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paperback. First published in 1600 in answer to Giusepe Passi's diatribe about women's alleged defects, this polemic displays Lucrezia Marinella's knowledge of the Italian poetic tradition and demonstrates her ability to argue against authors of the misogynist tradition from Boccaccio to Torquato Tasso. Translator(s): Dunhill, Anne; Panizza, Letizia. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226505466
ISBN
9780226505466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.68

Paperback. Explores how Pentecostalism presents the experience of being born again as a chance for Nigerians to realize the promises of political and religious salvation made during the colonial and post colonial eras. This book sheds light on Nigeria's politics, and the everyday struggles of ordinary citizens coping with poverty, and inequality. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HRAM2; HRCC96. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226507132
ISBN
9780226507132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Editor(s): Marty, Martin E.; Appleby, R. Scott. Series: Fundamentalism Project S. Num Pages: 888 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226508788
ISBN
9780226508788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.57
€ 51.38

Paperback. This text focuses on fundamentalist movements on five continents and within six religions. It considers the effect that antisecular religious movements have had since 1970 on national economies, political parties, constitutional issues, and international relations. Editor(s): Marty, Martin E.; Appleby, R. Scott. Series: Fundamentalism Project S. Num Pages: 676 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 175 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
676
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226508849
ISBN
9780226508849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28
€ 44.94

Paperback. Featuring treatments of fundamentalist movements in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Buddhism, the authors describe the organization of these movements and the ways in which their ideologies shift over time in response to changing political and social environments. Editor(s): Appleby, R. Scott; Marty, Martin E. Series: Fundamentalism Project S. Num Pages: 852 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: HR; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 181 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
852
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226508863
ISBN
9780226508863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.20
€ 49.58

Paperback. Martin E. Marty argues here that religion in 20th-century America was essentially shaped by its encounter with modernity. In this first volume, he records and explores the diverse ways in which American religion embraced, rejected or cautiously accepted the modern world. Num Pages: 398 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226508948
ISBN
9780226508948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. This third volume chronicling faith in 20th-century America, presents an account of American religious culture from the entry of the United States into World War II through the Eisenhower years. It addresses the role of religion in shaping the social and political life of mid-century America. Num Pages: 556 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWQ; HRAC; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 35. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
556
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226508993
ISBN
9780226508993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.86

Paperback. Observes that the modern study of religion is peculiarly ambivalent toward the question of origin. Historians of religion have abandoned speculative quests for the origin of religion; at the same time, they allege that concepts of absolute beginnings are fundamental to religion itself. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226509853
ISBN
9780226509853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Argues that the history of televising philosophy is crucial to understanding the struggle over French national identity in the postwar period. This work insists that we jettison presumptions about the anti-intellectual nature of the visual field and engages critical questions about the survival of national cultures in a globalizing world. Num Pages: 272 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APT; HBTB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226509914
ISBN
9780226509914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.25

Paperback. In this work, the author departs from the traditional Western view that moral responsibility is limited to the consequences of overt individual action. He argues that individuals share responsibility for various harms perpetrated by their communities. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511696
ISBN
9780226511696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511702
ISBN
9780226511702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. The author argues in this text that a person's integrity and moral responsibility are shaped and limited not just by conscience, but also by socialization and moral support from the communities to which he or she belongs. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511726
ISBN
9780226511726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.29

paperback. "The freshness of the authors' approaches . . . is salutary. . . . The collection is stimulating and valuable."-Joan Shelley Rubin, "Journal of American History" Editor(s): May, Lary. Num Pages: 320 pages, x, 310 p., 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511764
ISBN
9780226511764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.19

Hardcover. Presents a document from the last months of the Holocaust. This book tells the story of the Terezin camp and how the author and her family fared while imprisoned there. Editor(s): Dwork, Deborah. Num Pages: 280 pages, 124 colour plates. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 273 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1182.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Facsimile ed
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511863
ISBN
9780226511863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 31.94

Paperback. Saint Domingue (Haiti) was the world's richest colony in the eighteenth century and home to an active society of science - one of only three in the world at that time. This study of the colon raises questions about the relationship between science and society that historians of the colonial experience are grappling with today. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 figures, 4 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226514673
ISBN
9780226514673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Phoenix ed
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226516714
ISBN
9780226516714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28
€ 44.87

Paperback. Historians have chronicled language, madness, gender, and sexuality and have experimented with fresh forms of presentation. This work suggests that there is confusion among historians about what counts as a justified account of the past. It dispels some of the confusion, and also discusses issues of narrative, objectivity, and memory. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226518305
ISBN
9780226518305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. Shedding light on a fundamental tension in liberal theory, this book reaches beyond post-colonial studies to revise the reader's conception of Britain's 19th-century grand liberal tradition and the conception of experience with which it is associated. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226518824
ISBN
9780226518824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.11

Paperback. In 1849, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, and fertile soil of the eastern United States in favor of the rough-hewn lands of the American West. This title brings their perspective to life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 89 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226519623
ISBN
9780226519623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, xx, 308 p. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226519791
ISBN
9780226519791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.72

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