Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. In this text, Christopher Wilson examines narratives of police power in crime news, popular fiction and film, showing how they reflect and influence the real strategies of law enforcement on the beat, in the squad room and in urban politics. Num Pages: 286 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFC; JKSW1; JKVF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226901336
- ISBN
- 9780226901336
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.59
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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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.59
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Paperback. This work examines the emergence of the ethnic hero within popular culture. It looks at the dynamic rise of African-American pop icons, the social and historical contexts in which they flourished, and their powerful impact on the African-American community. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 600.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226847177
- ISBN
- 9780226847177
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.73
€ 34.99
€ 27.73
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
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Condition: New
€ 94.31€ 78.49
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€ 78.49
Paperback. Further exploring the notion of dreaming, he brings to light the internal desires that lured Midwestern migrants to the city as well as the nostalgia that led them to dream of the homes they left behind. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226768748
- ISBN
- 9780226768748
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Hardback. Presents a philosophical and historical account of the engagement of the major protagonists of Victorian British philosophy. This title considers the controversies between William Whewell and John Stuart Mill on the topics of science, morality, politics, and economics. It is suitable for philosophers and historians of science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226767338
- ISBN
- 9780226767338
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Condition: New
€ 94.31€ 78.49
€ 94.31
€ 78.49
Paperback. Collects autobiographies by an international cross-section of well-known sociologists, all of them "children of the '60s." This book illuminates the human experience of living through that decade as apprentice scholars and activists, encountering the issues of class, race, the establishment, feminism, war, and the sexual revolution. Editor(s): Sica, Professor Alan; Turner, Stephen. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 181 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226756257
- ISBN
- 9780226756257
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.61
€ 40.99
€ 31.61
Paperback. Seligman's careful and evenhanded account will be essential to understanding that the "flight" of whites to the suburbs was the eventual result of a series of responses to transformations in Chicago's physical and social landscape, occurring one block at a time. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 halftones, 8 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226746654
- ISBN
- 9780226746654
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.51
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€ 33.51
Hardcover. Presents an account of the reconstruction of prehuman history of the earth. This title takes readers from the post-Napoleonic Restoration in Europe to the early years of Britain's Victorian age, chronicling the staggering discoveries geologists made during the period. Num Pages: 648 pages, 125 halftones, 40 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; PDX; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 70 x 100 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226731285
- ISBN
- 9780226731285
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Condition: New
€ 76.62€ 69.06
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hardcover. With chronological chapters featuring emblematic Arctic explorers - including Elisha Kent Kane, Charles Hall, and Robert Peary - this title reveals why the North Pole, a region so geographically removed from Americans, became an iconic destination for discovery. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MTN; 3JH; HBJK; HBJQ; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226721842
- ISBN
- 9780226721842
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Condition: New
€ 94.31€ 78.69
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Hardcover. In fin-de-siecle France, politics were in uproar, and gender roles blurred as never before. Into this maelstrom stepped the 'new woman', a group of primarily urban, middle class French women. This work studies these women who challenged traditional notions of womanhood and conventionality. Num Pages: 304 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226721248
- ISBN
- 9780226721248
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Condition: New
€ 94.31€ 78.49
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Paperback. Liberace's career follows the trajectory of the classic American dream. This volume reveals Liberace as a complicated man whose political, social and religious conservatism existed side-by-side with a lifetime of secretive homosexuality. Num Pages: 512 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226686691
- ISBN
- 9780226686691
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
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Hardcover. Government spending has increased in United States since World War II. Drawing on examples from the federal and state governments, this book explains why these budget rules tend to fail, and proposes original alternatives for imposing much-needed fiscal discipline on our legislators. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; KFFD; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226682594
- ISBN
- 9780226682594
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Condition: New
€ 70.73€ 60.16
