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Hardcover. Combines an inventive reading of Jean-Luc Nancy with queer theoretical concerns to argue that while scenes of intimacy are spaces of sharing, they are also spaces of separation. The author shows that this tension informs our efforts to coexist ethically and politically, an experience of sharing and separation that informs any decision. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 colour plates, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSB; HPN; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226717777
ISBN
9780226717777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.71

Paperback. This chronicle recount the history of the collective life of nuns in the convent of Corpus Domini, whose cloistered life was touched by the Great Western Schism and the Council of Constance. The necrology provides details of the lives of nearly 50 nuns who lived and died in the convent. Translator(s): Bornstein, Daniel. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 122 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
122
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226717890
ISBN
9780226717890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Riha, Thomas. Num Pages: 266 pages, xxxiv, 232 p. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226718538
ISBN
9780226718538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 228 x 159. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226718552
ISBN
9780226718552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 377 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 228 x 162. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
377
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226718576
ISBN
9780226718576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. Series: Textual Sources for the Study of Religion S. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226720630
ISBN
9780226720630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. In the French Enlightenment, empiricism was intimately bound up with sensibility. What Riskin describes as a 'sentimental empiricism' is the ideology which brought together ideas and institutions, practices and politics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226720791
ISBN
9780226720791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Located in the heart of England's Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. This title re-creates the battle for Thirlmere and the clashes between conservationists who wished to preserve the lake and developers eager to supply the needs of a growing urban population. Num Pages: 248 pages, 60 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; 3JH; HBTK; RBKF; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350. Manchester, Thirlmere, and Modern Environmentalism. 248 pages, 60 halftones. Located in the heart of England's Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. This title re-creates the battle for Thirlmere and the clashes between conservationists who wished to preserve the lake and developers eager to supply the needs of a growing urban population. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; 3JH; HBTK; RBKF; RNK. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 14. Weight: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226720869
ISBN
9780226720869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. Examining Levinas's texts and readings by Derrida, Blanchot, and Bataille, this text shows how the thread of the literary leads to the internal tensions of Levinas's ethical discourse. It provides a critical account of Levinas's early and mature philosophy as well as later transitional essays. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226721132
ISBN
9780226721132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. After World War I, newly blurred boundaries between male and female created fears among the French that theirs was becoming a civilization without sexes. This book examines how, through public debates concerning female identity, French society came to grips with the horrors of the Great War. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFFK; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226721224
ISBN
9780226721224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 354 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226721255
ISBN
9780226721255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Translator(s): Goldhammer, A. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226723563
ISBN
9780226723563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. The vertebrate fossil record extends back more than 500 million years, and bonebeds - localized concentrations of the skeletal remains of vertebrate animals - help unlock the secrets of this long history. This book provides readers with definitions, theoretical frameworks, and modern techniques in bonebed data collection and analysis. Editor(s): Rogers, Raymond R.; Eberth, David A.; Fiorillo, Tony R. Num Pages: 400 pages, 89 halftones, 26 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: HDW; PSVW; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226723716
ISBN
9780226723716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.37

Paperback. Series: History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 232 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 192 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1962
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Edition Not Stated
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226724515
ISBN
9780226724515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.23

Paperback. Explores aspects of Arab Muslim life that are, at first glance, perplexing to Westerners. This title argues that the common thread is the importance Arabs place on the negotiation of interpersonal relationships - a link that helps to explain actions as seemingly unfathomable as suicide bombing and as elusive as Quranic interpretation. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226726175
ISBN
9780226726175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226726779
ISBN
9780226726779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.94

Paperback. By analyzing the trial of Charles Guiteau, who assassinated US President Garfield in 1881, this text explores insanity and criminal responsibility in the late-19th century. Although the role of genetics in behaviour had been accepted, the trial debated whether heredity influenced Guiteau's actions. Num Pages: 290 pages, 6 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKVC; JMAL; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226727172
ISBN
9780226727172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.50

Paperback. Provides a portrait of the authors' views on history, philosophy, rhetoric, and religion as well as on their writings and professors. This title discusses the differences between Judaism and Christianity and the reasons the authors have chosen their respective faiths. Editor(s): Rosenstock-Huessy, Eugen. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HRAF; HRC; HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226728018
ISBN
9780226728018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. Art historian Conrad Rudolph follows the ancient pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela. With anecdotes, travel tips and scholarly descriptions of medieval art, he offers a thoughtful guide to a remarkable journey across northern Spain one undertaken by thousands of pilgrims each year. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 203 x 9. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731278
ISBN
9780226731278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.17

Paperback. Combines scholarship on supposedly discrete episodes in American history into a story of same-sex desire across the country and the centuries. The book shows what it means to say that sexuality has a history by pointing to experiences of love/desire that were understood in radically different ways. Num Pages: 234 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731568
ISBN
9780226731568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

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