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The Americas

Paperback. This work analyses words used in the southeastern United States and how they have changed during the 20th century. It also describes how the lexicon varies according to various factors such as the speaker's age, race, education, sex and place of residence. Num Pages: 376 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; CFFD; CFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544. Clean copy.Large format paperback.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press Alabama
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
SKU
KEX0212436
ISBN
9780817307943
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardcover. What constitutes a family? Tracing the dramatic evolution of Americans' answer to this question over the past century, this volume provides the account of modern adoption's history. It details efforts by the US Children's Bureau and the Child Welfare League of America to establish adoption standards in law and practice. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226327594
ISBN
9780226327594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.50
€ 78.49

Paperback. What constitutes a family? Tracing the dramatic evolution of Americans' answer to this question over the past century, this book provides an account of modern adoption's history. It also details efforts by the US Children's Bureau and the Child Welfare League of America to establish adoption standards in law and practice. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327600
ISBN
9780226327600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Unveils the radical roots of modern dance and recalls the excitement and energy of New York City in the 1930s. This book explores the relationship between the modern dance movement and leftist political activism in this period. Num Pages: 264 pages, 58 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; ASD; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319481
ISBN
9780822319481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816627493
ISBN
9780816627493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813577432
ISBN
9780813577432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Hardback. A woman will one day occupy the Oval Office because women themselves have made it inevitable, says best-selling historian Ellen Fitzpatrick. She tells the remarkable 150-year story of the candidates, voters, activists, and citizens who, despite overwhelming odds against women in politics, set their sights on the highest glass ceiling in the land. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088931
ISBN
9780674088931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.56

Hardback. A collection of essays that paints a progressive view of the American West as seen by a geologist. It traces the geologist's twenty years of living and conducting research in the natural landscapes of the West as she investigates the conflict between environmental history and widely held romanticized views of the region. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; RN; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257030
ISBN
9780520257030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168029
ISBN
9780691168029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.35

Hardback. This book identifies and interprets the longstanding, transatlantic dialogue between the literary imaginations of Anglo-Ireland and the Anglo-American South. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBBS; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625482
ISBN
9780748625482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.21
€ 108.53

Paperback. The Carnegie Corporation, among this country's oldest and most important foundations, has underwritten projects ranging from the writings of David Riesman to Sesame Street. Lagemann's lively history focuses on how foundations quietly but effectively use power and private money to influence public policies. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467801
ISBN
9780226467801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFK; JPHF; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 835.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486418
ISBN
9780801486418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813571355
ISBN
9780813571355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.45

Paperback. Donut Nation presents 100 of the best hand-crafted donut shops from across the United States, along with 40 mouth-watering recipes. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBVS; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 191 x 18. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Running Press,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762455256
ISBN
9780762455256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

Hardcover. What does diversity mean in contemporary America, and what are the effects of efforts to support it? The author explores the complicated, contradictory, and troubling meanings and uses of diversity as it is invoked by different groups for different, often symbolic ends. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map, 2 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 302 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226246062
ISBN
9780226246062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.50
€ 79.17

Paperback. What does diversity mean in contemporary America, and what are the effects of efforts to support it? The author explores the complicated, contradictory, and even troubling meanings and uses of diversity as it is invoked by different groups for different, often symbolic ends. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map, 2 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226246239
ISBN
9780226246239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 78 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; HBJK; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 16.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
78
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883844035
ISBN
9781883844035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. A collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon that presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above. Illustrator(s): Inverarity, Robert Bruce. Num Pages: 238 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520239265
ISBN
9780520239265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.42

Paperback. Offering a study of the Sioux tribes, this title contains 64 tales that present an array of Sioux folklore and history in its original language, along with a literal translation. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803266605
ISBN
9780803266605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.90

Hardcover. Editor(s): Elkton, Jonas P. Num Pages: 132 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 62. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604564983
ISBN
9781604564983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.23
€ 43.33

Hardback. Taking inspiration from the Canadian experience, Us, Them, and Others is an enticing examination of national identity and pluralist group formation in diverse societies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1Figure. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802096920
ISBN
9780802096920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.09

Hardcover. Las Vegas, New Mexico, is the subject and muse of this provocative case study of place. Num Pages: 284 pages, , colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 265 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890135785
ISBN
9780890135785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.68

Paperback. Tells the story of a metaphor that continues to matter to literature, culture, aesthetics, and politics Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814797167
ISBN
9780814797167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTV; JFCA; LNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Thought Catalog
Condition
New
SKU
V9781576877708
ISBN
9781576877708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.65

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