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Hardback. Mount Vesuvius has been famous ever since its eruption in 79 CE, when it destroyed and buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. In this title, the author argues that this investigation and engagement with Vesuvius was paramount to the development of modern volcanology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; 3JF; PDX; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923710
- ISBN
- 9780226923710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 45.53
€ 53.48
€ 45.53
Paperback. Presents a devastating new perspective on the Greatest Generation and the liberation of France, one in which the US military use the lure of easy, sexually available French women to sell soldiers on the invasion, thus unleashing a "tsunami of male lust" among the war-weary GIs. Num Pages: 368 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923116
- ISBN
- 9780226923116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.09
€ 25.99
€ 21.09
Hardcover. How do you convince men to charge across heavily mined beaches into deadly machine-gun fire? The author tells the troubling story of how the US military command systematically spread - and then exploited - the myth of French women as sexually experienced and available. The resulting chaos horrified the war-weary and demoralized French population. Num Pages: 352 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923093
- ISBN
- 9780226923093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.80
€ 34.99
€ 27.80
Hardcover. Today few would think of astronomy and astrology as fields related to theology. Fewer still would know that physically absorbing planetary rays was once considered to have medical and psychological effects. This book reveals how Renaissance artworks were designed to be not only beautiful but also - perhaps even primarily - functional. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 colour plates, 12 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; ACND; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226922843
- ISBN
- 9780226922843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. Until the nineteenth century, the Russian legal system was subject to an administrative hierarchy headed by the tsar, and the courts were expected to enforce, not interpret the law. This title traces the first professional class of legal experts who emerged during the reign of Nicholas I (1826-56). Num Pages: 358 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226907758
- ISBN
- 9780226907758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.64
€ 43.99
€ 33.64
Paperback. Tracing the history of mesmerism, this text explores the contested territory between science and pseudoscience and society and science. Examining who was entranced, who did the entrancing, why it was so compelling and how it became equally powerful evidence of fraud and "unscientific" behaviour. Num Pages: 478 pages, 23 halftones, 59 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; JMTH; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226902234
- ISBN
- 9780226902234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Hardcover. Fireworks are synonymous with celebration in the twenty-first century. But pyrotechnics have exploded in sparks and noise to delight audiences in Europe ever since the Renaissance. This title shows that fireworks helped foster advances in natural philosophy, chemistry, mathematics, and many other branches of the sciences. Num Pages: 392 pages, 16 colour plates, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; PDX; TTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition /First Printing
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226893778
- ISBN
- 9780226893778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 50.53
€ 59.42
€ 50.53
Paperback. The authors look at points in American and British culture where the "colour line" has blurred. Through accounts of racial masquerades in literature and by looking at music throughout recent history, they upset the idea of race as a symbol of inherent human attributes. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226873428
- ISBN
- 9780226873428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.78
€ 37.99
€ 29.78
Hardcover. Presents an account of the fate of Paris' public spaces in the years following Nazi occupation and joyful liberation. Countering the traditional narrative that Paris' public landscape became sterile and dehumanized in the 1940s and '50s, this book instead finds that the city's streets overflowed with ritual, drama, and spectacle. Num Pages: 400 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226870236
- ISBN
- 9780226870236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
Paperback. Vives advocated education for all women, regardless of social class and ability. From childhood through adolescence to marriage and widowhood, this manual offers advice as well as philosophical meditation. Vives stressed that women were intellectually equal if not superior to men. Translator(s): Fantazzi, Charles. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226858159
- ISBN
- 9780226858159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.68
€ 36.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678) was an advocate and exemplar of women's education, this text contains her writings on the defence of women's education, her letters to other learned women, her own account of her early life as well as responses to her work from male contemporaries Translator(s): Irwin, Joyce L. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DNF; HRC; JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226849997
- ISBN
- 9780226849997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.85
€ 34.99
€ 27.85
Paperback. Christopher Tyerman offers this book-length study of the role of England in the Crusades which focuses on the courtroom and council chamber rather than the battlefield. Tyerman seeks to demonstrate the impact of the Crusades on the political and economic functions of English society. Num Pages: 508 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226820132
- ISBN
- 9780226820132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
Paperback. This text chronicles a great lost period in cinema history, that of pre-Revolutionary Russia. In contrast to standard film histories, this book focuses on reflected images: it features the historical filmgoer and early writings on film, as well as examining the physical elements of performance. Editor(s): Taylor, Richard. Translator(s): Bodger, Alan. Num Pages: 292 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226814261
- ISBN
- 9780226814261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.29
€ 43.99
€ 33.29
Hardback. In the years immediately following Napoleon's defeat, French thinkers in all fields set their minds to the problem of how to recover from the long upheavals that had been set into motion by the French Revolution. This book intends to alter our understanding of the scientific and cultural landscape of the early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 408 pages, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226812205
- ISBN
- 9780226812205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 2 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; AV; HBJD; HBLH; HRQX2; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226807928
- ISBN
- 9780226807928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Self-styled adventurer, literary wit, and statesman of science, Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis stood at the center of Enlightenment science and culture. This work offers a portrait of this man, revealing how his private life and public works made him a man of science in eighteenth-century Europe. Num Pages: 468 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; BGT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226793610
- ISBN
- 9780226793610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 388 pages, Illustrations, 2facsims.,ports. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226793580
- ISBN
- 9780226793580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
Paperback. This text explores the relationship between prayer and poetry in the century following the Protestant Reformation. The author challenges the conventional and largely misleading distinctions between the ritualized worlds of Catholicism and the more individualistic focus of Protestantism. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB; HRCC2; HRCC7; HRCC9; HRCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789699
- ISBN
- 9780226789699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
Hardback. Considering the two-hundred-year period between 1431, which saw the foundation of Duke Humfrey's famous library, and 1631, when the great antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton died, this book revises the history of the modern library by focusing on its origins in medieval and early modern England. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; GLM; HBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226781716
- ISBN
- 9780226781716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.69
€ 95.07
€ 78.69
Paperback. Considering the two-hundred-year period between 1431, which saw the foundation of Duke Humfrey's famous library, and 1631, when the great antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton died, this book revises the history of the modern library by focusing on its origins in medieval and early modern England. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226781709
- ISBN
- 9780226781709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.61
€ 40.99
€ 31.61