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Hardcover. This book provides a brief yet informative evaluation of the variety and complexity of theatrical endeavours in the United States, embracing all epochs of theatre history and situating American theatre as a lively, dynamic and diverse arena. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; HBJK; HBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748645206
- ISBN
- 9780748645206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.47€ 102.99
€ 106.47
€ 102.99
Paperback. This book provides a brief yet informative evaluation of the variety and complexity of theatrical endeavours in the United States, embracing all epochs of theatre history and situating American theatre as a lively, dynamic and diverse arena. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; HBJK; HBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625925
- ISBN
- 9780748625925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.87
€ 33.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 159 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; AS; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 179 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 159
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559361972
- ISBN
- 9781559361972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.58
€ 24.99
€ 21.58
Celebrates the history of 40 of the finest stage theaters still in operation around the United States. Original photographs include stunning examples of early Eastern town hall opera houses, Midwest venues, and boomtown opera houses. Also, state-by-state and chronological listings of over 200 more surviving nineteenth-century theaters. Num Pages: 256 pages, 157 B/W & 36 color photos, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 220 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1584.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764324918
- ISBN
- 9780764324918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.52
€ 48.99
€ 32.52
Num Pages: 286 pages, 390 color & b/w photos. BIC Classification: AF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 288 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1666.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764322471
- ISBN
- 9780764322471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.41€ 39.54
€ 54.41
€ 39.54
Paperback. Describes a critical tradition in American filmmaking. This title examines a contemporary type of US filmmaking that exists at the intersection of mainstream, art and independent cinema and often gives rise to absurd, darkly comic and nihilistic effects. Series: Traditions in World Cinema. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748679089
- ISBN
- 9780748679089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.77
€ 32.99
€ 29.77
Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 576 pages, 27 black-and-white photos. BIC Classification: AN; AP; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 924. Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the Birth of the Entertainment Industry, 1908-1935. Series: Film and Culture Series. 576 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AN; AP; BGF. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 40. Weight: 924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159043
- ISBN
- 9780231159043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.84€ 83.28
€ 108.84
€ 83.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 270 x 11. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780930452391
- ISBN
- 9780930452391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.32
€ 33.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. The highly-acclaimed unauthorised biography of cult anti-hero comedian Bill Hicks. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: ASZB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447227069
- ISBN
- 9781447227069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.99
€ 11.99
€ 5.99
Paperback. From "The Next Generation" and "The X-Files", to "Farscape" and "Enterprise", sci-fi television series in the US have multiplied since the 1980s. Jan Johnson-Smith shows how, in line with national political upheavals, this genre expands the myth of the Western frontier into deep space. Series: Popular TV Genres. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; APT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 148 x 30. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860648823
- ISBN
- 9781860648823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.87
€ 32.99
€ 27.87
Paperback. Attempts to chronicle every visit to the UK by American (and Canadian!) rock 'n' roll artists, and includes full tour itineraries, support acts, show reports, and TV appearances. This work features illustrations of programmes, tickets, vintage ads and atmospheric live shots. Num Pages: 422 pages, tables & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGP; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Music Mentor Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780951988862
- ISBN
- 9780951988862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.46
€ 35.99
€ 24.46
Hardback. With full-colour photographs of over 587 quilts, this title offers a visual and tactile understanding of American culture and society, bridging the transition from traditional folk culture to the age of mass production and consumption. It shows us some of America's treasured material culture as it was pieced and stitched into place. Editor(s): Hanson, Marin F; Crews, Patricia Cox. Num Pages: 496 pages, 812 color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; AFW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2246.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220546
- ISBN
- 9780803220546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.85
€ 101.85
Paperback. This study analyses the history of puppet, mask, and performing object theatre in the United States over the past 150 years to understand how a peculiarly American mixture of global cultures, commercial theatre, modern-art idealism, and mechanical innovation reinvented the ancient art of puppetry. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; ASZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286703
