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Paperback. France is in the throes of a crisis defined by the rhetoric of a universalism that takes the abstract individual to be the representative not only of citizens but also of the nation. In this book, the author shows how the requirement for abstraction has led to the exclusion of women from French politics. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226741086
- ISBN
- 9780226741086
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€ 40.99€ 31.01
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Hardback. In the nineteenth century, Americans began to use maps in radically new ways. This title charts how maps of epidemic disease, slavery, census statistics, the environment, and the past demonstrated the analytical potential of cartography, and in the process transformed the very meaning of a map. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP; RGV. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 189 x 265 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226740683
- ISBN
- 9780226740683
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€ 94.08€ 77.43
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Paperback. This study of over 2500 female and male saints explores women's status and experience in early medieval society and in the Church. It focuses on the changing social contexts of female sanctity, and also on "deviant" female behaviour which frequently challenged male order and authority. Num Pages: 600 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; HRCM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 34. Weight in Grams: 824.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226740546
- ISBN
- 9780226740546
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€ 52.99€ 40.29
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paperback. This study examines medieval religious culture and the significance of the widespread belief in ghosts, revealing the ways in which the dead and the living related to each other during the Middle Ages. It discusses Augustine's influence on medieval authors, and monastic visions and folklore. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Num Pages: 290 pages, 28 colour plates, 3 halftones, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HRAC; JFHF; VXQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226738888
- ISBN
- 9780226738888
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.32
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Paperback. Editor(s): Bershady, Harold. Series: Heritage of Sociology Series. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226736716
- ISBN
- 9780226736716
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€ 36.99€ 29.40
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Paperback. Drawing on memoirs, private correspondences and other sources, this book examines the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Despite rapid recovery and redevelopment, the author describes the social/political conflict and division that followed the fire. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226735481
- ISBN
- 9780226735481
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€ 36.99€ 29.15
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Paperback. In early modern Europe, the king's body was literally sovereign. This title demonstrates the ways in which democratic societies have continued many of the rituals and practices associated with kingship in displaced, distorted, and, usually, unrecognizable forms. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HP; HRA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226735368
- ISBN
- 9780226735368
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Hardback. In early modern Europe, the king's body was literally sovereign. This title demonstrates the ways in which democratic societies have continued many of the rituals and practices associated with kingship in displaced, distorted, and, usually, unrecognizable forms. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HP; HRA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226735351
- ISBN
- 9780226735351
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€ 119.96€ 97.86
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Paperback. This work examines the musical influences of a Malaysia's Portuguese community, whose roots lie in the conquest of Malacca in 1511 by the Portuguese seafarer Afonse D'Albuquerque. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 234 pages, 18 halftones, 2 maps, 12 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1FMM; AS; AVGH; AVGW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734996
- ISBN
- 9780226734996
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€ 40.99€ 31.01
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Paperback. Examines the history of political and intellectual life in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Bengal to show how the concept can take on a life of its own in different contexts. This interdisciplinary study is suitable for historians and anthropologists, as well as scholars of South Asia and colonialism. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734941
- ISBN
- 9780226734941
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€ 35.99€ 28.23
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Paperback. Presents an intellectual historical critique of the Fundamentalist movement in America. This work argues that our understanding of this movement has been grievously distorted by the Fundamentalist-Modernist debate of the 1920s, as symbolized by William Jennings Bryan and the Scopes trial. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM6; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734682
- ISBN
- 9780226734682
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€ 36.99€ 29.51
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Paperback. Maria de San Jose Salazar took the veil as a discalced (barefoot) Carmelite nun in 1571, becoming one of Teresa de Avila's most important collaborators in religious reform. This work is a defense of the practice of setting aside hours of the day for conversation, music and plays. Translator(s): Powell, Amanda. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734552
- ISBN
- 9780226734552
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
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Paperback. Editor(s): Sallis, John. Num Pages: 224 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 311.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734392
- ISBN
- 9780226734392
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Hardcover. Develops a framework for thinking about art through innovative readings of some of the most important philosophical writing on the subject by Kant, Hegel, and Heidegger. This title exposes fresh layers in their texts and theories while also marking their limits. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734224
- ISBN
- 9780226734224
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€ 94.08€ 77.43
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Paperback. The most Jewish of gospels in its contents and the most anti-Jewish in its polemics, the Gospel of Matthew has been said to mark the emergence of Christianity from Judaism. This text disagrees by showing us how Matthew wrote from within Jewish tradition to a distinctly Jewish audience. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734217
- ISBN
- 9780226734217
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€ 35.99€ 28.23
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Hardcover. The history has resurrected from northern Europe's bogs several men, women, and children who were deposited there as sacrifices in the early Iron Age and kept intact by the chemical properties of peat. Offering an account of their modern afterlives, this title argues that the discovery of bog bodies began an extraordinary cultural journey. Num Pages: 320 pages, 63 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DN; HDDA; JFC; JHM; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734040
- ISBN
- 9780226734040
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Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 37 halftones, 76 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBJM; HD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 288 x 16. Weight in Grams: 546.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226733661
- ISBN
- 9780226733661
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.80
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Paperback. Jens Rydstrom explores the history of homosexuality and bestiality in Sweden to consider why these sexual practices have been so closely linked in virtually all Western Societies. Based on diaries, medical records and court reports, this work reveals the changing notion of deviant behaviour. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 halftones, 2 maps, 6 figures, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1DNS; HBJD; JFSK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226732572
- ISBN
- 9780226732572
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€ 34.99€ 27.29
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Hardcover. Documents cultural and religious sites across the Tibetan Plateau and its bordering regions from the Paleolithic and Neolithic times all the way up to today. This book ranges through the five periods in Tibetan history, offering introductory maps of each followed by details of western, central, and eastern regions. Num Pages: 216 pages, 121 colour plates, 36 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1334.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226732442
- ISBN
- 9780226732442
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.92
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Paperback. Num Pages: 338 pages, 69 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFC; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226732404
- ISBN
- 9780226732404
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.14
€ 36.99
€ 29.14