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Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 2001. First published in 1987, this is a classic work in the history of science and French intellectual and cultural history; more than a narrative history of the rise of psychiatry in 19th century France, it explains why French psychiatry assumed the form that it did (maroon & white pictorial covers with very small crease on front; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from an independent bookstore). Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine.

Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.: Princeton University Press, 2003. This is a study of the rise and fall of philhellenism, the love of Greek culture, in Germany that focuses on the cultural history of classical archaeology; includes photographs and other illustrations (pictorial cover with photo of the Acropolis on the front; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Trade Paperback. As New.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press, 1983. This volume presents the author's original interpretation of the revolution that marked the beginnings of modern science; it shows that the essence of the Newtonian revolution is the relation between abstract mathematical constructs and the physical systems we observe in the world by means of experiment and observation; building on the analysis of Newton's methodology, it explores the structure of scientific change as a series of transformations (blue, orange & black cover with very slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean, unmarked copy). Trade Paperback. Very Good.