Society & social sciences
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Society & social sciences
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, Frontispiece, 17 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HBJF; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789521
- ISBN
- 9780226789521
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
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paperback. This volume seeks to answer the question of how the Buddhist monks in today's Sri Lanka--given Buddhism's traditionally nonviolent philosophy--are able to participate in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226789507
- ISBN
- 9780226789507
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
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Paperback. What if there were more women in congress? Michele L. Swers demonstrates that, even though representatives often vote a party line, their gender is politically significant and does indeed influence policy making. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226786490
- ISBN
- 9780226786490
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
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Paperback. A historical account of the Women Strike for Peace movement. Amy Swerdlow, a founding member of WSP, restores to the record a chapter on American politics and women's studies. She traces WSP's triumphs, its problems, and its legacy for the women's movement and American society. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 326 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTJ; HBTB; JFFK; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226786360
- ISBN
- 9780226786360
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
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Paperback. Scholars have made urban mothers living in poverty a focus of their research for decades. Offering an analysis of how faith both motivates and at times constrains poor mothers' actions, this book reveals the ways it serves as a lens through which many view and interpret their worlds. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226781617
- ISBN
- 9780226781617
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
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Paperback. This work analyzes the music of Java and the development of the gamelan, an ensemble dominated by bronze percussion instruments. Drawing on sources ranging from 12th-century poetry to 20th-century nationalistic writing, it examines historical sources and contemporary cultural theory and criticism. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones, 24 line drawings, 51 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AVGE; AVGH; AVRJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226780115
- ISBN
- 9780226780115
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.45
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Paperback. How can child care be structured to protect both the interests of children and the rights of women? Must children suffer the "loss" of their childhood through institutional care? Polakow uses her observations of pre-school centers including profit-run, federally funded, community, and Montessori institutions to open the "windows of daycare."" Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226780054
- ISBN
- 9780226780054
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, x, 278 p. BIC Classification: JMH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226779928
- ISBN
- 9780226779928
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
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Paperback. In this study of the laws and policies associated with commercial radio and television, the author shows that government regulation creates rather than intervenes in the market. It shows that liberal marketplace principles have come into contradiction with themselves. Num Pages: 352 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPQB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226777221
- ISBN
- 9780226777221
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
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Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226777153
- ISBN
- 9780226777153
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
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Paperback. Published posthumously, this book offers insight into Plato's text "Laws". Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226776989
- ISBN
- 9780226776989
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
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Paperback. On October 15, 1994, Jean-Bertrand Aristide was returned to power as Haiti's leader. In a blend of political, historical and moral concerns, the author of this study here provides an account of Aristide's reinstatement and explores the uncertain fate of democracy in Haiti. Num Pages: 310 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226776279
- ISBN
- 9780226776279
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
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Paperback. Editor(s): Storing, Herbert J.; Dry, Murray. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 287 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226775654
- ISBN
- 9780226775654
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.67
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Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 23 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; APF; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226775487
- ISBN
- 9780226775487
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
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Paperback. The tale of Paul Stoller's sojourn among sorcerors in the Republic of Niger is a story of growth and change, of mutual respect and understanding that will challenge all who read it to plunge deeply into an alien world. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- CA res. please inc. 7.25% tax
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226775432
- ISBN
- 9780226775432
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
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Paperback. It is the anthropologist's fate to always be between things: countries, languages, cultures, even realities. The author celebrates the creative power of the between, showing how it can transform us, changing our conceptions of who we are, what we know, and how we live in the world. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: BM; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226775357
- ISBN
- 9780226775357
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.89
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Paperback. Blending ethnographic description with social analysis, Stoller shows how West African entrepreneurs have built cohesive and effective multinational trading networks in New York. Their stories illuminate ongoing debates about globalisation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226775302
- ISBN
- 9780226775302
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
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Paperback. Presents the voices of three musicians - queer nightclub star Zeki Muren, arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay, and pop diva Sezen Aksu - who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Using these three singers as a lens, the author examines Turkey's repressive politics and civil violence as well as its public life. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 halftones, 1 map, 20 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVT; AVG; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226775067
- ISBN
- 9780226775067
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.34
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Paperback. Drawing on Chicago Police Department statistics and interviews with both law-abiding citizens and criminals in one of the city's highest-crime areas, this work demonstrates that drug dealers and robbers are primarily attracted to locations with businesses like liquor stores, fast food restaurants, and check-cashing outlets. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 halftones, 5 maps, 3 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JFSG; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226774992
- ISBN
- 9780226774992
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.29
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Paperback. In this exploration of the concept of formality, or governing by abstraction, Arthur Stinchcombe breathes life into an idea that scholars have all but ignored. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: JH; KJ; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226774961
- ISBN
- 9780226774961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.71
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