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Paperback. This work examines the Rodney King and O.J. Simpson trials to show that the issue of race was at the heart of both of these cases. Given the racial and ethnic composition of the two juries, it argues, their verdicts were all but predictable in view of their experiences with the police. Num Pages: 348 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL1; JKSW1; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 647.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787902643
ISBN
9780787902643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.77

hardcover. Looks at the geographical patterns of Baptist expansion, the techniques dissenters used to gain adherents, the distinctiveness of Baptist worship, and its cultural resonances in Virginia. This book traces how the American Revolution created a new context favorable to Baptists. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; HBJK; HRCC2; HRCC92. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926797
ISBN
9780813926797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.29

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JFSL3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470520666
ISBN
9780470520666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Take a virtual tour of picturesque Niagara Falls and see images of the "Maid of the Mist" steamer passing the American Falls, and powerful rushing waters at Bridal Falls. From early twentieth century hand-colored postcards and photographic views, you ca Num Pages: 112 pages, 123 color / 3 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 231 x 12. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764328015
ISBN
9780764328015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.06

Paperback. This guide includes the best times to visit, how to get there, what to expect in bloom, what birds and butterflys you'll see, how to arrange group tours, and children's activites. Num Pages: 270 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; WMB; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Republic of Texas Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556229343
ISBN
9781556229343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00

Num Pages: 288 pages, 844 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 227 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1734.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764338014
ISBN
9780764338014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.95
€ 55.12

Paperback. This analysis of post-war middle-class family life draws on interviews with American couples from the 1950s to the 1980s, and examines the relationship between their actual experiences and the images of them portrayed in the popular culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFCA; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226886718
ISBN
9780226886718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. An investigation of Latin American culture in the US in a cross section of three generations of Latin American immigrants Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; HBJK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814788295
ISBN
9780814788295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 271.
Publisher
Seal Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580053143
ISBN
9781580053143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. Asks whether bosses and reformers are more alike than we might have realized. This title finds that the answer - yes - illuminates the nature of political power. It shows that the resulting loss of democratic responsiveness eventually mobilizes residents to vote monopolistic regimes out of office. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 line drawings, 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226812823
ISBN
9780226812823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.58

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBT; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774825245
ISBN
9780774825245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.10

Paperback. Series Editor(s): Brater, Enoch; Taylor-Batty, Mark. Series: Methuen Drama Engage. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ANB; ANF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472578822
ISBN
9781472578822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.04

Hardcover. Editor(s): Rivera, Jessica. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629489964
ISBN
9781629489964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.12
€ 130.16

Paperback. The body is a physical entity and a symbolic artifact. It is both created in the world of nature and also physically reconstructed by a culture. The body is both an internal, subjective environment and simultaneously an object for others to observe. Editor(s): Johnston, Jessica R. Series: American Visions: Readings in American Culture. Num Pages: 335 pages, tables, glossary, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842028592
ISBN
9780842028592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.29

Hardcover. Set at a health insurance company dubbed Acme, this book chronicles how the privatization of the health care system in Puerto Rico transformed the experience of accessing and providing care on the island. Through interviews and participant observation, it explores the everyday contexts in which market reforms were enacted. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJP; JHMC; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814724910
ISBN
9780814724910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.77

Hardback. This book examines the conflict between cultural ideals of female sexuality in Brazil and the lived reality of sex for women in a poor shantytown in the country's northeast, probing the interplay between sexual expectations, sexual reality, and disease. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSJ1; JHM; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747554
ISBN
9780804747554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.34

paperback. This book examines the conflict between cultural ideals of female sexuality in Brazil and the lived reality of sex for women in a poor shantytown in the country's northeast, probing the interplay between sexual expectations, sexual reality, and disease. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSJ1; JHM; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747561
ISBN
9780804747561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Hardcover. Explores how teenage girls construct activist identities, rejecting and re-defining girlhood and claiming political authority for youth in the process Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1K; JFSJ1; JFSP2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814783245
ISBN
9780814783245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.06

Paperback. Explores how teenage girls construct activist identities, rejecting and re-defining girlhood and claiming political authority for youth in the process Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; JFSJ1; JFSP2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814783252
ISBN
9780814783252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Series: Tangled History. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YQH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 135 x 279 x 7. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Capstone Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781491470800
ISBN
9781491470800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.54

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271062174
ISBN
9780271062174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 35.50

Paperback. Series: Architecture, Landscape, and American Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 74 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816669745
ISBN
9780816669745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy and Peace. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 black & white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJF; HBLW3; JKSR; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813165837
ISBN
9780813165837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.51

Hardback. Rather, the Revolution built upon a long history of civic engagement and a complicated relationship between the practice of majority-rule and exclusionary policy-making on the part of appointed and self-selected constituencies. Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415277
ISBN
9781421415277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.86

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