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Paperback. From xenophobic appropriations of Joan of Arc to Afro-futurism, the "national" characters of the colonial era often seem to be dissolving into postnational and virtual subjects. This text analyzes the French colonial experience as a case study in the erosion of belief in national destiny. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226023502
- ISBN
- 9780226023502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.81
€ 51.81
Hardcover. In the months after the end of the Civil War, there was one word on everyone's lips: redemption. This title explores how the violence of a protracted civil war shaped the meaning of freedom and citizenship in the new South. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226024271
- ISBN
- 9780226024271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.37
€ 126.37
Paperback. Arditi's study offers a history of mores from the High Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Drawing on the ideas of Elias, Foucault and Bourdieu, as well as through analysing courtesy manuals and etiquette books of the times, he examines the relationship between power and social practices and traces how power changes over the centuries. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFCX; JH; WJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226025841
- ISBN
- 9780226025841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.36
€ 49.36
Paperback. Dismissing oversimplified and politically-charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, Said Amir Arjomand offers a richly researched sociological and historical study of Shi'ism and the political order of premodern Iran that exposes the roots of what became Khomeini's theocracy. Series: Publications of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HRAM2; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226027845
- ISBN
- 9780226027845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.78
€ 48.78
Paperback. This is the third edition of a near standard survey of the intellectual life of the age of faith. Num Pages: 586 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 735.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 586
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226028408
- ISBN
- 9780226028408
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Condition: New
€ 60.15
€ 60.15
Paperback. Tells the story of Johannesburg's MuseumAfrica, a South African history museum that embodies one of the most dynamic and fraught stories of colonialism and postcolonialism, its life spanning the eras before, during, and after apartheid. This title focuses on racism and its institutionalization in South Africa. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; GM; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226030302
- ISBN
- 9780226030302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.11
€ 54.11
Paperback. Thousands of men left their families for the bustling cities of nineteenth century America, where many of them found work as clerks. This work recounts their story, describing the struggle of aspiring businessmen to come of age at the dawn of the modern era. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226032207
- ISBN
- 9780226032207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.45
€ 52.45
Paperback. In this era of tweets and blogs, it is easy to assume that the self-obsessive recording of daily minutiae is a recent phenomenon. In this title, the author explores how vital these unassuming and easily overlooked stationery staples were to those who used them. Num Pages: 280 pages, 34 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226033358
- ISBN
- 9780226033358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.38
€ 46.38
Paperback. A collection of memoirs of eleven historians who, born around the time of World War II, helped to transform both their discipline and the broader world of American higher education. Editor(s): Banner, James M., Jr.; Gillis, John R. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HBAH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226036588
- ISBN
- 9780226036588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.38
€ 46.38
Paperback. This book documents the emergence of the culture of sensibility that transformed British society of the eighteenth century. It focuses on the rise of new moral and spiritual values and the struggle to redefine the group identities of men and women. Num Pages: 554 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 870. Sex and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain. 554 pages, 11 halftones. This book documents the emergence of the culture of sensibility that transformed British society of the eighteenth century. It focuses on the rise of new moral and spiritual values and the struggle to redefine the group identities of men and women. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Dimension: 146 x 231 x 29. Weight: 756.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 554
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226037141
- ISBN
- 9780226037141
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Condition: New
€ 76.14
€ 76.14
Paperback. In the late nineteenth century, public officials throughout the United States began to experiment with new methods of managing their local economies and meeting the infrastructure needs of a newly urban, industrial nation. This title recounts the history of these inscrutable government corporations. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 halftones, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226037721
- ISBN
- 9780226037721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.68
€ 42.68
Hardcover. People in the ancient world thought of vision as an ethical tool and a tactile sense. Gazing upon someone was treated as a path to philosophical self-knowledge, but the question of tactility also introduced an erotic element. This title asserts that these links among vision, sexuality, and self-knowledge are key to the understanding of the self. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 185 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226038353
- ISBN
- 9780226038353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.37
€ 126.37
