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Paperback. Surveys a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence. This book seeks to show that the fear and outrage these events inspired were the result of dangerous misunderstandings about the relationship between art and life. Num Pages: 258 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226772240
ISBN
9780226772240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. Is political judgement a science subject to strict standards of logic and inference, or is it an art, the product of intuition and feeling? This book shows how the seemingly contradictory claims of inference and intuition are reconciled in the concept of political judgement. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226771939
ISBN
9780226771939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JMM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226771526
ISBN
9780226771526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. This collection of major essays spans Hortense Spiller's work from the early 1980s, in which she pioneered a broadly poststructuralist approach to African American literature. Num Pages: 584 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 144 x 30. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226769806
ISBN
9780226769806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.19

Hardback. Uncovers the story of how modernism and network television converged and intertwined in their mutual ascent during the decades of the cold war. This title shows how TV was instrumental in introducing the public to the different trends in art and design. Num Pages: 384 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; APT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226769684
ISBN
9780226769684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 538 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226769622
ISBN
9780226769622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 46.02

Paperback. In West Java, Indonesia, all it takes is a woman's voice and a drumbeat to make a man get up and dance. The author draws on decades of ethnographic research to explore the reasons behind this phenomenon, arguing that Sundanese men use dance to explore and enact contradictions in their gender identities. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones, 9 musical examples, 14 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AVA; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226769592
ISBN
9780226769592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. In trying to explain why unprecedented numbers of patrician women did not marry, historians have claimed that dowries became too expensive. However, this text aims to debunk this myth and argues that the rise of forced vocations happened within the context of aristocratic culture and society. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, 31 halftones, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226769363
ISBN
9780226769363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.06

Hardback. Lays out the underlying logic of contemporary poverty governance in the United States. This book argues that poverty governance - how social welfare policy choices get made, how authority gets exercised, and how collective pursuits get organized - has been transformed in the United States by two significant developments. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 45 line drawings, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKS; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768762
ISBN
9780226768762
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.26
€ 80.12

Paperback. Presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India who are generally called devadasis, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This title charts the historical fissures that lie beneath cultural modernity in South India. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 312 pages, 48 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768106
ISBN
9780226768106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. 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: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226767604
ISBN
9780226767604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.89
€ 92.61

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

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

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.
Format
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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.11

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

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

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

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