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History: specific events & topics
Hardcover. In the spring of 1915, Chicagoans elected the city's first black alderman, Oscar DePriest. This book tells the history of three generations of African American activists - the ministers, professionals, labor leaders, clubwomen, and entrepreneurs - who transformed twentieth-century urban politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226135908
- ISBN
- 9780226135908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.27€ 46.80
€ 55.27
€ 46.80
Paperback. We live in an age of obsession. But obsession is not only a phenomenon of modern existence: it is a medical category. Beginning with the roots of the disease in demonic possession and its secular successors, this work traces the evolution of obsessive behavior from a social and religious fact of life into a medical and psychiatric problem. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226137841
- ISBN
- 9780226137841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.18
€ 19.99
€ 19.18
Paperback. Presents the history of New Orleans' early years, tracing the town's development from its origins in 1718 to its revolt against Spanish rule in 1768. This book presents an account of New Orleans' wild youth. It features a cast of strong-willed captives, thin-skinned nobles, sharp-tongued women, and carousing travelers. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 colour plates, 8 halftones, 5 maps, 1 figure, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226138428
- ISBN
- 9780226138428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. Rather than a stark, unbroken line dividing East and West in Cold War Europe, the Iron Curtain was instead made up of distinct landscapes. This book traces a genealogy of one such landscape - the woods between Czechoslovakia and West Germany - to debunk our misconceptions about the iconic partition. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226154190
- ISBN
- 9780226154190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.32
€ 50.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. An introduction to the people who lived along the Nile for almost 35 centuries, this collection of essays presents studies of ancient Egyptians arranged by social type - slaves, craftsmen, priests, bureaucrats, pharaohs, peasants and women - representing Egyptian culture, state and society. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA; HBTB; HDD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First edition.
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226155562
- ISBN
- 9780226155562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
€ 28.23
Hardcover. Recovers the lasting significance of the radical ideas of Coleman Street Ward by exploring their wider Atlantic history and revealing how republican radicals redefined themselves against the emergent economy of empire. Num Pages: 400 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226157658
- ISBN
- 9780226157658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 42.30
€ 54.99
€ 42.30
Paperback. This study looks at the lives of the most famous 'wild children' of eighteenth century Europe, showing how they open a window onto European ideas about the potential and perfectability of mankind. The work contains in-depth reports on feral children and their 'civilisation'. Num Pages: 344 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBT; HPC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226160566
- ISBN
- 9780226160566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 37. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226164670
- ISBN
- 9780226164670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 44.87
€ 52.92
€ 44.87
Paperback. There are many political, psychological, and sociological answers to why men rape women, but few historical ones. This book explores the history of sexual violence in rural and Northern Ontario. The book expands the terms of debates about sexuality and sexual violence. Series: Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JFFE2; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 13. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226167541
- ISBN
- 9780226167541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.24
€ 36.99
€ 29.24
paperback. Translator(s): Goldhammer, A. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226167725
- ISBN
- 9780226167725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.05
€ 43.99
€ 34.05
Paperback. Explores both the material culture of slavery as well as its representation in literature. This book considers the place of slaves in Plato's "Meno", Aristotle's "Politics", Aesop's "Fables", Aristophanes' "Wasps", and Euripides' "Orestes". Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226167893
- ISBN
- 9780226167893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.40
€ 36.99
€ 29.40
Hardcover. Argues that the revolutionaries of eighteenth-century France used the natural right concept of the 'enemy of the human race' - an individual who has transgressed the laws of nature and must be executed without judicial formalities - to authorize three-quarters of the deaths during the Terror. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184388
- ISBN
- 9780226184388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 44.82
€ 52.92
€ 44.82
Paperback. In this history of the British surveys of India, the author relates how imperial Britain employed modern scientific survey techniques to create and define the spacial image of its Indian empire, and to legitimize its colonialist activities as triumphs of liberal, rational science. Num Pages: 474 pages, 31 halftones, 5 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBTP; PDX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184883
- ISBN
- 9780226184883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.08
€ 43.99
€ 34.08
Hardcover. An era of sweeping cultural change in America, the postwar years saw the rise of beatniks and hippies, the birth of feminism, and the release of the first video game. This book examines the rise and fall of the new math as a marker of the period's political and social ferment. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184968
- ISBN
- 9780226184968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 77.70
€ 94.08
€ 77.70
Paperback. The discipline of American studies was established in the early days of World War II and drew on the myth of American exceptionalism. But now that the so-called American Century has come to an end, what would a truly globalized version of American studies look like? The authors offer a new standard for the field's transnational aspiration. Editor(s): Edwards, Brian T.; Gaonkar, Dilip Parameshwar. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226185071
- ISBN
- 9780226185071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Shows the deep, broad, and continuous influence of slavery on America's fear and loathing of taxes. This book reveals how the heated battles over taxation, the power to tax, and the distribution of tax burdens were rooted not in debates over personal liberty but rather in the rights of slaveholders to hold human beings as property. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 line drawings, 2 maps, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226194882
- ISBN
- 9780226194882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.19
€ 35.99
€ 28.19
Hardcover. Some beg for forgiveness. Others claim innocence. At least three cheer for their favorite football teams. This book presents an oral history of American capital punishment, as heard from the gallows, the chair, and the gurney. It explores the cultural value of these final statements and asks what we can learn from them. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226202686
- ISBN
- 9780226202686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.72
€ 26.99
€ 21.72
Paperback. Features a treatise on polite behavior. As relevant today as it was in Renaissance Italy, this title deals with subjects as varied as dress codes, charming conversation and off-color jokes, eating habits and hairstyles, and literary language. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226212197
- ISBN
- 9780226212197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.29
€ 16.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. This work explores the ways in which Nazi Germany used art and media to portray their country as a champion of Kultur and civilisation. Revealing how multiple domains of cultural activity served to conceptually de-humanize Jews, this work shows how the seeds of the Holocaust were sown Editor(s): Etlin, Richard A. Num Pages: 368 pages, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; AB; GTB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226220871
- ISBN
- 9780226220871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.58
€ 47.99
€ 36.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226233369
- ISBN
- 9780226233369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
€ 28.23