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Hardback. The effort to win federal protection for dance in the United States was a racialized and gendered contest. Picart traces the evolution of choreographic works from being federally non-copyrightable to becoming a category potentially copyrightable under the 1976 Copyright Act, specifically examining Loie Fuller, George Balanchine, and Martha Graham. Num Pages: 244 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD; JFSL; LNJ; LNRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137321961
ISBN
9781137321961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.48
€ 85.47

Hardback. By 1940, Acker concludes, a particular configuration of ideas about opiate addiction was firmly in place and remained essentially stable until the enormous demographic changes in drug use of the 1960s and 1970s prompted changes in the understanding of addiction-and in public policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFH1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801867989
ISBN
9780801867989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.45
€ 51.81

Hardcover. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The New Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620970102
ISBN
9781620970102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBL; LNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 204 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
The New Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620972533
ISBN
9781620972533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.71

Paperback. With the expanding presence of China in the global economy, Americans more and more look east for goods and trade. Focusing on the trade and consumption of porcelain, tea, and chinoiserie, this title shows that colonial Americans saw themselves as part of a world much larger than just Britain and Europe. Num Pages: 280 pages, 49 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260280
ISBN
9780226260280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. A Companion to American Literary Studies addresses the most provocative questions, subjects, and issues animating the field. Essays provide readers with the knowledge and conceptual tools for understanding American literary studies as it is practiced today, and chart new directions for the future of the subject. Editor(s): Levander, Caroline Field; Levine, Robert S. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 183 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1216.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405198813
ISBN
9781405198813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.97

Hardback. A superlative study of the roots of the modern fashion show Num Pages: 400 pages, 80 colour images + 170 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 285 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2138.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300189537
ISBN
9780300189537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.51
€ 43.37

Hardcover. Provides a critical analysis of benevolence as it was inflected by regional ideals of race and gender, showing how a southern Jewish benevolent empire emerged in response to the combined pressures of post-Civil War devastation and the simultaneous influx of eastern European immigration. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479854530
ISBN
9781479854530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.21

Paperback. .
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469629896
ISBN
9781469629896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 26.57

Paperback. The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a comprehensible element of life, this book integrates a fresh interpretation of gender with an innovative study of the everyday life of the Aztecs. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1QDAK; 3H; HBJK; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230285644
ISBN
9780230285644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.46
€ 52.77

Paperback. Caroline Dick asks how group identity claims, especially in the courts, obscure significant intragroup differences. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL9; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774820639
ISBN
9780774820639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.92

Hardback. Caroline Dick asks how group identity claims, especially in the courts, obscure significant intragroup differences. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774820622
ISBN
9780774820622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.17

Paperback. This book explores how French Canada's aspirations migrated north with natural resource development, creating a culture of hydroelectricity that continues to shape territorial planning and relations with Aboriginal peoples in the province. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 624 pages, 24 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; JFSL9; RNT; THRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774824170
ISBN
9780774824170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.39

Paperback. The first study to focus on how popular representations of the forced relocation and internment of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II affected the formation of Cold War culture Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5995 x 3734 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822327462
ISBN
9780822327462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. This work examines how Indian and Vietnamese immigrants in the Dallas-Arlington-Fort Worth area of Texas learn and practice civic engagement. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804775298
ISBN
9780804775298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCBM; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomberg Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781576602195
ISBN
9781576602195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.09

Hardback. Covering eleven cities as well as Canada's Parliament, this book presents the most extensive analysis to date of the electoral representation of immigrants, minorities, and women in Canada. Editor(s): Andrew, Caroline; Biles, John; Siemiatycki, Myer; Tolley, Erin. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 maps, 34 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774814850
ISBN
9780774814850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.81

Hardback. Gendering the Nation-State explores the gendered dimensions of a fundamental organizational unit in social and political science -- the nation-state. Editor(s): Abu-Laban, Yasmeen. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSJ; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774814652
ISBN
9780774814652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.38

Paperback. During the 1950s a few painters in the San Francisco Bay Area began to stage personal, dramatic defections from the prevailing style of Abstract Expressionism, creating what would come to be known as Bay Area Figurative Art. This study of the movement as a whole offers an account of the careers and interactions of ten Bay Area artists. Num Pages: 250 pages, 43 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 957.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Softcover Printing
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520068421
ISBN
9780520068421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662629
ISBN
9781855662629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.99

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