- ISBN
- 9781137286703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.14€ 58.52
€ 59.14
€ 58.52
Hardback. Provides information on published visual images of American prints from 1946 to 1996 as well as biocritical information on printmakers working in this time period. Num Pages: 606 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACX; AFH; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 38. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 606
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810835863
- ISBN
- 9780810835863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.10
€ 154.10
Paperback. An autobiography of Tony Curtis, without question a Hollywood legend and part of its Golden Age. It tells his story, from his hard-knock childhood growing up in the Bronx to his wild days as a Hollywood playboy, his destructive drug addiction and his life as an artist in his eighties. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 x 8 colour section; integrated b&w photos. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753515723
- ISBN
- 9780753515723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.96
€ 26.99
€ 18.96
Hardback. The china used by the First Families, both at the White House and in their private homes, reveals a story of culture and society as it has evolved in the United States since its early days. This book documents over 200 items and sheds lights on the trends in taste, style, and modes of entertaining, from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. Series: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Num Pages: 91 pages, 6 b&w illustrations + 94 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFP; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 241 x 13. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 91
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300135930
- ISBN
- 9780300135930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.75
€ 30.99
€ 22.75
Paperback. Examines a cycle of postfeminist films that adopt the conventions of romance. This book explores the symbiotic relationship between heterosexual romance and postfeminist culture. It offers a fresh perspective on both popular American romance films and postfeminist cultural criticism. Series: Traditions in American Cinema. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474405560
- ISBN
- 9781474405560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardcover. Examines the symbiotic relationship between heterosexual romance and postfeminist culture. The book argues that since 1980, postfeminism's most salient tensions and anxieties have been reflected in the American romance film. It offers a new perspective on romance films by examining the symbiotic relationship between romance and postfeminism. Series: Traditions in American Cinema. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748693368
- ISBN
- 9780748693368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.47€ 102.99
€ 106.47
€ 102.99
Paperback. A fascinating history of an American institution that includes an extraordinary collection of photobooth images. Num Pages: 224 pages, over 200 colour & b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AJCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393330762
- ISBN
- 9780393330762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.83
€ 32.99
€ 27.83
Hardcover. Catalogues more than one hundred works that are devoted to the National Gallery of Art's holdings of 19th-century American paintings. Featuring works of Thomas Sully, John Singer Sargent, and James McNeill Whistler, this collection also includes John Quidor's "The Return of Rip van Winkle" and Albert Pinkham Ryder's "Siegfried". Num Pages: 364 pages, 72 color, 135 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 291 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1978.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780894682544
- ISBN
- 9780894682544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.56€ 154.73
€ 197.56
€ 154.73
Hardback. A study of an important but anonymous part of the history of American art: the materials and techniques used by American painters. Based on research including artists' recipe books, letters, journals, and painting manuals, it includes topics such as the quest for the 'secrets' of the Old Masters; the application of 'toning' layers; and more. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACQ; ACV; AFC; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606060773
- ISBN
- 9781606060773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.32
€ 53.24
€ 42.32
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606061350
- ISBN
- 9781606061350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.32
€ 53.24
€ 42.32
American Moderns on Paper: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Mus...
Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser
Hardback. A catalogue that presents a selection of approximately 100 of the finest watercolours, pastels, and drawings by American modernists from the Wadsworth Atheneum's renowned collection of American art. It features two essays exploring the historical significance of the collection and the importance to American modernists of working on paper. Series: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Num Pages: 216 pages, 190 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD2; AFCC; AFF; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 248 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300151664
- ISBN
- 9780300151664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.90€ 59.72
€ 76.90
€ 59.72
Hardback. Focusing on the Art Institute's outstanding collection of American modernism, this title includes over 175 important paintings, sculptures, decorative art objects, and works on paper made in North America between World War II and 1955. Series: Art Institute of Chicago. Num Pages: 376 pages, 140 black-&-white illustrations + 250 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD2; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 241 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300117387
- ISBN
- 9780300117387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 54.82
€ 65.07
€ 54.82