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Around the Globe Rethinking Oral History with Its Protagonists
ISBN: PB: 9788024622262, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, October 2013
160 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! In this unusual and important new work, Miroslav Vanek interviews twelve experts on oral history to discuss the medium's current status within the social sciences in light of recent techno...
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£15,00
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Harlem The Unmaking of a Ghetto
ISBN: HB: 9780226853369, University of Chicago Press, October 2013
269 pp., 27.9x22.8 cm, 268 colour plates
For more than a century, Harlem has been the epicenter of black America, the celebrated heart of African American life and culture – but it has also been a byword for the problems that have long plagued inner-city neighborhoods: poverty, crime, viole...
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£41,50
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Life of a Leaf
ISBN: PB: 9780226104775, University of Chicago Press, September 2013
320 pp., 23x15 cm, 47 colour plates, 18 halftones, 10 line illus.
In its essence, science is a way of looking at and thinking about the world. In "The Life of a Leaf", Steven Vogel illuminates this approach, using the humble leaf as a model. Whether plant or person, every organism must contend with its immediate ph...
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£20,00
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Purging the Poorest Public Housing and the Design Politics of Twice-Cleared Communities
ISBN: PB: 9780226012452, ISBN: HB: 9780226012315, University of Chicago Press, April 2013
448 pp., 23x15 cm, 63 halftones, 6 line illus.
The building and management of public housing is often seen as a signal failure of American public policy, but this is a vastly oversimplified view. In "Purging the Poorest", Lawrence J. Vale offers a new narrative of the seventy-five-year struggle t...
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£24,00
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£79,00
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Everyday Law on the Street City Governance in an Age of Diversity
ISBN: PB: 9780226921907, University of Chicago Press, April 2013
272 pp., 23x15 cm
Toronto prides itself on being "the world's most diverse city", and its officials seek to support this diversity through programs and policies designed to promote social inclusion. Yet this progressive vision of law often falls short in practice, lim...
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£24,00
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Black Wolf of the Glacier Alaska's Romeo
ISBN: PB: 9781602231979, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2013
30 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 30 colour illus.
In 2003, Alaskans fell for a lolloping, dog-friendly wolf they named Romeo. Left without a pack, this lone wolf found a new family among Juneau's domestic dogs and their owners, who became enamored with his striking looks and friendly demeanor. For y...
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£10,00
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Lucy's Dance
ISBN: PB: 9781602231269, ISBN: HB: 9781602231276, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2013
29 pp., 28x21.6 cm, 18 colour illus.
A charming children's book about the return of traditional dancing to one Yup'ik village, "Lucy's Dance" tells the story of a little girl who is determined to help her grandfather demonstrate for the people of the town the beauty and complexity of ol...
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£8,50
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£13,00
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From The Holy Land to Graceland Sacred People, Places and Things in Our Lives
ISBN: PB: 9781933253725, University of Chicago Press, American Alliance of Museums Press, February 2013
202 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 130 colour illus.
According to medievalist Gary Vikan, Graceland is much more than a wildly popular tourist destination associated with a famous entertainer, and Elvis Presley is much more than the King of Rock 'n' Roll. In this fascinating new book, Vikan posits that...
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£24,50
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Chinese Maze Murders A Judge Dee Mystery
ISBN: PB: 9780226848785, University of Chicago Press, August 2012
336 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
Poisoned plums, a cryptic scroll picture, passionate love letters, and a hidden murderer with a penchant for torturing and killing women lead Judge Dee to the heart of the Governor's garden maze and the answers to three interwoven mysteries. The Chin...
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£10,00
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Theater of the Mind Imagination, Aesthetics, and American Radio Drama
ISBN: PB: 9780226853512, ISBN: HB: 9780226853505, University of Chicago Press, July 2012
296 pp., 23x15 cm, 8 halftones, 13 line illus.
For generations, fans and critics have characterized classic American radio drama as a "theater of the mind". This book unpacks that characterization by recasting the radio play as an aesthetic object within its unique historical context. In "Theater...
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£26,50
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£84,00
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