The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. In 1849, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, and fertile soil of the eastern United States in favor of the rough-hewn lands of the American West. This title brings their perspective to life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 89 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226519623
- ISBN
- 9780226519623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.08
€ 23.99
€ 19.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- DC Books,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780919688315
- ISBN
- 9780919688315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.59
€ 20.99
€ 15.59
Hardback. Editor(s): Gonzales, Keith H. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JMG; BTC; JKSW1; JKVF; LNFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 265 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634832441
- ISBN
- 9781634832441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.37€ 194.22
€ 262.37
€ 194.22
Hardback. This volume is the first sustained attempt to describe, analyze, and assess the "comparative turn" in Canadian political science. Editor(s): White, Linda A.; Simeon, Richard; Vipond, Robert; Wallner, Jennifer. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814270
- ISBN
- 9780774814270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.75
€ 111.75
"The World Is Our Parish" uses John King Gordon's professional and intellectual journey to reveal the confluence of liberal Christianity, social democracy, and internationalism in Canadian politics and thought. Num Pages: 384 pages, 22. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647732
- ISBN
- 9781442647732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.44
€ 88.44
Hardback. This work offers both a historical account of the crazy-quilt of legislation dealing with immigration that Congress has passed over the years and a theoretical explanation, building on the "new institutionalism", of how these laws came to be passed. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724852
- ISBN
- 9780804724852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.53
€ 81.53
Hardcover. In Fiscal Hangover , Keith Fitz-Gerald analyzes the declining power of the American consumer and introduces readers to the resulting investment opportunities. It will teach readers how to prepare for the fall, allocate their investments, and thrive in the new global economy. Series: Agora Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCX; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470289143
- ISBN
- 9780470289143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.84
€ 30.99
€ 25.84
Hardback. Focuses on Homer Page's New York photographs taken while he was a Guggenheim Fellow during the late '40s. Series: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Num Pages: 144 pages, 98 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 284 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300154436
- ISBN
- 9780300154436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.50
€ 49.99
€ 35.50
Paperback. Presenting stories that represent the diversity of Virginia's Indians, this book offers an introduction to the history of Virginia Indians, a native American community. Num Pages: 112 pages, 45 b&w illustrations, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925486
- ISBN
- 9780813925486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.98
€ 17.99
€ 16.98
Paperback. During Montana's early territorial years, 'criminal justice' was almost non-existent: a few towns had inadequate and chronically overcrowded jails, and occasional prisoners were sent east to the federal penitentiary in Detroit. This book provides the social history of the Montana Penitentiary, focusing on its early, formative years. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 illustrations, 14 charts. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press Washington
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227545
- ISBN
- 9780295984438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Shows that presidents and leaders of all stripes have worked to put the Court on a pedestal and have encouraged its justices to accept the role of ultimate interpreters of the Constitution. This work examines why presidents have found judicial supremacy to be in their best interest and why constitutional leadership has been passed to the courts. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; LNAA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141022
- ISBN
- 9780691141022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. Using the proven principles of the PREP program as outlined in the "Fighting For Your Marriage", this book shows African American couples how to enhance and preserve their marriage. It presents the racial, social, and personal issues that challenge the black couples. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHBK; MMH; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787955519
- ISBN
- 9780787955519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.63
€ 27.99
€ 22.63
Paperback. This book explores the means used by government officials, police officers, church representatives, and ordinary settlers to facilitate and justify colonization, their effects on Indigenous economic, political, social, and spiritual lives, and how they were resisted. Series: The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL9; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- AU Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781897425398
- ISBN
- 9781897425398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.99
€ 40.99
€ 39.99
Hardback. Building Gotham thus demonstrates how a group of ambitious professionals overcame the limits of traditional means of decision-making and developed the city-building practices that enabled New York to become America's first mega-city. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16, 10 black & white halftones, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801870736
- ISBN
- 9780801870736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.56
€ 60.56
hardcover. Covering topics such as the Indian Act, the High Arctic relocation of 1953, and the conflict at Ipperwash, Keith D. Smith draws on a diverse selection of documents including letters, testimonies, speeches, transcripts, newspaper articles, and government records. Editor(s): Smith, Keith D. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 203 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442608245
- ISBN
- 9781442608245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.06
€ 123.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 b&w photos, 2 b&w charts/graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APFB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477309087
- ISBN
- 9781477309087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.23
€ 29.23
Paperback. Drawing from Haitian and New Orleanian Vodou, Cuban and South Floridian Santeria, as well as from Afro-Baptist (Caribbean, Geechee, and Bahamian) models of encounter with otherness, "Sacral Grooves, Limbo Gateways" places deep southern texts within the context of Afro-Atlantic modernity. Series: New Southern Studies. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345994
- ISBN
- 9780820345994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.95
€ 43.95
Paperback. This work places the literary texts of such noted authors as George Washington Cable, W.E.B. DuBois, Alex Haley and Zora Neale Hurston in the context of the history, spiritual traditions, folklore, music, linguistics and politics out of which they were written. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190891
- ISBN
- 9780813190891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.65
€ 45.65
Paperback. Clarence Major is an award-winning painter, fiction writer, and poet - as well as an essayist, editor, anthologist, lexicographer, and memoirist. The Art and Life of Clarence Major is the first critical biography of this innovative African American writer and visual artist. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 black & white images and 17 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; ACXJ8; AFC; AGB; BGF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820349824
- ISBN
- 9780820349824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.65
€ 40.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759885
- ISBN
- 9781894759885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82