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Living on the Edge An American Generation's Journey through the Twentieth Century
ISBN: PB: 9780226748122, ISBN: HB: 9780226748092, University of Chicago Press, January 2021
392 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 halftones, 4 line drawings, 14 tables
History carves its imprint on human lives for generations after. When we think of the radical changes that transformed America during the twentieth century, our minds most often snap to the fifties and sixties: the Civil Rights Movement, changing gen...
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£21,00
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£76,00
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Living Politics in South Africa's Urban Shacklands
ISBN: PB: 9780226519661, ISBN: HB: 9780226519524, University of Chicago Press, May 2018
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 22 halftones
While much has been written on post-apartheid social movements in South Africa, most discussion centers on ideal forms of movements, disregarding the reality and agency of the activists themselves. In "Living Politics", Kerry Ryan Chance radically fl...
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£22,50
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£67,50
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Lovable Racists, Magical Negroes, and White Messiahs
ISBN: PB: 9780226492636, ISBN: HB: 9780226492469, University of Chicago Press, October 2017
160 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
In this incredibly timely book, David Ikard dismantles popular white supremacist tropes, which effectively devalue black life and trivialize black oppression".Lovable Racists, Magical Negroes, and White Messiahs" investigates the tenacity and cultura...
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£18,00
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£54,00
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Legalizing Plural Marriage The Next Frontier in Family Law
ISBN: PB: 9781611688351, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, June 2017
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Polygamous marriages are currently recognized in nearly fifty countries worldwide. Although polygamy is technically illegal in the United States, it is practiced by members of some religious communities and a growing number of other "poly" groups. In...
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£32,00
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Land is Full Addressing Overpopulation in Israel
ISBN: HB: 9780300216882, Yale University Press, September 2016
408 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 37 black&white illus.
An assessment of how Israel's extraordinary population growth undermines the country's environment, social equity, and quality of life – and what must be done about it During the past sixty-eight years, Israel's population has increased from one to e...
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£30,00
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Landscapes of Accumulation Real Estate and the Neoliberal Imagination in Contemporary India
ISBN: PB: 9780226385068, ISBN: HB: 9780226384900, University of Chicago Press, September 2016
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 19 halftones, 2 line drawings, 7 tables
Over the past few decades, India has experienced a sudden and spectacular urban transformation. Gleaming business complexes encroach on fields and villages. Giant condominium communities offer gated security, indoor gyms, and pristine pools. Spacious...
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£22,00
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£68,00
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Longing for Home Forced Displacement and Postures of Hospitality
ISBN: HB: 9780300207620, Yale University Press, July 2016
224 pp., 21x14 cm
What is it about the concept of "home" that makes its loss so profound and devastating, and how should the trauma of exile and alienation be approached theologically? M. Jan Holton examines the psychological, social, and theological impact of forced...
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£44,00
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Language Attitudes in the American Deaf Community
ISBN: HB: 9781563685453, Gallaudet University Press, December 2012
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 45 photos
In a diverse signing community, it is not unusual to encounter a wide variety of expression in the types of signs used by different people. Perceptions of signing proficiency often vary within the community, however. Conventional wisdom intimates tha...
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£60,00
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Letting Stories Breathe A Socio-Narratology
ISBN: PB: 9780226004839, ISBN: HB: 9780226260136, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
224 pp., 23x15 cm
Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. But they do not merely entertain, inform, or distress us – they show us what counts as right or wrong and teach us who we are and who we can imagine being. Stories connect people, but they can al...
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£17,50
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£34,00
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Losing It In Which an Aging Professor Laments His Shrinking Brain...
ISBN: PB: 9780300188233, Yale University Press, September 2012
336 pp., 20.8x13.7 cm, 4 black&white illus.
In the opening pages of this irresistible book, William Ian Miller warns, "the general themes... may strike some as glum and grim". Yet humour leavens each page as he confronts old age, its humiliations, and its undeniable hardships. Taking an enti...
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£11,99
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