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The Americas

Hardback. This companion volume to DARE enhances readers' use of the five volumes of text. It includes all the regional maps, an index to entries, and more than 400 fieldwork questions and the speakers' answers. Like its predecessors, Volume VI is a treasure trove of American linguistic creativity. Num Pages: 1080 pages, 1702 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 226 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
1080
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066533
ISBN
9780674066533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.03
€ 111.53

Hardback. DARE readers now have the full panoply of American regional vocabulary, from Adam's housecat to Zydeco. Volume V is filled with words that reflect our origins, migrations, ethnicities, and neighborhoods. Whether we are talking about foods, games, clothing, family, animals, or any other aspect of life, our vocabulary reveals much about who we are. Num Pages: 1296 pages, 682 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
1296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047358
ISBN
9780674047358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.03
€ 115.21

Paperback. This study strives to illustrate the lingering second-class status of women under the current legal system in the United States, and questions whether a "one-size-fits-all" vision of individual rights will ever improve the situation. Num Pages: 580 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814735091
ISBN
9780814735091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Brings together essays by filmmakers, exhibitors, cultural critics, and scholars from multiple generations of the New York Downtown scene to illuminate individual films and filmmakers and explore the creation of a Downtown Canon, the impact of AIDS on younger filmmakers, community access cable television broadcasts, and more. Editor(s): Hawkins, Joan. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; APF; APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Intellect Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783204229
ISBN
9781783204229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 51.54

Num Pages: 128 pages, 341 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WMPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 794. Cape Cod and the Islands. 128 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WMPC. Dimension: 243 x 212 x 17. Weight: 800.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764340550
ISBN
9780764340550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.42

Paperback. Serve up a heaping lesson of history with delicious recipes from our nation's past-- from the pilgrims' first feast to today's high-tech, low-fat fare Who knew history could be so delicious? In The U.S. History Cookbook, you'll discover how Americans have lived and dined over the centuries. This scrumptious survey of periods and events in U. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WBN; YNH; YNPC. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 233 x 193 x 11. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471136026
ISBN
9780471136026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.40

Hardback. Over 340 color photos display barns in the English and New England styles that dot the landscape of Cape Cod's fifteen townships, including many detail shots. Wooden and stone barns dating from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries appear, including barns for sheltering animals, grain, cranberries, strawberries, turnips, and asparagus. Num Pages: 176 pages, 342 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1236.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764325649
ISBN
9780764325649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.42

Paperback. A memoir of land, family and perseverance from one of the most influential writers in America. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BGA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007178872
ISBN
9780007178872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Charting the cultural imagination of Haiti, this text argues for the recognition of both vodou rituals and narrative fictions as repositories of history. The book gives human dimensions to the 18th-century French colony and provides a template for understanding the Haiti of today. Num Pages: 362 pages, 34 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520213685
ISBN
9780520213685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH; WSXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595580870
ISBN
9781595580870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.58

Paperback. The US and Mexican border regions have experienced rapid demographic and economic growth. This title is a study of cross-border economic issues and developments comparing the disparate industrial growth and income gap between the regions on either side of the US-Mexico border. Num Pages: 304 pages, 29 b&w illustrations, 49 figures, 3 maps, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; KCM; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292717190
ISBN
9780292717190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.24

Paperback. This work offers an expose of the epidemic of so-called Multiple Personality Disordered women in America. It describes how the US mental health industry created and exploited this bogus diagnosis, and unveils the suffering of the victims, caused by hypnotic suggestion. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP; MJN; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787947941
ISBN
9780787947941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.88

Paperback. Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is considered the pre-eminent writer of Brazil, but his work has only recently become known to the English-speaking world. This new translation of Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, first published in 1881, now brings Machado de Assis's sardonic wit and keen appreciation of human foibles to a much larger audience. Editor(s): Regno, Enylton De Sa. Translator(s): Rabassa, Gregory. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADP; BG; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195101706
ISBN
9780195101706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99

Hardback. This book, the first to be written about the Lake Babine Nation in north-central British Columbia, examines its traditional legal order, self-identity, and their involvement in current treaty negotiations. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSL9; JHM; LBBC; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774808118
ISBN
9780774808118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.28

Paperback. Deals with the power of stories to educate and heal the heart, mind, body, and spirit. This book demonstrates how an indigenous knowledge system facilitates a valuable meaning-making process through storywork. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTD; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774814027
ISBN
9780774814027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

The Homer Laughlin China Company produced more than 100 different shapes of dinnerware since 1873 and more than 10,000 decorations. How is one to identify all the variations? This book fully explains the 1940s and 1950s products. This was a very prolific time for the company, and the era of dishes that people are collecting today. Num Pages: 176 pages, over 500 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1154.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764311642
ISBN
9780764311642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.30

Paperback. Introduces selected topics in federal Indian law. This title covers issues of identity and tribal recognition; reparations for historic harms; the valuation of land in land claims; the return to tribal owners of human remains, sacred items, and cultural property; and, tribal governance and issues of gender and religious freedom. Num Pages: 353 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 22. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566395823
ISBN
9781566395823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.49

Paperback. Common stereotypes of the tango are dispelled by this history of a rich and complex dance, and the contemporary cultural response to it. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 b&w illus., 23 music exx. BIC Classification: 1KLS; ASD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219053
ISBN
9780253219053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.03

Paperback. Considers the reasons behind the limited success of welfare-reform initiatives and offers evidence-based recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness of welfare policy. Drawing on ethnographic studies of Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Kenosha, Wisconsin, this work aims to clarify the role of social capital for both individuals and institutions. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126519
ISBN
9780231126519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.42

Paperback. Contemporary American began in the first two decades of this century. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393956559
ISBN
9780393956559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

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