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The Americas

Hardcover. Reveals the many ways that the Salem witch trials loomed over the American collective memory from the Revolution to the Civil War and beyond. Shedding new light on the many, varied American invocations of Salem, the author ultimately illuminates the function of collective memories in the life of a nation. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005416
ISBN
9780226005416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Paperback. Reveals the many ways that the Salem witch trials loomed over the American collective memory from the Revolution to the Civil War and beyond. Shedding new light on the many, varied American invocations of Salem, the author ultimately illuminates the function of collective memories in the life of a nation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005430
ISBN
9780226005430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.84

Paperback. Argues that state policies that created conditions conducive to financialization allowed the state to avoid a series of economic, social, and political dilemmas that confronted policymakers as postwar prosperity stalled beginning in the late 1960s and 1970s. This book also focuses on deregulation of financial markets during the 1970s and 1980s. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Gld
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066199
ISBN
9780674066199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.84

Paperback. More than Petticoats: Remarkable Texas Women recognizes the women who helped to shape the Lone Star State. Female teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists from across the state are illuminated through short biographies and archival photographs and paintings. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 10.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762769827
ISBN
9780762769827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.12

Paperback. Kansas is a bird-watcher's paradise, with its key location at the hub of the hemisphere's migration corridors and exceptional habitat diversity. This guide focuses on 295 species that are most likely to be encountered in the state. With color photographs, it helps observers identify and learn about birds that regularly occur in Kansas. Num Pages: 368 pages, 351 colour photographs, 1 colour map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615650
ISBN
9780700615650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Using a handful of artists , this book interprets the American Dream in rigorous prose, touching on myth, landscape and oral tradition. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571323173
ISBN
9780571323173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.66

Paperback. America is a nation making itself up as it goes along. From the first conception of a New World in the sixteenth century to the latest re-envisioning of that world in cartoons, television, science fiction, and hip hop, this book gives us a fresh, kaleidoscopic view of what Made in America means. Editor(s): Marcus, Greil; Sollors, Werner. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 1128 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1580.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
1128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064102
ISBN
9780674064102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.91

Hardback. Greil Marcus delves into three distinct episodes in the history of American commonplace song and shows how each one manages to convey the uncanny sense that it was written by no one. In these seemingly anonymous productions, we discover three different ways of talking about the United States, and three separate nations within its borders. Series: The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 164 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; HBLW; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 119 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674187085
ISBN
9780674187085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.27

Hardback. Editor(s): Knight, Gregory L. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JP; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634859233
ISBN
9781634859233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 221.02
€ 165.57

Paperback. From the author of "A Century of Pop" comes an in-depth look at Stevie Ray Vaughn and his roots in the vibrant Texas music scene. Photos. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; AVGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 187 x 13. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Backbeat Books United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879307479
ISBN
9780879307479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.45

Paperback. The essential guide to two-wheeled recreation in and around the Cape Cod area. Series: Best Bike Rides Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 44 colour illustrations, 41 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WSQ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 37.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493007554
ISBN
9781493007554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.54

Paperback. Explains how the Senate managed to satisfy its lawmaking role during the 19th and early 20th century, when it lacked essential formal rules for governing debate. This book argues that in a system where filibusters played out as wars of attrition, the threat of rule changes prevented the institution from devolving into parliamentary chaos. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 line illus. 35 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134062
ISBN
9780691134062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Hardback. .
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813062648
ISBN
9780813062648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.30

Hardcover. Environmental debates often pit the protection of nature against economic growth. This book reveals that environmentalism has unsuspected roots in consumerism that extend deeper than our everyday dilemmas. It tells of an early confrontation that set the stage for Silent Spring, pushing the dawn of environmental politics back several decades. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JH; 3JJ; RNK; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614868
ISBN
9780700614868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.40

Paperback. 10 years later, a unique look at Ground Zero from across the street Num Pages: 293 pages, 66 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JMC; JFFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740859
ISBN
9780814740859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. Explores the development of religious media in America. This book shows how the homiletic tradition in Protestant sermons provided a foundation for the development of visual and literary realism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226390048
ISBN
9780226390048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.23

Hardcover. Explores the development of religious media in America. This book shows how the homiletic tradition in Protestant sermons provided a foundation for the development of visual and literary realism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226390031
ISBN
9780226390031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.82
€ 82.26

Paperback. A history of the meaning of property, this text aims to uncover in American legal writing a competing vision of property which has existed alongside the traditional conception. It argues that property has also been understood as propriety, a method for creating and maintaining an organized society. Num Pages: 486 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; KFFR; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226013541
ISBN
9780226013541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages, 400 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KJXA; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 307 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2336.
Publisher
KIT Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789460223730
ISBN
9789460223730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.16

Paperback. This fifth volume of the History of the Prairie West Series contains a broad range of articles spanning the 1870s to the present and examines the mostly unexplored place of women in the history of the Canada s Prairie Provinces. " Editor(s): Marchilodon, Gregory P.; Kubick, Wendee. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JF; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889773127
ISBN
9780889773127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

Hardcover. This fourth volume of the History of the Prairie West Series contains fifteen articles examining the rich history of business and early industry in Canada's Prairie Provinces prior to the Great Depression. Editor(s): Marchilodon, Gregory P. Num Pages: 381 pages, 36. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889772380
ISBN
9780889772380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Davis, Gregory P. Num Pages: 89 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKB; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631170034
ISBN
9781631170034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.17
€ 58.29

Num Pages: 297 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231052344
ISBN
9780231052344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 117.99

Paperback. Presents a picture of traditional Sioux culture and history Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 photographs, 8 illustrations, 1 chronology, 1 glossary, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBW; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803244542
ISBN
9780803244542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.79

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