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Hardcover. In 1934, New York's Museum of Modern Art staged a major exhibition of ball bearings, airplane propellers, pots and pans, cocktail tumblers, petri dishes, protractors, and other machine parts and products. This title tells the story of this extraordinarily popular but controversial show. Num Pages: 224 pages, 61 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 263 x 23. Weight in Grams: 936.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226507156
ISBN
9780226507156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.36

Paperback. Oprah Winfrey has built an empire on her ability to connect with and inspire her audience. This title examines the origins of her public image and its substantial influence on politics, entertainment, and popular opinion. Editor(s): Harris, Jennifer; Watson, Elwood. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Edition
updated edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813192369
ISBN
9780813192369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.07

Hardback. Editor(s): Haggard, Jennifer. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTX1; TJKT1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634635851
ISBN
9781634635851
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.04
€ 131.70

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813565552
ISBN
9780813565552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.46

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813565545
ISBN
9780813565545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.28

Paperback. When Italian immigrants landed on American shores they were outsiders but over time this community moved from being ethnically suspect to being racially privileged. Asking "are Italians white?", this collection of essays explores how, when and why whiteness became important to Italian Americans. Editor(s): Guglielmo, Jennifer; Salerno, Salvatore; Gugliemo, Jennifer. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415934510
ISBN
9780415934510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.38

Hardcover. Examines the attempts of several African American writers and playwrights to explore ruptures in memory after a traumatic experience and to develop creative strategies for understanding the inscription of trauma on the body in a racialized cultural context. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928838
ISBN
9780813928838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Hardback. Tracks the crises of sovereign power as it migrates out of the state to become a constitutive feature of the public sphere. Bringing together literature and political theory, this title argues that the antebellum public sphere emerges as a spectacle with investments in both punishment and entertainment. Series: American Literature Initiative. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 519.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823230990
ISBN
9780823230990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.84

Hardcover. The roaring history of the famed gossip columnist's grip on America's popular and political culture Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFC; JPFM; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814728239
ISBN
9780814728239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.77

Hardback. To combat behavior they viewed as sexually promiscuous, politically undesirable, or downright criminal, social activists in Progressive-era New York employed private investigators to uncover the roots of society's problems. This title reveals the central role of undercover investigation in social change and the constitution of political authority. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KNSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226266091
ISBN
9780226266091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 138 x 7. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606920480
ISBN
9781606920480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.14
€ 39.33

In Shakespeare in Quebec, Jennifer Drouin analyses representations of nation and gender in Shakespearean adaptations written in Quebec since the Quiet Revolution. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBD; DSGS; JFSJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 2. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647978
ISBN
9781442647978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.70

Paperback. An in-depth look at American soldiers' daily lives during World War I. Num Pages: 234 pages, 36 illustrations, 1 map, 1 chronology, 1 glossary. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803234871
ISBN
9780803234871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.43

Paperback. She finds that the country and the conscripts-in their view-entered into a certain social compact, one that assured veterans that the federal government owed conscripted soldiers of the twentieth century debts far in excess of the pensions the Grand Army of the Republic had claimed in the late nineteenth century. Series: War/Society/Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18, 15 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWN; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801874468
ISBN
9780801874468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.64

Hardback. An exploration of the historical interest in medical books, libraries and librarianship. It provides an overview of the Medical Library Association from its conception as a resource for libraries to its role as a national, professional organization. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 photographs, 4 tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GLM; GTN; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810834705
ISBN
9780810834705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.03

Paperback. This study of colonial memory asks the question, how do once-colonized people remember the colonial period? Drawing on an ethnography of the social practices of remembering and forgetting in one community in Madagascar, the book develops a practice-based approach to social memory. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 378 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; 1K; GTB; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228467
ISBN
9780520228467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.20

Hardcover. On July 31, 1997, a six-man Emergency Service team from the NYPD raided a terrorist cell in Brooklyn - and thus narrowly prevented a devastating suicide bombing of the New York subway. This book tells the dramatic story of that raid, the painstaking police work that went into it, and its unexpected aftermath. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC; JKSW1; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226360904
ISBN
9780226360904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Traces the emergence and marketing of sex education texts Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558498921
ISBN
9781558498921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99

Hardback. Jennifer Brule is on a mission, southern style, to teach people to cook. Her method: master twenty-five classic southern dishes, and then - using similar ingredients or cooking techniques or both - make two variations, one contemporary and one inspired by international tastes. Num Pages: 224 pages, 77 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469629124
ISBN
9781469629124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; HRLM7; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040399
ISBN
9780252040399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.61

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