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Some Words of Jane Austen
ISBN: PB: 9780226633398, University of Chicago Press, May 2019
304 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm
Jane Austen's readers continue to find delight in the justness of her moral and psychological discriminations. But for most readers, her values have been a phenomenon more felt than fully apprehended. In this book, Stuart M. Tave identifies and expla...
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£15,00
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Deconstructing the Monolith The Microeconomics of the National Industrial Recovery Act
ISBN: HB: 9780226603308, University of Chicago Press, March 2019
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 17 halftones, 13 line drawings, 17 tables
The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) was enacted by Congress in June of 1933 to assist the nation's recovery during the Great Depression. Its passage ushered in a unique experiment in US economic history: under the NIRA, the federal government...
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£42,00
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Gyotaku Prints of Fish and Crustaceans of Southeast Alaska
ISBN: PB: 9781602233782, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2019
70 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 47 colour plates
Join Julia Tinker – avid explorer, angler, and artist – in her travels as she recounts her multi-year journey captaining her boat through the beautiful waters surrounding Ketchikan and Prince of Wales. Her mission is to delve into the diverse ecosyst...
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£30,00
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Village with My Name A Family History of China's Opening to the World
ISBN: PB: 9780226636955, ISBN: HB: 9780226338866, University of Chicago Press, March 2019
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 halftones
When journalist Scott Tong moved to Shanghai, his assignment was to start up the first full-time China bureau for "Marketplace", the daily business and economics program on public radio stations across the United States. But for Tong the move became...
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£14,00
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£23,00
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Crime and Justice, Volume 48 American Sentencing
ISBN: HB: 9780226644912, University of Chicago Press, March 2019
512 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
"American Sentencing" surveys what is known about the hottest topic in American criminal law reform. Massive efforts are underway to make sentencing more just and sentences more effective, and to reduce the use of imprisonment. The writers are the le...
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£75,00
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Cultural Encounters in Near Eastern History
ISBN: HB: 9788763543873, University of Chicago Press, Museum Tusculanum Press, March 2019
224 pp., 24.1x16.1 cm, 2 colour plates, 22 halftones, 3 line drawings, 4 maps
Globalization and cheaper travel have led to a rapid increase in cross-cultural encounters worldwide – which makes understanding problems of conflict, prejudice, interaction, and adaptation ever more important. Fortunately, we have a powerful histori...
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£45,00
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Student's Guide to Writing College Papers Fifth Edition
ISBN: PB: 9780226430263, ISBN: HB: 9780226494562, University of Chicago Press, March 2019
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 9 halftones, 17 line drawings, 6 tables
Students of all levels need to know how to write a well-reasoned, coherent research paper – and for decades Kate L. Turabian's "Student's Guide to Writing College Papers" has helped them to develop this critical skill. For its fifth edition, Chicago...
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£13,00
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£38,00
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Making Music Indigenous Popular Music in the Peruvian Andes
ISBN: PB: 9780226607337, ISBN: HB: 9780226607160, University of Chicago Press, February 2019
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 18 halftones
When thinking of indigenous music, many people may imagine acoustic instruments and pastoral settings far removed from the whirl of modern life. But, in contemporary Peru, indigenous chimaycha music has become a wildly popular genre that is even hear...
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£23,00
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£68,00
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Multiscale Convection-Coupled Systems in the Tropics A Tribute to Dr. Michio Yanai
ISBN: HB: 9781944970048, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, December 2018
50 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 10 colour plates, 10 halftones, 5 maps
This monograph was inspired by the life and work of Professor Michio Yanai, a seminal figure and dedicated mentor in tropical meteorology. Conceived initially at the AMS Michio Yanai Symposium as "lessons" organized around the principal research area...
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£75,00
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Greening the Alliance The Diplomacy of NATO's Science and Environmental Initiatives
ISBN: PB: 9780226595795, ISBN: HB: 9780226595658, University of Chicago Press, December 2018
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 19 halftones
Following the launch of Sputnik, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization became a prominent sponsor of scientific research in its member countries, a role it retained until the end of the Cold War. As NATO marks sixty years since the establishment of...
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£29,00
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£85,00
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