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The Americas

Hardback. Offers a look at how journalists have misreported history. This title shows how the media got history wrong and how those mistakes have been magnified and distorted over time, changing our view and understanding of the past. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470405239
ISBN
9780470405239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.69

Paperback. Series: Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Stories. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YNM; YQH; YQN; YXZ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 185 x 145 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Capstone Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781515745525
ISBN
9781515745525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.07

paperback. Grasp the unique history of Quebec? Easy. Packing in equal parts fun and facts, History of Quebec For Dummies is an engaging and entertaining guide to the history of Canada's second-largest province, covering the conflicts, cultures, ideas, politics, and social changes that have shaped Quebec as we know it today. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 186 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118440551
ISBN
9781118440551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.03

Paperback. The harrowing story of one of America's first and costliest wars-featuring a new foreword by bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick Num Pages: 432 pages, 25 b&w photographs and 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781581574890
ISBN
9781581574890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.37

paperback. Series: Quadrant Book. Num Pages: 248 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMVD; AMX; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816680733
ISBN
9780816680733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Hardcover. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813934839
ISBN
9780813934839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.92

Paperback. This is a thorough assessment of the gripping yet gruesome topic of Latin American violence. Written by leading scholars from the Americas and Europe, this is the most comprehensive study of the subject to date and it focuses specifically on state-supported murder and violence. Editor(s): Johnson, Eric A.; Salvatore, Ricardo; Spierenburg, Pieter. Series: Bulletin of Latin American Research Book Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118657355
ISBN
9781118657355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.26

Hardback. Spurred by court rulings requiring states to increase public-school funding, the US spends more per student on K-12 education than almost any other country. This work traces the history of reform efforts and concludes that the principal focus of both courts and legislatures on ever-increasing funding has done little to improve student achievement. Num Pages: 432 pages, 44 line illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNKG; LNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130002
ISBN
9780691130002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.15

In Oklahoma in the 1980s and 1990s, suicide-not accident as previously assumed-was the leading cause of agricultural fatalities among farmers. Men were five times more likely to die by suicide than by accident. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSJ2; JHBZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130240
ISBN
9780231130240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.59

Hardback. Record numbers of Americans fear that our political process is broken-for good reason. Our nation faces unprecedented challenges, yet our politicians spend most of their energy attacking one another. All the while, no one in public life has offered a practical way to neutralize the bitter partisanship that paralyzes Washington. Num Pages: 216 pages, tables, figures, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597972697
ISBN
9781597972697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.46

paperback. A study of the bracero program during World War II. It describes the labor history of Mexican and Chicano workers in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. It analyses the ways in which Braceros were active agents of their own lives. It also describes the living and working conditions in migrant farm camps. Series: Columbia Northwest Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations, map, tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJH; GTB; HBT; JPFF; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780295978499
ISBN
9780295978499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.88

Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 13 b&w illus., 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; HBWQ; JFFN; JFSL4; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295998329
ISBN
9780295998329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Hardcover. Examines the literature of the Revolutionary era to explore the ways in which American patriots employed the classics and to assess antiquity's importance to the early political culture of the United States. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 b&w illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928333
ISBN
9780813928333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493023394
ISBN
9781493023394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.19

hardcover. A perspective on Latinos - not only as a diverse and growing population in the US with distinct social, cultural and economic features, but as a political force with a collective ethnic identity. It explores the personal identity and resiliency, adaptive strategies, and successes of Latinos. Series: Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KL; JFSL4; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847687282
ISBN
9780847687282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.27

Hardback. Analyzes the pattern of assimilation and incorporation among the Hispanic population in the Washington DC metro region. Following a comprehensive introduction looking at theoretical and policy implication, this book discusses the literature of ethnic incorporation and assimilation in urban regions. Editor(s): Pumar, Enrique S. Series Editor(s): Cunnigen, Donald; Bruce, Marino A. Series: Research in Race & Ethnic Relations. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; JFFN; JFFP; JFSG; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780523446
ISBN
9781780523446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.74

Hardcover. This is the personal story of a middle-class, Jewish, US educated Cuban who joins Che Guevara and Fidel Castro to become a leader in the dramatic and dangerous urban underground during the struggle and ultimate triumph of the revolution, from 1952-1959. Num Pages: 336 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787961695
ISBN
9780787961695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. Reveals the human drama behind the radical agrarian reform process that unfolded in Peru during the final three decades of the twentieth century. This book also evaluates Peru's military government (1969-79), its audacious agrarian reform program, and what that reform meant to Peruvians from all walks of life. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 photographs, 3 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JPVH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822344698
ISBN
9780822344698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. Presents a rationale for the development of political alternatives to the exclusionary, exploitative institutions of neoliberal globalization. This work lays out the foundational elements for a politics of just and sustainable co-existence. It explains the political principles of liberation and addresses matters such as reform and revolution. Translator(s): Ciccariello-Maher, George. Series: Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages, 9 tables, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343288
ISBN
9780822343288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816524686
ISBN
9780816524686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.69

Hardcover. Over the course of several years, photographer Chris Enos travelled US Route 285 from Santa Fe through south-eastern New Mexico into West Texas, documenting the nearly 500-mile corridor with its vestiges of another, more prosperous and hopeful era. This title presents a varied series of photographs of residences and businesses. Num Pages: 104 pages, 222 colour & 12 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KBBWX; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 211 x 15. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890135358
ISBN
9780890135358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.23

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814722350
ISBN
9780814722350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. A candid discussion of the confines of the term "post-racial" Num Pages: 229 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JFSL3; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press
Edition
First Printing (Numerals Begin with 1)
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814752982
ISBN
9780814752982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. The best of the best all along Maine's magnificent coastline. Series: Explorer's Great Destinations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 100+ color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Countryman Press
Edition
Third
Condition
New
SKU
V9781581572827
ISBN
9781581572827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.57

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