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The Americas

Hardback. This exciting history of male prostitution in New York, the first detailed history of the hustler, draws the reader into the fascinating sexual culture of postwar America. its subject matter and style will appeal to a wide range of readers, especially those interested in the histories of sex, the city, masculinity, and American culture. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Cooter, Roger; Steedman, Carolyn. Series: Encounters: Cultural Histories. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080074
ISBN
9780719080074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.57

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10, 8 black & white tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501700729
ISBN
9781501700729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.95

Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452581
ISBN
9780801452581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour photos & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KBC; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888394262
ISBN
9780888394262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.33

Paperback. Ranging from the birth of town meetings in England to the whipping posts of early Boston to the creation of the Scituate shipbuilding common, Town Born reveals how New England town political economies created the foundation for a relatively egalitarian American society. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222470
ISBN
9780812222470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Barry Langford explains and interrogates the concept of 'post-classical' Hollywood cinema - its coherence, its historical justification and how it can help or hinder our understanding of Hollywood from the forties to the present. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; APF; KNTC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488. Film Industry, Style and Ideology Since 1945. 320 pages, illustrations. Barry Langford explains and interrogates the concept of 'post-classical' Hollywood cinema - its coherence, its historical justification and how it can help or hinder our understanding of Hollywood from the forties to the present. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; APF; KNTC. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight: 480.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638581
ISBN
9780748638581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. This book provides a detailed account of genre history and contemporary trends in film genre, alongside the critical debates they have provoked. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619030
ISBN
9780748619030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888646491
ISBN
9780888646491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. From the colonial period through the mid-twentieth century, haciendas dominated the Latin American countryside. In the Ecuadorian Andes, Runa-Quichua-speaking indigenous people-worked on these large agrarian estates as virtual serfs. This book probes the workings of power on haciendas and explores the hacienda's contemporary legacy. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 362 pages, 17 b&w photos, 4 figures, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292714397
ISBN
9780292714397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. Manitoba's long history of conflict, and the impact that has had on the rest of Canada, is revealed in these political biographies of the province's first eighteen premiers. Editor(s): Ferguson, Barry; Wardhaugh, Robert. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 882.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889772168
ISBN
9780889772168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.20

Paperback. This is a reassessment of the international monetary crises of the post-World War I period, that led to the Great Depression of the 1930s. It analyzes the responses of the world's economic powers, and explains how new monetary policies set the stage for the monetary systems presently in place. Num Pages: 480 pages, line figures, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; KCBM; KCL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
467
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195101133
ISBN
9780195101133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.23

Paperback. The story of how the dollar rose to global dominance in the twentieth century - and an assessment of what the future holds for the world's most important currency. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; KCP; KCZ; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199642472
ISBN
9780199642472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. Explores how intellectual media professionals struggle with the institutional and cultural forces surrounding television that promote entertainment at the expense of education. This book provides a glimpse behind the scenes of a major documentary and demonstrates the value of an ethnographic approach to the study of media production. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 charts 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691044675
ISBN
9780691044675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 46.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, x, 258 p. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Trade Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226425207
ISBN
9780226425207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.88

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415840705
ISBN
9780415840705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.08

Paperback. Despite heightened partisanship in the US Congress and constituencies split along ideological lines, congressional representatives buck their parties and seldom do precisely what voters ask. This book challenges standard explanations of legislative preferences to emphasize the role that personal influences play in representatives' voting behavior. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134598
ISBN
9780691134598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. This devastating critique by the authors of The Deindustrialization of America documents how the economic policies of the Reagan era have damaged the American standard of living and suggests how this trend may be reversed. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCL; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0012248
ISBN
9780465027187
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers an exploration of architectural possibilities for American cities and suburbs in the aftermath of the recent foreclosure crisis in the United States. This title examines the relationship between land, infrastructures, and urban form and presents a potentially different future for housing in the United States. Num Pages: 182 pages, 170 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMCR; AMKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art United States
Number of pages
182
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
60543rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870708275
ISBN
9780870708275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. A must for any black high school or college student. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; VSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Derrydale Press United States
Edition
4 Rev ed
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568330808
ISBN
9781568330808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.51

Paperback. Presents the issues that underlie the construction industry's woes and provides tips for those in the business of building, including advice on the precise language owners should use during contract negotiations. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AM; KNJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226472690
ISBN
9780226472690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.21

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