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The Americas
Hardback. Davis reviews the various approaches to compassion, love, and altruism by multiple scholars. He explores the contours of "other-love," a selfless regard for the well-being of others. Davis also examines the basis for distinctive modes of compassionate behavior enriched by "ebony grace"-a theological attribution for people of African descent. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCV4; JFSL3; JFSR; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761856375
- ISBN
- 9780761856375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.82
€ 110.82
Paperback. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813932774
- ISBN
- 9780813932774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.91
€ 42.91
Paperback. Tells the dramatic stories of the laborers, merchants, smugglers, and activists who crossed these borders into the twentieth century, and the American and British empire-builders who countered them by hardening racial and national lines. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396. The Making of the US-Canadian Borderlands. Series: American Crossroads. 264 pages, illustrations. In the late nineteenth century the borderlands between the United States, the British Empire in Canada, and the Asia-Pacific Rim emerged as a crossroads of the Pacific world. This book reveals the messiness of imperial formation and the struggles it spawned from multiple locations and through different actors across the Pacific world. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight: 396.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271692
- ISBN
- 9780520271692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. The first full-length critical study of lynching plays in American culture Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSG; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078804
- ISBN
- 9780252078804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Hardback. The first full-length critical study of lynching plays in American culture Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSG; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252036491
- ISBN
- 9780252036491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.02
€ 119.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894898133
- ISBN
- 9781894898133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.26
€ 25.99
€ 18.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGU; HBJK; JFCA; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837621228
- ISBN
- 9783837621228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.42
€ 50.99
€ 36.42
Hardcover. Explores culture and intellectual life in Lexington, Kentucky, at the turn of the twentieth century. This book reveals Lexington to be a city of contradictions: known as a cultural 'Athens of the West,' it also struggled with the poverty, ignorance, and bigotry characteristic of southern communities after the Civil War. Series: Thomas D. Clark Studies in Education, Public Policy and Social Change. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813125046
- ISBN
- 9780813125046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.05
€ 52.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 189 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763536721
- ISBN
- 9788763536721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.52
€ 38.99
€ 28.52
Hardback. An account of life in the army during the American Civil War. Corby describes all aspects of a soldier's life in the Irish Brigade of the Army of the Potomac. The book includes stories of both the tradegy and hardship, and the hope and humour of war. Series: Irish in the Civil War. Num Pages: 412 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 841.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823212514
- ISBN
- 9780823212514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.82
€ 78.82
Hardback. In this set of essays that cover the period from 1992 to 2012, Kobena Mercer uses a diasporic model of criticism to analyze the cross-cultural aesthetic practice of African American and black British artists and to show how their refiguring of visual representations of blackness transform perceptions of race. Num Pages: 384 pages, 111 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; ACBS; HBJH; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 183 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Bilingual
- SKU
- V9780822360803
- ISBN
- 9780822360803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.86
€ 123.86
Paperback. In this set of essays that cover the period from 1992 to 2012, Kobena Mercer uses a diasporic model of criticism to analyze the cross-cultural aesthetic practice of African American and black British artists and to show how their refiguring of visual representations of blackness transform perceptions of race. Num Pages: 384 pages, 111 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; ACBS; HBJH; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 4522 x 23. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360940
- ISBN
- 9780822360940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.66
€ 36.99
€ 32.66
paperback. Presents an account of how Chinese are being smuggled into the United States, and what happens to the people who risk their lives to reach Gold Mountain. This book shows how the problem of human smuggling will continue for as long as China's citizens are deprived of fundamental human rights and economic security. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 221 pages, 24 tables, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; GTB; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397339
- ISBN
- 9781566397339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Introduces readers to a story that spans 12,000 years of Kentucky lives, from Native Americans to astronauts. This book explores various facets of Kentucky history - geography, culture, education, and the economy - recounting historic events such as the deadly frontier wars, the assassination of a governor, and the birth of Bluegrass music. Num Pages: 256 pages, 39 photographs, 14 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191928
- ISBN
- 9780813191928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.17
€ 25.17
Paperback. Examines over 300 non-fiction films by more than 150 African American film/videomakers and includes an extensive filmography, bibliography, and excerpts from interviews with film/videomakers. In eleven original essays, contributors explore the extraordinary scope of these aesthetic and social documents. Editor(s): Klotman, Phyllis Rauch; Cutler, Janet K. Num Pages: 520 pages, 43 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 34. Weight in Grams: 713.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213471
- ISBN
- 9780253213471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.19
€ 30.99
€ 27.19
Paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2015 by Grove Press. Num Pages: 448 pages, B&W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802125682
- ISBN
- 9780802125682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.59
€ 17.99
€ 16.59
Paperback. These photographs and essays reconsider the iconic status of Yosemite in America's conception of wilderness, examining how the place was appropriated by its early Euro-American visitors and showing how conceptions of landscape have altered and how land has changed--or not--over time. Num Pages: 144 pages, 33 color photos, 33 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 249 x 13. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- First Trade Paper ed
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595340429
- ISBN
- 9781595340429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.02
€ 32.99
€ 32.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 42 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JKSB1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 127.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Number of pages
- 42
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833028815
- ISBN
- 9780833028815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.81
€ 12.81
Hardback. The account of the author's life, spent between Europe and America, is at the same time an account of his generation, one that came of age between the two World Wars. Recalling not only circumstances of his own situation but that of his friends, the author shows how this generation faced a reality that seemed fragmented.. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJ; BM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455842
- ISBN
- 9781845455842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.45
€ 163.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195189421
- ISBN
- 9780195189421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.38
€ 62.38
Hardback. Abetting Batterers reveals the troubling patterns of inattention and incompetence that compromise the safety of women in the US. It looks at how the criminal justice system responds to the ever-growing problem of domestic violence, what preventative strategies and training have been developed and put in place, and why most are still failing. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442248274
- ISBN
- 9781442248274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Hardcover. With comprehensive text and detailed illustrations, this guide includes some familiar seabirds as well as some little-known and globally threatened species. Illustrator(s): Larsson, Hans. Series: Helm Identification Guides. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1KB; GBC; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 181 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1666.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713670875
- ISBN
- 9780713670875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.48€ 59.60
€ 65.48
€ 59.60
Paperback. This cultural-geographic study of the American Indian reservations in the 48 contiguous states explores the reservations as living environments rather than historical footnotes. The text seeks to discover and highlight the many possibilities for positive change. Series: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers S. Num Pages: 396 pages, 57 halftones, 36 maps, 19 line drawings, 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL9; JHMP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260891
- ISBN
- 9780226260891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.67
€ 44.99
€ 34.67
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFN; JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691626246
- ISBN
- 9780691626246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.57€ 42.52
€ 53.57
€ 42.52