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Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231063784
ISBN
9780231063784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.11
€ 80.20

Hardback. Reveals the difficult course of French filmmaking from the declaration of war in 1939 through four years of misery to France's liberation in 1944. This book examines the conditions of filmmaking as they reflected the larger political, cultural, and social context within occupied France. It is suitable for film historians. Num Pages: 235 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: APFA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231059268
ISBN
9780231059268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.22
€ 62.20

Hardback. Num Pages: 287 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTV; JPA; JPF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231058865
ISBN
9780231058865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.89
€ 83.64

Paperback. Probing the effect of the Vietnam War on the American self-image, the author uses popular culture, literature, and film to study how the myths and symbols of the war reflected the politics of Americans. Num Pages: 241 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231058797
ISBN
9780231058797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. A critical reassessment of the reception of China's history in American historical writing. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 243 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780231058117
ISBN
9780231058117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

Hardback. Two prominent Soviet dissidents portray Khrushchev in power as a shrewd, complex, decisive, and impetuous innovator, impatient to remedy defects in the Soviet system but carried away by initial successes. Num Pages: 198 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; JPFC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231039390
ISBN
9780231039390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.61
€ 64.39

Hardback. Is Leo Strauss truly an intellectual forebear of neoconservatism and a powerful force in shaping Bush administration foreign policy? This title puts this question to rest, revealing how the popular media came to perpetuate an oversimplified view of a complex and wide-ranging philosopher. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226993324
ISBN
9780226993324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.56
€ 79.50

Paperback. Documenting four painful years in the life of German writer Christa Wolf, this volume of essays, letters and diary entries portrays the cultural and political situation in the former German Democratic Republic. An admired writer, Wolf was reviled after the publication of her novel "What Remains". Editor(s): Heurck, Jan Van. Translator(s): Heurck, Jan Van; Heurck, J.V. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; BG; DNF; HBG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press Chicago
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226905037
ISBN
9780226905037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 27.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226899008
ISBN
9780226899008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.56
€ 79.56

Paperback. Examines literary and historical texts to show how writers have manipulated images and ideas associated with the cattle killing - harvest, sacrifice, rebirth, devastation - to speak to their contemporary predicaments. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226893488
ISBN
9780226893488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. Read by Protestants and Catholics alike, Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633-94) was the foremost German woman poet and writer in the seventeenth-century German-speaking world. This volume translates excerpts from the first two sets of thirty-six meditations. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 350 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226864877
ISBN
9780226864877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.75
€ 79.88

Hardcover. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226852607
ISBN
9780226852607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.06
€ 61.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, x, 398 p., 53 illustrations, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 118 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226841656
ISBN
9780226841656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.08

Hardback. Shows that the perceived threat to history is recurrent, exaggerated, and often misunderstood. This book shows, the utility of history is a distinctive theme throughout the history of the discipline, as is the attempt to be responsive to public issues among pressure groups. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226821931
ISBN
9780226821931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.81
€ 70.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226811154
ISBN
9780226811154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.69

Hardback. By the end of the 1920s, more than 45,000 native Puerto Ricans had left their homes and entered the United States, citizenship papers in hand, forming one of New York City's most complex and unique migrant communities. This work unravels the many tensions that defined the experience of this group of American citizens before and after World War II. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226796086
ISBN
9780226796086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.56
€ 78.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20ill. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226791388
ISBN
9780226791388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.36
€ 44.22

Paperback. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226791319
ISBN
9780226791319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.69

Paperback. For Prespa Albanians, both at home in Macedonia and in the diaspora, the most significant events of any year are wedding ceremonies. This account of Prespa weddings combines photographs, song texts and recordings of the wedding music, demonstrating the importance of singing within Prespa society. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 halftones, 9 line drawings, 23 musical examples, compact disk with 25 tracks. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; AVGH; HBTB; JFSL; JHBT; JHM; WJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780226779737
ISBN
9780226779737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.04

Hardback. Offers a views of rhetoric through the lens of modality, arguing that rhetoric's guiding interest in what is possible makes it a suitable tool for understanding politics. This title examines rhetoric's role in the history of modernity and to makes connections between thinkers from the classical, early modern, and modern periods. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HP; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226777481
ISBN
9780226777481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 38.46

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