Paperback. Internationally known during her lifetime, Laura Battiferra (1523-89) was a gifted and prolife poet in Renaissance Florence. This anthology gathers her most essential writing, including newly discovered poems, to provide modern readers with a valuable social chronicle of sixteenth-century Italy and the courtly culture of the Counter-Reformation. Editor(s): Kirkham, Victoria. Translator(s): Kirkham, Victoria. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 448 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: DCQ; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 181 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226039237
- ISBN
- 9780226039237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.49
€ 52.49
Paperback. This text explores American culture from the mid-19th century to 1920 through the lens of one episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to suppress the use of sign language amongst deaf people. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFZ; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226039640
- ISBN
- 9780226039640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.51
€ 35.51
Hardcover. Feared by conservatives and embraced by liberals when he entered the White House, Barack Obama has since been battered by criticism from both sides. Obama, the author argues, represents the values of a lesser-known third tradition in American political thought that defies the usual left-right categorization. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041599
- ISBN
- 9780226041599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.49
€ 126.49
Paperback. Feared by conservatives and embraced by liberals when he entered the White House, Barack Obama has since been battered by criticism from both sides. Obama, the author argues, represents the values of a lesser-known third tradition in American political thought that defies the usual left-right categorization. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041629
- ISBN
- 9780226041629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRA; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 221 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041995
- ISBN
- 9780226041995
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Condition: New
€ 39.65
€ 39.65
Paperback. This work shows 16th-century Italy from an alternative perspective: through advice manuals which were staples in the households of middlebrow Italians just trying to lead a better life. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042008
- ISBN
- 9780226042008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.66
€ 38.66
Paperback. Series: Publications of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW; HRH; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042367
- ISBN
- 9780226042367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.78
€ 48.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Bennett, Judith M.; Clark, Elizabeth A.; O'Barr, Jean F.; Westphal-Wihl, Sarah; Wilen, B. Anne. Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042480
- ISBN
- 9780226042480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.49
€ 32.49
Paperback. This text examines the role played by the mass media and public opinion in the development of United States foreign policy in the Gulf War. It explores the prewar media debate, news coverage during and after the war, and the media's effect on public opinion and decision-makers. Editor(s): Bennett, W.Lance; Paletz, David L. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 341 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJF; JFD; JPQB; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042596
- ISBN
- 9780226042596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.65
€ 39.65
Paperback. From World War II to the war in Iraq, periods of international conflict seem like unique moments in US political history - but when it comes to public opinion, they are not. This work explodes conventional wisdom about American reactions to World War II, as well as the more recent conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 344 pages, 70 line drawings, 38 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBWQ; HBWS; JPS; JPVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043593
- ISBN
- 9780226043593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.25
€ 43.25
Paperback. Bess traces the technological transformations that shook post-war France, and shows how they led, in turn, to the rise of environmentalist ideas. As technological modernity merged with environmentalism, he contends, the boundaries between nature and society became profoundly blurred. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 266 x 29. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044187
- ISBN
- 9780226044187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.21
€ 43.21
Paperback. Describes the formation of a masculine ideology in the decades prior to the war, and shows how it thrived - on the job, and through union politics. This title provides a context for our ideas of postwar masculinity and whiteness and finally returns the men of the home front to our reckoning of the Greatest Generation and the New Deal era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044194
- ISBN
- 9780226044194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.72
€ 45.72
Hardcover. Explores how Shakespeare's plays were produced both in his own time and in succeeding centuries. This book explains how the Elizabethan playhouse conveyed a sense of place using minimal scenery, from the Forest of Arden in "As You Like It" to the tavern in "Henry IV, Part I". Num Pages: 256 pages, 53 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; AN; DSGS; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044781
- ISBN
- 9780226044781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.95
€ 39.95
Hardcover. In the United States at the height of the Cold War, roughly between the end of World War II and the early 1980s, a new project of redefining rationality commanded the attention of sharp minds, powerful politicians, wealthy foundations, and top military brass. The authors illuminate what it meant to be rational in the age of nuclear brinkmanship. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 halftones, 17 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HPS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226046631
- ISBN
