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Hardcover. What accounts for the persistence of the figure of the black criminal in popular culture created by African Americans? This title explores the rationale behind this tradition of criminal self-representation from the Harlem Renaissance to the gangsta culture. It traces the legacy of badness in Rudolph Fisher and Chester Himes' detective fiction. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226550350
- ISBN
- 9780226550350
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Condition: New
€ 91.76€ 75.68
€ 91.76
€ 75.68
Paperback. Editor(s): Neugarten, Bernice L. Num Pages: 610 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 36. Weight in Grams: 900.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press Dublin, Ireland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226573823
- ISBN
- 9780226573823
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.42
€ 50.99
€ 39.42
Paperback. This volume presents English translations of all of Nogarola's extant work and highlights just how daring and original her convictions were. The collection will be of interest to teachers and students of women's tudies as well as of Renaissance literature and history. Editor(s): King, Margaret L; Robin, Diana. Translator(s): King, Margaret L; Robin, Diana. Series: The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226590080
- ISBN
- 9780226590080
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.58
€ 41.99
€ 32.58
paperback. As government agencies have encouraged faith-based organizations to help ensure social welfare, many black churches have received grants to provide services to their neighborhoods' poorest residents. This title demonstrates that this alliance serves as a means for black clergy to reaffirm their political leadership in black civil society. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 halftones, 6 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JFSL3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226642079
- ISBN
- 9780226642079
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.55
€ 36.99
€ 28.55
Hardback. Nearly every job application asks it: have you ever been convicted of a crime? For the hundreds of thousands of young men leaving American prisons each year, their answer to that question may determine whether they can find work. This book offers a glimpse into the tremendous difficulties facing ex-offenders in the job market. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSL3; JHBL; JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226644837
- ISBN
- 9780226644837
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Condition: New
€ 50.47€ 43.11
€ 50.47
€ 43.11
Paperback. This work presents selections from the whole of Pascal's career as a writer, including her adolescent poetry and her pioneering treatise on the education of women. Editor(s): Conley, John J. (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University, USA). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226648330
- ISBN
- 9780226648330
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.94
€ 31.99
€ 24.94
paperback. Uses the historic rise, alarming fall, and equally dramatic renewal of Chicago's North Kenwood - Oakland neighborhood to explore the politics of race and class in contemporary urban America. This title explores the battles between haves and have-nots, home owners and apartment dwellers, and newcomers and old-timers. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 halftones, 4 line drawings, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JFSG; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226649320
- ISBN
- 9780226649320
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.01
€ 30.99
€ 24.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 18. Weight in Grams: 339.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226671840
- ISBN
- 9780226671840
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.92
€ 31.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. Asserting that the organization of sexual difference is a social, not natural, phenomenon, Poovey shows how representations of gender took the form of a binary opposition in mid-Victorian culture. Series: Women in Culture & Society S. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780226675305
- ISBN
- 9780226675305
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.84
€ 46.99
€ 35.84
Paperback. Are the elderly posing a threat to America's political system with their enormous clout? Are they stretching resources to the breaking point with their growing demands for care? This text seeks to offer fresh insight into a wide range of social and political issues relating to the elderly. Num Pages: 382 pages, 18 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP31; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675688
- ISBN
- 9780226675688
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.76
€ 33.99
€ 26.76
Paperback. Recreates the daily life of the bar room from 1870 to 1920, exploring what it was like to be a "regular" in the old-time saloon of pre-prohibition industrial America. This study examines saloon-goers across America, including New York, Chicago, New Orleans and San Francisco. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 332 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSG; JHBT; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226677699
- ISBN
- 9780226677699
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.94
€ 31.99
€ 24.94
Paperback. A study of how women's views of television and the media relate to their personal stance on abortion. Over four years, the authors watched television with women, visiting city houses, suburban subdivisions, modern condominiums, and public housing projects. Here are the results of that research. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 202 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFMA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226680323
