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Paperback. McMahon demonstrates how FDR's goals of constructing a stronger presidency and undermining the power of conservative Southern Democrats dovetailed with his administration's efforts to seek racial equality through the federal courts. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 115 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226500881
- ISBN
- 9780226500881
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.27
€ 34.99
€ 27.27
Paperback. Discusses applied aspects of monetary policy, with practical research on the timing, magnitude, and channels of central bank actions. The authors evaluate a variety of policy rules based on monetary aggregates, nominal income, and commodity prices, analyzing the behaviour of prices and inflation. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Business Cycles. Num Pages: 355 pages, 44 line drawings, 60 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226503097
- ISBN
- 9780226503097
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
€ 28.23
Paperback. In this second volume of two tracing the history of 20th-century American religion, Martin E. Marty tells the story of how America has survived religious disturbances and culturally prospered from them. Num Pages: 478 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTB; HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226508979
- ISBN
- 9780226508979
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.98
€ 40.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. When middle-class residents fled American cities in the 1960s and '70s, government services and investment capital left too. Countless urban neighborhoods entered phases of precipitous decline, prompting the creation of community-based organizations to bring resources back to the city. This book examines such organizations that drive urban life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones, 3 maps, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFA; JFSG; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226509075
- ISBN
- 9780226509075
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.38
€ 36.99
€ 29.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 42 halftones, 45 figures, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226514253
- ISBN
- 9780226514253
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.79
€ 25.99
€ 20.79
Hardcover. In 1849, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, and fertile soil of the eastern United States in favor of the rough-hewn lands of the American West. This title brings their perspective to life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 89 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 650.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226519609
- ISBN
- 9780226519609
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Condition: New
€ 51.39€ 44.41
€ 51.39
€ 44.41
Paperback. Spanning the period from the institution's founding in 1913 to the restoration of its independence in 1951, this title chronicles the evolution and development of the Federal Reserve from the Federal Reserve Accord in 1951 to the first phase of the Great Inflation in the 1960s, revealing the inner workings of the Fed during a period of change. Num Pages: 696 pages, 60 line drawings, 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 43. Weight in Grams: 966.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226520025
- ISBN
- 9780226520025
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.93
€ 41.99
€ 31.93
Hardback. Explains how maps can tell where to anticipate certain hazards, but also how maps can be misleading. The text considers that although it is important to predict and prepare for catastrophic natural hazards, more subtle and persistent phenomena such as pollution and crime also pose serious dangers. Num Pages: 378 pages, 9 line drawings, 107 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFC; JKV; RGV; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534183
- ISBN
- 9780226534183
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Condition: New
€ 51.39€ 43.99
€ 51.39
€ 43.99
paperback. When sanctions prohibited local use of racially, ethnically, and scatalogically offensive toponyms, names like Jap Valley, California, were erased from the national and cultural map forever. This title considers the efforts to computerize mapmaking, standardize geographic names, and respond to public concern over ethnically offensive appellations. Num Pages: 230 pages, 33 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBGP; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226534664
- ISBN
- 9780226534664
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.16
€ 20.99
€ 18.16
Hardback. While white residents of antebellum Boston and New Haven forcefully opposed the education of black residents, their counterparts in slaveholding Baltimore did little to resist the establishment of African American schools. Such discrepancies, the author argues, suggest that white opposition to black education was not a foregone conclusion. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 halftones, 2 maps, 4 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL3; JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226542492
- ISBN
- 9780226542492
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Condition: New
€ 93.44€ 77.34
€ 93.44
€ 77.34
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 109.79€ 90.39
€ 109.79
€ 90.39
Hardcover. What accounts for the persistence of the figure of the black criminal in popular culture created by African Americans? This title explores the rationale behind this tradition of criminal self-representation from the Harlem Renaissance to the gangsta culture. It traces the legacy of badness in Rudolph Fisher and Chester Himes' detective fiction. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226550350
- ISBN
- 9780226550350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.44€ 77.43
€ 93.44
€ 77.43
paperback. Assessing 100 years of antitrust policy in the USA, this text shows that although antitrust laws claim to serve the public, they are vulnerable to the influence of special interest groups. An analysis of how antitrust bows to self-serving business interests instead of the consumer is also included. Editor(s): McChesney, Fred S.; Shughart, William F.; Shughart II, William F. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 line drawings, 68 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 525.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226556352
- ISBN
- 9780226556352
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Condition: New
€ 64.24€ 54.23
€ 64.24
€ 54.23
Paperback. This volume chronicles the history of Catholic parishes in such major cities as Boston, Chicago, Detriot, New York and Philadelphia, linking their unique place in the urban landscape to the course of 20th-century American race relations. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 29 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226558745
- ISBN
- 9780226558745
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
€ 28.23
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
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
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Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 49 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226571324
- ISBN
- 9780226571324
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
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€ 31.01
Paperback. A probing and provocative work of urban history with deep relevance for urban public schools today, Nelson's book reveals why equal educational opportunity remains such an elusive ideal. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; JFFJ; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 185 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226571904
- ISBN
- 9780226571904
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.54
€ 47.99
€ 36.54
Paperback. This work presents a revisionist account of Ralph Waldo Emerson's influential thought on individualism, in particular his political psychology. It illuminates contradictions in Emerson's political outlook, and the conjunctions of liberal and authoritarian ideology they produced. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; HPC; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780226577005
- ISBN
- 9780226577005
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.97
€ 42.99
€ 32.97
paperback. This text looks at how postwar cultural values affected the rights-orientated policy in the 1970s and how this affects judicial interpretations of provisions under the Americans with Disabilities Act. It argues that this has created a lose/lose situation for the people the act was meant to protect. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226616605
- ISBN
- 9780226616605
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
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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€ 21.71
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paperback. As government agencies have encouraged faith-based organizations to help ensure social welfare, many black churches have received grants to provide services to their neighborhoods' poorest residents. This title demonstrates that this alliance serves as a means for black clergy to reaffirm their political leadership in black civil society. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 halftones, 6 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JFSL3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226642079
- ISBN
- 9780226642079
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Presents evidence that most Americans favor free enterprise and practical government programs to distribute wealth more equitably. This book provides a popular mandate to combat the economic inequity that plagues the nation. Num Pages: 144 pages, 20 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVK; KCB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226644547
- ISBN
- 9780226644547
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Condition: New
€ 52.56€ 45.29
€ 52.56
€ 45.29
paperback. Uses the historic rise, alarming fall, and equally dramatic renewal of Chicago's North Kenwood - Oakland neighborhood to explore the politics of race and class in contemporary urban America. This title explores the battles between haves and have-nots, home owners and apartment dwellers, and newcomers and old-timers. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 halftones, 4 line drawings, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JFSG; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226649320
- ISBN
- 9780226649320
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.51
€ 30.99
€ 24.51
Paperback. When we think about what constitutes being a good citizen, routine activities like voting, letter-writing, and paying attention to the news spring to mind. This title argues that these activities play only a small part in democratic citizenship - a form of citizenship that requires creative thinking, talking, and acting. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 halftones, 22 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226660813
- ISBN
- 9780226660813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.39
€ 34.99
€ 27.39