The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. The Sacred Harp choral singing tradition originated in the American South in the mid-nineteenth century, spread widely across the country, and continues to thrive this day. This title offers a portrait of several Sacred Harp groups and an insightful exploration of how they manage to maintain a sense of community. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC8; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109596
- ISBN
- 9780226109596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Shows how, for both Puerto Ricans and North Americans, ideologies of sexuality, reproduction, and gender have shaped relations between the island and the mainland. This work suggests that interventionist discourses of rescue, family, and sexuality fueled US imperial projects and organized American colonialism. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 289 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232587
- ISBN
- 9780520232587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.69
€ 37.69
Paperback. Series: Discovering Vintage. Num Pages: 240 pages, 51 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 21.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493013401
- ISBN
- 9781493013401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.20
€ 17.99
€ 15.20
Hardback. An original catalogue for a travelling exhibition that has already been much talked about. The expressive power of glass emerges from the pages of the Glasstrees catalogue, which travelled from the Venice Biennale to the Museum of Art and Design of New York in February 2012. Editor(s): Ligniti, Emily. Num Pages: 208 pages, 170 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AFKB; AFP; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 245 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1526.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857214061
- ISBN
- 9788857214061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.78
€ 34.99
€ 29.78
Paperback. Offensive street speech - racist and sexist remarks that can make its targets feel both psychologically and physically threatened - is common in our society. This title argues that racist and sexist speech creates, reproduces, and reinforces systems of hierarchy in public places. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH2; LAB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126104
- ISBN
- 9780691126104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Fight Like a Girl introduces readers to the history of feminist activism in the U.S. through profiles of fifty incredible women, including Hillary Clinton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Roxane Gay, and more. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 one colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5AP; YNH; YXZ. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Zest Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936976966
- ISBN
- 9781936976966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.41
€ 16.99
€ 16.41
Paperback. Point Reyes National Seashore has a long history as a working landscape; yet, since 1962 it has also been managed as a National Seashore. This title chronicles how national ideals about what a park "ought to be" have developed over time and what happens when these ideals are implemented by the National Park Service (NPS). Num Pages: 368 pages, 22 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; RNF; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277083
- ISBN
- 9780520277083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.09
€ 31.99
€ 23.09
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761806431
- ISBN
- 9780761806431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.89
€ 126.89
Paperback. Series: Quadrant Book. Num Pages: 224 pages, 23 b&w illustrations, 4 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; RGBF; RGC; RNK; WNC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 50638th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816670277
- ISBN
- 9780816670277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
paperback. Explores the construction of hierarchy and difference in a Spanish colonial setting. This book describes how the meanings attached to the caste categories of Spanish, Indian, black, mulatto and mestizo were generated within that setting. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRQX5; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822331476
- ISBN
- 9780822331476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45
Paperback. Explores the lives and self-understanding of Mexicans of African descent living in the agricultural village of San Nicolas on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Num Pages: 392 pages, 43 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351320
- ISBN
- 9780822351320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Explores the lives and self-understanding of Mexicans of African descent living in the agricultural village of San Nicolas on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Num Pages: 392 pages, 43 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351214
- ISBN
- 9780822351214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.90
€ 122.90
Paperback. Roberto Rossellini's "Il Miracolo" is deceptively simple: a demented peasant woman is seduced by a stranger she believes to be Saint Joseph, is socially ostracized for becoming pregnant out of wedlock, but is finally redeemed through motherhood. This book explores the unique place that the movies occupy in American culture. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF; HBTB; JFMD; LAZ; LNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616190
- ISBN
- 9780700616190
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Condition: New
€ 35.75
€ 35.75
Paperback. The most insightful and imaginative work on Mormon Nauvoo published in the last thirty years Editor(s): Launius, Roger D.; Hallwas, John E. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252064944
- ISBN
- 9780252064944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. Laugrand and Oosten examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. Num Pages: 424 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFZ; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384052
- ISBN
- 9781782384052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.66
€ 167.66
Paperback. Series: Campaigning American Style. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742527324
- ISBN
- 9780742527324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.17
€ 58.17
Paperback. Combines legal and historical analysis to address the implications of Brown v. Board of Education , showing that the resolution of racial segregation in schools transformed the lives of ordinary citizens in broader ways than has previously been assumed. Editor(s): Lau, Peter F. Series: Constitutional Conflicts. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334491
- ISBN
- 9780822334491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Aperture
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597113816
- ISBN
- 9781597113816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.28
€ 46.99
€ 39.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 270 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764332111
- ISBN
- 9780764332111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.20
€ 31.99
€ 21.20
The Other Side of Middletown. Exploring Muncie's African American Comm...
Lassiter, Luke Eric; Goodall, Hurley; Campbel...
Hardback. Prompted by the overt omission of Muncie's black community from the famous study by Lynd and Lynd, "Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture", this book uncovers the neglected part of the story of Middletown, a well-known pseudonym for the Midwestern city of Muncie, Indiana. It is a useful resource for community research. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759104839
- ISBN
- 9780759104839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.93
€ 149.93
Paperback. Series: American Controversies. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742551978
- ISBN
- 9780742551978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.20
€ 60.20
Hardback. Series: New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFMX; JFSJ1; JFSL3; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040207
- ISBN
- 9780252040207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Paperback. Series: New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; JFMX; JFSJ1; JFSL3; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081668
- ISBN
- 9780252081668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. Offering an intriguing new approach to American cultural history through one of its enduring icons, Larzer Ziff traces the rise and flourishing of an ideal type once represented by such figures as George Washington and Tom Sawyer - a type immensely popular before antiheroes like Holden Caulfield captured our imagination Series: Discovering America. Num Pages: 154 pages, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780292738928
- ISBN
- 9780292738928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.23
€ 23.23