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Paperback. Responds to the growing chorus of critics who fear that the politics of running for office undermine judicial independence. The author presents a comprehensive study of the impact of campaigns on public perceptions of fairness, impartiality, and the legitimacy of elected state courts - and his findings are both counterintuitive and controversial. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 halftone, 15 line drawings, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPHF; LNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226291086
- ISBN
- 9780226291086
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFSL; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226289465
- ISBN
- 9780226289465
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.92
€ 34.99
€ 27.92
Paperback. Drawing on fieldwork at First Place, a popular Christian weight-loss program, and Exodus International, a network of ex-gay ministries, this title explores why some Christians feel that being fat or gay offends God, what exactly they do to lose weight or go straight, and how they make sense of the program's results - or, frequently, their lack. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226288123
- ISBN
- 9780226288123
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.61
€ 41.99
€ 32.61
Paperback. Jazz is one of the most influential American art forms of our time. It shapes our ideas about musical virtuosity, human action, and new forms of social expression. In this text, Nicholas Gebhardt shows how the study of jazz can offer profound insights into American historical consciousness. Num Pages: 232 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226284675
- ISBN
- 9780226284675
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Paperback. Presents religious dissent in the United States as a pervasive but hidden and often-ignored stream in American life. This book reviews the history of the nation's longest dissenting tradition, a tradition older and richer in the realm of religion than in any other facet of national life. It features a commentary on the American religious history. Series: Chicago History of American Religion. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226284514
- ISBN
- 9780226284514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.10
€ 27.99
€ 23.10
Hardcover. The terrain between Panama and Tierra del Fuego contains some of the richest mammalian fauna. Containing identification keys and brief descriptions of each order, family, and genus, this title covers marsupials, shrews, armadillos, sloths, anteaters, and bats. Editor(s): Gardner, Alfred L. Num Pages: 912 pages, 283 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 222 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226282404
- ISBN
- 9780226282404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.24€ 93.34
€ 112.24
€ 93.34
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. In 1996, an older woman in Lima, Peru - part of a group of women street sweepers protesting the privatization of the city's cleaning services - stripped to the waist in full view of the crowd that surrounded her. This title analyzes the ramifications of this act within the city's conflicted history and across its class divisions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226280981
- ISBN
- 9780226280981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.79
€ 35.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, 9tabs.56ch. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJU; KN; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 16. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226278780
- ISBN
- 9780226278780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. Arguing that jazz films create images of racial and sexual identity, many of which have become inseparable from popular notions of the music itself, this study explores the fundamental obsessions that American culture has brought to jazz in the cinema. Num Pages: 362 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; AVGJ; AVGK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- y First edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226277899
- ISBN
- 9780226277899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
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
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. 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
Paperback. Americans have long acknowledged a connection between evangelical religion and democracy in the early days of the republic. The author demolishes the idea that evangelical growth in the early republic was the cheerful product of enthusiasm for democracy, and creates for us a very different narrative of influence and ideals in the young republic. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HRAM2; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226271965
- ISBN
- 9780226271965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
€ 31.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. From Superman and Batman to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, these pop-culture juggernauts, with their "powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men," thrilled readers and audiences. The author shows how creators turned to science fiction to convey the reality of the paranormal they experienced in their lives. Num Pages: 392 pages, 67 colour plates, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; HRQX; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 218 x 33. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226271484
- ISBN
- 9780226271484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Hardcover. Across America, newspapers that have defined their cities for over a century are rapidly failing, their circulations plummeting even as opinion-soaked Web outlets thrive. This book explores the crucial question of how journalism lost its way - and what is responsible for the ragged retreat from its great traditions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226268989
- ISBN
- 9780226268989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.11
€ 25.99
€ 24.11
Paperback. Chicago and New York share similar backgrounds but have had strikingly different fates. Tracing their fortunes from the 1930s to the present day, Ester R. Fuchs examines key policy decisions which have influenced the political structures of these cities and guided them into, or clear of, periods of economic crisis. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 376 pages, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCBM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226267913
- ISBN
- 9780226267913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.48
€ 38.99
€ 34.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 17 halftones, 6 genealogies, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226264813
- ISBN
- 9780226264813
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.01
€ 31.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. This cultural-geographic study of the American Indian reservations in the 48 contiguous states explores the reservations as living environments rather than historical footnotes. The text seeks to discover and highlight the many possibilities for positive change. Series: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers S. Num Pages: 396 pages, 57 halftones, 36 maps, 19 line drawings, 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL9; JHMP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260891
- ISBN
- 9780226260891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.48
€ 38.99
€ 34.48
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
Hardcover. Brings together a consortium of voices comprised of renowned scientists, historians, philosophers, environmental writers, activists, policy makers, and land managers to negotiate the incredible challenges that environmentalism faces. Editor(s): Minteer, Ben A.; Pyne, Stephen J. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226259826
- ISBN
- 9780226259826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.53€ 47.81
€ 55.53
€ 47.81
Hardcover. Presenting a conversation among leading scholars in the areas of international legal standards, counter-terrorism strategy, humanitarian law, and the ethics of force, this book takes an account of American drone campaigns and the developing legal, ethical, and strategic implications of way of warfare. Editor(s): Cortright, David; Fairhurst, Rachel; Wall, Kristen. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 halftone, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWK; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226258058
- ISBN
- 9780226258058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.52€ 79.10
€ 94.52
€ 79.10
Paperback. Over time, sexuality in America has changed dramatically. Frequently redefined and often subject to different systems of regulation, it has been used as a means of control and has been at the center of fierce political storms. This title features documents that highlight the broad diversity inherent in the history of American sexuality. Editor(s): Foster, Thomas A. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346. Primary Sources for a History of Sexuality in America. 256 pages. Editor(s): Foster, Thomas A. Over time, sexuality in America has changed dramatically. Frequently redefined and often subject to different systems of regulation, it has been used as a means of control and has been at the center of fierce political storms. This title features documents that highlight the broad diversity inherent in the history of American sexuality. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK5. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226257471
- ISBN
- 9780226257471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
€ 31.99
€ 25.00
Hardcover. Over time, sexuality in America has changed dramatically. Frequently redefined and often subject to different systems of regulation, it has been used as a means of control and has been at the center of fierce political storms. This title features documents that highlight the broad diversity inherent in the history of American sexuality. Editor(s): Foster, Thomas A. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226257464
- ISBN
- 9780226257464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.52€ 79.10
€ 94.52
€ 79.10