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Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 353 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AB; AC; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226306223
- ISBN
- 9780226306223
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€ 40.99€ 31.74
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Paperback. Exploring the origins of welfare in the context of local politics, this book examines the first welfare policy created specifically for mother-only families in Chicago in 1911. This revealing study shows how assumptions about women's roles have historically shaped public policy. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 halftones, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFF; JFSJ1; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226303932
- ISBN
- 9780226303932
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
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Hardcover. The 1904 Saint Louis World's Fair was a major event in early twentieth-century America. This title asks: what can we learn about the lived experience of fairgoers when we compare historical accounts, individual and collective memories, and artifacts from the event? It paints a lively picture of how fairgoers spent their time. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293103
- ISBN
- 9780226293103
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
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Paperback. From the late 18th to the early 20th century, hundreds of British women wrote about, and drew from, nature. This anthology includes, essays, travel writing, poetry and fiction, along with a detailed chronology and biography of each author. Editor(s): Gates, Barbara T. Num Pages: 704 pages, 28 halftones, 37 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AKLB; DN; DQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 936.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226284460
- ISBN
- 9780226284460
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.37
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226282107
- ISBN
- 9780226282107
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
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Hardcover. Over the course of the twentieth century, Sweden carried out one of the most ambitious experiments by a capitalist market economy in developing a large and active welfare state. Bringing together leading economists, this book examines Sweden's policies in response to the mid-1990s crisis and the implications for the subsequent recovery. Editor(s): Freeman, Richard B.; Swedenborg, Birgitta; Topel, Robert H. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 352 pages, 75 line drawings, 54 tables. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226261928
- ISBN
- 9780226261928
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Condition: New
€ 117.12€ 97.46
€ 117.12
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260129
- ISBN
- 9780226260129
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.16
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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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 45.88
€ 53.24
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244259
- ISBN
- 9780226244259
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Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.10
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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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226238449
- ISBN
- 9780226238449
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Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.10
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226238012
- ISBN
- 9780226238012
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.20
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€ 21.20
Paperback. Technology evolves at a dazzling speed, particularly in the field of genetic engineering. But the public has not had much to say about the advancements in human genetics. This text asks why and explores the social forces that have led to the thinning out of public debate over genetic engineering. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JFM; PSAD; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226222622
- ISBN
- 9780226222622
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.53
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Paperback. This work explores the ways in which Nazi Germany used art and media to portray their country as a champion of Kultur and civilisation. Revealing how multiple domains of cultural activity served to conceptually de-humanize Jews, this work shows how the seeds of the Holocaust were sown Editor(s): Etlin, Richard A. Num Pages: 368 pages, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; AB; GTB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226220871
- ISBN
- 9780226220871
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.34
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Paperback. Originating in Cuba in 1897, yellow fever shuttered businesses, paralyzed trade, and caused tens of thousand of people living in the southern United States to abandon their homes and flee for their lives. This title uncovers how the devastating power of this virus profoundly shaped the relationship between the two countries. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; MBNS; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226218120
- ISBN
- 9780226218120
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.92
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Paperback. Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet's hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This book explains how observing networks transformed an instant of panic and confusion into a field for scientific research, turning earthquakes into natural experiments at the nexus of the physical and human sciences. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PDX; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226212050
- ISBN
- 9780226212050
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
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Hardcover. An era of sweeping cultural change in America, the postwar years saw the rise of beatniks and hippies, the birth of feminism, and the release of the first video game. This book examines the rise and fall of the new math as a marker of the period's political and social ferment. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184968
- ISBN
- 9780226184968
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Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.10
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Hardcover. The political and economic history of Latin America has been marked by great hopes and even greater disappointments. This book asks why the nations of Latin America have failed to share in the fruits of globalization and highlights the dangers of the turn to economic populism in the region. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPR; 3JMC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184784
- ISBN
- 9780226184784
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.19
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Hardcover. Tells the story of how Chinese medicine was transformed from the antithesis of modernity in the early twentieth century into a potent symbol of and vehicle for China's exploration of its own modernity half a century later. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169880
- ISBN
- 9780226169880
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Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.10
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Paperback. The farm crisis of the 1980s was the greatest economic disaster to hit rural America since the Depression. The crisis gave rise to a social trauma that affects farmers in the 21st century. This is a chronicle of the experience. Num Pages: 195 pages, 5 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFFA; JHM; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169132
- ISBN
- 9780226169132
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
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Paperback. This volume collects W.E.B. Du Bois' sociological writings from 1898 to 1910. The selections include discussion on the conception of sociology and sociological research, especially as a tool in the struggle for racial justice along with an assessment of race relations before and after World War II. Series: Heritage of Sociology S. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226167602
- ISBN
- 9780226167602
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74