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The Americas

Hardcover. Conventional screen histories tend to concentrate on New York City and Hollywood in chronicling the evolution of American cinema. Notwithstanding the tremendous contribution of both cities, Syracuse and Central New York also played a strategic - yet little-known - role in early screen history. This book details the origins of American film. Num Pages: 140 pages, 100 black-&-white & 25 colour illustrations, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608967
ISBN
9780815608967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 212 x 18. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Blue Bike Books Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926700311
ISBN
9781926700311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBTV; JPA; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691641737
ISBN
9780691641737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.01

paperback. Presents a history of popular religion, race, and gender in colonial Mexico focusing on questions of spiritual and social rebellion and conformity. This work examines more than one hundred trials of "false mystics" whom the Mexican Inquisition prosecuted in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 276 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 437.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803218406
ISBN
9780803218406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardcover. Showcases over 180 contemporary craft objects, exploring the evolution of studio craft and what craft means to artists today. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFT; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 320 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1498.
Publisher
GILES
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804823
ISBN
9781907804823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 35.75

Paperback. Prins shows how powerful Wall Street bankers partnered with presidents to became the unelected leaders of the 20th century. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPHC; KJZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 42. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Nation Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568584799
ISBN
9781568584799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.99

Paperback. A collection of essays and documents chronicilizing the history of treatment, labeling, and understanding of mental retardating in the U.S. NYUP is one the forefront of publishing in disability studies. Editor(s): Noll, Steven; Trent, James. Series: The History of Disability. Num Pages: 513 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
513
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814782484
ISBN
9780814782484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 halftones. 26 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHV; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165721
ISBN
9780691165721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. This work analyzes and discusses current cultural issues and aims to offer clues as to where the next American culture wars may be waged. The contributors examine new developments in the culture wars, such as common-ground efforts and whether the wars represent a global phenomenon. Editor(s): Nolan, James L. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813916972
ISBN
9780813916972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.55

Hardcover. This comparative analysis of small firms in Northern Ireland and Massachusetts focuses on industrial location and economic activity. It aims to add to the understanding of peripheral regions in terms of their economic position and advocates corporate flexibility as a basis for success. Editor(s): Hewitt-Dundas, Nola. Num Pages: 300 pages, tables, figures, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1KBB; KCC; KFFH; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 225. Weight in Grams: 525. 8vo. Illustrated. Very good copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Routledge
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0287870
ISBN
9781859723708
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. Noenoe K. Silva creates a model indigenous intellectual history of a culture where-using Western standards-none is presumed to exist by examining the work of two lesser-known Hawaiian language writers from the nineteenth-century whose prolific output across many genres created a record of Native Hawaiian cultural history and thought. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822363682
ISBN
9780822363682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Noenoe K. Silva creates a model indigenous intellectual history of a culture where-using Western standards-none is presumed to exist by examining the work of two lesser-known Hawaiian language writers from the nineteenth-century whose prolific output across many genres created a record of Native Hawaiian cultural history and thought. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822363521
ISBN
9780822363521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

Hardback. Focused on the intimate effects of large-scale economic transformations, this book illuminates how everyday efforts to imagine, resist, and enact market reforms shape sexual desires and subjectivities. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFC; JFSK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356738
ISBN
9780822356738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.87

Paperback. Focused on the intimate effects of large-scale economic transformations, this book illuminates how everyday efforts to imagine, resist, and enact market reforms shape sexual desires and subjectivities. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFC; JFSK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356851
ISBN
9780822356851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Paperback. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680481
ISBN
9780816680481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGT; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Dey Street Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062474100
ISBN
9780062474100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.20

Hardback. This volume follows the Mexican financial system from the assumption of power by Porfirio Diaz in 1876 to the recovery of the domestic banking system in the 1920s, despite ongoing violence and political instability. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742856
ISBN
9780804742856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.72

Hardback. On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. Examining the Canal's influence on Panama, the United States, and the world, this title chronicles the economic and political history of the Canal. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 halftone. 30 line illus. 48 tables. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCPC; HBT; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 768.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147383
ISBN
9780691147383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.16

Hardback. Num Pages: 568 pages, 34 line illus. 18 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; JPS; KCL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 154 x 40. Weight in Grams: 920.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155821
ISBN
9780691155821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Paperback. Tells the story of how the oppressed became the oppressors; how Irish immigrants achieved acceptance among an initially hostile population in America, only by proving that they could be more brutal in their oppression of African Americans than the nativists. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; HBJK; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 111 x 23. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415963091
ISBN
9780415963091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.36

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