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The Americas
Hardcover. Almon suggests that Texas autobiography reveals as much about the state as it does the writer, recording geography and history; and economic, social, and religious practices. A sense of place distinguishes Texas autobiographical writing, for it springs from a state considered unique. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652665
- ISBN
- 9780875652665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.02
€ 40.99
€ 37.02
The Outrage Industry. Political Opinion Media and the New Incivility.
Berry, Jeffrey M.; Sobieraj, Sarah
Paperback. A stimulating expose on how the roots of today's partisan rage lie in the "outrage industry" - deregulated, commodified media markets that will do anything for money and attention. Series: Studies in Postwar American Political Development. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPA; JPVK; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190498467
- ISBN
- 9780190498467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.83
€ 53.83
Hardcover. This final volume of Bernth Lindfors's definitive biography records the remarkable achievements and experiences of Ira Aldridge in the last years of his life, when he performed at theaters throughout Europe. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 364 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; ANB; BGF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465380
- ISBN
- 9781580465380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.04€ 63.73
€ 71.04
€ 63.73
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464727
- ISBN
- 9781580464727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.04€ 63.73
€ 71.04
€ 63.73
hardcover. Examines how the LGBT movement's engagement with the law shapes the very meanings of sexuality, sex, gender, privacy, discrimination, and family in law and society. This book contains essays that highlight the struggle to make the law relevant and responsive to the LGBT community. Editor(s): Barclay, Scott. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JPW; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814791301
- ISBN
- 9780814791301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.55
€ 102.55
Paperback. Explores the life of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826): first Secretary of State, second Vice President, fifth President of the United States, and a renaissance man of early America. This biography sets him in context, as a member of the Virginia gentry, an able and skilled lawyer, a talented politician, and the finest writer of his era. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195181302
- ISBN
- 9780195181302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.28
€ 23.99
€ 21.28
Paperback. This volume provides an account of how American people have reshaped the Constitution to meet the country's changing needs. It describes how America has adopted 27 amendments since 1789 and debated and rejected 10,000 more. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607150
- ISBN
- 9780700607150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.07
€ 43.07
Paperback. Tells the story of the influential group of creative artists - Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin - who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. This title presents a comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center. Editor(s): Bernstein, David W. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 color photographs, 29 b/w photographs, 10 line drawings, 1 foldout, DVD. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 756. 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde. 344 pages. Editor(s): Bernstein, David W. Tells the story of the influential group of creative artists - Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin - who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. This title presents a comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; AV; JFC. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 22. Weight: 756.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256170
- ISBN
- 9780520256170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.91
€ 40.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. Looks at the legal and cultural implications of bequests that crossed the color line. This book examines high-court decisions in the antebellum South that involved wills in which white male planters bequeathed property, freedom, or both to women of color and their mixed-race children. Series: Studies in the Legal History of the South. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3; LNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820332512
- ISBN
- 9780820332512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.74
€ 38.74
Hardback. Shows how the 3 core progressive values - Freedom, Opportunity, Security - define the collective aspirations that drive the American nation, and how progressives can use this framework of values to communicate with "persuadable" voters. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576754597
- ISBN
- 9781576754597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.98
€ 25.99
€ 21.98
Hardcover. The Highway Horror Film argues that 'Highway Horror' is a hither-to overlooked sub-genre of the American horror movie. In these films, the American landscape is by its very accessibility rendered terrifyingly hostile, and encounters with other travellers almost always have sinister outcomes. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137391193
- ISBN
- 9781137391193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.61
€ 61.61
Hardcover. The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture argues that complex and often negative initial responses of early European settlers continue to influence American horror and gothic narratives to this day. The book undertakes a detailed analysis of key literary and filmic texts situated within consideration of specific contexts. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137353719
- ISBN
- 9781137353719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.14
€ 150.14
Hardback. The first sustained examination of the depiction of American suburbia in gothic and horror films, television and literature from 1948 to the present day. Beginning with Shirley Jackson's The Road Through the Wall, Murphy discusses representative texts from each decade, including I Am Legend, Bewitched, Halloween and Desperate Housewives. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFN; APT; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218109
- ISBN
- 9780230218109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.49
€ 129.49
Hardback. Multiculturalism is a theoretical, political, and educational perspective that has had great influence within contemporary psychology but the meaning and implications of which are not yet fully understood. Series: Contemporary Social Issues and Interventions. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190664
- ISBN
- 9781405190664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.08
€ 107.08
Paperback. Multiculturalism is a theoretical, political, and educational perspective that has had great influence within contemporary psychology but the meaning and implications of which are not yet fully understood. Series: Contemporary Social Issues and Interventions. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190657
- ISBN
- 9781405190657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 43.95
€ 44.99
€ 43.95
Hardcover. Editor(s): Knollenberg, Bernhard; Sheehan, Bernard W. Num Pages: 570 pages, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974159
- ISBN
- 9780865974159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.21
€ 35.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. Joseph Cardinal Bernardin of Chicago was for twenty years the most influential US Catholic bishop. This posthumous collection of a number of his major addresses on central moral issues in contemporary American life voices the causes that were closest to his heart: the sanctity and protection of all human life. Editor(s): Langan, John P. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HRA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406760
- ISBN
- 9780878406760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.93
€ 70.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCV; JFSL3; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 7. Weight in Grams: 188. Who We are is What We See. 128 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBCV; JFSL3; JNFR. Dimension: 160 x 231 x 7. Weight: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665329
- ISBN
- 9781552665329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.27
€ 23.99
€ 20.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761818458
- ISBN
- 9780761818458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.30
€ 111.30
Paperback. Poet, novelist, essayist, editor, anthologist, lexicographer and painter, Clarence Major is a challenging yet underappreciated contemporary African- American artist. This collection combines poetry, prose and art by Major with critical essays that showcase his aesthetic movement across boundaries. Editor(s): Bell, Bernard W. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; ACXJ8; AGB; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227726
- ISBN
- 9780807848999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Tells how presidents and other prominent figures have shaped public memory of the turbulent 1960s. This book shows how four presidents - Ronald Reagan, George H W Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W Bush - each sought to advance his political agenda by consciously shaping public understanding of the meaning of 'the Sixties'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558497320
- ISBN
- 9781558497320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.21
€ 40.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566630030
- ISBN
- 9781566630030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.40
€ 21.40
hardcover. Num Pages: 401 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 33. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815403845
- ISBN
- 9780815403845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.47
€ 122.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Sheehan, Bernard W. Num Pages: 570 pages, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974166
- ISBN
- 9780865974166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.49
€ 24.99
€ 18.49