{"product_id":"plough-sword-and-book-ernest-gellner-9780226287027","title":"Plough, Sword, and Book: The Structure of Human History","description":"\"Philosophical anthropology on the grandest scale. . . .Gellner has produced a sharp challenge to his colleagues and a thrilling book for the non-specialist. Deductive history on this scale cannot be proved right or wrong, but this is Gellner writing, incisive, iconoclastic, witty and expert. His scenario compels our attention.\"--Adam Kuper, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A thoughtful and lively meditation upon probably the greatest transformation in human history, upon the difficult problems it poses and the scant resources it has left us to solve them.\"--Charles Larmore, \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ernest Gellner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226287025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226287027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/30\/1990","brand":"Ernest Gellner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992895619327,"sku":"9780226287027","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_075f9afc-dc31-4b08-bf0b-fbd51b1db586.jpg?v=1683321403","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plough-sword-and-book-ernest-gellner-9780226287027","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}