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1	History of the Idea of Progress more books like this by Robert A Nisbet $5.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Twilight of Authority more books like this by Robert A Nisbet $2.48 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Nisbet argues that the political community in the West has broken down after two centuries of ascendancy. He believes that the West has entered 'a twilight age' that will be characterised by political and cultural crises similar to those that preceded the fall of Rome. He foresees the displacement of traditional, liberal society by centralised, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.25! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Conservatism: Dream and Reality more books like this by Robert Nisbet $6.95 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The essential concerns of conservatism are the same as those that motivated Nisbet's first and most influential book. The Quest for Community. In fact, Conservatism unites virtually all of Nisbet's work. In it, Nisbet deals with the political causes of the manifold forms of alienation that underwrite the human quest for community. The sovereign ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.33! \| SVS
4	The Present Age: Progress and Anarchy in Modern America more books like this by Robert A Nisbet $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The Present Age challenges readers to re-examine the role of the United States in the world since World War I. Nisbet criticises Americans for isolationism at home, discusses the gutting of educational standards, the decay of education, the presence of government in all facets of life, the diminished connection to community, and the prominence of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Quest for Community more books like this by Robert Nisbet, William A Schambra (Foreword by) $73.29 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist "The Quest for Community" stands among the most important social critiques ever written. The first book by the man the New York Times calls "one of our most original social thinkers", Robert Nisbet's study explores how individualism and statism have flourished while the primary sources of human community - the family, neighborhoods, the church, ... see all copies from $10.00! first editions
6	Sociology as an Art Form more books like this by Robert A Nisbet $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist This work aims to show that sociology is indeed an art form, one that had strong kinship with literature, painting, Romantic history, and philosophy in the 19th century, the age in which sociology came into full stature. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.28! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Roosevelt and Stalin: The Failed Courtship more books like this by Robert A Nisbet $5.75 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist This is a record of the relationship between two world leaders of World War II; Roosevelt, patrician, aristocrat in American politics, deeply devoted to his national heritage and Stalin, low-born, bandit and revolutionist from his early years, liquidator of millions of Ukrainians, and purger of his own party in the Moscow trials of mid-1930s. The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
8	Social change more books like this by Robert A Nisbet $4.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $37.98! \| first editions
9	The Degradation of the Academic Dogma more books like this by Robert A Nisbet, Gertrude Himmelfarb (Introduction by) $6.74 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist see all copies from $6.74! new only from $6.74!
10	Social change and history; aspects of the Western theory of development more books like this by Robert A. Nisbet $2.95 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $2.95! first editions \| SVS
11	On Freedom: Essays from the Frankfurt Conference more books like this by John A. Howard (Editor), Robert A. Nisbet $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
12	Tradition and Revolt more books like this by Robert A Nisbet, Robert Perrin (Introduction by) $19.98 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist This volume deals with the conflict between traditionalism and modernism. Nisbet considers subjects such as power, community, culture, and the university. He also deals directly with the values of authority, tradition and hierarchy. see all copies from $6.00! new only from $19.98! \| SVS
13	Emile Durkheim more books like this by Robert A Nisbet $5.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
14	Tradition and revolt; historical and sociological essays more books like this by Robert A. Nisbet $4.51 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $2.45! first editions \| SVS
15	Sociology of Emile Durkheim more books like this by Robert A Nisbet $48.89 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $93.78! \| first editions
16	The degradation of the academic dogma: the university in America, 1945-1970 more books like this by Robert A. Nisbet $3.19 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
17	Social Change & History Gb313 more books like this by Robert A Nisbet $10.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $3.19!
18	Social Change & History more books like this by Robert A. Nisbet add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! first editions
19	Sociological Tradition more books like this by Robert A Nisbet $2.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist When first published, The Sociological Tradition had a profound and positive impact on sociology, providing a rich sense of intellectual background to a relatively new discipline in America. Robert Nisbet describes what he considers the golden age of sociology, 1830-1900, outlining the major themes of nineteenth-century sociologies: community, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.70! \| first editions \| SVS
20	The Social Impact of the Revolution more books like this by Robert A. Nisbet $43.33 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $29.99! first editions
21	The Making of Modern Society Making of Modern Society more books like this by Robert A Nisbet add to wishlist see all copies from $12.92! first editions
22	Teachers and Scholars: A Memoir of Berkeley in Depression and War more books like this by Robert A Nisbet $18.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $18.00!
23	The quest for community; a study in the ethics of order and freedom. more books like this by Robert A. Nisbet $25.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00!
24	Social Philosophers: Community and Conflict in Western Thought more books like this by Robert A Nisbet $3.19 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25	The social bond; an introduction to the study of society more books like this by Robert A. Nisbet $5.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! first editions \| SVS

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