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Regional & national history
Paperback. The inauguration of Robert Maynard Hutchins as the President of the University of Chicago in 1929 marked the beginning of a vibrant period for the university and for American higher education in general. This book presents a portrait of institutional life of university at that time, showing how life on campus revolved around President Hutchins. Num Pages: 204 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226561714
- ISBN
- 9780226561714
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.71
€ 34.99
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Paperback. Examines the social and cultural significance of masculinity during the generations born between the Black Death and Protestant Reformation. This title discovers that social relations between men, founded on the ideals of honesty and self-restraint, were at least as important as their domination and control of women in defining their identities. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226569574
- ISBN
- 9780226569574
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. A timeless tale of love, lust, and politics, "Tosca" is one of the most popular operas ever written. In "Tosca's Rome," Susan Vandiver Nicassio explores the surprising historical realities that lie behind Giacomo Puccini's opera and the play by Victorien Sardou on which it is based. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 halftones, 12 line drawings, 1 table, 14 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVGC9; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226579726
- ISBN
- 9780226579726
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.01
€ 27.99
€ 23.01
Paperback. In 1798 the armies of the French Revolution tried to transform Rome from the capital of the Papal States to a Jacobin Republic. Based on primary sources and incorporating two centuries of Italian, French, and international research, this work reveals what life was like for Romans in the age of Napoleon. Num Pages: 256 pages, 54 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226579733
- ISBN
- 9780226579733
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.05
€ 25.99
€ 21.05
Paperback. This work seeks to offer an alternative to traditional interest-based interpretations of US foreign policy. It argues that the Wilsonian outlook, far from being a crusading, idealistic doctrine, was reactive, practical, and grounded in fear. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226581361
- ISBN
- 9780226581361
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. The reopening of Iraq's National Museum attracted worldwide attention, underscoring the country's dual image as both the cradle of civilization and a contemporary geopolitical battleground. This title looks back through ten thousand years of the region's deeply significant yet increasingly overshadowed past. Translator(s): Nissen, Hans J. Num Pages: 192 pages, 52 halftones, 42 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226586649
- ISBN
- 9780226586649
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.17
€ 23.99
€ 19.17
Paperback. Translated into English for the first time, "The End" is a searing firsthand account of the Allied firebombing of Hamburg and a rare German perspective on the devastation. Translator(s): Agee, Joel. Num Pages: 112 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 188.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226595573
- ISBN
- 9780226595573
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.46
€ 16.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. Appalled by the numbers of destitute children on the streets of New York, Charles Loring Brace created the Children's Aid Society and organised a programme of adoption across the US. Between 1854 and 1929 some 250,000 children were found homes in the country. This is his story, and theirs. Num Pages: 362 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226616674
- ISBN
- 9780226616674
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.17
€ 23.99
€ 19.17
Paperback. Presents diaries and correspondence left by kamikaze pilots and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the war. These kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This work is useful for those interested in the history of Japan and World War II. Num Pages: 246 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BTM; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226619514
- ISBN
- 9780226619514
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.22
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Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; CFG; HBJD; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226629766
- ISBN
- 9780226629766
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.51
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Paperback. During the nineteenth century, Britain became the first gaslit society, with electric lighting arriving in 1878. At the same time, the British government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. This book explores how light facilitated such practices as safe transportation and private reading. Num Pages: 368 pages, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBT; TNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226640778
- ISBN
- 9780226640778
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
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Paperback. A work that traces the storied past of the author's hometown, from the explorations of Joliet and Marquette in 1673 to the new wave of urban pioneers today. It gives voice to the city's steelyard workers and kill floor operators, and maps the neighborhoods distinguished not by Louis Sullivan masterworks but by bungalows and corner taverns. Editor(s): Pacyga, Dominic A. Num Pages: 464 pages, 145 halftones, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 31. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226644288
- ISBN
- 9780226644288
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.20
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Hardcover. Traces the Caribbean from its pre-Columbian state through European contact and colonialism to the rise of US hegemony and the economic turbulence of the twenty-first century. This volume begins with a discussion of the region's diverse geography and challenging ecology and features an in-depth look at the transatlantic slave trade. Editor(s): Palmie, Stephan; Scarano, Francisco A. Num Pages: 624 pages, 71 halftones, 2 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226645063
- ISBN
- 9780226645063
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Condition: New
€ 105.17€ 86.49
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Paperback. Series: History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226653143
- ISBN
- 9780226653143
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
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Hardcover. Social workers produced thousands of case files about the poor during the interwar years. Analyzing almost two thousand such case files and traveling from Boston, Minneapolis, and Portland to London and Melbourne, this study examines how these stories of poverty were narrated and reshaped by ethnic diversity, economic crisis, and war. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1MBF; HBJD1; HBJK; HBJM; HBTB; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226653631
- ISBN
- 9780226653631
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Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 54.95
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Paperback. First published to mark the occasion of the Century of Progress Exposition, this volume includes the impressions of over a thousand visitors to Chicago, including Kipling and Waldo Frank. It covers all the major events in the history of the city, such as the Great Fire of 1871 and the 1893 World's Fair. Num Pages: 540 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 766.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226668215
- ISBN
- 9780226668215
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
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Hardcover. Since the end of the cold war, Africa has seen a rise in political and religious phenomena, including an eviscerated privatized state, neoliberal NGOs, Pentecostalism, a resurgence in accusations of witchcraft, and a culture of scamming and fraud. This title argues that a novel cultural politics is remaking one of the world's poorest regions. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226669649
- ISBN
- 9780226669649
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Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.78
€ 95.07
€ 78.78
Paperback. Combining archaeological and textual evidence, this book examines the eighth-century settlements that became the city-states of classical Greece (the polis). The author suggests that the Athenian model was probably the exception, not the rule, in the development of the polis. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226673349
- ISBN
- 9780226673349
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
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Paperback. Exploring the effects of military defeat and Nazi occupation on French articulations of gender in wartime France, this text uses such sources as governmental archives and propaganda to explore the ways in which Vichy politicians used gendered images to maintain political and social order. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JFFK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226673509
- ISBN
- 9780226673509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.51
€ 44.99
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Paperback. Many property lines drawn in early America still survive today and continue to shape the landscape and character of the United States. This study examines the process by which land was divided into private property and distributed to settlers from the beginning of colonization to early nationhood. Series: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers S. Num Pages: 432 pages, 19 halftones, 50 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTP; HBTQ; HBTR; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226680651
- ISBN
- 9780226680651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83