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The Americas

Hardback. Offers a visual tour of the treasures to found both inside and outside the Getty Centre. This title features photos that showcase the Centre's world-class architecture and design. Num Pages: 96 pages, full-colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369751
ISBN
9780892369751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.04

Paperback. In eight decades photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo created works of art that display an array of styles and themes. This volume contains 50 images with extended commentaries on each by Robert Tejada, a curator and critic. There is also a transcript of a symposium on Manuel Alvarez Bravo. Series: In Focus. Num Pages: 144 pages, 50 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; ACX; AGB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 194 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892366255
ISBN
9780892366255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.04

paperback. El Pueblo de Los Angeles was founded in 1781 by settlers from present-day Mexico, as well as settlers of Indian, African and European descent. Illustrated in colour, this volume uses text, paintings and photographs to create a portrait of the pueblo, its history, and its heritage. Series: Conservation & cultural heritage. Num Pages: 136 pages, 88 colour & 72 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3J; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780892366620
ISBN
9780892366620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.42

Paperback. A colloquium discussion on the artist's work includes Abbott's contributions as well as those of six other participants: photographer William Clift; Amy Conger, author of Edward Weston: Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography; David Featherstone, a freelance writer and editor;. Series: In Focus. Num Pages: 144 pages, 61 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892368099
ISBN
9780892368099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.04

Paperback. This study places American constitutional law within a cultural context. It analyzes the psychological processes involved in the American legal system, arguing that the categorizing, narration and rhetorics used in the courthouse depend on the shifting cultural notions of heroes and villians. Num Pages: 468 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Harvard University Paperback Edition
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008168
ISBN
9780674008168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.27

Paperback. Provides readings from the works of eighteen Latin American thinkers of the nineteenth century, each of whom were engaged in examining the problems that Spanish and Portuguese America faced in the one hundred years after securing independence in 1810. This book includes biographical headnotes for each contributor, a glossary, and a bibliography. Editor(s): Burke, Janet; Humphrey, Ted. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208377
ISBN
9780872208377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.67

paperback. Chauncey Cooke enlisted in the Union army in 1862 at only sixteen, after lying about his age. His letters to family members paint a realistic and compelling picture of daily life in the Civil War. He also describes the boredom of camp, the chaos of battle, and the suffering caused by illness. Series: Great Lake Books Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780814333433
ISBN
9780814333433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.49

Paperback. An examination of the relationship between modernism and postmodernism within the frame of 20th-century American culture. The essays suggest that the relationship between the modern and the postmodern is not one of rupture, belatedness, dilution or extremity, but of haunting. Editor(s): Scandura, Jani. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 321 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814781371
ISBN
9780814781371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 142 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 119 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US United States
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939923960
ISBN
9780939923960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. In The Black Urban Atlantic, eleven original essays by leading scholars from the United States, Europe, and Latin America chronicle the black experience in Atlantic ports, providing a rich and diverse portrait of the ways in which Africans experienced urban life during the era of plantation slavery. Editor(s): Canizares-Esguerra, Jorge; Childs, Matt D.; Sidbury, James. Series: The Early Modern Americas. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223767
ISBN
9780812223767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. A classic ethnography of continuing importance Editor(s): Lurie, Nancy Oestreich. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472061099
ISBN
9780472061099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.16

Paperback. This superb collection of biographical essays tells the story of the U.S. Navy through the lives of the officers who forged its traditions. The essayists are leading naval historians who assess the careers of these men and their impact on the naval service, from the Continental Navy of the American Revolution to the nuclear Navy of the Cold War. Editor(s): Bradford, James C. Num Pages: 512 pages, 20ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWF; TBX; TRLD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557500960
ISBN
9781557500960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.86

Paperback. "Presents the story of the 1st Missouri Infantry, a Confederate regiment, through the words of Captain Joseph Boyce of Company D, the St. Louis Greys. Features an editor's introduction to each chapter, extensive endnotes, and other writings by Boyce"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Winter, William C. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Missouri History Museum Press
Edition
First Edition, 1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883982706
ISBN
9781883982706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.89

Paperback. Designed as a corrective to colonial literary histories that have excluded Native voices, this anthology brings together a variety of primary texts produced by Algonquian peoples of New England during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and very early nineteenth centuries. It includes letters, signatures, journals, baskets, pictographs, and petitions. Editor(s): Bross, Kristina; Wyss, Hilary E. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 2JN; DQ; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558496484
ISBN
9781558496484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.28

Paperback. A collection of primary source materials and original essays, "Perspectives on American Book History" is designed for the growing number of courses in American print culture, as well as a supplement for courses in American literature and history. Editor(s): Casper, Scott E.; Chaison, Joanne D.; Groves, Jeffrey D. Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 480 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KNTP; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 925.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558493179
ISBN
9781558493179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.24

Paperback. African American women have been 'up and doing' for their communities for as long as they have been in the United States. This anthology gives readers access to African American feminist thought in its foundational period by drawing together key documents from the late 1820s through the 1920s. Editor(s): Zackodnick, Teresa C. Num Pages: 390 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Broadview Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551119175
ISBN
9781551119175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.39
€ 54.16

Hardcover. Stonewall's Prussian Mapmaker: The Journals of Captain Oscar Hinrichs Editor(s): Williams, Richard Brady. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469614342
ISBN
9781469614342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Byrd, Rudolph P. Series: Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCR; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820346175
ISBN
9780820346175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.91

Hardcover. The press leak in 1971 of a secret government document about the Vietnam War set off a chain of events that culminated in one of the most important First Amendment decisions in American legal history. This book re-examines what happened, why it mattered, and why it still has relevance today. Editor(s): Prados, John; Porter, Margaret Pratt. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWS2; JPQ; LND; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700613250
ISBN
9780700613250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.88

Hardcover. What would it mean to "get over slavery"? Is such a thing possible? Is it even desirable? Featuring original essays from an array of established and emerging scholars in the interdisciplinary field of African American studies, The Psychic Hold of Slavery offers a nuanced dialogue upon these questions. Editor(s): Colbert, Soyica Diggs; Patterson, Robert J.; Levy-Hussen, Aida. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFM; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813583969
ISBN
9780813583969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

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