contains some beautiful printed initials (see photos)antverpiae, ex officina ioannis loëi, anno - leather bound - ) endpapers present but loose - octavo ( cm) the title of the book, de utraque verborum ac rerum copia, translates as the foundations of the abundant style
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Richard muller is particularly interested in the interplay between theological and philosophical themes common to calvin and the medieval doctors, and in developments in rhetoric and method associated with humanismhe shows that calvin's theology evidences the impact of humanist philology and rhetoric, of patristics, and also - both positively and negatively - of the categories of medieval scholastic thoughtbut understood in its sixteenth-century context, muller argues, calvin's theology proves both intriguing and intractable to twentieth-century concernscalvin's conclusions, together with those of a group of contemporary reformed and lutheran thinkers, famously became the basis of much later protestant theologyoxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear and scuffing to cover, very good overall condition this book attempts to understand calvin in his sixteenth-century context, with attention to continuities and discontinuities between his thought and that of his predecessors, contemporaries, and successorssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis intractable and unaccomodated calvin, he says, is important to our historical understanding in direct proportion to the level of distortion found in several generations of modern dogmatic analysis of calvin's thought
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Oxfam bookshop preston with a unique combination of alphabetical and descriptive lists, a handlist of rhetorical terms provides in one convenient, accessible volume all the rhetorical terms-mostly greek and latin-that students of western literature and rhetoric are likely to come across in their reading or will find useful in their writingthe second edition of this widely used work offers new features that will make it even more useful:* a completely revised alphabetical listing that defines nearly terms used by scholars of formal rhetoric from classical greece to the present day* a revised system of cross-references between terms* many new examples and new, extended entries for central terms* a revised terms-by-type listing to identify unknown terms* a new typographical design for easier access see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This book is a bold and imaginative attempt to break away from such rhetoric into genuine informative dialogue between philosophers and doctors, with no search after consensus
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In , he was appointed professor of rhetoric and history at deventer, and in to the greek chair at leiden, where he remained until his deathhis observationes contain a number of brilliant emendationsminor wormhole in the lower blank margin of the foreword (not touching text), a bit brownedfull vellum binding, but worn at edges but a (very) good copyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis edition contains the whole of livy in one volumetitus livius /livy [ bc - 17 ad] is mainly known for his impressive history of rome "ab urbe condita libri"- from the foundation of rome (753 bc till the death of drusus (9 ad)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableborn in hamburg, he studied at several universities and travelled in england, france and italyfirst edition of important edited version of livius by gronoviusjohann friedrich gronovius (the latinized form of gronow; 8 september december ) was a german classical scholar, librarian and criticin addition, he was the author of commentarius de sestertiis () and of an edition of hugo grotius's de jure belli et pacis (), amongst numerous other worksplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein , gronovius succeeded antonius thysius the younger as the 6th librarian of leiden universityhis son jakob gronovius was also a classical scholargronovius edited and annotated statius, plautus, livy, tacitus, aulus gellius and seneca's tragediesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Francius played a special role with his teaching of rhetoriche made a distinction between the eloquentia interna (‘internal eloquence’, which refers to a good writing style) and the eloquentia externa or exterior (‘external eloquence’: the recitation)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepetrus francius eloquentiae exterioris specimen primum, ad orationem mmarcello accomodatum: accedunt ejusdem de ratione declamandi orationes duæ eloquentiæ specimen alterum year: author: petrus francius () co-author: marcus tullius cicero ( bc) publisher: amstelædami: apud henri wetstenium printer: wetstein, henricus amsterdam, annotation: also contains the text of the pro marcello number of pages: [] ppfairly rare edition, beautiful typography and good contemporary bindingciceronis pro awetstenium printer: wetstein, henricus amsterdam, annotation: bound together with eloquentiae exterioris: specimen alterum binding: contemporary full-parchment binding number of pages: 192 ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableformat: 8vo petri francii eloquentiæ exterioris specimen alterum, ad orationem ciceronis pro mformat: 8vo signs of use and age discolouration, parchment slightly soiled but with beautiful patina read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelicino archia accomodatum year: author: petrus francius () edition: