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20th century
Hardcover. Before skyscrapers and streetlights glowed at all hours, American cities fell into inky blackness with each setting of the sun. But over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, technologies began to light up streets, buildings, and public spaces. This book depicts the changing experience of the urban night over this period. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226036021
- ISBN
- 9780226036021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 79.37
€ 95.07
€ 79.37
Paperback. In the late nineteenth century, public officials throughout the United States began to experiment with new methods of managing their local economies and meeting the infrastructure needs of a newly urban, industrial nation. This title recounts the history of these inscrutable government corporations. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 halftones, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226037721
- ISBN
- 9780226037721
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
Hardcover. Provides a survey of the history and background of Lochner versus New York. This title argues that the decision was well grounded in precedent - and that modern constitutional jurisprudence owes at least as much to the limited-government ideas of Lochner proponents as to the more expansive vision of its Progressive opponents. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043531
- ISBN
- 9780226043531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.05€ 63.42
€ 76.05
€ 63.42
Paperback. From World War II to the war in Iraq, periods of international conflict seem like unique moments in US political history - but when it comes to public opinion, they are not. This work explodes conventional wisdom about American reactions to World War II, as well as the more recent conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 344 pages, 70 line drawings, 38 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBWQ; HBWS; JPS; JPVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043593
- ISBN
- 9780226043593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. Describes the formation of a masculine ideology in the decades prior to the war, and shows how it thrived - on the job, and through union politics. This title provides a context for our ideas of postwar masculinity and whiteness and finally returns the men of the home front to our reckoning of the Greatest Generation and the New Deal era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044194
- ISBN
- 9780226044194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Hardcover. Any listener knows the power of music to define a place, but few can describe the how or why of this phenomenon. This title showcases how American jazz defined a culture particularly preoccupied with place. It analyzes both the performances and cultural context of leading jazz figures, including the many famous venues where they played. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 halftones, 11 line drawings, 10 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; AVGJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044941
- ISBN
- 9780226044941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.08€ 93.56
€ 114.08
€ 93.56
Paperback. Any listener knows the power of music to define a place, but few can describe the how or why of this phenomenon. This title showcases how American jazz defined a culture particularly preoccupied with place. It analyzes both the performances and cultural context of leading jazz figures, including the many famous venues where they played. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 halftones, 11 line drawings, 10 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; AVGJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044958
- ISBN
- 9780226044958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.56
€ 43.99
€ 33.56
Hardcover. In the United States at the height of the Cold War, roughly between the end of World War II and the early 1980s, a new project of redefining rationality commanded the attention of sharp minds, powerful politicians, wealthy foundations, and top military brass. The authors illuminate what it meant to be rational in the age of nuclear brinkmanship. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 halftones, 17 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HPS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226046631
- ISBN
- 9780226046631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. Under the swastika, German scientists descended into the moral abyss, perpetrating heinous medical crimes at Auschwitz and at euthanasia hospitals. But why did biomedical researchers accept such a bargain? This title offers an account of the myriad ways human heredity and Nazi politics reinforced each other before and during the Third Reich. Num Pages: 392 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226055718
- ISBN
- 9780226055718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226060941
- ISBN
- 9780226060941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.72€ 107.01
€ 130.72
€ 107.01
Hardcover. Called by Heinrich Heine a city of dull and culturally limited merchants where poets only go to die, Hamburg would seem an improbable setting for a major new intellectual movement. This title clarifies the social, political, and economic pressures faced by German-Jewish scholars on the periphery of Germany's intellectual world. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226061689
- ISBN
- 9780226061689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. Series: Midway Reprints. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226062433
- ISBN
- 9780226062433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.99
€ 48.99
€ 37.99
Paperback. A full-length study of the visual poetry of the early twentieth century. Bohn illuminates the works of Apollinaire, Josep-Maria Junow, Guillermo de Torre, and others. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11ill.48figs. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226063256
- ISBN
- 9780226063256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. A collection of writing on the experience of teaching. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; CFG; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226065823
- ISBN
- 9780226065823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. Histories of the Darwinian revolution have often paid more attention to theoretical debates than to the researchers who struggled to comprehend the deeper evolutionary significance of fossils. This is an account of evolutionary morphology and its relationship with palaeontology and biogeography. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 530 pages, 35 halftones, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PSAJ; RBX; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069227
- ISBN
- 9780226069227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.29
€ 43.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. Detailing the history of the Christian Socialist Movement after founder Karl Lueger's rise to power, this volume traces the evolution of the movement into the largest single party in the Austrian parliament by 1907 and its major role in Imperial politics during World War II. Num Pages: 718 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 718
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069616
- ISBN
- 9780226069616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 60.16
€ 71.30
€ 60.16
Paperback. A complete, illustrated survey of Etienne-Jules Marey's work that investigates the far reaching effects of her inventions on stream-of-consciousness literature, psychoanalysis, Bergsonian philosophy, and the art of cubists and futurists. Num Pages: 472 pages, 270 halftones, 65 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AGB; AJB; AJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 210 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226071756
- ISBN
- 9780226071756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 45.68
€ 53.48
€ 45.68
Hardcover. Reconsidering the fossil speculation, the museum displays, and the media frenzy that ushered dinosaurs into the American public consciousness, this work takes us back to the birth of dinomania, the modern obsession with all things Jurassic. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 halftones, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; GM; RBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226074726
- ISBN
- 9780226074726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. Through critical readings of key works of modern European literature, Victor Brombert shows how a new kind of hero - the antihero - has arisen to replace the toppled heroic model. The works of Buchner, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Svevo, Hasek, Frisch, Camus and Levi are examined. Num Pages: 168 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075433
- ISBN
- 9780226075433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.84
€ 32.99
€ 25.84
Paperback. This work takes us back to the primal scene of the 1960s and asks: what happened when young people got high and listened to rock as if it really mattered - as if it offered meaning and sustenance, not just escape and entertainment? Num Pages: 210 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075624
- ISBN
- 9780226075624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.94
€ 27.99
€ 22.94
Paperback. For centuries, people have been thinking and writing - and fiercely debating - about the meaning of marriage. This book offers a new account of marriage as it appeared in fiction, journalism, legal decisions, scholarly work, and private correspondence at the start of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJC; DSBH; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226085838
- ISBN
- 9780226085838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.81
€ 34.99
€ 27.81
Paperback. The central question for both the victors and the vanquished of World War II was just how widely the stain of guilt would spread over Germany. This title chronicles explores the processes of accommodation and rejection that Allied plans for a new German state inspired among the German intelligentsia. Num Pages: 392 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103341
- ISBN
- 9780226103341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. From Plato through the nineteenth century, the West could draw on comprehensive political visions to guide government and society. This title takes up the thought of seven influential thinkers, each of whom attempted to construct a political solution to this problem. Num Pages: 424 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226104294
- ISBN
- 9780226104294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.71
€ 33.99
€ 26.71
Hardcover. Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet's hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This title 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: 368 pages, 14 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PDX; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226111810
- ISBN
- 9780226111810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.78
€ 95.07
€ 78.78