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The Americas

paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages, 123, 1 biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 229 x 5. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
ILR Press United States
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801474408
ISBN
9780801474408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.02

Paperback. Traces the rich legacy of stories and images of the Amazon that reflects the influence of different groups of people - conquistadors, corporate executives, subsistence farmers - over the centuries. This book argues that we cannot defend the Amazon's array of plants and animals without comprehending its astonishing human and cultural diversity. Num Pages: 332 pages, 41 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; DSB; GTB; HBJK; RGBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520226425
ISBN
9780520226425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. In Amazonian folktales, dolphins take human form, seduce men and women, and carry them away to a city beneath the river. This book examines these stories, both as folk narratives and as representations of culture and conflict in the Amazon. Num Pages: 326 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; JFC; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226761848
ISBN
9780226761848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.86

paperback. Redden examines the theoretical dimensions of citizenship and rights in Canada as they intersect with health care politics, and offers answers to questions concerning the right to health care and the equitable distribution of health care resources. Series: IPAC Series in Public Management & Governance. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPQB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802084668
ISBN
9780802084668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.44

Hardback. Editor(s): Edmonds, Candace. Num Pages: 140 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
140
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626180505
ISBN
9781626180505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.74
€ 133.70

Paperback. Candace Clark here seeks to identify the role sympathy plays in constructing the social order of American society. She explores the difference it makes for individuals, for relationships and for group solidarity if one person gives or withholds sympathy from another. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226107578
ISBN
9780226107578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.11

paperback. A fundamental critique of American law and legal thought, this book consists of a series of essays written from three different perspectives that coalesce into a criticism of contemporary legal culture. It is of interest not only to the legal academics under attack in the book, but also to sociologists, historians, and social theorists. Series: Constitutional Conflicts. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAT; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822318415
ISBN
9780822318415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2258 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764329791
ISBN
9780764329791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.11

hardcover. Touching on the decade's biggest issues, from changing cultural norms to the role of the state, Debating Dissent critically examines ideas of generational change and the sixties. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442641648
ISBN
9781442641648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.42

paperback. Touching on the decade's biggest issues, from changing cultural norms to the role of the state, Debating Dissent critically examines ideas of generational change and the sixties. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442610781
ISBN
9781442610781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.69

Hardback. Series: American Institutions and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 black & white halftones, 2 tables, 3 maps, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JNB; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501700804
ISBN
9781501700804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92

Hardcover. Editor(s): Campbell, Evan D.; Sanchez, Edward. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 239 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781622577552
ISBN
9781622577552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.99
€ 113.56

Hardback. Presents the story of how the three chief architects of an influential ideology struggled with the implications of their own creation. This book offers historical context for contemporary debates about weapons of mass destruction and the post-Cold War international order. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123488
ISBN
9780231123488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.49
€ 78.05

Paperback. This volume of essays provides a portrait of antebellum slave life in the American South. Contributions from historians such as Drew Gilpin Faust, Charles Joyner and Theresa A. Singleton reveal the everyday horrors and inspiring stories of survival that characterized slave life. Editor(s): Campbell, Edward D.C.; Rice, Kym S.; Campbell Jr., Edward D.C. (Director, Archival and Information Services Division, Library of Virginia, Richmond, USA). Num Pages: 300 pages, 125 b&w illustrations, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813913322
ISBN
9780813913322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.93

Paperback. Addresses the role of Southern women during the Civil War; topics include the experiences of female slaves, the lives of rural and non-elite refugee women, the effects of the post-war era on African-American women and the legacy of the Civil War in women's suffrage movements. Editor(s): Campbell, Edward D.C.; Rice, Kym S.; Campbell Jr, Edward D.C. (Director of Archival and Information Services, Library of Virginia, Richmond, USA). Series: The Museum of the Confederacy. Num Pages: 236 pages, 70 b&w illustrations, 20 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813917399
ISBN
9780813917399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.79

hardcover. Bringing together more than 300 color photographs and a series of candid interviews with pastors and church officials, this book explores the conditions, beliefs, and practices that shape the churches and the lives of America's urban poor. A poignant and visually arresting portrait, it shows how religion is being reinvented by the nation's poor. Num Pages: 304 pages, 316 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; AMN; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
None ed.
SKU
V9780813536828
ISBN
9780813536828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.65

Hardcover. For more than a century, Harlem has been the epicenter of black America, the celebrated heart of African American life and culture - but it has also been a byword for the problems that have long plagued inner-city neighborhoods: poverty, crime, violence, disinvestment, and decay. This title offers an unprecedented record of urban change. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 312 pages, 268 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 279 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226853369
ISBN
9780226853369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.45
€ 51.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171142
ISBN
9780691171142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.92

Hardback. This analysis of the USA's foreign policies towards Israel questions whether Israel is of strategic value to the USA or is instead a liability. The study covers such issues as the Israeli-Arab conflict, the Suez Crisis, the invasion of Lebanon, and the influence of pro-Israeli lobbies. Translator(s): Cohen, James Alan. Series: Institute for Palestine Studies Series. Num Pages: 324 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231084925
ISBN
9780231084925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.32
€ 62.74

Hardback. Series: Studies in Sensory History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040252
ISBN
9780252040252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.65

Paperback. Series: Studies in Sensory History. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081705
ISBN
9780252081705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.05

Paperback. American Indian History , which covers the fifteenth century through the present day, illuminates the richness of American Indian historical traditions. Townsend devotes nearly a third of the volume to the ancient world through the eighteenth century and then moves on to extensive coverage of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Townsend, Camilla. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159081
ISBN
9781405159081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.24

Paperback. Fojas engages the work of Enrique Gomez Carrillo, the travel writings of Aurelia Castillo de Gonzalez, and Rodo's Ariel, which share a common principle of the practical application of cosmopolitanism. They sometimes conceptualize models of hospitality and sometimes fail, but keep the broken promise of utopist spaces and their imagined cities. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557533821
ISBN
9781557533821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.39

Paperback. Continued economic restructuring has brought service work to center stage in labor and management studies, as well as in the sociology of work, gender, race, and inequality. This work features essays that explore questions of power and control, resistance and empowerment, and innovation and organizing in the lives of front-line service workers. Editor(s): Macdonald, Cameron Lynne; Sirianni, Carmen. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ; JHBL; KCF; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394802
ISBN
9781566394802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.48

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