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Paperback. "Global sex is the first major work to take on the globalization of sexuality, examining the ways in which desire and pleasure - as well as ideas about gender, political power, and public health - are framed by a global economy in which varied cultures are moving into closer contact. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226016054
- ISBN
- 9780226016054
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.94
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€ 22.94
Paperback. Discuss real estate with any young family and the subject of schools is certain to come up - in fact, it will likely be a crucial factor in determining where that family lives. In this title, the author shows how education policy makes overt attempts to prevent, or at least slow, middle-class flight to the suburbs. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 maps, 2 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFSG; JNF; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226016825
- ISBN
- 9780226016825
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
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Paperback. Over a lifetime of studying Cuban Santeria and other religions related to Orisha worship - a practice also found among the Yoruba in West Africa. This title provides an analysis of these assumptions, in the process offering an incisive critique both of the anthropology of religion and of scholarship on the cultural history of Afro-Atlantic World. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226019567
- ISBN
- 9780226019567
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. This edition marks the 25th anniversary of Elijah Anderson's classic study of street life among a gang of people congregating around a bar called "Jelly's" on Chicago's South Side. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 214 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226019598
- ISBN
- 9780226019598
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.58
€ 35.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. Historically Nicaragua has been mired in poverty and political conflict, yet the country has become a model for the successful emergence of democracy in a developing nation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 tables, 17line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; 3JJPR; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226019727
- ISBN
- 9780226019727
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
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Paperback. This text examines public and private expressions of female same-sex sexuality in 16th- and 17th-century England. The author outlines the vernacular through which female same-sex erotics first entered verbal consciousness by examining travel narratives, anatomies and marital advice books. Series: Sexuality, History & Society S. Num Pages: 268 pages, 4 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226020099
- ISBN
- 9780226020099
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. Andrews examines the civil rights struggle in Mississippi, where resistance to racial integration proved to be the strongest in the US. His study covers the activities of black activists and of white supremacists, and considers how the anti-integration campaign continued after the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliographical references. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBJK; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226020433
- ISBN
- 9780226020433
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
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Paperback. Explores an American demographic group too often ignored by both scholars and the media: the black middle class. This book remains a study of a group still under represented in the academic and public spheres. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JFFJ; JFSC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226021195
- ISBN
- 9780226021195
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.94
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Paperback. Suitable for those interested in early modern literature or the history of food, this title tells the story of how early modern Europeans put food into words and words into food, and created an experience all their own. It features illustrations and a handful of recipes. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226021270
- ISBN
- 9780226021270
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
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Paperback. Examines the pamphlet war between Edmund Burke and the followers of Henry St John, First Viscount Bolingbroke during the mid-eighteenth century. In this book, the author points out that while parties have always existed, the party government that we know today is possible only because parties are now considered respectable. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226022178
- ISBN
- 9780226022178
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.79
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Paperback. In the run-up to the 2012 presidential election, Democrats and Republicans were locked in a fierce battle for the female vote. This book offers an exploration of how women are influencing policy and politics in this erstwhile male bastion of power. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 line drawings, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226022826
- ISBN
- 9780226022826
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
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Paperback. How did Bill Clinton's clever dexterity help him recover from the Monica Lewinsky scandal? How did Barack Obama draw on his experience as a talented community activist to overcome his inexperience as a national leader? This title deals with these questions. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 53 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JFD; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226023151
- ISBN
- 9780226023151
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.76
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Paperback. From xenophobic appropriations of Joan of Arc to Afro-futurism, the "national" characters of the colonial era often seem to be dissolving into postnational and virtual subjects. This text analyzes the French colonial experience as a case study in the erosion of belief in national destiny. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226023502
- ISBN
- 9780226023502
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.01
€ 42.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. What is the role of the senses in how we understand the world? Drawing on more than sixty interviews with two decidedly different populations - the blind and the transgendered, this title answers provocative questions about the relationships between sex differences, biology, and visual perception. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 halftones, 4 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMG; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226023632
- ISBN
- 9780226023632
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.71
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€ 26.71
Hardcover. Through a fluent discussion of intellectually gifted onanists, unhappily married men, lonely frontiersmen, religious ascetics, and the two scholars themselves, the author traces the origins of Terman's complaints about Kinsey's work to show how the intelligence testing movement was much more concerned with sexuality than we might remember. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 halftone, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: JMRN; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226024448
- ISBN
- 9780226024448
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Condition: New
€ 94.34€ 78.49
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Paperback. What is the relationship between intelligence and sex? In this title, the author enters this historical debate by recalling the debate between Lewis Terman - the intellect who championed the testing of intelligence - and pioneering sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, and shows how intelligence and sexuality have interacted in American psychology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 halftone, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JMG; JMRN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226024585
- ISBN
- 9780226024585
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.89
€ 33.99
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Paperback. The young people of the Cameroon Grassfields have been subject to a long history of violence and political marginalization. This book deals with their response to centuries of exploitation. It focuses on the repeated violent revolts staged by young victims of political oppression. Num Pages: 352 pages, 34 halftones, 2 maps, 1 figure, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSP1; JFSP2; JPVR; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226026121
- ISBN
- 9780226026121
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.33
€ 42.99
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Paperback. Forges an alliance between deconstruction and feminist theology and theory by demonstrating deconstruction's usefulness in addressing feminism's trouble with race. The book shows how the writings of Jacques Derrida and Luce Irigaray can be used to uncover feminism's white presumptions. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRCM; JFC; JFFJ; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226026909
- ISBN
- 9780226026909
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
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€ 31.41
Paperback. By tracing the evolution of gay life and identity in San Francisco, Elizabeth Armstrong explores how the social movement has managed to combine a unified group identity with the celebration of cultural differences. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 halftones, 12 figures, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226026947
- ISBN
- 9780226026947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. Dismissing oversimplified and politically-charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, Said Amir Arjomand offers a richly researched sociological and historical study of Shi'ism and the political order of premodern Iran that exposes the roots of what became Khomeini's theocracy. Series: Publications of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HRAM2; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226027845
- ISBN
- 9780226027845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.52
€ 40.99
€ 31.52