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The Americas

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

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

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

€ 55.27
€ 47.16

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

€ 94.08
€ 77.70

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
€ 24.51

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

€ 94.08
€ 77.43

Paperback. In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, security became the paramount concern of virtually everyone involved in governing the United States. This title describes the human activities, emotions, relationships, and decisions that shaped the way Americans experienced homeland security. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM; JPRB; JPWL2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226257440
ISBN
9780226257440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

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

€ 58.80
€ 49.52

Paperback. Proceeding from the bold and provocative claim that there never has been a comprehensive and systematic theory of race, the authors set out to reformulate how we think about one of the most vexing and central aspects of American life. Num Pages: 520 pages, 1 halftone, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226253527
ISBN
9780226253527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 34.99

Paperback. Life in America at the turn of the 19th century has been characterised as distinctly male orientated. Fleissner disputes this popular view and uncovers a new understanding of the era through naturalism, the prominent literary style of the time. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226253107
ISBN
9780226253107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.86

Paperback. Explores how blackness is always a troubling presence in the field of vision and the black body is persistently seen as a problem. This book examines a range of materials from visual and media art, documentary photography, theater and performance, fashion advertising, and celebrity culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226253039
ISBN
9780226253039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.40

Hardcover. Explores how blackness is always a troubling presence in the field of vision and the black body is persistently seen as a problem. This book examines a range of materials from visual and media art, documentary photography, theater and performance, fashion advertising, and celebrity culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226253022
ISBN
9780226253022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.26
€ 78.35

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
€ 21.72

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

€ 51.75
€ 44.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages, 9 line drawings, 32 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226251288
ISBN
9780226251288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 37.46

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226249667
ISBN
9780226249667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.29

Paperback. From 1945 to 1960, the University of Chicago was home to a group of students whose work has come to define a second "Chicago School" of sociology. In this book, sociologists critically confront this legacy and discuss the internal conflicts that call into question the idea of a unified "school". Num Pages: 436 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226249391
ISBN
9780226249391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 44.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226249377
ISBN
9780226249377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. This text offers a critique of the ideological roots of the "Deep Ecology" movement spreading throughout Germany, France and the United States. The author examines European legal cases concerning the status and rights of animals and key ideas that German Romanticism embraced. Translator(s): Volk, Carol. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; HPCF; LNKJ; LNS; RNC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244839
ISBN
9780226244839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.51

Hardcover. As African American populations grew and white communities declined throughout the 1960s and '70s, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans migrated to the city, adding a complex layer to local racial dynamics, this book provides history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in the postwar era. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 9 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244259
ISBN
9780226244259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 77.43

Paperback. Translator(s): Taylor, J. C. Num Pages: 416 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244211
ISBN
9780226244211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.80

Hardcover. Americans believe strongly in the socially transformative power of education, and more. How did we get here? This book presents four competing visions of "the race problem" and documents how an individualistic paradigm, which presented white attitudes as the source of racial injustice, gained traction. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226238449
ISBN
9780226238449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 77.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; KNDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226238050
ISBN
9780226238050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.07

Paperback. A reconstruction of the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. Farber tells the story of the protests from the perspectives of the major protagonists--the Yippies, the National Mobilization to End the War, and Mayor Richard J. Daley and his police. Num Pages: 334 pages, 28ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JPHV; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226238012
ISBN
9780226238012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.80

Paperback. The University of California law professor explores the Constitutional issues raised by the Civil War, illuminating Lincoln's "legal legacy" in terms of his actions to preserve the union and how he defended those actions within the context of his own era and their ramifications in terms of such mode Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226237961
ISBN
9780226237961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.15

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