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Hardcover. A city of immense literary mystique, Prague has inspired writers across the centuries with its beauty, cosmopolitanism, and tragic history. This interdisciplinary study helps to explain why Prague - more than any other major European city - has haunted the cultural and political imagination of the West. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; DSB; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226795409
ISBN
9780226795409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.25

Hardcover. Exploring eighteenth century concerns about privacy, this examination of scrutiny and social pressure looks at diaries, autobiographies, poems and works of pornography in order to show the possibilities of privacy, and its social repercussions. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768601
ISBN
9780226768601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.86
€ 43.08

Hardcover. Why has religion persisted across the course of human history? Secularists have predicted the end of faith for a long time, but religions continue to attract followers. This title focuses on the concrete realities of worship, examining religious holidays, conversion stories, prophetic visions, and life-cycle events. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226713915
ISBN
9780226713915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.62
€ 77.34

Hardcover. After Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, his second declaration, after socialism, was that Cuba would become a leader in international science. This book shows how Cuba came to compete with US pharmaceutical giants - despite a trade embargo and crippling national debt. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBLW3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226709178
ISBN
9780226709178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.61

Hardcover. Historians of British colonial rule in India have noted both the place of military might and the imposition of new cultural categories in the making of Empire. In this book, the author uncovers a lesser-known story of power: the power of bureaucracy. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226703275
ISBN
9780226703275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.22
€ 44.89

hardcover. Historians' autobiographies, Popkin shows, reveal how scholars arrive at their vocations, the difficulties of writing about modern professional life, and the ways in which personal stories can add to our understanding of historical events such as war, political movements, and the traumas of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1line drawing. BIC Classification: DSK; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226675435
ISBN
9780226675435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.22
€ 45.29

Hardcover. Begins by taking up the ancient philosophical notion that the world is composed of two fundamental opposites: atoms, as the philosopher Epicurus theorized, intrinsically unchangeable and moving about the void; and, the void itself, or nothingness. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226648491
ISBN
9780226648491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.14
€ 49.52

Hardcover. Exploring the relationship between power and knowledge in European engagement with Asia, this work examines the East India Company at work and reveals how writing and print shaped authority on a global scale in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It also uncovers the intellectual and political legacies of early modern trade and empire. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBTK; KNTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226620411
ISBN
9780226620411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.72

Hardcover. Augustine was the first theologian to write an autobiographical book dealing with the themes of sin and salvation, time and eternity. This title reconsiders his conception of embodiment, contributing to conversations involving scholars working in late antiquity, literary critics, philosophers, and ecological thinkers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226585758
ISBN
9780226585758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.87

Paperback. In the 1920s thousands of migrants settled in the Los Angeles suburb of South Gate. Blue collar workers built the suburb literally from the ground up. 'My blue heaven' demonstrates the ethic of self-reliance and homeownership which formed the core of South Gate's identity. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 colour plates, 11 halftones, 9 maps, 5 line drawings, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226583013
ISBN
9780226583013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.98

Hardcover. Drawing on novels, plays, and films of the 1920s and '30s, as well as the work of biologists, psychiatrists, and sexologists, this title brings together the experience and perception of modernity with sexuality, technology, and ecological concerns into a cogent discussion of science's place in reproduction in British and American cultural history. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226560694
ISBN
9780226560694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.96
€ 58.80

Paperback. Jeannette Mirsky has here drawn from Sir Aurel Stein's books and articles as well as from his letters and unpublished archival materials to produce a definitive biography of this archaeological explorer, geographer, historical topographer, and linguist. Num Pages: 594 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HD; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226531779
ISBN
9780226531779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.27

Hardcover. On August 4, 1578, in an ill-conceived attempt to wrest Morocco back from the hands of the infidel Moors, King Sebastian of Portugal led his troops to slaughter and was himself slain. Sixteen years later, King Sebastian rose again. The author recalls this conspiracy, marked both by scheming and absurdity, and the legal inquest that followed. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 colour plates, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFHF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 152 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226501086
ISBN
9780226501086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 31.90

Hardcover. The credit for creating Buddhism goes to the Buddha. But who was this Buddha, and how did he become the Buddha we know and love today? This book follows the twists and turns of Eastern and Western notions of the Buddha, leading finally to his triumph as the founder of a world religion. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226493206
ISBN
9780226493206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.47

Paperback. This text reconstructs Lakatos's original counter-arguments from lectures and correspondence previously unpublished in English, allowing us to enjoy the "fun" two of the 20th century's most eminent philosophers had, matching their wits and ideas on the subject of the scientific method. Editor(s): Motterlini, Matteo. Num Pages: 416 pages, 7 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467757
ISBN
9780226467757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 37.79

Paperback. In this study, Joseph Koerner establishes the character of Renaissance art in Germany and examines how artists such as Albrecht Durer and Hans Baldung Grien reflected in their masterworks the changing status of the self in 16th-century Germany. Num Pages: 564 pages, 1 colour plate, 223 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACND; AFC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 217 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226449999
ISBN
9780226449999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.50
€ 51.38

Hardcover. Editor(s): Joas, Hans; Huebner, Daniel R. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 240 x 2. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226376943
ISBN
9780226376943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.23
€ 55.08

Paperback. Examining Queen Victoria's own contributions to Victorian writing and art, this text looks at the cultural mechanisms through which her influence was felt. It explores the variability of Victoria's agency and of its representations using a wide array of literary, historical and visual sources. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226351148
ISBN
9780226351148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.11

hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 243 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226339986
ISBN
9780226339986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 35.62

hardcover. Editor(s): Reich, Rob; Cordelli, Chiara; Bernholz, Lucy. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JKSN1; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226335506
ISBN
9780226335506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.62
€ 78.06

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