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Paperback. Love it or hate it, the world that radio made has steered popular music and provided the soundtrack of American life for more than half a century. The author studies the evolution of this multicentered pop landscape, along the way telling the stories of the Isley Brothers, Dolly Parton, A&M Records, and Elton John, among others. Num Pages: 312 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226896182
- ISBN
- 9780226896182
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. In this sweeping history of American democracy, Robert Wiebe traces the origins and development of democratic ruling in the USA since the early 19th century, also assessing its future prospects. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPHV; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 194 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895635
- ISBN
- 9780226895635
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.90
€ 36.99
€ 28.90
Paperback. Since the 1990s, gay and lesbian civil rights organizations have increasingly focused on the right of same-sex couples to marry, which represents a major change from earlier activists' rejection of the institution. This title explores this shift and its connections to the transformation of the US from a welfare state to a neo-liberal one. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895291
- ISBN
- 9780226895291
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. How does a so-called bad neighborhood go about changing its reputation? Is it simply a matter of improving material conditions or picking the savviest marketing strategy? What kind of role can or should the arts play in that process? This title examines one neighborhood's fight to erase the stigma of devastation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 halftones, 2 maps, 2 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226894324
- ISBN
- 9780226894324
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Paperback. An issue facing transitional democracies around the world has been what to do with the security apparatuses left over from the old regime. This text explores this using true stories of torture victims in Brazil and Uruguay who, faced with the paralysis of the new regime, settled their own accounts. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 1KLSU; BG; JHM; JPH; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226893945
- ISBN
- 9780226893945
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. Draws readers inside the circle of intellectuals, scientists, politicians, businessmen, and clergymen who brought Charles Darwin's controversial ideas to post - Civil War America. This title situates Darwinism in the context of the Gilded Age. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFCX; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226893846
- ISBN
- 9780226893846
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
Paperback. Cholas and Pishtacos are two provocative characters from South American popular culture. In this book, these two figures become vehicles for an exploration of race, sex, and violence beginning with three forms of social and economic interaction: estrangement, exchange and accumulation. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFFE; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226891545
- ISBN
- 9780226891545
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Presents a unified method for conducting good survey research centered on the various types of errors that can occur in surveys - from measurement and nonresponse error to coverage and sampling error. This comprehensive guide is built on theoretical elements drawn from specific disciplines, with detailed treatments of the specific types of errors. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 tables, 10line drawings, 9text boxes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226891286
- ISBN
- 9780226891286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.57
€ 47.99
€ 37.57
Paperback. This analysis of post-war middle-class family life draws on interviews with American couples from the 1950s to the 1980s, and examines the relationship between their actual experiences and the images of them portrayed in the popular culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFCA; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226886718
- ISBN
- 9780226886718
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Examines developments in black cinema - the ascendancy of Spike Lee and the proliferation of "ghettocentric films". The work examines a distinct contradiction in American society: black youth have become targets of a racial backlash but their popular cultures have become commercially viable. Num Pages: 329 pages, 1 line drawing, 9 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226874890
- ISBN
- 9780226874890
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. The authors look at points in American and British culture where the "colour line" has blurred. Through accounts of racial masquerades in literature and by looking at music throughout recent history, they upset the idea of race as a symbol of inherent human attributes. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226873428
- ISBN
- 9780226873428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.85
€ 37.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. During the Progressive Era, a rehabilitative agenda took hold of American juvenile justice. Alongside this liberal "manufactory of citizens," a parallel structure was enacted: a Jim Crow juvenile justice system that endured across the nation for most of the twentieth century. This title studies the rise and fall of Jim Crow juvenile justice. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 line drawing, 9 halftones, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; LNFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226873183
- ISBN
- 9780226873183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
Hardcover. Explorer, scientist, writer, and humanist, Alexander von Humboldt was the most famous intellectual of the age that began with Napoleon and ended with Darwin. This title traces Humboldt's ideas for "Cosmos" to his 1799 journey to the Americas, where he first experienced the diversity of nature and of the world's people. Num Pages: 424 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; PDX; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226871820
- ISBN
- 9780226871820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Paperback. In 1980, the author's world was turned upside down when the steel mill in Southeast Chicago where her father worked abruptly closed. In the ensuing years, ninety thousand other area residents would also lose their jobs in the mills. In this book, she examines the fate of her family and that of blue-collar America at large. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 colour plate, 24 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JFSC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332. Family and Class in Postindustrial Chicago. 240 pages, 1 colour plate, 24 halftones, 1 line drawing. In 1980, the author's world was turned upside down when the steel mill in Southeast Chicago where her father worked abruptly closed. In the ensuing years, ninety thousand other area residents would also lose their jobs in the mills. In this book, she examines the fate of her family and that of blue-collar America at large. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JFSC; JHBK. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226871806
- ISBN
- 9780226871806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. This volume explores the history of "musica tropical", analyzing its rise in the context of the development of the broadcast media, rapid urbanization, and regional struggles for power. Editor(s): Wade, Peter. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 2 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; AVGH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226868455
- ISBN
- 9780226868455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. On his return to the village of Chipaya, the author learned that a group of Uru Indians, believed to be sorcerers and vampires, was being incarcerated and tortured. This study examines relations between the Urus and the region's dominant ethnic groups. Translator(s): Volk, Carol. Num Pages: 164 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226867649
- ISBN
- 9780226867649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Hardcover. In 1799, the authors set out to determine whether the Orinoco River connected with the Amazon. This title brings together drawings and detailed texts to achieve multifaceted views of cultures and landscapes across the Americas. Editor(s): Kutzinski, Vera M.; Ette, Ottmar. Series: Alexander von Humboldt in English. Num Pages: 576 pages, 30 colour plates, 41 halftones, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Critical
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865065
- ISBN
- 9780226865065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.29€ 65.28
€ 77.29
€ 65.28
Paperback. Harlem's nightclubs in the 1920s and '30s were a crucible for testing society's racial and sexual limits. Combining performance theory, historical research, and biographical study, this title explores the role of nightlife performance as a definitive touchstone for understanding the racial and sexual politics of the early 20th century. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFCA; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226862521
- ISBN
- 9780226862521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Hardcover. Harlem's nightclubs in the 1920s and '30s were a crucible for testing society's racial and sexual limits. Combining performance theory, historical research, and biographical study, this title explores the role of nightlife performance as a definitive touchstone for understanding the racial and sexual politics of the early 20th century. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; JFCA; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226862514
- ISBN
- 9780226862514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226854588
- ISBN
- 9780226854588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 46.16
€ 53.51
€ 46.16