- ISBN
- 9780226680323
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.01
€ 30.99
€ 24.01
Hardcover. Thirty-five years into his research among the descendants of rebel slaves living in South American rain forest, anthropologist Richard Price encountered Tooy, a priest, philosopher, and healer living in French Guiana. Tooy is a time traveler. With a blend of storytelling and scholarship, this title recounts the journeys of these two intellectuals. Num Pages: 448 pages, 62 halftones, 1 map, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226680583
- ISBN
- 9780226680583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.76€ 76.71
€ 91.76
€ 76.71
Paperback. An interpretive history of culture and law, political philosophy and constitutional analysis, explaining the background, development and growing impact of two challenging human rights movements: feminism and gay rights. This text argues that both movements are extensions of rights-based dissent. Num Pages: 540 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSK; JPHC; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226712079
- ISBN
- 9780226712079
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.58
€ 41.99
€ 32.58
Hardcover. In fin-de-siecle France, politics were in uproar, and gender roles blurred as never before. Into this maelstrom stepped the 'new woman', a group of primarily urban, middle class French women. This work studies these women who challenged traditional notions of womanhood and conventionality. Num Pages: 304 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226721248
- ISBN
- 9780226721248
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Condition: New
€ 91.76€ 75.68
€ 91.76
€ 75.68
Paperback. A collection of 14 essays on sexual behaviour, from adolescence to old age, and covering such groups as singles, married couples, homosexuals and African-American men and women. This volume also looks at topics such as the effects of chronic disease and medication on sexual functioning. Editor(s): Rossi, Alice S. Series: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development. Num Pages: 435 pages, 11 line drawings, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 435
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226728704
- ISBN
- 9780226728704
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.83
€ 38.99
€ 30.83
hardcover. Attitudes toward homosexuality in the premodern Arab-Islamic world are commonly depicted as schizophrenic. This title argues that this apparent paradox is based on the anachronistic assumption that homosexuality is a timeless, self-evident fact to which a particular culture reacts with some degree of tolerance or intolerance. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780226729886
- ISBN
- 9780226729886
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Condition: New
€ 51.62€ 44.02
€ 51.62
€ 44.02
Hardback. Although the death of the small town has been predicted for decades, during the 1990s the population of rural America actually increased by more than 3 million people. In this work Sonya Salamon explores these rural migrants and the impact they have on small town America. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 halftones, 7 maps, 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734125
- ISBN
- 9780226734125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.76€ 76.71
€ 91.76
€ 76.71
Paperback. Taking as his starting point African-American autobiography, Crispin Sartwell argues that there is a fundamental elusiveness to white identity. This theory is based on the concept that whiteness defines itself as normative, marking "other" identity as "racial" or "ethnic" deviations. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226735276
- ISBN
- 9780226735276
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.15
€ 33.99
€ 27.15
Hardback. The fact that men and women continue to receive unequal treatment at work is a point of contention among politicians, the media, and scholars. This book focuses on this phenomenon by analyzing the unique experiences of transgender men - people designated female at birth whose gender identity is male - on the job. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226738055
- ISBN
- 9780226738055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.76€ 76.95
€ 91.76
€ 76.95
Paperback. Seligman's careful and evenhanded account will be essential to understanding that the "flight" of whites to the suburbs was the eventual result of a series of responses to transformations in Chicago's physical and social landscape, occurring one block at a time. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 halftones, 8 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226746654
- ISBN
- 9780226746654
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.68
€ 41.99
€ 32.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press Chicago
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226748764
- ISBN
- 9780226748764
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.70
€ 47.99
€ 36.70
paperback. Unlike other multi-ethnic nations, Thailand has maintained relative stability despite its 80 languages. In this study of the relations among politics, geography and language, Smalley shows how Thailand has maintained national unity through an elaborate social and linguistic hierarchy. Num Pages: 452 pages, 13 maps, 41 line drawings, 60 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMT; CFB; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226762890
- ISBN
- 9780226762890
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.48
€ 50.99
€ 39.48
Hardback. 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: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226774985
- ISBN
- 9780226774985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.85€ 63.99
€ 76.85
€ 63.99