edaccording to him the student had to start with the latter, mainly by reading and reciting a lot of ciceroaltera publisher: amstelaedami: apud henrare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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He sees both the burgeoning space program and the volunteers chanting mantras to purify a defiled temple; the feudal village autocrat and the naxalite revolutionaries who combined maoist rhetoric with ritual murderout of that journey he produced this concise masterpiece: a vibrant, defiantly unsentimental portrait of a society traumatised by centuries of foreign conquest and immured in a mythic vision of its pastin , at the height of indira gandhi's emergency, vnaipaul returned to india, the country his ancestors had left one hundred years earlierrelentless in its vision, thrilling in the keenness of its prose, india: a wounded civilization is a work of astonishing insight and candoursee oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing on novels, news reports, political memoirs, and his own encounters with ordinary indians: from a supercilious prince to an engineer constructing housing for bombay's homeless, naipaul captures a vast, mysterious, and agonised continent inaccessible to foreigners and barely visible to its own people
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Successively professor of rhetoric at the jesuit college of lyon, archbishop of lyon and professor of history at the university of parma, claude-françois-xavier millot () was inspired by rapin de toyras and hume to compose his histoire d'angleterrefourth edition of this book published for the first time inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteinside in good condition, rare soiling, fresh, lovely headbands and culs-de-lampe, marbled endpaperspages bindings in good condition, works in their period brown calfskin bindings, covers and spines in good condition, peeling, small snags on the crowns, blunt corners, title labels missing on two of the books, pigmented red edges, adorned spine, gilded titling and volume numbers on morocco labelsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikil'abbé millot - elémens de l'histoire d'angleterre depuis la conquête des romains jusqu'au règne de georges ii - - complete
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No weapon ever invented is more deadly than hungerthis original publication provides a fascinating insight into how war came to the land the finest armies in the world, courageous enough in the face of the enemy, can be reduced to helplessness without sustenance this book is the story of britain's battlefield - the land, and how farms were armed and equipped so that the rich soil of britain could be won back to fertility and help feed and sustain a nation at warthis book details the struggles and the triumphs of working the land remember that this was produced in so was published in wartime, so there is a lot of patriotic rhetoric, but this adds to the authenticity of the book
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He was an italian linguist and professor of rhetoricendpapers are missing, otherwise completethe following works are included: de officiis in three parts ( pp); de senectute (76 pp); de amicitia (74 pp) and paradoxa (67 pp)pages slightly yellowedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableus and itwiki read morea compilation of six works of cicero with commentaries and explanations by pietro marso ()please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehe was protected by cardinal francisco de gonzagacondition: calfskin binding, spine with 5 raised bands and gilt spine decorationare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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He is the author, most recently, of the rhetoric of suffering and coeditor of voyages and beaches: pacific encountersabout the author jonathan lamb is a professor of english at princeton university
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He is the author ofelectric animal: toward a rhetoric of wildlife (minnesota, )akira mizuta lippit is professor of cinema, comparative literature, and japanese culture at the university of southern california
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The vice figure is usually very skilled in the use of rhetoric and, in many cases, seems to be so persuasive and entertaining that the moral aims of the drama appear to be jeopardizedit examines a number of plays alongside classical and sixteenth-century rhetorical treatises and focuses on the appearances of one stock character, the vice figure, to determine how he uses language to dupe, implicate, and control others in the playsoxfam shop colne road this book centers on the uses and abuses of language in early english dramahayes investigates the moral and rhetorical ambivalence of the vice figure not only in medieval morality plays and tudor interludes, but also in the language of later characters related to the vice such as marlowe's mephastophilis and shakespeare's falstaff and iagosee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The distinguished scholar and biographer bartolomeo gamba considers this book the best and most important edition of an important work on the history of italian literature, first published in rome inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevolume i: cover page, xxvi of preface and index, half-title page, 1 blank sheet, 494 numbered pagesin good condition, defect of parchment at the top and bottom right corner of the first volume, a slight opening