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The Americas

Paperback. What happens to a revolutionary town after the revolution? This anthropological history studies the Namiquipan peasants, who supported Pancho Villa in the revolution of 1910-1920, but who now consider themselves mere "spent cartridges" of a struggle that benefitted other classes. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; HBTV; JHM; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226607429
ISBN
9780226607429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.56

Paperback. Appalled by the numbers of destitute children on the streets of New York, Charles Loring Brace created the Children's Aid Society and organised a programme of adoption across the US. Between 1854 and 1929 some 250,000 children were found homes in the country. This is his story, and theirs. Num Pages: 362 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226616674
ISBN
9780226616674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.17

Paperback. The United States is rapidly changing from a country monochromatically divided between black and white into a multiethnic society. This title helps us to understand America's racial future by revealing the complex relationships among integration, racial attitudes, and neighborhood life. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 maps, 43 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226626635
ISBN
9780226626635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Hardcover. From colonial history to the present, Americans have passionately, even violently, debated the nature and the character of money. The author provides a deep history and a penetrating analysis of American thinking about money and the ways that this ambivalence unexpectedly intertwines with race. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226629377
ISBN
9780226629377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Paperback. From colonial history to the present, Americans have passionately, even violently, debated the nature and the character of money. The author provides a deep history and a penetrating analysis of American thinking about money and the ways that this ambivalence unexpectedly intertwines with race. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374. The Entwined Histories of Money and Race in America. 256 pages, 20 halftones. From colonial history to the present, Americans have passionately, even violently, debated the nature and the character of money. The author provides a deep history and a penetrating analysis of American thinking about money and the ways that this ambivalence unexpectedly intertwines with race. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; KCZ. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226629384
ISBN
9780226629384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.76

Paperback. This work explores the lives of immigrants in two iconic Polish neighborhoods - the Back of the Yards and South Chicago. Through institutions such as churches and schools, the Poles were able to preserve their folk beliefs and family customs. Num Pages: 306 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226644240
ISBN
9780226644240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. A work that traces the storied past of the author's hometown, from the explorations of Joliet and Marquette in 1673 to the new wave of urban pioneers today. It gives voice to the city's steelyard workers and kill floor operators, and maps the neighborhoods distinguished not by Louis Sullivan masterworks but by bungalows and corner taverns. Editor(s): Pacyga, Dominic A. Num Pages: 464 pages, 145 halftones, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 31. Weight in Grams: 986.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226644288
ISBN
9780226644288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.20

Paperback. Analyzes men who have sex with male tourists, yet identify themselves as "normal" hetero-sexual men and struggle to maintain this status within their relationships with wives and girlfriends. This book is suitable for those concerned with health and sexuality in the Caribbean or beyond. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 halftones, 1 map, 16 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KJD; JFFH2; JFMX; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226644363
ISBN
9780226644363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Presents evidence that most Americans favor free enterprise and practical government programs to distribute wealth more equitably. This book provides a popular mandate to combat the economic inequity that plagues the nation. Num Pages: 144 pages, 20 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVK; KCB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226644554
ISBN
9780226644554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

Paperback. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 506 pages, 18 tables, 73 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226644783
ISBN
9780226644783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.23

Paperback. Can governments do anything right? This work argues that federal, state, and local governments can and should do a great deal. It analyzes government programmes that affect Americans' food, housing, health care, education, jobs and wages, incomes and taxes. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 410 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKS; JPA; JPQB; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226644820
ISBN
9780226644820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Aims to give readers a feeling for what it means to be Catholic and put one's faith into action. Tracing the practices of a group of parishioners in Oakland, California, and another in Guadalajara, this work reveals parallels - and contrasts - in the ways these ordinary Catholics receive and act on a church doctrine that emphasizes social justice. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HRCC7; HRCX6; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226645018
ISBN
9780226645018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

Hardcover. Traces the Caribbean from its pre-Columbian state through European contact and colonialism to the rise of US hegemony and the economic turbulence of the twenty-first century. This volume begins with a discussion of the region's diverse geography and challenging ecology and features an in-depth look at the transatlantic slave trade. Editor(s): Palmie, Stephan; Scarano, Francisco A. Num Pages: 624 pages, 71 halftones, 2 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1383.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226645063
ISBN
9780226645063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.17
€ 86.49

Paperback. Series: History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226653143
ISBN
9780226653143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. El Salvador emerged from a brutal civil war in 1992 to find much of its national income coming from a massive emigrant workforce that earns money in the US. This book examines this new way of life as it extends across two places: Intipuca, a Salvadoran town, and the Washington, DC, home to the second largest population Salvadorans in the US. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 halftones, 1 map, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCS; JFFN; JFSL4; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226653402
ISBN
9780226653402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardcover. Social workers produced thousands of case files about the poor during the interwar years. Analyzing almost two thousand such case files and traveling from Boston, Minneapolis, and Portland to London and Melbourne, this study examines how these stories of poverty were narrated and reshaped by ethnic diversity, economic crisis, and war. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1MBF; HBJD1; HBJK; HBJM; HBTB; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226653631
ISBN
9780226653631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 54.95

Paperback. When the avant-gardist John Cage died, he was already the subject of many interviews, memoirs and discussions of his contribution to music. This text includes a revisionist treatment of the way Cage himself has composed and been "composed" in America. Editor(s): Perloff, Marjorie; Junkerman, Charles. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226660578
ISBN
9780226660578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Almost fifty years after Brown v Board of Education, research shows that minority students continue to receive an unequal education. At the heart of this inequality is a complex and often conflicted relationship between teachers and civil rights activists. This title traces the tensions between the two groups in New York City over the years. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBTB; JNFR; JNKH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226660721
ISBN
9780226660721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 484 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226661018
ISBN
9780226661018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.10
€ 43.65

Paperback. This work traces the development of country music and its institutionalization from Fiddlin' John Carson's pioneering recordings in Atlanta in 1923 to the posthumous success of Hank Williams. The book also explores what it means to be authentic within popular culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 36. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226662855
ISBN
9780226662855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

paperback. The fascinating story of how a harsh terrain that resembled modern Anarctica has been transformed gradually into the forests, grasslands, and wetlands we know today". . . . offers a chance to travel through 20,000 years of environmental change from varied perspectives".--Robert T. Lackey, Bioscience. Photographs. Num Pages: 376 pages, 259 line drawings, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1KB; PS; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226668123
ISBN
9780226668123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. First published to mark the occasion of the Century of Progress Exposition, this volume includes the impressions of over a thousand visitors to Chicago, including Kipling and Waldo Frank. It covers all the major events in the history of the city, such as the Great Fire of 1871 and the 1893 World's Fair. Num Pages: 540 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226668215
ISBN
9780226668215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardcover. Exploring such topics as maternal caregiving, childbirth, and women's political roles, this title deals with the groups that challenged older ideals of motherhood, including male critics who railed against female moral authority, psychological experts who hoped to expand their influence, and women who wished to be more than wives and mothers. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226670201
ISBN
9780226670201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.75

Paperback. By the 1940s, the idealization of motherhood had waned, and the American mothers found themselves blamed for a host of societal and psychological ills. This title traces this important shift by exploring the evolution of maternalist politics, changing perceptions of the mother-child bond, and the rise of new approaches to childbirth and suffering. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226670225
ISBN
9780226670225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.94

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