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Hardcover. As the banking crisis and its effects on the world economy have made plain, the stock market is of importance to our livelihoods. This book looks at the history of the market to figure out how we arrived at a point where investing is commonplace, as market fluctuations threaten our plans to send our children to college or retire comfortably. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line drawing, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; KCZ; KFFM. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226679310
- ISBN
- 9780226679310
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Condition: New
€ 94.31€ 78.49
€ 94.31
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Paperback. Recreates the daily life of the bar room from 1870 to 1920, exploring what it was like to be a "regular" in the old-time saloon of pre-prohibition industrial America. This study examines saloon-goers across America, including New York, Chicago, New Orleans and San Francisco. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 332 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSG; JHBT; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226677699
- ISBN
- 9780226677699
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
Paperback. In a time when the Pauline dictum decreed that women be silent in matters of the Church, Johanna Eleonora Petersen (1644-1724) was a pioneering author of religious books, insisting on her right to speak out as a believer above her male counterparts. Editor(s): Becker-Cantarino, Barbara. Translator(s): Becker-Cantarino, Barbara. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; BGXA; HRCC99; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226662992
- ISBN
- 9780226662992
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
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€ 27.64
Hardcover. During the nineteenth century, Britain became the first gaslit society, with electric lighting arriving in 1878. At the same time, the British government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. This title explores how light facilitated such practices as safe transportation and private reading. Num Pages: 368 pages, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBT; TNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226640761
- ISBN
- 9780226640761
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Condition: New
€ 94.31€ 78.49
€ 94.31
€ 78.49
Paperback. A centennial study of Yerkes Observatory, built a century ago by the University of Chicago as one of America's first big science centres. This text describes the changing fortunes of the Observatory under its first three directors, and is illustrated with many archival photographs. Num Pages: 394 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226639468
- ISBN
- 9780226639468
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.04
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€ 22.04
Hardcover. Presents diaries and correspondence left by members of the tokkotai and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the World War II. Outside of Japan, these kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This book explores writings, which speak otherwise. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BTM; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226619507
- ISBN
- 9780226619507
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Condition: New
€ 51.87€ 44.70
€ 51.87
€ 44.70
Paperback. 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: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226567198
- ISBN
- 9780226567198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
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Paperback. The author aims to bring an understanding of both the history of literature and the history of warfare to the study of the Renaissance epic. Analyzing English, Italian and Iberian epics published between 1483 and 1610, this text focuses on many aspects of warfare during this time. Num Pages: 388 pages, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADS; 2ADT; 3JB; 3JD; DSBB; DSBD; HBG; HBLH; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226554051
- ISBN
- 9780226554051
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.29
€ 42.99
€ 33.29
Hardback. The kingdom of Granada faced radical changes imposed by its occupiers including conversion of its native Muslim population. This title attempts to lodge a protest against assimilationist laws that required converted Muslims in Granada to dress, speak, eat, marry, celebrate festivals, and bury their dead exactly as the Castilian settler population. Editor(s): Barletta, Vincent. Translator(s): Barletta, Vincent. Num Pages: 128 pages, 2 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFSR2; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226547268
- ISBN
- 9780226547268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.31€ 79.04
€ 94.31
€ 79.04
hardcover. An account of the relationship between American policy and public opinion during the Gulf crisis. Comparisons are made to other wars such as those in Panama, Vietnam, Korea and the Falklands, as well as to World War II. The book features 300 tables charting public opinion through the Gulf crisis. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 398 pages, 7 maps, 288 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FBXK; 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBJF1; JPQB; JPVK; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 28. Weight in Grams: 707.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226545646
- ISBN
- 9780226545646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.81€ 92.30
€ 110.81
€ 92.30
Paperback. Keith Moxey examines woodcut images from the Nuremburg area, arguing that far from being crude representations of popular culture, they in fact represent the means by which the middle and upper classes could disseminate reformed attitudes to a broader audience. Num Pages: 166 pages, illustrations, bibliographical references. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; AFH; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 213 x 12. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226543925
- ISBN
- 9780226543925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52