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The Americas
Hardback. Canning Gold is a meticulously researched examination of how sweet corn canning helped shape the economy, landscape and people of rural Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont during the "corn shop century," 1860-1960's. Paul Frederic powerfully demonstrates the strong community bond essential for the industry's initial success. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761821991
- ISBN
- 9780761821991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Hardcover. Editor(s): Davis, Paul B.; White, Kenneth C. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFL; KNST. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 260 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626183940
- ISBN
- 9781626183940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 323.40€ 216.97
€ 323.40
€ 216.97
Paperback. The Sacco-Vanzetti affair is the most famous and controversial case in American legal history. It divided the nation in the 1920s, and it has continued to arouse deep emotions, giving rise to an enormous literature. This title treats a dramatic and hitherto neglected aspect of the cause celebre that raised. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; JPFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691026046
- ISBN
- 9780691026046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.53
€ 42.99
€ 30.53
Paperback. Merengue is a quintessential Dominican dance music. This work aims to unravel the African and Iberian roots of merengue. It examines the historical and contemporary contexts in which merengue is performed and danced, its symbolic significance, its social functions, and its musical and choreographic structures. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; AVGF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- PAP/COM
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394840
- ISBN
- 9781566394840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.78
€ 42.99
€ 37.78
Paperback. Provides a portrait of America in the twentieth century. This book offers a varied and authentic voice for the American people, whose lives, loves, griefs, regrets, joys and sense of humour are vividly and honestly recounted throughout, and adeptly organised by Auster into themed sections. Editor(s): Auster, Paul. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 126 x 33. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571210701
- ISBN
- 9780571210701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.80
€ 16.99
€ 12.80
Paperback. 'You think it will never happen to you, that it cannot happen to you, that you are the only person world to whom none of these things will ever happen, and then, one by one, they all begin to happen to you, in the same way they happen to everyone else.' From the point of view of his life now, the author moves you through the events of his life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571283248
- ISBN
- 9780571283248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.41
€ 14.99
€ 11.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 31ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816642656
- ISBN
- 9780816642656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Hardcover. Praise for Unsolved Mysteries of American History "The facts are presented clearly and concisely, and the answers have been thoroughly researched using the most up-to-date sources. " -Newark Star Ledger "Everything that would make a great detective story. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471267058
- ISBN
- 9780471267058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.36
€ 33.99
€ 26.36
Paperback. Analysis of the nationally broadcast radio program "Focus on the Family" that argues that the Christian right's popularity stems from its resistance to the increasing influence of market forces in the welfare state, the electoral system, and the public sphere. The book provides a needed contribution to sociopolitical studies of mass movements. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JPV; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Durham
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Copyright 2000
- SKU
- KRS0018729
- ISBN
- 9780822325413
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Written in clear, accessible prose, this book will be invaluable for students and scholars in the fields of political science, social movements, anthropology, Latin American studies, and labor studies. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20, 20 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414096
- ISBN
- 9781421414096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.24
€ 42.24
Hardback. Written in clear, accessible prose, this book will be invaluable for students and scholars in the fields of political science, social movements, anthropology, Latin American studies, and labor studies. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20, 20 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421414089
- ISBN
- 9781421414089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.57€ 54.93
€ 60.57
€ 54.93
Paperback. Focuses on the role of African American folk music in Renaissance aesthetic and political debates about racial performance, social memory, and national identity. This book elucidates how spirituals, African American concert music, the blues, and jazz became symbolic sites of social memory and anticipation in the era of the Harlem Renaissance. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325918
- ISBN
- 9780822325918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Hardcover. The fifth and final volume in the author's sweeping study of the political economy of American warfare. Describes the bipolar world that developed from the rivalry between the U.S. and USSR and shows how seventy years of defense spending have bred a monster that has sunk its claws into the very fabric of American life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618743
- ISBN
- 9780700618743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.46
€ 73.46
Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635677
- ISBN
- 9781566635677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 11.37
€ 27.99
€ 11.37
Hardcover. A path-finding analysis of the vast colonial "dance archive" that conclusively demonstrates that dance played a crucial role in the European colonization of the Americas Series: Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative. Num Pages: 227 pages, 40 b/w photos, 2 maps, 11 color in an 8-page section. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KL; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 509. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292744929
- ISBN
- 9780292744929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Paperback. Transforms our understanding of the region's cultural history in the last hundred years by highlighting how key players such as the church and the state have affected cinema's unique ability to help shape public discourse and construct modern identities in a region marked by ongoing struggles for social justice and liberation. Num Pages: 360 pages, 66 b/w images, 19 color images, 5 tables, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KL; APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288638
- ISBN
- 9780520288638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Illustrated with some 450 color plates. The author (with the Skinner Auction House) covers a dozen potteries from 1872 to 1928. As is usual for Schiffer guides, prices are provided. Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 450 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WCN; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1346.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887409882
- ISBN
- 9780887409882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.26€ 52.85
€ 75.26
€ 52.85
Num Pages: 256 pages, 300 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; WCL; WFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1364.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764317507
- ISBN
- 9780764317507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.65€ 58.35
€ 62.65
€ 58.35
Paperback. Vaccines have saved more lives than any other single medical advance. This book recounts a devastating episode in 1955 at Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California, that has led many pharmaceutical companies to abandon vaccine manufacture. It offers a full account of the Cutter disaster. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNDP; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126051
- ISBN
- 9780300126051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.61
€ 33.99
€ 24.61
Hardcover. The Great Plains are America's biological melting pot, drawing creatures from surrounding regions to create a rich diversity of wildlife. This book illuminates the enormous variety and uniqueness of prairie wildlife - featuring 150 of the most interesting and important species. Num Pages: 192 pages, 151 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1188.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612659
- ISBN
- 9780700612659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.93
€ 58.93
Hardcover. Choosing from the nearly 600 terrestrial vertebrates found on the Great Plains, Johnsgard focuses on the ecology, behaviour and life histories of 121 notable species that people are most likely to encounter when travelling in the region. Illustrator(s): Johnsgard, Paul A. Num Pages: 328 pages, 68 line drawings, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; PSV; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612246
- ISBN
- 9780700612246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.36
€ 55.36
Hardcover. This title blends science, nature, and personal observations to tell the life histories of thirty-three grassland birds. It provides an overview of the history, current status, and uncertain future of prairie birds, from falcons and shorebirds to larks and sparrows. Num Pages: 352 pages, 47 drawings, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; PSVW6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610679
- ISBN
- 9780700610679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.51
€ 55.51
Paperback. The sandhill crane, most often seen, is within easy reach of bird-watchers in the center of the North American continent. Less visible is the whooping crane, struggling back from near extinction. Introducing these two crane species, this title describes their seasonal migrations, natural habitats, breeding biology, call patterns, and dancing. Num Pages: Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780803275935
- ISBN
- 9780803275935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.20
€ 15.20
Paperback. This text brings together many scholars who have been working through the Freedman's Bureau papers and other sources, to rethink the Bureau's place in securing freedom and remaking the South. It presents a sampling of the range and variety of work being done on the Bureau. Editor(s): Cimbala, Paul A. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 363 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823219353
- ISBN
- 9780823219353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.25
€ 41.99
€ 41.25