- 9780226046631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.49
€ 126.49
Paperback. In 1898, the Dreyfus Affair plunged French society into a yearlong frenzy. In Paris and provincial villages throughout the country, angry crowds paraded through the streets, attacking Jews and destroying Jewish-owned businesses. The author guides readers on a tour of France during this tumultuous crisis. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226052069
- ISBN
- 9780226052069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.14
€ 44.14
Paperback. A political movement rallies against under regulated banks, widening gaps in wealth, and gridlocked governments. Sound familiar? Historians wrote approvingly of the Populists up into the 1950s. This title sets out to uncover the truth of populism, focusing on the prominent Populist state, Kansas. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226054087
- ISBN
- 9780226054087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.67
€ 41.67
Paperback. Under the swastika, German scientists descended into the moral abyss, perpetrating heinous medical crimes at Auschwitz and at euthanasia hospitals. But why did biomedical researchers accept such a bargain? This title offers an account of the myriad ways human heredity and Nazi politics reinforced each other before and during the Third Reich. Num Pages: 392 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226055718
- ISBN
- 9780226055718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.78
€ 48.78
Paperback. The nineteenth century marked the high point of imperialism, when tsarist Russia expanded to the Pacific and the sun was said never to set on the British Empire. The author explains imperialism through an analysis of the institutions of both the expanding state and its targets of conquest. Num Pages: 218 pages, 3 halftones, 1 line drawing, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226056746
- ISBN
- 9780226056746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.78
€ 48.78
Paperback. Until now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from--or antidote to--ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of medieval times and the romantic idealization of woman actually are. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226059730
- ISBN
- 9780226059730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226059822
- ISBN
- 9780226059822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.47
€ 49.47
Hardcover. The Civil War still occupies a prominent place in the national collective memory. Yet battlefields were not the only landscapes altered by the war. Countless individuals saw their daily lives upended while the entire nation suffered. This book reveals this side of the war as it happened, examining the visual culture of the Northern home front. Num Pages: 192 pages, 90 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226061856
- ISBN
- 9780226061856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Hardcover. Examining the American discourse over war and torture, the authors investigate the opinion pages of American newspapers, television commentary, and online discussion groups to offer the first empirical study of the national conversation about the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the revelations of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib a year later. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; HBWS5; HPQ; JFD; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226062495
- ISBN
- 9780226062495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Paperback. Examining representations of Balinese culture in complex contexts of Indonesia's colonial history, Hindu ritual practice as opposed to Islam, and comparative Indo-European hierarchies, Boon offers a powerful critique of doctrinal approaches to culture, religion, literature, politics, and the history of ideas and disciplines. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; HBTB; HDD; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226064635
- ISBN
- 9780226064635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.38
€ 46.38
Paperback. This study argues that child abandonment was common among all classes and morally acceptable from antiquity until the Renaissance. Using a variety of sources, Boswell examines the evidence, presenting a history of the abandoned child and illustrating the changing meaning of family. Num Pages: 506 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFSP1; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226067124
- ISBN
- 9780226067124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.36
€ 49.36
Hardcover. Offers a look at the delectable secrets of Mesopotamia. The author's broad perspective takes us inside the religious rites, everyday rituals, attitudes and taboos, and even the detailed preparation techniques involving food and drink in Mesopotamian high culture during the second and third millenniums BCE, as the Mesopotamians recorded them. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Num Pages: 152 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA; JHBT; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226067353
- ISBN
- 9780226067353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.09
€ 71.09
Paperback. A case study of the folklore of sexuality, this text examines the myth of the "droit de cuissage" and how for seven hundred years each era used the mythical custom to its own ends in an insight into popular misconceptions of the Middle Ages. Studies Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JFHF; WJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226067438
- ISBN
- 9780226067438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.36
€ 49.36
Paperback. Series: Chicago History of American Religion. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCX7; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226068121
- ISBN
- 9780226068121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.38
€ 46.38
Paperback. Combining ethnography, history, and social theory, this book exposes how the shifting fortunes and social perceptions of German intellectuals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries influenced German's conceptions of modernity and national culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226068916
- ISBN
- 9780226068916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.38
€ 46.38