Thinking the Twentieth Century: Intellectuals and Politics in the Twentieth Century. Tony Judt with Timothy Snyder (Tony Judt with Timothy Snyder.) lands on the shelves of my shop, where it will be found in my History shelves. priced at £8.50! Call in and get 40% OFF that price when you mention this post…
London: William Heinemann, 2012, Hardback in dust wrapper.
From the cover: The final book by the brilliant historian and indomitable public critic Tony Judt, Thinking the Twentieth Century unites the conflicted intellectual history of an epoch into a soaring narrative.
The twentieth century comes to life as an age of ideas a time when, for good and for ill, the thoughts of the few reigned over the lives of the many. Judt presents the triumphs and the failures of prominent intellectuals, adeptly explaining both their ideas and the risks of their political commitments. Spanning an era with unprecedented clarity and insight, Thinking the Twentieth Century is a tour de force, a classic study of…
Good+ in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Gently bruised at the head of the spine and the top corners of the boards with commensurate wear to the dust wrapper, a small ding to the upper panel and board. Pages lightly age-tanned.
Blue boards with Silver titling to the Spine. [XVII] 414 pages. Index. 9½” x 6¼”.