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Paperback. Van Riper chronicles the Victorian debate over the idea of prehistoric human origins within the context of Victorian science, showing how the notion of human antiquity forced Victorians to redefine their assumptions about human evolution and the relationship of science to Christianity. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables, 11 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; HDDA; JHMP; PDX; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226849928
- ISBN
- 9780226849928
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86
Paperback. Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678) was an advocate and exemplar of women's education, this text contains her writings on the defence of women's education, her letters to other learned women, her own account of her early life as well as responses to her work from male contemporaries Translator(s): Irwin, Joyce L. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DNF; HRC; JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226849997
- ISBN
- 9780226849997
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.51
€ 34.99
€ 27.51
Hardcover. Examines the complex philosophical relationship between Martin Heidegger and Leo Strauss. This book argues that both thinkers provide searching analyses of the philosophical tradition's origins in radical questioning. It offers a profound consideration of these two philosophers' reflections on the roots, meaning, and fate of Western rationalism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226852546
- ISBN
- 9780226852546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.50€ 77.43
€ 94.50
€ 77.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226854588
- ISBN
- 9780226854588
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Condition: New
€ 53.15€ 44.94
€ 53.15
€ 44.94
Paperback. Vives advocated education for all women, regardless of social class and ability. From childhood through adolescence to marriage and widowhood, this manual offers advice as well as philosophical meditation. Vives stressed that women were intellectually equal if not superior to men. Translator(s): Fantazzi, Charles. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226858159
- ISBN
- 9780226858159
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.35
€ 35.99
€ 28.35
Hardcover. In 1799, the authors set out to determine whether the Orinoco River connected with the Amazon. This title brings together drawings and detailed texts to achieve multifaceted views of cultures and landscapes across the Americas. Editor(s): Kutzinski, Vera M.; Ette, Ottmar. Series: Alexander von Humboldt in English. Num Pages: 576 pages, 30 colour plates, 41 halftones, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Critical
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865065
- ISBN
- 9780226865065
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Condition: New
€ 76.78€ 64.02
€ 76.78
€ 64.02
Paperback. Offers a study of those at the centre of Western civilization's vision of the world - the Enlightenment: nobles, priests, functionaries, men of letters, artists, explorers, soldiers and women. This book examines the fundamental structures of society, and attitudes to birth, death and sexuality. Editor(s): Vovelle, Michel. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865706
- ISBN
- 9780226865706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.06€ 49.58
€ 59.06
€ 49.58
Hardcover. Presents an account of the fate of Paris' public spaces in the years following Nazi occupation and joyful liberation. Countering the traditional narrative that Paris' public landscape became sterile and dehumanized in the 1940s and '50s, this book instead finds that the city's streets overflowed with ritual, drama, and spectacle. Num Pages: 400 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226870236
- ISBN
- 9780226870236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.29
€ 52.99
€ 40.29
Paperback. Combining translations of five peasant narratives with critical commentary on their provenance and implications for historical study, this book illuminates the life of the peasantry in Tokugawa Japan. Editor(s): Walthall, Anne. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; JFS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226872346
- ISBN
- 9780226872346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.24
€ 37.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HRCC1; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 770.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Second edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226872391
- ISBN
- 9780226872391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.79€ 43.42
€ 50.79
€ 43.42
Paperback. During the Progressive Era, a rehabilitative agenda took hold of American juvenile justice. Alongside this liberal "manufactory of citizens," a parallel structure was enacted: a Jim Crow juvenile justice system that endured across the nation for most of the twentieth century. This title studies the rise and fall of Jim Crow juvenile justice. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 line drawing, 9 halftones, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; LNFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226873183
- ISBN
- 9780226873183
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86
Paperback. The authors look at points in American and British culture where the "colour line" has blurred. Through accounts of racial masquerades in literature and by looking at music throughout recent history, they upset the idea of race as a symbol of inherent human attributes. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226873428
- ISBN
- 9780226873428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.40
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Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226875064
- ISBN
- 9780226875064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Hardcover. Of all the writings on theory and aesthetics - ancient, medieval, or modern - the most important is indisputably Aristotle's "Poetics", the first philosophical treatise to propound a theory of literature. The author offers a fresh interpretation of the lost second book of Aristotle's "Poetics". Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226875088
- ISBN
- 9780226875088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.50€ 77.43
€ 94.50
€ 77.43
Paperback. This work attempts to see the satis - the Hindu custom of women sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands - through Hindu eyes, providing an experiential and psychoanalytic account of ritual self-sacrifice and self-mutilation in South Asia. Translator(s): Mehlman, Jeffrey; White, David Gordon. Num Pages: 328 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAX; HRG; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226885698
- ISBN
- 9780226885698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.58
€ 47.99
€ 36.58
paperback. In 1908, the ruler of the Balinese realm of Klungkung and over 100 members of his family and court were massacred when they marched deliberately into the fire of the Dutch colonial army. This work examines the question of what their action meant and its significance in contemporary Klungkung. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 half-tones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; HBJF; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226885827
- ISBN
- 9780226885827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.61
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Paperback. These essays, by contributors from fields ranging from social and political theory to historical sociology and cultural studies, seek to illuminate the significance of the public/private distinction for an increasingly wide range of debates. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226886244
- ISBN
- 9780226886244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86
Paperback. Nineteenth-century philologist and Biblical critic William Robertson Smith famously concluded that the sacred status of holy places derives not from their intrinsic nature, but from their social character. Building upon this insight, this work uses Islamic legal texts to analyze the rituals and objects associated with the sanctuary at Mecca. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 35. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226888040
- ISBN
- 9780226888040
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226890562
- ISBN
- 9780226890562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
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Paperback. Argues that the Socratic paradoxes are best understood as Socrates' way of combating sophistic views: that no one is willingly just, those who are just and temperate are ignorant fools, and only some virtues (courage and wisdom) but not others (justice, temperance, and piety) are marks of true excellence. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226891736
- ISBN
- 9780226891736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.15
€ 37.99
€ 29.15