at the top left corner of the plate and another opening at the bottom of the spine of the second volumetext in italiancatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe work under consideration is an important bibliography of italian writers and a classification of knowledge with a revolutionary linguistic plan, the vernacular, now the national languagecoeval full parchment hardcovers, spines with tag with author, title, indication of the volume and friezes, all imprinted in goldplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegiusto fontanini () italian archbishop, historian and cultured bibliophilethe disciplines in which fontanini divides his biblioteca dell'eloquenza are: grammar, rhetoric, poetry, drama (theatre), lyric, history, philosophy, theology; there are both works in the vernacular and the translations of ancient works in the vernacularapostle zeno () italian man of letters and one of the founders of the famous giornale de letterativolume ii; half-cover page, cover page, 1 blank sheet, 515 numbered pages; numerous blank sheets throughout the book, both in the first and second volumeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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He traces shifts in power, and he examines the importance of narratives and rhetoric in constituting social honour, collective bio-graphy, and shared memory/forgettingthe most "feudal" land-owners had often done most to introduce capitalist methods to their estates, and "backwardness" was a condition produced by this form of political and social controlslight boxing of cover edgesfading to hinge, otherwise very good condition, see oxfam website for delivery information read morehis lively account shows how changes in hierarchy were expressed in ironic commentary regarding idealised masculinity and violence, how subversive laughter and humour counterpointed the heroic ethic of challenge and revenge, and how peasant narratives both countered and reproduced the values of hierarchyoften regarded as backward and feudal, in reality this area was controlled primarily by groups with important roles in government and business in beirutoxfam shop macclesfield michael gilsenan looks at the relations between different forms of power, violence, and hierarchy in akkar, the northernmost province of lebanon, during the spossibily signed by authorgilsenan uses material from his stay in akkar and a variety of historical sources to analyse the practices that guaranteed the rule of the large landowners
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Oxfam bookshop st albans the theological difference that separate protestants and catholics around the world do not loom large in the irish troubles, despite religious overtones in the rhetoric dedication by author on inside front page see oxfam website for delivery information read more in this book the authors suggest a solution has more chance of a solution could be found along the route of more christianity and less religion the problems are many and various - social, political, economic, psychological - suffocating the hope of finding easy 'christian' answers
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The public at large has increasingly been drawn to law as an area where vivid human stories are played out with distinctively high stakesit provides a compelling encounter of law and literature, seen as two wary but necessary interlocutors
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop fulwood road in this account of literary approaches to the bible, jeffrey staley shows how people's life experiences relate to what they read in the scriptureshe illustrates his argument from theories of autobiography, where literary and feminist critiques provide tools for reflecting upon his childhood
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¶ the jesuit scholar menestrier (), professor of rhetoric in lyon, wrote several theoretical works about emblems, hieroglyphics, handles, etcthis new book is a true encyclopaedia of the science of heraldry; all relevant expressions are shown and explained in the form of a dictionarybeautifully stamped spine with letter piecethis book appeared earlier under the title “la methode du blason”our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein the preface he complains that this earlier work has been plagiarised and that these unauthorised reprints are so full of errors that he decided to make a new editionhe had previously written about heraldry in “abrégé méthodique des principes héraldiques”catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe title engraving is missing and 1 of the coats of arms is cut from the engraving, but with several engravings in the text and 32 copper engravings with (mainly) coats of arms (usually 20 coats of arms per engraving)collation: () ppabout 600 coats of arms of the noble families of france are depicted on the engraved plates, so it is a very valuable reference workplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteweak in the hinges, front endpaper loose from board, binding threads a bit weakcondition: leather binding in very good conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin this book he explores a topic that is closely related to the art of emblems; coats of arms and the rules of heraldic design
