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Hardback. With American leadership facing increased competition from China and India, the question of how hegemons emerge - and are able to create conditions for lasting stability - is of utmost importance in international relations. The author draws attention to the critical role played by finance in the emergence of these liberal hegemons. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 line drawing, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226767598
- ISBN
- 9780226767598
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Condition: New
€ 111.40€ 91.35
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Hardback. Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226766096
- ISBN
- 9780226766096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.81€ 77.43
€ 93.81
€ 77.43
Paperback. Most people believe that large corporations wield enormous political power when they lobby for policies as a cohesive bloc. With this work, the author sets conventional wisdom on its head. He states that business loses in legislative battles unless it has public backing. Series: Studies in Communication, Media & Public Opinion. Num Pages: 264 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPWD; KJ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226764641
- ISBN
- 9780226764641
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Presents an account of how people in the Taita Hills of Kenya have appropriated and made sense of development thought and practice, focusing on the complex ways that development connects with changing understandings of witchcraft. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; HRQX5; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226764580
- ISBN
- 9780226764580
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Haymarket bombing of 1886, and the making and unmaking of the model town of Pullman are remarkable events. This book explores the imaginative dimensions of these events and traces the evolution of interconnected beliefs and actions that increasingly linked city, disorder, and social reality in minds of Americans. Num Pages: 403 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226764245
- ISBN
- 9780226764245
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
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Paperback. Blending physiology and psychology with historical examples of social change and a model of social systems, this work examines how societies are made possible. The influences of love relationships, attachments, and addictive behaviours in society are also discussed here. Num Pages: 330 pages, 32 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFS; JMAL; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226764146
- ISBN
- 9780226764146
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86
Paperback. Shows that Leo Strauss' defense of liberal democracy was closely connected to his skepticism of both the extreme Left and extreme Right. It assesses Strauss's attempt to direct teaching of political science away from examination of mass behavior and interest-group politics and toward study of philosophical principles on which politics are based. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763897
- ISBN
- 9780226763897
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.87
€ 24.99
€ 19.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSB; DSGS; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Paperback
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763668
- ISBN
- 9780226763668
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.97
€ 40.99
€ 30.97
Paperback. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763606
- ISBN
- 9780226763606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.38
€ 36.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, xiv, 252 p. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JPFK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 273 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 0002-
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763507
- ISBN
- 9780226763507
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
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Paperback. Among the most influential and enigmatic thinkers of the modern age, Nietzsche and Heidegger have become pivotal in the struggle to define postmodernism. This work offers an examination of the writings of these philosophers. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763408
- ISBN
- 9780226763408
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
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Paperback. This work explains why and how more than 100,000 US citizens demonstrated their protests against the Reagan administration's policy of sponsoring wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador. The book concentrates on the peace movements of Witness for Peace, Sanctuary and the Pledge of Resistance. Num Pages: 484 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; GTJ; JPQ; JPS; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763361
- ISBN
- 9780226763361
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
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Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763279
- ISBN
- 9780226763279
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.86
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€ 32.86
Paperback. Villa Victoria is a neglected Puerto Rican enclave in Boston and provides the focus for this study of social capital. Small criticizes the theory that poor urban neighbourhoods are inevitably deprived of social capital and shows how a complex of social and economic factors needs to be considered. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226762920
- ISBN
- 9780226762920
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.16
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Paperback. Translator(s): Moua, Mitt. Num Pages: 234 pages, 8 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; CF; HRA; HRLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226762876
- ISBN
- 9780226762876
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
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€ 28.23
Hardback. Examines the visual images that have accompanied human rights struggles and the responses people have had to them. This title considers a series of historical events, including the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and the Holocaust, to illustrate that universal human rights have come to be imagined through aesthetic experience. Num Pages: 192 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: ACB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226762753
- ISBN
- 9780226762753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.81€ 77.43
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSG; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 115 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226761992
- ISBN
- 9780226761992
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
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Paperback. In Amazonian folktales, dolphins take human form, seduce men and women, and carry them away to a city beneath the river. This book examines these stories, both as folk narratives and as representations of culture and conflict in the Amazon. Num Pages: 326 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JFC; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226761848
- ISBN
- 9780226761848
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86
Paperback. The growing number of Latinos and Asians in America has caused the creation of a new ethnic order. This text consists of essays that re-examine the role of affirmative action and civil rights in the light of this important shift in American demographics. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JPA; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226761824
- ISBN
- 9780226761824
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
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Paperback. Examining the act of interrogation, the author confronts a host of philosophical and legal issues, from the right to privacy and the privilege against compelled self-incrimination to prisoner rights and the legal consequences of different modes of interrogation for both domestic criminal and foreign terror suspects. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226761626
- ISBN
- 9780226761626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01