Humanities
Results 41801 - 41820 of 46099
Humanities
Hardcover. Offers an argument that the study of historical figures is not only an interpretation of their views, but can be understood as a form of philosophy itself. Examining a number of philosophers to explore the nature of this interanimation, this book presents an assortment of thoughtful examples of historical commentary that enact philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226259659
- ISBN
- 9780226259659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.62
€ 41.99
€ 32.62
Paperback. In this comprehensive study, Marvin Fox offers an approach to Moses Maimonides that illuminates the intersections of his philosophical, religious, and Jewish visions--ideas that have embattled readers of Maimonides since the twelfth century. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226259420
- ISBN
- 9780226259420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. This anthology encompasses a broad range of essays on sexuality spanning European history from the fifteenth century to the present. Editor(s): Fout, John C. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226257839
- ISBN
- 9780226257839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.46
€ 31.99
€ 25.46
Hardcover. Drawing on a wealth of archival research, Carlos A. Forment demonstrates how citizens of Latin America established strong democratic traditions in their countries through the practice of democracy in their everyday lives. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 456 pages, 9 maps, 19 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 33. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226257150
- ISBN
- 9780226257150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.07€ 50.79
€ 59.07
€ 50.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226254715
- ISBN
- 9780226254715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.53
€ 42.99
€ 33.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226254661
- ISBN
- 9780226254661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Paperback. Our nation began with the simple phrase 'We the People.' But who were and are 'We'? This title draws on historical, psychological, and social research to answer that question by tracking the evolution of American character and culture over three centuries. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226251448
- ISBN
- 9780226251448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.15
€ 26.99
€ 22.15
Hardcover. Our nation began with the simple phrase 'We the People.' But who were and are 'We'? This title draws on historical, psychological, and social research to answer that question by tracking the evolution of American character and culture over three centuries. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226251431
- ISBN
- 9780226251431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.98€ 44.93
€ 51.98
€ 44.93
Paperback. Presents a reappraisal of the causes and consequences of a movement that ultimately transformed the nature of social insurance and the American workplace. This book argues that workers' compensation, rather than being an early progressive victory, succeeded because all relevant parties - labor, lawyers, and legislators - benefited from the ruling. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research - Long Term Factors in Economic Development. Num Pages: 324 pages, 27 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; LAZ; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249841
- ISBN
- 9780226249841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. In this new edition of the text, Arthur Fine looks at Einstein's philosophy of science and develops his own views on realism. A new afterword discusses the reaction to Fine's own theory. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249490
- ISBN
- 9780226249490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Hardcover. Faced with widespread reports of religious persecution, public and private actors around the world have responded with laws and policies designed to promote freedom of religion. What are the cultural and epistemological assumptions underlying this response, and what forms of politics are enabled in the process? Editor(s): Sullivan, Winnifred Fallers; Hurd, Elizabeth Shakman; Mahmood, Saba; Danchin, Peter G. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JPVH4; LAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226248479
- ISBN
- 9780226248479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.97€ 97.22
€ 116.97
€ 97.22
Paperback. A consideration of tenth-century Europe on the eve of the second millennium. Fichtenau offers a survey of all the main spheres of life: the social order, the rural economy, schooling and religious belief and practice in both the secular and monastic church. Translator(s): Geary, Patrick J. Num Pages: 494 pages, xxii, 472 p. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226246215
- ISBN
- 9780226246215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
€ 52.99
€ 41.13
Paperback. What happens when the meaning of life based on a divine revelation no longer makes sense? Luc Ferry argues that modernity has not killed the search for meaning but has transformed the search into a more humanitarian language. Translator(s): Pellauer, David. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244853
- ISBN
- 9780226244853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.84
€ 32.99
€ 25.84
Paperback. This text offers a critique of the ideological roots of the "Deep Ecology" movement spreading throughout Germany, France and the United States. The author examines European legal cases concerning the status and rights of animals and key ideas that German Romanticism embraced. Translator(s): Volk, Carol. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; HPCF; LNKJ; LNS; RNC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244839
- ISBN
- 9780226244839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
€ 31.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Tracing a central theme of Plato's "Republic", the author reconsiders in this study the nature and purpose of the comparison between the structure of society and that of the individual soul. With clarity and insight, he conveys the relation between the city and the soul and the choice between tyranny and philosophy. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244372
- ISBN
- 9780226244372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
Hardcover. Over the past 200 years, thousands of ancient Greek vases have been unearthed. Yet debate continues about what the images depicted on these vases actually meant to ancient Greek viewers. This work demonstrates how the study of visual images will enrich understanding of the ancient world. Num Pages: 408 pages, 149 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFPC; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244365
- ISBN
- 9780226244365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.24€ 83.18
€ 99.24
€ 83.18
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244259
- ISBN
- 9780226244259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.52€ 79.10
€ 94.52
€ 79.10
Paperback. By the end of the 15th century Cassandra Fedele was arguably the most famous woman writer and scholar in Europe. This collection of letters reveals the central, mediating role Cassandra Fedele occupied in a community of scholars otherwise inaccessible to women. Translator(s): Robin, Diana. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; BJ; DNF; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226239323
- ISBN
- 9780226239323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226238012
- ISBN
- 9780226238012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.20
€ 25.99
€ 21.20
Hardcover. In 1965 the white minority government of Rhodesia issued a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain, rather than negotiate a transition to majority rule. The author shows that the exception that was Rhodesian independence did not, in fact, make the state that different from new nations elsewhere in Africa. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1HFMS; HBJH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226235059
- ISBN
- 9780226235059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.24€ 82.79
€ 99.24
€ 82.79