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Paperback. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 366 pages, tabs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW3; JHM; JP; P. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004184
ISBN
9780295975320
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Hunt, Christina Mahony. Series: Carysfort Press Ltd. Num Pages: 262 pages, 9 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carysfort Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004212
ISBN
9781904505181
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Hunt, Christina Mahony. Series: Carysfort Press Ltd. Num Pages: 262 pages, 9 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carysfort Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004379
ISBN
9781904505181
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Starting from the analysis of the Irish characters in Kipling's Indian stories, this book shows that the representation of the British Empire was greatly indebted to analogies and comparisons made between colonies. It contrasts two different ways of making colonial analogies: 'imperialist' and 'nationalist'. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004385
ISBN
9781859184080
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 60 b/w, 36 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 189 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1311. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear fine in dustjacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0002967
ISBN
9780300109948
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. 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. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226033211
ISBN
9780226033211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.24
€ 82.90

Paperback. How did Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and Cubans become known as "Hispanics" and "Latinos" in the United States? How did several distinct cultures and nationalities become portrayed as one? The author answers both these questions and details the scope of this phenomenon. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 halftone, 5 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL4; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226033839
ISBN
9780226033839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.85

Paperback. Explores the struggle for influence that dominated the planning and development of Chicago's South Side during the Progressive Era. This work examines the University of Chicago, Chicago's public parks, and the Black Belt to consider how community leaders looked to the physical design of the city to shape its culture and promote civic interaction. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 448 pages, 71 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226033945
ISBN
9780226033945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Emilio Bejel looks at Cuba's homoerotic culture through writings about homosexuality, placing them in the social and political contexts that led up to the Cuban revolution. The text maps out the way in which varying attitudes toward power and nationalism struggle for a stance on homosexual issues. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBLW; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 181 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041742
ISBN
9780226041742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Hardcover. Using courtly song as a window, this work examines the culture of the French royal court. It considers the role of the "air de cour" in defining patronage hierarchies at court, and the relationship to the world beyond its own confines. Num Pages: 576 pages, 9 halftones, 8 tables, 34 musical examples. BIC Classification: 3JB; AVGC2; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 177 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1230.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226075877
ISBN
9780226075877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.87
€ 112.33

Paperback. This text traces the emergence of a post-absolutist culture in France across a range of works and genres including: Saint-Simon's memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency; Voltaire's first tragedy, "Oedipe"; Watteau's last great painting, "L'Enseigne de Gersaint"; and the plays of Marivaux. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 halftones, notes, index. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226093123
ISBN
9780226093123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. Focuses on the development of democratic life in Mexico and Peru from independence to the late 1890s. The author traces the emergence of hundreds of political, economic, and civic associations run by citizens in both nations and shows how they became models of and for democracy in the face of dictatorship and immense economic hardship. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 488 pages, 9 maps, 19 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226101415
ISBN
9780226101415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. The baby abandoned on the doorstep is a phenomenon that has virtually disappeared from our experience, but in the early modern world, unwanted children were a very real problem. This title recreates sixteenth-century Nuremberg to explore what befell abandoned children in this period in vivid detail. Num Pages: 456 pages, 64 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226102054
ISBN
9780226102054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.71

Paperback. Looks at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. This title argues that two main features have characterized the US health system: a refusal to adopt a right to care and a particularly American approach to the rationing of care. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226102191
ISBN
9780226102191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. In 1952 the New Yorker published a three-part essay by A J Liebling in which he dubbed Chicago the "Second City." From garbage collection to the skyline, nothing escaped Liebling's withering gaze. This book weaves the story of author's coming-of-age as a young outsider who made his way into the inner circles and upper levels of Chicago journalism. Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BM; DNF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226104157
ISBN
9780226104157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.39

Hardback. Common and destructive, limited wars are significant international events that pose a number of challenges to the states involved beyond simple victory or defeat. This book investigates a crucial and heretofore ignored factor in determining the nature and direction of limited war: information institutions. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FMV; 1FPK; 1KBB; HBJK; JPSH; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226107684
ISBN
9780226107684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.24
€ 83.18

Paperback. Examines the social origins of interest group politics in the USA. Between 1890 and 1925, a system centred on elections and party organizations was partially transformed by various interest groups including farmers, workers and women. This text analyzes organizational politics in three US states. Num Pages: 468 pages, 14 halftones, 7 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPH; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226109930
ISBN
9780226109930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114958
ISBN
9780226114958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Hardcover. Provides a counterhistory of the academic study of religion, an alternative to standard accounts that have failed to link the field of comparative religion with either the power relations or the historical contingencies of the imperial project. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HRAC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226117263
ISBN
9780226117263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.88
€ 91.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HPDF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 202 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226120300
ISBN
9780226120300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Paperback. In spring 1914, a new ballpark opened in Chicago. The park would soon be known as Wrigley Field, one of the most emblematic and controversial baseball stadiums in America. In this book, the author provides a detailed chronicle of this living historic landmark. It shows how the stadium has evolved through the years. Num Pages: 448 pages, 30 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; WSBV; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 26. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226134277
ISBN
9780226134277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.20

Paperback. With US soldiers stationed around the world and engaged in multiple conflicts, Americans will be forced for the foreseeable future to come to terms with those permanently disabled in battle. This book explains how, before entering World War I, the United States sought a way to avoid the enormous cost of providing injured soldiers with pensions. Num Pages: 300 pages, 20 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWN; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226143354
ISBN
9780226143354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. A city is more than a massing of citizens, a layout of buildings and streets, or an arrangement of political, economic, and social institutions. By examining the place of water in the nineteenth-century consciousness, the author illuminates how city dwellers perceived themselves during the great age of American urbanization. Num Pages: 344 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSG; KNBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226151595
ISBN
9780226151595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.10

Paperback. Building its incisive narrative from a wide range of archival sources, interviews, and accounts of Puerto Rican life in New York, this book illuminates the history of a group that is still invisible to many scholars and transforms the way we understand this community's integral role in shaping our sense of citizenship in 20th-century America. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL4; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226151762
ISBN
9780226151762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

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