The Americas
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The Americas
hardcover. In his readings of "The Professor's House", "The Great Gatsby", and "Miss Lonelyhearts", the author finds that, far from the simple selfishness or apathy for which it is so often dismissed, the cynicism in these texts is suffused by a desire for the certainty promised by norms such as national teleology, ethnic identity, and civic participation. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928128
- ISBN
- 9780813928128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWK; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801438165
- ISBN
- 9780801438165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. In the mid-1800s a utopian movement to rehabilitate the insane resulted in a wave of publicly funded asylums - many of which became unexpected centers of cultural activity. This work prompts us to reflect on what our society can learn from a generation that urgently and creatively tried to solve the problem of mental illness. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AN; HBTB; MBPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226709642
- ISBN
- 9780226709642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. Using five personal narratives and in contrast to both the traditional and multicultural narratives, this book suggest cross-cultural transformation has been at the core of America since the first moments of contact. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112063
- ISBN
- 9780230112063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardback. Examines the cultural conditions that brought agriculture and science together in nineteenth-century America. This book shows how and why agrarian Americans - yeoman farmers, gentleman planters, politicians, and policy makers alike - accepted, resisted, and shaped scientific ways of knowing the land. Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDX; TVB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300139235
- ISBN
- 9780300139235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Paperback. Argues for participatory democracy without dependence on abstract metaphysical foundations, and stresses the relationship among democracy and civil society, civic education and culture. This book is divided into sections including 'American Theory: Democracy, Liberalism, and Rights' and 'American Practice: Leadership, Citizenship, and Censorship'. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050249
- ISBN
- 9780691050249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.48€ 46.96
€ 59.48
€ 46.96
Paperback. "Powerful and disturbing. No one who cares about the future of our public life can afford to ignore this book."-Jackson Lears Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393330892
- ISBN
- 9780393330892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.76
€ 18.99
€ 18.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 404 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306803505
- ISBN
- 9780306803505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.05
€ 26.99
€ 19.05
Hardback. Takes the reader into the heart of what we mean by 'experimental' in avant-garde music. This title examines five disparate events. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 3 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268500
- ISBN
- 9780520268500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.95€ 58.34
€ 74.95
€ 58.34
Paperback. Focusing on New York City, this title examines five disparate events: the New York Philharmonic's disastrous performance of John Cage's Atlas Eclipticalis; Henry Flynt's demonstrations against the downtown avant-garde; Charlotte Moorman's Avant Garde Festival; founding of the Jazz Composers Guild; and, the emergence of Iggy Pop. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 3 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268517
- ISBN
- 9780520268517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJF; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152082
- ISBN
- 9780231152082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. The objective of this collection is to look at Afro-American young men within their full social and community context. The book consists of 19 chapters in four sections focusing on the structural conditions, parenting, education and social identity of young black men. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819191151
- ISBN
- 9780819191151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.02
€ 86.02
Hardcover. From 1968 to 1972, St. Louis was home to the Black Artists' Group (BAG), a seminal arts collective that nurtured African American experimentalists involved with theater, visual arts, dance, poetry, and jazz. This book narrates the group's development. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; AB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Missouri Historical Society Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883982515
- ISBN
- 9781883982515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226290317
- ISBN
- 9780226290317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
paperback. Levin's unique combination of informed analysis with real stories of real events told by participants provides an incisive exploration of government in action. Series: IPAC Series in Public Management & Governance. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802086228
- ISBN
- 9780802086228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
The final volume of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, A Legacy in Review examines a long overlooked portion of Montgomery's critical reception: reviews of her books. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644939
- ISBN
- 9781442644939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Hardcover. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight sunning with minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper. Dustwrapper is price-clipped
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0008849
- ISBN
- 9780813506982
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Winner of the 2014 Critics Choice Book Award of the American Educational Studies Association Editor(s): Justice, Benjamin. Series: Historical Studies in Education. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JNA; JNB; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137528353
- ISBN
- 9781137528353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 39.34
€ 48.99
€ 39.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JNF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226400457
- ISBN
- 9780226400457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.23
€ 27.99
€ 23.23
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JNF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226400310
- ISBN
- 9780226400310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.17€ 79.61
€ 95.17
€ 79.61