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Paperback. Memory of historical trauma has a unique power to generate works of art. This title analyses the relation of public memory to history, forgetting, and selective memory in Berlin, Buenos Aires and New York - three late-20th century cities that have confronted major social or political traumas. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBBEY; 1KLSA; AB; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745611
ISBN
9780804745611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Hardback. This Reader provides substantial extracts from the core texts in the field of American social and political thought. The aim is to demonstrate the rich intellectual tradition of the United States and to facilitate a better understanding of American society and politics through the reproduction of key texts from a wide variety of thinkers. Editor(s): Hess, Dr. Andreas. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 976.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748615285
ISBN
9780748615285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.52
€ 147.36

Paperback. An irresistible, passionate history of Latin American football. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; WSBX; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780870397
ISBN
9781780870397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Shows how youth integrate the history of social movement activism of the 1960s, popular culture strategies like hip-hop and spoken word, as well as their experiences in the contemporary urban landscape, to mobilize their peers Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFSL1; JFSP2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 325 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814717172
ISBN
9780814717172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. A story of how George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison's passion for nature, plants, agriculture and gardens shaped the birth of America. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099525622
ISBN
9780099525622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Dioramas and panoramas, freaks and magicians, waxworks and menageries, obscure relics and stuffed animals - a dazzling assortment of curiosities attracted the gaze of the nineteenth-century spectator at the dime museum. This title recaptures this ephemeral and scarcely documented institution of American culture from the margins of history. Num Pages: 214 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZ; GM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814718865
ISBN
9780814718865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardcover. Explores foundational issues surrounding the interaction of religion and the academy in the 21st century. Featuring the work of scholars from diverse institutional, disciplinary and religious backgrounds, it issues from a three-year Lilly Seminar on religion and higher education. Editor(s): Sterk, Andrea. Series: Erasmus Institute Books. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040536
ISBN
9780268040536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.64

Paperback. Moves social movement theory beyond simplistic understandings of social-justice activism as either right-wing or left-wing, and urges a more open-minded approach to the role of religion in social movements. This title examines the interplay of Biblical scripture, gender, and nationalism in Christian Right and Native American activism. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341635
ISBN
9780822341635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Suitable for those interested in cultural studies, film and video studies, American studies, twentieth century history, German studies, rhetoric, and sexuality studies, this book investigates the influence of images of Nazism on debates about sexuality that are central to contemporary American political rhetoric. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; GTE; JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822326939
ISBN
9780822326939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Tells the story of social injustice, racialized policing, nationally profiled shootings, and the ambiguousness of black life in a suburban context.This title examines a fraught police-citizen interface, where blacks are segregated and yet forced to negotiate overlapping spaces with their more affluent white counterparts. Num Pages: 268 pages, 16 halftones, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFP; JFSL3; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282391
ISBN
9780520282391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. How do I cope with winter-spring-winter-summer-winter-spring weather? This is just one of the questions addressed in this guide. Comprising over one fifth of the USA, the Heartland may share horticultural zones with many other areas, but its soils make gardening a challenging experience. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16pp colour photograph insert, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WMPF; WMQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878332588
ISBN
9780878332588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.21

Paperback. This book presents classic-era Hopi and Zuni carved dolls made between the 1880s and 1940s that have been rarely seen. Num Pages: 186 pages, 84 colour & 31 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 255 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890135969
ISBN
9780890135969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages of B&W photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pegasus
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605986173
ISBN
9781605986173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.30

Hardback. This study explores a range of photographic images made during the 1910 revolution. Repeatedly reproduced across a range of media in the aftermath of the conflict, the analysis of this select handful of photographs brings to light compelling stories about cultural memory and identity in the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AJC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 175 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078422
ISBN
9780719078422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.83

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814724620
ISBN
9780814724620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Pavlov, Andrea M.; Novikov, Stefan G. Num Pages: 74 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTG; HBW; JWX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
74
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612099866
ISBN
9781612099866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.68
€ 52.00

Paperback. When the author's sister-in-law, Marcella Wagner, was run off the freeway by a hit-and-run driver, she was left paralyzed from the chest down. Like so many Americans, neither Marcella nor her husband, Dave, had health insurance. Using Marcella and Dave's situation as a case in point, the author reveals the system's many shortcomings. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226140445
ISBN
9780226140445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.29

Paperback. Transnational ethnic identity issues studied through an ethnography of Chinese American visits to Chinese villages organized under a program set up by the Chinese government Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822332633
ISBN
9780822332633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1KB; VXQG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Santa Monica Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595800091
ISBN
9781595800091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.89

Paperback. A study of how women's views of television and the media relate to their personal stance on abortion. Over four years, the authors watched television with women, visiting city houses, suburban subdivisions, modern condominiums, and public housing projects. Here are the results of that research. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 202 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFMA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226680323
ISBN
9780226680323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFE2; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 267 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172639
ISBN
9780231172639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFE2; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172622
ISBN
9780231172622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.86
€ 90.10

Paperback. Presents the thirty-year story of students, faculty, and administrators struggling with the politics of race in higher education at U C Berkeley's prestigious law school - one of the first institutions to implement affirmative action policies and one of the first to be forced to remove them. Num Pages: 262 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFJ; JFSL; JNMN; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520233096
ISBN
9780520233096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. The 1960s were heady years in Argentina. The isolation of the Peron era was over, the economy was doing well, and the arts were invigorated. This book presents an examination of the 1960s as a brief historical moment when artists, institutions, and critics organized to promote an international identity for Argentina's visual arts. Translator(s): Kahn, Dr. Peter. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 432 pages, 63 illustrations (22 color/16 pg insert, 41 b&w). BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPK; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338932
ISBN
9780822338932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

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