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615 and the early 630s and it takes the form of an encyclopedia, arranged by subject matterisidore provides etymologies for most of the terms he explains, finding in the causes of words the underlying key to their meaningisidore compiled the work between cthis book offers a highly readable translation of the twenty books of the etymologies, one of the most widely known texts for a thousand years from isidore's timeit contains much lore of the late classical world beginning with the seven liberal arts, including rhetoric, and touches on thousands of topics ranging from the names of god, the terminology of the law, the technologies of fabrics, ships and agriculture to the names of cities and rivers, the theatrical arts, and cooking utensilssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear this work is a complete english translation of the latin etymologies of isidore, bishop of seville (c
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He published widely, and is probably best known for two of his classic works, a rhetoric of motive and philosophy of literary formhe did not fit tidily into any philosophical school, nor was he reducible to any simple set of principles or ideashis observations on myth, however, were never systematic, and much of his writing on literary theory and other topics cannot be fully understood without fleshing out his thoughts on myth and mythmakingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop chiswick kenneth burke--rhetorician, philosopher, linguist, sociologist, literary and music critic, crank--was one of the foremost theorists of literary form
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But to a draft-dodging irish angel and a trailer-trash tomboy called phreedom, it's about to become brutally clear that there's no great divine or diabolic plan at play here, just a vicious battle between the hawks of heaven and hell, with humanity stuck in the middle, and where the easy rhetoric of good and evil, order versus chaos just doesn't applyor at least if there are, it's not quite clear which is whichsacrificing everything in the name of humanityoxfam shop pershore it's and the end days are coming, beings that were once human gathering to fight in one last great war for control of the vellum - the vast realm of eternity on which our world is just a scratchsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehere, the most ancient gods and the most modern humans are equally fate's fools, victims of their own hubris, struggling to save their own skins, their own souls, but sometimeshere there are no heroes, no darlings of destiny struggling to save the day, and there are no villains, no dark lords of evil out to destroy the world
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Blustering political rhetoric "informs" the public that the islamists are offended by the western world's democratic freedoms, civil liberties, inter-mingling of genders, and separation of church and stateal qaeda's public statements condemn america's protection of corrupt muslim regimes, unqualified support for israel, the occupation of iraq and afghanistan, and a further litany of real-world grievancescapitalizing on growing anti-uaccording to the author michael scheuer, the greatest danger for americans confronting the islamist threat is to believe-at the urging of uleaders recognize the errant path they have irresponsibly chosen, he says, our enemies will only grow strongeroxfam shop dumfries access a comprehensive bibliography though uintelligence community would like to inform the public that we are, in fact, losing the war on terrorfurther, until uleaders try to convince the world of their success in fighting al qaeda, one member of the ubin laden's supporters thus identify their problem and believe their solution lies in warscheuer contends they will go to any length, not to destroy our secular, democratic way of life, but to deter what they view as specific attacks on their lands, their communities, and their religionleaders-that muslims attack us for what we are and what we think rather than for what we doanimosity, osama bin laden's genius lies not simply in calling for jihad, but in articulating a consistent and convincing case that islam is under attack by americahowever, although aspects of the modern world may offend conservative muslims, no islamist leader has fomented jihad to destroy participatory democracy, for example, the national association of credit unions, or coed universities see oxfam website for delivery information read moreleaders recognize this fact and adjust their policies abroad accordingly, even moderate muslims will join the bin laden camppolicies and their attendant military, political, and economic implicationsinstead, a growing segment of the islamic world strenuously disapproves of specific u
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He argues that within the bible, monotheism is not a separate "stage" of religion but rather represents a kind of rhetoric reinforcing israel's exclusive relation with its deity see oxfam website for delivery information read moremark smith here seeks to discover more precisely what was meant by "divinity" in the ancient near-east, and how these concepts apply to yahwehpart one of the book offers a detailed examination of the deities of ancient ugarit, known to us from the largest surviving group of relevant extra-biblical textsoxfam bookshop wallingford as the bible tells us, ancient israel's neighbours worshipped a wide variety of godsit is now widely accepted that the israelites' god, yahweh, must have originated as one among these many, before assuming the role of the one true god of monotheismat the end of the book he returns to the question of israelite monotheism, seeking to discover what religious issues it addressed and why it made sense at the time of its emergencein part two, smith looks closely at four classic problems associated with four ugaritic deities, and considers how they affect our understanding of yahweh
