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The Civilizing Process: The Development of Manners; Changes in the Code of Conduct and Feeling in Early Modern Times
by Norbert Elias: Edmund Jephcott (Translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0916354326
- ISBN 13
- 9780916354329
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York : Urizen Books, 1978. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. 8x5x1. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. German to English translation. Hardcover. Bound in brown cloth with black text on the spine. The Civilizing Process stands as Norbert Elias's greatest work, tracing the "civilizing" of manners and personality in Western Europe since the late Middle Ages, and showing how this was related to the formation of states and the monopolization of power within them. xviii 310pp +index. Cream dustjacket with red and black text.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers are unmarked. Spine is slightly cocked. Pages are crisp and clean. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Binding and textblock are sound. Dustjacket has mild rubbing and some chipping at the edges. Full refund if not satisfied.
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- Shelley and Son Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 071787
- Title
- The Civilizing Process: The Development of Manners; Changes in the Code of Conduct and Feeling in Early Modern Times
- Author
- Norbert Elias: Edmund Jephcott (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST BRITISH EDITION
- ISBN 10
- 0916354326
- ISBN 13
- 9780916354329
- Publisher
- Urizen Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8x5x1
- Keywords
- Uber den Prozess der Zivilisation, manners, social norms
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Science;
- X weight
- 16 oz
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
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