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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. This title relates the story of Evans' excavation and its long-term effects on Western culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226289533
ISBN
9780226289533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 39.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226289809
ISBN
9780226289809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. Between 1979 and 2000 four major lesbian and gay demonstrations took place there. Drawing on archival research, historical data, original photographs, interviews with key activists, and more than a thousand news articles, this book offers an analysis - descriptive, historical, and sociological - of these marches and their organization. Num Pages: 379 pages, 18 halftones, 17 line drawings, 12 tables. BIC Classification: JFSK; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
379
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226289960
ISBN
9780226289960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. In this interdisciplinary study of drama, arts, and spirituality, Gail Gibson provides a reappraisal of 15th-century England through a detailed portrait of the flourishing cultures of Suffolk and Norfolk. Num Pages: 268 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; HRC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226291024
ISBN
9780226291024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 293 pages, 41 halftones, 2 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293189
ISBN
9780226293189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Confronts the everyday politics of surveillance by exploring the worlds and words of those who know it best - the watched. The book focuses on the conversations of low-income mothers from Appalachian Ohio as they talk about the welfare bureaucracy and its remarkably advanced surveillance system. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 186 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JPA; JPV; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293615
ISBN
9780226293615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. An account of relations between the sexes and the role of myth in the transition between unconscious fantasy and cultural forms, based on studies of the mythologies of the Gimi, from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFHF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293813
ISBN
9780226293813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.13

Paperback. Series: Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture Series. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226297736
ISBN
9780226297736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.72

Paperback. This work shows how the biblical story of suffering and the journey to redemption inspired a pragmatic tradition of racial advocacy among African Americans in the early 19th century. It compares the historical uses of Exodus by black and white Americans and the concepts on "nation" it generated. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; HR; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226298207
ISBN
9780226298207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.76

Paperback. This work gathers new and classic essays on the Black Power movement and its legacy by renowned thinkers who deal rigorously and unsentimentally with such issues as the commodification of blackness, the piety of cultural recovery, and class tensions within the movement. Editor(s): Glaude, Eddie S. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226298221
ISBN
9780226298221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Hardcover. Makes a plea for black America to address its social problems by recourse to experience - and with an eye set on the promise and potential of the future. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226298245
ISBN
9780226298245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.69

Paperback. Makes a plea for black America to address its social problems by recourse to experience - and with an eye set on the promise and potential of the future. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226298252
ISBN
9780226298252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.26

Paperback. Provides a definitive history of consumer activism. This title explores abolitionist-led efforts to eschew slave-made goods, African American consumer campaigns against Jim Crow, a 1930s refusal of silk from fascist Japan, and emerging contemporary movements like slow food. Num Pages: 424 pages, 35 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFT; JPWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226298672
ISBN
9780226298672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Hardcover. As the 1960s ended, Herbie Hancock embarked on a grand creative experiment. Having just been dismissed from the celebrated Miles Davis Quintet, he brought a new group of musicians together into what would become a revolutionary band. This book offers a comprehensive study of this seminal group. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 halftones, 22 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226300047
ISBN
9780226300047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

Paperback. There was a time when America's poor faced a stark choice between access to social welfare and full civil rights - a predicament that forced them to forfeit their citizenship in exchange for economic relief. Over time, however, our welfare system improved dramatically. This work demonstrates that its legacy of disenfranchisement persisted. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226300771
ISBN
9780226300771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.88

Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 115 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226300887
ISBN
9780226300887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBL; JFSR1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226300924
ISBN
9780226300924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Hardcover. Enlightenment inquiries into weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. This title reveals how a sense of the national climate emerged in the 18th century from the systematic recording of the weather, and how it was deployed in discussions of the health and welfare of the population. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDX; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226302058
ISBN
9780226302058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226304236
ISBN
9780226304236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Paperback. A memoir of Africa recounting the experiences of Alma Gottlieb, an anthropologist, and Philip Graham, a fiction writer, as they lived in two remote villages in the rain forest of Cote d'Ivoire. Num Pages: 350 pages, xii, 336, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305066
ISBN
9780226305066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

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