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The Americas

paperback. Offers a look at American ritual. This title focuses on the Miss America pageant in particular, considering its claim to be an accurate representation of the diversity of contemporary American women. It explores the cultural constructions and legitimations that go on during the long process of the pageant. Num Pages: 290 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSJ; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217911
ISBN
9780520217911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Sarah Banet-Weiser explores how the cable network Nickelodeon combines an appeal to kids formidable purchasing power with assertions of their political and cultural power. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
50032nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339939
ISBN
9780822339939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Looks beyond broadcasting's mainstream, toward cable's alternatives, to critically consider the capacity of commercial media to serve the public interest. This work offers an overview of the industry's history and regulatory trends, case studies of cable newcomers aimed at niche markets, and analyses of programming forms introduced by cable TV. Editor(s): Banet-Weiser, Sarah; Chris, Cynthia; Freitas, Anthony. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814799505
ISBN
9780814799505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. A first edition, Insiders' Guide to Omaha & Lincoln is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to Lincoln and the Omaha-Council Bluffs metro areas. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of the Omaha, NE, Lincoln, NE, Council Bluffs, IA, and its surrounding environs. Series: Insiders' Guide Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBN; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 14.
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762764747
ISBN
9780762764747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.20

Hardcover. An engaging and surprising history of surgeries on the clitoris, revealing what the therapeutic use of female circumcision and clitoridectomy tells us about American medical ideas concerning the female body and female sexuality. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; MBX; MJT; MN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464987
ISBN
9781580464987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.97

Hardback. A celebration of Christmas in the 1950s and '60s. Num Pages: 240 pages, 120 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781581574029
ISBN
9781581574029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.17

Hardback. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork and postcolonial theory, Sarah A. Radcliffe centers the experiences of rural indigenous women in Ecuador to show how the efforts of development agencies to reduce social and economic equality fail because they do not reckon with the legacies of colonialism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; GTF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359784
ISBN
9780822359784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.85

Paperback. Editor(s): Rosenthal, Sarah. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 201 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564785848
ISBN
9781564785848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. The most authorative book available on Chile, now updated with a new 5,000-word introduction. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349120010
ISBN
9780349120010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.86

Hardback. The first comprehensive look at community forestry initiatives across Canada, this book provides a rich and detailed portrait of the sector from Newfoundland to British Columbia. Editor(s): Teitelbaum, Sara. Num Pages: 832 pages, 8 maps, 3 charts, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; RND; RNF; TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774831888
ISBN
9780774831888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.50

Paperback. I didn't realise my mother was a person until I was thirteen years old and she pulled me out of bed, put me in the back of her car, and we left home and my dad with no explanations. I thought that Ma was all that she was and all that she had ever wanted to be. I was wrong.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 213.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Windmill Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780099510642
ISBN
9780099510642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.92

hardcover. From literary journalist Sara Mansfield Taber comes a deep and wondrous memoir of her exotic childhood as the daughter of a covert CIA operative. Born under an Assumed Name portrays the thrilling and confusing life of a girl growing up abroad in a world of secrecy and diplomacy - and the heavy toll it takes on her and her father. Num Pages: 396 pages, 64 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBTM; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597976985
ISBN
9781597976985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.30

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 163 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AMVD; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 262 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300209938
ISBN
9780300209938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJ; MBPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 239 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pyramid Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780989901765
ISBN
9780989901765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 27.57

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226337746
ISBN
9780226337746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226222578
ISBN
9780226222578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardback. Series: Feminist Media Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPHC; JPV; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040450
ISBN
9780252040450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Paperback. Series: Feminist Media Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPHC; JPV; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081910
ISBN
9780252081910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Presents an ethnographic study of China/US adoption, the largest contemporary intercountry adoption program. This book also follows the path of the adoption process: the institutions in both China and the US that prepare children and parents for each other; the practices that legitimate them coming together as transnational families; and more. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 331 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780814719725
ISBN
9780814719725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardcover. Sara Fieldston shows how humanitarian child welfare agencies sponsored by Americans filtered political power through the prism of familial love after World War II. These well-meaning institutions shaped perceptions of the United States as the benevolent parent in a family of nations, and helped to expand American hegemony around the globe. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; JPS; JPWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 31. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674368095
ISBN
9780674368095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.91

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