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Paperback. H. Jefferson Powell offers a powerful new approach to one of the central issues in American constitutional thinking today: the many ways in which constitutional arguments and outcomes are shaped both by historical circumstances and by political goals - including those of judges. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226677248
- ISBN
- 9780226677248
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.64
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Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226677491
- ISBN
- 9780226677491
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€ 37.99€ 29.74
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Paperback. Martin Preib is an officer in the Chicago Police Department - a beat cop whose first assignment as a rookie policeman was working on the wagon that picks up the dead. Inspired by Preib's daily life on the job, this title chronicles the outer and inner lives of both a Chicago cop and the city itself. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BM; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226679822
- ISBN
- 9780226679822
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.29
€ 23.99
€ 19.29
Paperback. Mema lives in a crowded urban space on the outskirts of Mexico City. Her house is a sanctuary for young homosexual men and transvestites. Mema is an AIDS educator and leader of the group. This study follows the transvestites in their daily activities, and analyzes their complicated relations. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 306 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSJ; JFSK2; JMU; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226682570
- ISBN
- 9780226682570
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. Examines literary evidence and government and scientific documents to uncover the history of changing attitudes towards wetlands in the American Midwest. This text charts the changes brought about in scientific research agendas, government policies, and farmers' strategies for managing their land. Series: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers S. Num Pages: 410 pages, 35 maps, 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCN; RBG; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226682839
- ISBN
- 9780226682839
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
€ 52.99
€ 41.13
Paperback. Race is a factor in government efforts to control dangerous drugs, but the precise ways that race affects drug laws remain difficult to pinpoint. Illuminating this relationship, this book lays out how decades of racism helped shape a punitive US drug policy whose onerous impact on racial minorities has been ignored by Congress and the courts. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JKVG; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226684628
- ISBN
- 9780226684628
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
Hardcover. Concluding his search for anthropological concepts and practices appropriate to the twenty-first century, the author contends that to make sense of the contemporary anthropologists must invent new forms of inquiry. He begins with an extended rumination on what he gained from two of his formative mentors: Michel Foucault and Clifford Geertz. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226701691
- ISBN
- 9780226701691
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Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 78.58
€ 94.64
€ 78.58
Paperback. Concluding his search for anthropological concepts and practices appropriate to the twenty-first century, the author contends that to make sense of the contemporary anthropologists must invent new forms of inquiry. He begins with an extended rumination on what he gained from two of his formative mentors: Michel Foucault and Clifford Geertz. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226701707
- ISBN
- 9780226701707
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. The basic shape of American federal policy in housing as in many other areas, was determined during the New Deal - but not without conflict among movements and intellectuals advocating alternatives. One of these was "modern housing" - proposals for a radical rethinking of homes and neighbourhoods. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 284 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226702230
- ISBN
- 9780226702230
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.64
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Paperback. Explores the doctrine of prophetic revelation, a critical and definitive area of Islamic religious and political thought. The author traces the inception of this doctrine from ancient Greek texts, and also its interpretation and elaboration by Muslim philosophers in order to suit their vision of the Prophet. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: HRHT; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 6. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226702858
- ISBN
- 9780226702858
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
€ 31.99
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Paperback. This study explores how Puerto Ricans in Chicago construct and perform nationalism. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, Ramos-Zyas shows how the performance of Puerto rican nationalism in Chicago serves as a critique of social inequality and imperialism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 maps, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226703596
- ISBN
- 9780226703596
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
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Paperback. Drawing from almost a decade of ethnographic research in largely Brazilian and Puerto Rican neighborhoods in Newark, New Jersey, the author examines how affect, emotion, and sentiment serve as waypoints for the navigation of interracial relationships among US-born Latinos, Latin American migrants, blacks, and white ethnics. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226703626
- ISBN
- 9780226703626
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.53
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Paperback. In legend, Cumbe ruled the Colombian community of Cumbal during the Spanish invasion. Although there is no proof of his existence, today's Cumbales point to him as their link to the past. Here, Rappaport examines the Cumbales' reappropriation of history and the resulting reinvention of tradition. Num Pages: 262 pages, 16 halftones, 6 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226705262
- ISBN
- 9780226705262
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.53
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Paperback. Over the years, federal courts have dramatically retreated from actively promoting school desegregation. In the meantime, state courts have taken up the mantle of promoting the vision of educational equity originally articulated in Brown v Board of Education. This title analyses why the state courts have taken on this active role. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; LNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226706177
- ISBN
- 9780226706177
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
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paperback. Series: Midway Reprints. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226706702
- ISBN
- 9780226706702
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.67
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Paperback. Over the years anxiety over the problem of naturalism has driven debates in social theory. Analyzing the work of writers such as Theda Skocpol, Clifford Geertz, Leela Gandhi, Roy Bhaskar, Foucault, and Habermas, the author delineates three epistemic modes of social research: realism, normativism, and interpretivism. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226706740
- ISBN
- 9780226706740
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
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Paperback. If Barack Obama had not won in Iowa, most commentators believe that he would not have been able to go on to capture the Democratic nomination for president. This title offers an account of those early weeks of the campaign season: from how the Iowa caucuses work to the lingering effects that the campaigning had on Iowa voters. Num Pages: 296 pages, 53 line drawings, 40 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226706962
- ISBN
- 9780226706962
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
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Paperback. This work explores the popular Catholic musical ensembles of southeastern Brazil known as Folias de Reis (companions of kings).Focusing on urban folias, Suzel Ana Reily shows how participants use the ritual journeys and musical performance to create sacred spheres set apart from the everyday. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 halftones, 6 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVGD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226709413
- ISBN
- 9780226709413
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
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Paperback. From the years 2004 to 2008, Beijing and Shanghai witnessed the construction of an extraordinary number of new buildings, many of which were designed by architectural firms overseas. This title scrutinizes the growing phenomenon of transnational architecture and its profound effect on the development of urban space. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 halftones, 4 maps, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMC; AM; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226709819
- ISBN
- 9780226709819
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.53
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Paperback. A study of moral education in American universities that examines the consequences of the 19th-century debates over the purpose and pursuit of higher education, and the modernization efforts of the academic reformers of that era. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCX; JNA; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226710204
- ISBN
- 9780226710204
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.48
€ 44.99
€ 34.48