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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; CFG; HBJD; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226629766
ISBN
9780226629766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. Presents diaries and correspondence left by kamikaze pilots and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the war. These kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This work is useful for those interested in the history of Japan and World War II. Num Pages: 246 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BTM; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226619514
ISBN
9780226619514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Paperback. This study argues that morphology was integral to the life sciences of the 19th century. It traces the development of morphological research in German universities and illuminates significant institutional as well as intellectual changes in 19th-century German biology. Num Pages: 428 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map, 7 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBTB; JNU; PDX; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226610887
ISBN
9780226610887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 45.88

Paperback. What happens to a revolutionary town after the revolution? This anthropological history studies the Namiquipan peasants, who supported Pancho Villa in the revolution of 1910-1920, but who now consider themselves mere "spent cartridges" of a struggle that benefitted other classes. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; HBTV; JHM; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226607429
ISBN
9780226607429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.56

Hardcover. Turns the canonical vision of those events on its head by demonstrating how the defenders of Greek literature rather than clinging to an outmoded tradition celebrated the radically different practices of the ancient world. This title explores how the authoritative status of Greek texts allowed them to justify literary depictions of the scandalous. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 2AHA; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226591483
ISBN
9780226591483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 50.51

Paperback. The first Europeans to set foot on North America stood in awe of the natural abundance before them. Drawing on historical narrative and scientific inquiry, this title brings this spectacular environment back to life. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JB; RN; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 32. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226583419
ISBN
9780226583419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.20

Paperback. This work seeks to offer an alternative to traditional interest-based interpretations of US foreign policy. It argues that the Wilsonian outlook, far from being a crusading, idealistic doctrine, was reactive, practical, and grounded in fear. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226581361
ISBN
9780226581361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. In 1798 the armies of the French Revolution tried to transform Rome from the capital of the Papal States to a Jacobin Republic. Based on primary sources and incorporating two centuries of Italian, French, and international research, this work reveals what life was like for Romans in the age of Napoleon. Num Pages: 256 pages, 54 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226579733
ISBN
9780226579733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.20

Paperback. Both the quest for natural knowledge and the aspiration to alchemical wisdom played crucial roles in the scientific revolution, as William R. Newman demonstrates in this work on George Starkey (1628-1665), America's first famous scientist. Num Pages: 340 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; BG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226577142
ISBN
9780226577142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.27

Hardcover. Drawing on the analysis of counterterrorism in the years after 9/11 - including the issuance of terror alerts and the decision to invade Iraq - this title presents a case that the Bush administration hyped fear, while obscuring civil liberties abuses and concrete issues of preparedness. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JFD; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226567181
ISBN
9780226567181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.37

Paperback. In her incisive history, Kathleen D. McCarthy explores the impact of philanthropy - both giving and volunteerism - on America from 1700 to 1865. What results is a vital reevaluation of public life during the pivotal decades leading up to the Civil War. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Paperback Ed
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226562018
ISBN
9780226562018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. The inauguration of Robert Maynard Hutchins as the President of the University of Chicago in 1929 marked the beginning of a vibrant period for the university and for American higher education in general. This book presents a portrait of institutional life of university at that time, showing how life on campus revolved around President Hutchins. Num Pages: 204 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226561714
ISBN
9780226561714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

Paperback. Between 1877 and 1892, Dr Thomas Neill Cream murdered seven women, all prostitutes or patients seeking abortions, in England and North America. Using press reports and police dossiers, this work presents an account of the killings, providing an insight into Victorian sexual tensions and fears. Series: Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society. Num Pages: 218 pages, 5 halftones, 1 map, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFE; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226560687
ISBN
9780226560687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, xviii, 324 p., 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; ABA; ACV; ACX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
0002-
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226555843
ISBN
9780226555843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.50

Paperback. Employing a wide range of sources, the author examines the organizations that staffed and managed black schools in the South, with particular attention paid to the activities of the Freedman's Bureau. He looks as well at those who came to teach, a diverse group - white, black, Northern, Southern - and at the curricula and textbooks they used. Series: African American Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; JN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226539294
ISBN
9780226539294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.27

Paperback. When eight-year-old Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590-1662) entered one of the preeminent convents in Bologna in 1598, she had no idea what cloistered life had in store for her. This title retells the story of Vizzana and the nuns of Santa Cristina to elucidate the role that music played in the lives of these cloistered women. Num Pages: 280 pages, 32 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; AV; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408. Nuns, Music, and Defiance in Seventeenth-century Italy. 280 pages, 32 halftones, 3 line drawings. When eight-year-old Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590-1662) entered one of the preeminent convents in Bologna in 1598, she had no idea what cloistered life had in store for her. This title retells the story of Vizzana and the nuns of Santa Cristina to elucidate the role that music played in the lives of these cloistered women. Cateogry: (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; AV; HBJD; HBLH. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226535197
ISBN
9780226535197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. In 17th century France, aristocratic women were valued by their families as commodities to be married off in exchange for money, social advantage, or military alliance. The Duchesse de Montpensier was one of the few exceptions, as this collection of her letters demonstrates. Translator(s): DeJean, Joan. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 96 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 3JD; BJ; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226534923
ISBN
9780226534923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. As a woman wielding public authority, Elizabeth I embodied a paradox at the very center of sixteenth-century patriarchal English society. This title illuminates the ways in which the Queen and her subjects variously exploited or obfuscated this contradiction. It is suitable for historians, literary scholars, and art historians of the period. Num Pages: 352 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; ACN; AG; HBJD1; HBLH; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226534756
ISBN
9780226534756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.50

Paperback. Some nuns in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy strayed far from the paradigms of monastic life. In this book, the author resurrects forgotten tales and restores to life the long-silent voices of these cloistered heroines. The nuns of early modern Italy, it shows, set the standard for religious transgression in their own age - and beyond. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HRCC7; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226534725
ISBN
9780226534725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.26

Hardcover. The twentieth century is a pivotal period in map history. Geographic information systems radically altered cartographic institutions and reduced the skill required to create maps. This volume features expert contributors who provide both original research, and interpretations of larger trends in cartography. Editor(s): Monmonier, Mark. Num Pages: 1728 pages, 2 books, 805 colour plates, 119 halftones, 242 line drawings, 61 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTP; RGV; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 303 x 120. Weight in Grams: 7774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226534695
ISBN
9780226534695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 567.85
€ 472.90

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