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The Americas
Hardback. Barack Obama's presidential victory naturally led people to believe that the United States might finally be moving into a post-racial era. This title argues that the 2008 election was more polarized by racial attitudes than any other presidential election on record. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 37 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226793825
- ISBN
- 9780226793825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 272 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226353012
- ISBN
- 9780226353012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.84
€ 32.99
€ 25.84
Paperback. Offers a penetrating insight into the nature of Colombia's peril. In a nuanced account of the human consequences of a disintegrating state, the author chronicles two weeks in a small town in Colombia's Cauca Valley taken over by paramilitaries that brazenly assassinate adolescent gang members. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226790145
- ISBN
- 9780226790145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.82
€ 31.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Michael Taussig uses a make-believe Cocaine Museum, which is a parody of the Gold Museum in Colombia's central bank, to illuminate the largely unacknowledged history of Indian and African Colombian miners, now being drawn into cocaine production in the rain forest of Colombia's Pacific coast. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226790091
- ISBN
- 9780226790091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
Paperback. Looks at the interaction between civilized and primitive people in Colombia, examines the role of the shaman, and discusses healing practices in the jungle. Num Pages: 538 pages, 104ill.3M. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 538
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226790138
- ISBN
- 9780226790138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.35
€ 44.99
€ 34.35
Paperback. Offers a defense of incrementalism: the theory that the policymaking process typically should involve bargaining, delay, compromise, and, therefore, incremental change. This title argues that incrementalism is one result of a checks-and-balances system in which politicians may disagree over what we want to achieve as a nation. Series: Essential Texts in American Government Series. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408351
- ISBN
- 9780878408351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.70
€ 70.70
Paperback. Argues that they were the carriers of linguistic restriction, and writers from Frederick Douglass to Stephen Crane wrestled with the demands for silence and circumspection that accompanied the antebellum fear of disunion and the postwar reconciliation between the North and South. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226101699
- ISBN
- 9780226101699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.63
€ 37.99
€ 29.63
Hardcover. How did slavery and race impact American literature in the 19th century? This book argues that they were the carriers of linguistic restriction, and writers like Frederick Douglass wrestled with the demands for silence and circumspection that accompanied the antebellum fear of disunion and the postwar reconciliation between the North and South. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226294131
- ISBN
- 9780226294131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 108 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293967
- ISBN
- 9780226293967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
Paperback. Examines the effect that the rise of the welfare state had on American modernism during the 1930s and 1940s and, conversely, what difference modernism made to the New Deal's famed invention of "Big Government." Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822325628
- ISBN
- 9780822325628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. A definitive account of how and why novels preoccupied with "hip" changed the course of the Democratic Party after the Second World War. Series: Post - 45. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804776356
- ISBN
- 9780804776356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Hardback. A definitive account of how and why novels preoccupied with "hip" changed the course of the Democratic Party after the Second World War. Series: Post - 45. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804776349
- ISBN
- 9780804776349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.11
€ 150.11
Paperback. Recounts the harrowing story of the USS Flier that has all the elements of a classic World War II survival tale: sudden disaster, physical deprivation, a ruthless enemy, friendly guerrillas, and a dramatic escape from behind enemy lines. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192246
- ISBN
- 9780813192246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.42
€ 29.42
On August 13, 1944, the submarine struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Sulu Sea in less than one minute, leaving only fourteen of its eighty-six crewmen alive. Though some of the Flier's mysteries remain with the submarine beneath the sea, this title sheds light on the nature of underwater warfare and naval protocol. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124810
- ISBN
- 9780813124810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.15
€ 34.15
Features watercolours that capture the energy and excitement of unique New York City events, including the Easter Parade, the Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks, the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, and New Year's Eve in Times Square. The author also turns his attention to well-visited spots such as Central Park, and the beach at Coney Island. Num Pages: 80 pages, includes 60 watercolour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AFCC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 258 x 12. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250051011
- ISBN
- 9781250051011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.56
€ 30.99
€ 24.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; BM; JNB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167628
- ISBN
- 9780231167628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. "Fishing Saskatchewan" features fishing as a year-round activity, from summer walleye and pike fishing, to fly-fishing in the province's streams, to northern fly-in trips, to ice fishing. Num Pages: 249 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBCS; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889771666
- ISBN
- 9780889771666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.54
€ 19.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. The first book about SEAL Team Six and Bin Laden Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; HBW; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908059055
- ISBN
- 9781908059055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages, 18 black & white halftones, 21 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3H; HBJK; HBLC; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138100749
- ISBN
- 9781138100749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, Figures: 60,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165822
- ISBN
- 9780231165822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.33€ 82.56
€ 109.33
€ 82.56