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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.
Format
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

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRA; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 221 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041995
ISBN
9780226041995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.00

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.
Format
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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Paperback. This text examines the role played by the mass media and public opinion in the development of United States foreign policy in the Gulf War. It explores the prewar media debate, news coverage during and after the war, and the media's effect on public opinion and decision-makers. Editor(s): Bennett, W.Lance; Paletz, David L. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 341 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJF; JFD; JPQB; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226042596
ISBN
9780226042596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. Bess traces the technological transformations that shook post-war France, and shows how they led, in turn, to the rise of environmentalist ideas. As technological modernity merged with environmentalism, he contends, the boundaries between nature and society became profoundly blurred. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 266 x 29. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044187
ISBN
9780226044187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.93

Paperback. Describes the formation of a masculine ideology in the decades prior to the war, and shows how it thrived - on the job, and through union politics. This title provides a context for our ideas of postwar masculinity and whiteness and finally returns the men of the home front to our reckoning of the Greatest Generation and the New Deal era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044194
ISBN
9780226044194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

Paperback. In 1898, the Dreyfus Affair plunged French society into a yearlong frenzy. In Paris and provincial villages throughout the country, angry crowds paraded through the streets, attacking Jews and destroying Jewish-owned businesses. The author guides readers on a tour of France during this tumultuous crisis. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226052069
ISBN
9780226052069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.85

Paperback. A political movement rallies against under regulated banks, widening gaps in wealth, and gridlocked governments. Sound familiar? Historians wrote approvingly of the Populists up into the 1950s. This title sets out to uncover the truth of populism, focusing on the prominent Populist state, Kansas. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226054087
ISBN
9780226054087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.79

Paperback. Under the swastika, German scientists descended into the moral abyss, perpetrating heinous medical crimes at Auschwitz and at euthanasia hospitals. But why did biomedical researchers accept such a bargain? This title offers an account of the myriad ways human heredity and Nazi politics reinforced each other before and during the Third Reich. Num Pages: 392 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226055718
ISBN
9780226055718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Paperback. Until now the advent of Western romantic love has been seen as a liberation from--or antidote to--ten centuries of misogyny. In this major contribution to gender studies, R. Howard Bloch demonstrates how similar the ubiquitous antifeminism of medieval times and the romantic idealization of woman actually are. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226059730
ISBN
9780226059730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226059822
ISBN
9780226059822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Hardcover. The Civil War still occupies a prominent place in the national collective memory. Yet battlefields were not the only landscapes altered by the war. Countless individuals saw their daily lives upended while the entire nation suffered. This book reveals this side of the war as it happened, examining the visual culture of the Northern home front. Num Pages: 192 pages, 90 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226061856
ISBN
9780226061856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.58

Hardcover. Offers a look at the delectable secrets of Mesopotamia. The author's broad perspective takes us inside the religious rites, everyday rituals, attitudes and taboos, and even the detailed preparation techniques involving food and drink in Mesopotamian high culture during the second and third millenniums BCE, as the Mesopotamians recorded them. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Num Pages: 152 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA; JHBT; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226067353
ISBN
9780226067353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.05
€ 44.74

Paperback. A case study of the folklore of sexuality, this text examines the myth of the "droit de cuissage" and how for seven hundred years each era used the mythical custom to its own ends in an insight into popular misconceptions of the Middle Ages. Studies Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JFHF; WJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226067438
ISBN
9780226067438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Series: Chicago History of American Religion. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCX7; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226068121
ISBN
9780226068121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Combining ethnography, history, and social theory, this book exposes how the shifting fortunes and social perceptions of German intellectuals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries influenced German's conceptions of modernity and national culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226068916
ISBN
9780226068916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Series: Readings in Western Civilization. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069357
ISBN
9780226069357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

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