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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
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Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.92
€ 40.99
€ 31.92
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.
- Format
- 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
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
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
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.05
€ 33.99
€ 27.05
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.
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- 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
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.17
€ 32.99
€ 26.17
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
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
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Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
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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
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.07€ 49.18
€ 57.07
€ 49.18
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 586
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226028408
- ISBN
- 9780226028408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.00€ 38.52
€ 44.00
€ 38.52
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
€ 95.12€ 79.41
€ 95.12
€ 79.41
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
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Examines the pamphlet war between Edmund Burke and the followers of Henry St John, First Viscount Bolingbroke during the mid-eighteenth century. In this book, the author points out that while parties have always existed, the party government that we know today is possible only because parties are now considered respectable. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226022178
- ISBN
- 9780226022178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Hardcover. Examines scientific views about children's emotional needs and mother love from World War II until the 1970s, paying particular attention to John Bowlby's ethological theory of attachment behavior. In this title, the author tracks the development of Bowlby's work and the research that he used to support his theory. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226020556
- ISBN
- 9780226020556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
Paperback. The Muslim world represented an alien and foreign phenomenon for the USA in its early years as a republic (1785-1815). This study examines the American view of Muhammad and the many issues which helped to determine American perceptions of the Muslim world. Num Pages: 284 pages, 12pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSR2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014906
- ISBN
- 9780226014906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 174 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition, 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226013824
- ISBN
- 9780226013824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Hardcover. Draws on the work of modern economic geographers to explore how the river-based ecology and geography of the Tigris-Euphrates alluvium impacted the development of urban civilization in southern Mesopotamia. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 halftones, 9 maps, 6 line drawings, 1 figure, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226013770
- ISBN
- 9780226013770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.23
€ 46.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. Documents the forging of a fresh relationship between technology and politics in Revolutionary France, and the inauguration of a distinctively modern form of the 'technological life'. Num Pages: 496 pages, 32 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; TBX; TTMW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226012643
- ISBN
- 9780226012643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91