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Paperback. Editor(s): Freedman, Diana P.; Frey, Olivia; Zauhar, Frances Murphy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822312925
ISBN
9780822312925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. The American-born anthropologist Eric Michaels was a major intellectual in Australia. This book presents his account of living with AIDS. Offering an ironic rumination on the cultural phenomenon of AIDS, it also provides a view of the AIDS epidemic from a different vantage point. Editor(s): Foss, Paul. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: BG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320142
ISBN
9780822320142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.14

Paperback. Focusing on criticism of Elizabeth I by her contemporaries, this is a collection of essays considering various forms the dissenters used for their critique. Editor(s): Walker, Julia M. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7. BIC Classification: BG; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822320746
ISBN
9780822320746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

paperback. Describing the life and ideas of the founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), this work is a biography of Carlos Fonseca Amador, an important and influential figure of the post-1959 revolutionary generation in Latin America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; BGH; HBTV; JPF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822325956
ISBN
9780822325956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. An autobiography of cultural anthropologist Esther Newton, a pioneer in gay and lesbian studies. Chronicling the development of her ideas from the excitement of early feminism in the 1960s to friendly critiques of queer theory in the 1990s, it is suitable for those interested in the birth and growth of gay and lesbian studies. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 360 pages, 23 photographs. BIC Classification: BG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822326120
ISBN
9780822326120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. Testimonial text by a Mapuche woman, with commentary and other ethnographic interventions by a US historian. Editor(s): Mallon, Florencia E. Num Pages: 392 pages, 36 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; BG; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329626
ISBN
9780822329626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

paperback. An anthology of the personal/autobiographical essays of scholars who have made the life story an important part of their disciplinary research. This book represents various disciplines, including mathematics, sociology, psychology, literature, religion and legal history. It also chronicles the origins of autobiographical criticism. Editor(s): Freedman, Diane P.; Frey, Olivia. Num Pages: 512 pages, 7 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822332138
ISBN
9780822332138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.15

Paperback. Harriet Tubman is one of America's most beloved historical figures, revered alongside luminaries including Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. This book tells the story of Tubman's life as an American icon. Num Pages: 424 pages, 88 illustrations ( incl. 9 in color). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822340737
ISBN
9780822340737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Country by country, historians follow the routes taken by Che Guevara on his two trips across Latin America in the early 1950s. Editor(s): Drinot, Paulo. Num Pages: 4 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822347675
ISBN
9780822347675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Hardback. The contributors to Speaking of the Self interrogate the varied ways in which a diverse group of mostly female writers from South Asia-from a seventeenth-century Mughal princess to twentieth century Pakistani novelists-construct and articulate their subjectivity through their autobiographical memoirs, poetry, novels, and diaries. Editor(s): Malhotra, Anshu; Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359838
ISBN
9780822359838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.89

Hardback. Flyboy 2 provides a panoramic view of the last thirty years of Greg Tate's influential cultural criticism of contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and politics. These essays, interviews, and reviews cover everything from Miles Davis, Ice Cube, and Suzan Lori Parks to Afro-futurism, Kara Walker, and Amiri Baraka. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGN; BGF; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361800
ISBN
9780822361800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Hardback. Now Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history and political mobilization in Cold War Latin America. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; BGHA; HBJK; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362180
ISBN
9780822362180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

paperback. Revised and Expanded with two new chapters on Hillary Clinton's career as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of State, and presidential candidate. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGH; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Revised, Expanded
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362302
ISBN
9780822362302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. A chronicle of the lives of three men, John Fitch, James Rumsey and Robert Fulton, all striving to invent the first steamboat. The author shows the pattern of their interwoven fates in this tale of "anguished pioneering". Num Pages: 406 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; TBX; TTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 33. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780823213764
ISBN
9780823213764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.72

Paperback. The extraordinary story of a man who bestrode his era like a colossus, Hugo Black is the first and only comprehensive biography of the Supreme Court Justice of thirty four years, (1886-1971). Num Pages: 741 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JPQ; LAT; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
741
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823217861
ISBN
9780823217861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 53.17

Hardback. A biography of Carl Schurz, a German who took part in the 1848 revolution. He then went to America, where his ethnic connections enabled him to enter politics. He eventually became Secretary of the Interior. This book sheds light on the problems of immigration and the retention of ethnic identity. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 386 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780823218547
ISBN
9780823218547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.72

Paperback. A biography of Carl Schurz, a German who took part in the 1848 revolution. He then went to America, where his ethnic connections enabled him to enter politics. He eventually became Secretary of the Interior. This book sheds light on the problems of immigration and the retention of ethnic identity. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 386 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780823218554
ISBN
9780823218554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.76

Paperback. A biography of the Supreme Court Justice of 34 years, Hugo Black, (1886-1971). He once was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and went on to be one of the most celebrated and important civil libertarians in the history of the USA and the 20th century's chief proponent of the First Amendment. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823218684
ISBN
9780823218684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. The King's Ranger explores not only military history but also such aspects of the American past as colonial migration, upheaval in the backcountry.. and the formation of new settlements in the Caribbean. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823219087
ISBN
9780823219087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Paperback. This fascinating book tells the remarkable story of an ordinary American woman's heroism in the French Resistance. Editor(s): Litoff, Judy Barrett. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 322 pages, 16 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225828
ISBN
9780823225828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.43

Hardback. "A portrait of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement in New York City through photographs taken in 1955 by Vivian Cherry, a documentary photographer, accompanied by excerpts of Dorothy Day's writings selected and edited by her granddaughter, Kate Hennessy"-- Editor(s): Hennessy, Kate. Series: Catholic Practice in North America. Num Pages: 152 pages, 65 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; AJCP; BGX; HRCC7; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 7112 x 18. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823271368
ISBN
9780823271368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.41

Paperback. Chronicles the experiences of a black female teaching in public schools in the South Bronx in the era of No Child Left Behind and the Common Core. Addressing "high stakes" that go beyond tests, Faking Sleep examines how and what one must teach poor students of color. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFJ; JFSL1; JNHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823271412
ISBN
9780823271412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.90

Hardback. Biography of Robert Carlton "Bob" Brown, avant-garde publisher, poet and reading machine inventor, bestselling pulp fiction and Hollywood movie treatment writer, cookbook author with Cora and Rose Brown, advertiser copyrighter, editorial board member of the Masses, curator of A Museum of Social Change, and much more. Num Pages: 320 pages, 52 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSB; DSBH; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823271450
ISBN
9780823271450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.74

Hardcover. Gerhard G Mueller is best known for his work in the area of international accounting, but his contributions have spanned many areas of accountancy teaching, research, and professional service. His books and leadership roles have made him the premiere international accountant of the 20th century. Series Editor(s): Previts, Gary J.; Bricker, Robert. Series: Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: BGB; JN; KFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780857243331
ISBN
9780857243331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.31

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