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Owners book plate stamp on fly leafinterpretation is often considered only in theory, or as a philosophical problem, but this book attempts to demonstrate and reflect on the interpretive results of analysisin very good conditionthe repertoire discussed ranges from schumann through wagner, mahler, zemlinsky, debussy, schoenberg, berg, webern and stravinsky to carter and birtwistleoxfam books & music fareham analytical strategies and musical interpretation: essays on nineteenth and twentieth century music edited by craig ayrey and mark everistthe unifying theme of the essays is the interpretive transformation of concepts, ideas and forms that constitutes the heart of the compositional process of nineteenth- and twentieth-century musictwo associated types of practice are emphasised: 'translation', the transformation of one type of experience or art object into the musical work, the artistic attempt to persuade us that the new product is as valid as its original, or more so than its origin; and 'rhetoric', the attempt to persuade us, through structure, to accept the signifying power of the workhardback with dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is devoted to music analysis as an interpretive activity1st edition published by cambridge university press
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More recently, however, it has been argued that no such crisis existed at the time the book was writtenoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear the book of revelation presents the reader with a frightening narrative world in which the people of god are tormented, threatened, and sometimes killed by various agents of satanin this study, paul duff offers a different viewpoint on the origin of the book of revelation is a rhetorically sophisticated response to an internal leadership crisis within the churchesscholars have traditionally thought that revelation was written in order to encourage believers to stand fast in the face of the roman persecutation of the early churchin support of this argument duff marshals evidence from the social and economic context of the time, and from literary and rhetorical analyses of the textsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe result is a work that substantially advances the implication of the current consensus and sheds new light on this influential yet enigmatic textthroughout the work, the apocalyse points to rome as the predominant demonic agent
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"studebaker" may have failed in the long run, but its corporate life spanned more than a century, during which the company made a commitment to the community of south bend, accepted unions when other automobile manufacturers bitterly fought collective bargaining, and produced distinguished cars that still enjoy a loyal followingoxfam books & music lichfield while the big three automobile companies came to dominate the industry, its early uhistory was characterized by an array of competing companiessee oxfam website for delivery information read more"studebaker's" story is the chronicle of the life and death of an american automobile company where management's concept of "tradition" played a fundamental role in modeling corporate culture, rhetoric, and strategy"studebaker" explores managerial choice, corporate tradition, and the importance of ideas - not simply "market forces" - in shaping institutions in 20th-century america
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethis copy would appeal to those who value old books, and collectorsthe book contains some passages from 'famous poets and orators' with 'critical remarks on themthere are also several inscriptions on the front page, seemingly the names of previous ownersthere are no pencil, pen, or highlighter marksinside, there is also some discolouration to the edges of the first few pagesthe book is subtitled as 'an introduction of languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physics, etc'' this is a hardbound book with some discolouration on the outer boards and spine, and the front board is beginning to come away from the spine at the bottomthere is some foxing to the back pages and the top of the page edges are also discoloured this is an unusual book which is still valuable to students and scholars today, as it is still being reprintedit also states that it has been 'designed for students in the universities'the edges along the bottom and sides are a faint redoxfam bookshop lincoln published in , this is the fifth edition of the third volume of 'the method of teaching and studying the belles lettres'the title page is coming away from the binding, however the rest of the pages are in relatively good condition
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Inside the work, bound in full leather with gilding on the spine, are placed numerous chapters with which the art of rhetoric is explainedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebeautiful venetian edition of the compendio della rettorica where the most practical teachings of this art were collected and compiledcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: the volumes are in good condition and without particular flaws, only some slight flaws due to wear and a few stainsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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