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Paperback. Presents a reappraisal of the causes and consequences of a movement that ultimately transformed the nature of social insurance and the American workplace. This book argues that workers' compensation, rather than being an early progressive victory, succeeded because all relevant parties - labor, lawyers, and legislators - benefited from the ruling. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research - Long Term Factors in Economic Development. Num Pages: 324 pages, 27 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; LAZ; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249841
- ISBN
- 9780226249841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Hardcover. Our nation began with the simple phrase 'We the People.' But who were and are 'We'? This title draws on historical, psychological, and social research to answer that question by tracking the evolution of American character and culture over three centuries. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226251431
- ISBN
- 9780226251431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.98€ 44.93
€ 51.98
€ 44.93
Paperback. Our nation began with the simple phrase 'We the People.' But who were and are 'We'? This title draws on historical, psychological, and social research to answer that question by tracking the evolution of American character and culture over three centuries. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226251448
- ISBN
- 9780226251448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.15
€ 26.99
€ 22.15
Hardcover. Drawing on a wealth of archival research, Carlos A. Forment demonstrates how citizens of Latin America established strong democratic traditions in their countries through the practice of democracy in their everyday lives. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 456 pages, 9 maps, 19 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 33. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226257150
- ISBN
- 9780226257150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.07€ 50.79
€ 59.07
€ 50.79
Paperback. This anthology encompasses a broad range of essays on sexuality spanning European history from the fifteenth century to the present. Editor(s): Fout, John C. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226257839
- ISBN
- 9780226257839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.46
€ 31.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. An evocative symbol of the 1960s was its youth counterculture. This study reveals that the youthful revolutionaries were augmented by such unlikely allies as the advertising industry and the men's clothing business. The ad industry celebrated irrepressible youth and promoted defiance and revolt. Num Pages: 298 pages, 19 halftones, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBTB; JFC; JFFT; JHM; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260129
- ISBN
- 9780226260129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.16
€ 25.99
€ 21.16
Paperback. With the expanding presence of China in the global economy, Americans more and more look east for goods and trade. Focusing on the trade and consumption of porcelain, tea, and chinoiserie, this title shows that colonial Americans saw themselves as part of a world much larger than just Britain and Europe. Num Pages: 280 pages, 49 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260280
- ISBN
- 9780226260280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Paperback. The discovery of hundreds of botanical and zoological drawings at Windsor Castle led to a trail that led across Europe to a little-known scientific organization from 17th century Italy called the academy of Linceans (or Lynxes). This volume documents the history of their work. Num Pages: 528 pages, 83 colour plates, 89 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; ACQ; AGN; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Impression
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226261485
- ISBN
- 9780226261485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.41
€ 48.99
€ 38.41
Hardcover. Once heralded as a model welfare state, Sweden is now in transition since its economic plunge in the early 1990s. This volume examines Sweden's economic problems from a US perspective, exploring such diverse topics as income equalization, welfare and tax policy, wage determination and unemployment. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 488 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DNS; HBJD; HBLW3; JFF; JKS; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226261782
- ISBN
- 9780226261782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.87€ 102.23
€ 122.87
€ 102.23
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226266350
- ISBN
- 9780226266350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
Paperback. Poor migrants made up a growing class of workers in late sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. This book is an ambitious attempt to reconstruct the everyday lives of these dispossessed people. It offers a portrait of unsettledness in early modern England that includes the homeless and housed alike. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 tables, 34halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226269566
- ISBN
- 9780226269566
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.85
€ 34.99
€ 27.85
Paperback. Gratuitous sex. Graphic violence. Lies, revenge, and murder. This title retells six piquant episodes from the Italian court just after 1550, as the Renaissance gave way to an era of Catholic reformation. Num Pages: 316 pages, 10 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226269719
- ISBN
- 9780226269719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. From December 1811 to February 1812, massive earthquakes shook the middle Mississippi Valley, collapsing homes, snapping large trees midtrunk, and briefly but dramatically reversing the flow of the continent's mightiest river. This book reminds the major environmental disaster, demonstrating how events that have been long forgotten, and more. Num Pages: 472 pages, 22 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226273754
- ISBN
- 9780226273754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.85
€ 34.99
€ 27.85
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRAM3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226275062
- ISBN
- 9780226275062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.79
€ 33.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226277783
- ISBN
- 9780226277783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.72
€ 34.99
€ 27.72
Paperback. The housing market crash shattered Americans' boundless faith in home ownership. This title tells a history of our national obsession with real estate. It reveals that the aspiration for single-family home ownership was forged in impoverished immigrant neighborhoods in industrializing cities. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; KFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226282107
- ISBN
- 9780226282107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Paperback. A synthesis of the work of international scholars, this is an account of the people who animated a decisive period in the genesis of the modern mind - the Renaissance. Confining its attention to the "great" Renaissance which originated in Italy, the book treats a broad spectrum of figures. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226283562
- ISBN
- 9780226283562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Geanakoplos, Deno John. Num Pages: 526 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; HBJD; HBJF1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 982.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 526
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226284613
- ISBN
- 9780226284613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.17€ 45.92
€ 53.17
€ 45.92
Paperback. In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. This title relates the story of Evans' excavation and its long-term effects on Western culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; HBJD; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226289540
- ISBN
- 9780226289540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.27
€ 24.99
€ 20.27
Paperback. A collection of over two hundred recipes from ancient Rome, tested and updated for today's tastes. Translator(s): Herklotz, Anna. Num Pages: 244 pages, 16 colour plates, 113 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBG; HBLA; WBA; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226290324
- ISBN
- 9780226290324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.11
€ 27.99
€ 23.11