Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardback. The founding of the United States after the American Revolution was so deliberate, so inspired, and so monumental in scope that the key actors considered this new government to be a work of art framed from natural rights. The author explores these ideas and gives an account of the origins and meanings of the Constitution of the United States. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226761954
- ISBN
- 9780226761954
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Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 77.70
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Paperback. Seligman's careful and evenhanded account will be essential to understanding that the "flight" of whites to the suburbs was the eventual result of a series of responses to transformations in Chicago's physical and social landscape, occurring one block at a time. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 halftones, 8 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226746654
- ISBN
- 9780226746654
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.82
€ 42.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42 figures, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBJM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 303 x 17. Weight in Grams: 662.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226733654
- ISBN
- 9780226733654
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.57
€ 47.99
€ 36.57
hardcover. Attitudes toward homosexuality in the premodern Arab-Islamic world are commonly depicted as schizophrenic. This title argues that this apparent paradox is based on the anachronistic assumption that homosexuality is a timeless, self-evident fact to which a particular culture reacts with some degree of tolerance or intolerance. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780226729886
- ISBN
- 9780226729886
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Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 44.57
€ 52.92
€ 44.57
hardcover. With chronological chapters featuring emblematic Arctic explorers - including Elisha Kent Kane, Charles Hall, and Robert Peary - this title reveals why the North Pole, a region so geographically removed from Americans, became an iconic destination for discovery. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MTN; 3JH; HBJK; HBJQ; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226721842
- ISBN
- 9780226721842
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Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 77.34
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Hardcover. In fin-de-siecle France, politics were in uproar, and gender roles blurred as never before. Into this maelstrom stepped the 'new woman', a group of primarily urban, middle class French women. This work studies these women who challenged traditional notions of womanhood and conventionality. Num Pages: 304 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226721248
- ISBN
- 9780226721248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 77.70
€ 94.08
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Paperback. Asserting that the organization of sexual difference is a social, not natural, phenomenon, Poovey shows how representations of gender took the form of a binary opposition in mid-Victorian culture. Series: Women in Culture & Society S. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780226675305
- ISBN
- 9780226675305
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.86
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Hardcover. Presents diaries and correspondence left by members of the tokkotai and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the World War II. Outside of Japan, these kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This book explores writings, which speak otherwise. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BTM; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226619507
- ISBN
- 9780226619507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.75€ 43.95
€ 51.75
€ 43.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press Dublin, Ireland
- Edition
- Phoenix Ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226568034
- ISBN
- 9780226568034
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
€ 28.23
Paperback. This volume chronicles the history of Catholic parishes in such major cities as Boston, Chicago, Detriot, New York and Philadelphia, linking their unique place in the urban landscape to the course of 20th-century American race relations. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 29 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226558745
- ISBN
- 9780226558745
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
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Hardback. The kingdom of Granada faced radical changes imposed by its occupiers including conversion of its native Muslim population. This title attempts to lodge a protest against assimilationist laws that required converted Muslims in Granada to dress, speak, eat, marry, celebrate festivals, and bury their dead exactly as the Castilian settler population. Editor(s): Barletta, Vincent. Translator(s): Barletta, Vincent. Num Pages: 128 pages, 2 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFSR2; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226547268
- ISBN
- 9780226547268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 77.39
€ 94.08
€ 77.39
hardcover. An account of the relationship between American policy and public opinion during the Gulf crisis. Comparisons are made to other wars such as those in Panama, Vietnam, Korea and the Falklands, as well as to World War II. The book features 300 tables charting public opinion through the Gulf crisis. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 398 pages, 7 maps, 288 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FBXK; 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBJF1; JPQB; JPVK; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 28. Weight in Grams: 707.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226545646
- ISBN
- 9780226545646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.55€ 90.39
€ 110.55
€ 90.39
Hardcover. In 1849, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, and fertile soil of the eastern United States in favor of the rough-hewn lands of the American West. This title brings their perspective to life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 89 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226519609
- ISBN
- 9780226519609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.75€ 44.41
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Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 42 halftones, 45 figures, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226514253
- ISBN
- 9780226514253
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.79
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€ 20.79
Paperback. McMahon demonstrates how FDR's goals of constructing a stronger presidency and undermining the power of conservative Southern Democrats dovetailed with his administration's efforts to seek racial equality through the federal courts. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 115 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226500881
- ISBN
- 9780226500881
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.27
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Paperback. Exploring the links between class identity and vacationing, the text looks at the popularity of France's health resorts in the 19th century. It shows how spas were promoted as an ordered equivalent to the busy lives of the bourgeoisie, and this premier vacation made and was made by the bourgeoisie. Num Pages: 228 pages, 23 halftones, 1 map, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFC; JHBS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226500751
- ISBN
- 9780226500751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.98
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Paperback. Num Pages: 418 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; AV; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226489025
- ISBN
- 9780226489025
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.43
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Paperback. Drawing on the work of Foucault and Bourdieu, this book sets out to illuminate the practical imagination as it was exhibited in the transformation of the political and social sciences during 19th-century Germany. Using information from many sources, it examines the learned disciplines of the time. Num Pages: 392 pages, 15 line drawings, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFC; JH; JPH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press Chicago and London
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226482422
- ISBN
- 9780226482422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.82
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Paperback. Combining literary biography with reporting and moral insight, in this text David Laskin shows how sex, politics, and art affected relationships among the "Partisan Review" writers. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2ABM; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Univ of Chicago PR ed.
- SKU
- V9780226468938
- ISBN
- 9780226468938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.52
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Paperback. Num Pages: 430 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1; JHBK; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226457642
- ISBN
- 9780226457642
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.98
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Hardcover. In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city's status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. This book presents a tour of Hong Kong city's post colonial urban landscape. Num Pages: 320 pages, 101 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBTR; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226448565
- ISBN
- 9780226448565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 77.34
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Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226445700
- ISBN
- 9780226445700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.39
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€ 27.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKN; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226428802
- ISBN
- 9780226428802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.02€ 87.60
€ 107.02
€ 87.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226421834
- ISBN
- 9780226421834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.62
€ 32.99
€ 25.62