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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Editor(s): Comaroff, Jean; Comaroff, John L. Num Pages: 400 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: JHM; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114095
- ISBN
- 9780226114095
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Paperback. These essays explore the diverse, unexpected and controversial ways in which the idea of civil society has entered into populist politics and public debate throughout Africa. It shows how struggles over civil society reveal much about larger historical forces in the post-Cold War era. Editor(s): Comaroff, John L.; Comaroff, Jean. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114149
- ISBN
- 9780226114149
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Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114231
- ISBN
- 9780226114231
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€ 37.99€ 29.91
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Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114255
- ISBN
- 9780226114255
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Paperback. What role does ritual play in the lives of modern Africans? How are "traditional" cultural forms deployed by people seeking empowerment in a world where "modernity" has failed to deliver. In this collection of essays, the authors address such concepts as modernity, ritual, power and history. Editor(s): Comaroff, Jean; Comaroff, John L. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114408
- ISBN
- 9780226114408
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€ 37.99€ 29.91
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Paperback. The workers who migrate from Lesotho to the mines and cities of neighbouring South Africa have developed a rich genre of sung oral poetry - "word music" - that focuses on the experiences of migrant life. Complete with transcriptions of performances, this book discusses this musical literature. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGH; JFFN; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226115740
- ISBN
- 9780226115740
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Paperback. In 1935 Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter, establishing South America's longest-lasting democratic regime. This text examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture and economy, recasting theories of development for other postcolonial nations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 18 halftones, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; GTF; JHM; JPHV; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226116020
- ISBN
- 9780226116020
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Paperback. Vincent Crapanzano offers a powerful way to think about human experience: the nition of imaginative horizons. These horizons, he argues, deeply influence both how we experience our lives and how we interpret those experiences. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226118741
- ISBN
- 9780226118741
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
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Paperback. Visitors to Cuba will notice that Afro-Cuban figures and references are everywhere. In this book, the author examines how the animation of Cuba's colonial past and African heritage through such figures and performances not only reflects but also shapes the Cuban experience of Blackness. Num Pages: 344 pages, 56 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226119052
- ISBN
- 9780226119052
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€ 34.99€ 28.00
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Paperback. A study of the commercial public dance institution in early twentieth-century Chicago as seen through the eyes of the patrons, owners, and dancers-for-hire. Num Pages: 324 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226120515
- ISBN
- 9780226120515
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€ 44.99€ 34.69
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Hardcover. Presents an interdisciplinary look at the story of a generation of philosophers, poets, and intellectuals who turned away from theology, reason, common sense, and empirical observation to provide a purely metaphysical justification of marriage. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JF; DSBD; HPCD; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226136936
- ISBN
- 9780226136936
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€ 52.99€ 41.39
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Paperback. Throughout this text the author shows his awareness that the actual past remains fundamentally irreplicable. He asserts all histories to be culturally crafted artifacts, commensurate with folk tales, stage plays, or films. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: HBA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226142982
- ISBN
- 9780226142982
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Paperback. Explores the heart and soul of a wildland firefighter. This book shows that these firefighters aren't adrenaline junkies or romantic heroes, as they're so often portrayed. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: JHMC; JKSW2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226144092
- ISBN
- 9780226144092
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
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Paperback. How does globalization work? Focusing on Latin America the authors show that exports of expertise and ideals from the United States to Latin America have played a crucial role in transforming their state forms and economics since World War II Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFFS; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226144269
- ISBN
- 9780226144269
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; JPA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226147635
- ISBN
- 9780226147635
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
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Hardcover. Draws on a lifetime of sociological research and wisdom to show, in helpful detail, how to use a variety of kinds of cases to build sociological knowledge. The author provides a guide that researchers can use to produce general sociological knowledge through case studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226166353
- ISBN
- 9780226166353
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Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
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Paperback. The farm crisis of the 1980s was the greatest economic disaster to hit rural America since the Depression. The crisis gave rise to a social trauma that affects farmers in the 21st century. This is a chronicle of the experience. Num Pages: 195 pages, 5 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFFA; JHM; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169132
- ISBN
- 9780226169132
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
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Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, xx, 226 p., 19 halftones, 13 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169552
- ISBN
- 9780226169552
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
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Paperback. This book is Dunham's story of the chaos and conflict that entered her childhood after her mother's early death. In stark prose, she tells of growing up in both black and white households and of the divisions of race and class in Chicago that become the harsh realities of her young life. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226171128
- ISBN
- 9780226171128
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
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Paperback. In this book, Dunham reveals how her anthropological research, her work in dance, and her fascination for the people and cults of Haiti worked their spell, catapulting her into experiences that she was often lucky to survive. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJH; ASD; HRQX5; HRQX9; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 42. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226171135
- ISBN
- 9780226171135
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.01
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Hardcover. How old are you? The more thought you bring to bear on the question, the harder it is to answer. For we age simultaneously in different ways: biologically, psychologically, socially. This book ranges across cultures and history, tracing the ways that the spirits of youth and age have inflected each other from antiquity to the present. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226171999
- ISBN
- 9780226171999
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.27
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Paperback. Series: Heritage of Society S. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226173368
- ISBN
- 9780226173368
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
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Paperback. Ranging from Durkheim's original lecture in sociology to an excerpt from the work incomplete at his death, these selections illuminate his multiple approaches to the crucial concept of social solidarity and the study of institutions as diverse as the law, morality, and the family. Translator(s): Traugott, Mark. Series: Heritage of Sociology Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226173719
- ISBN
- 9780226173719
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Condition: New
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Hardcover. From fund-raising and owner loans to museum-artist relations to the immense effort involved in safely shipping sixty works from twenty-seven lenders in fourteen cities and five countries, this book illustrates the inner workings of one of Chicago's premier cultural institutions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 173 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226173818
- ISBN
- 9780226173818
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Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
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€ 79.61