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The Americas

Paperback. Argues that the contemporary commitment to the importance of cultural identity has reovated rather than replaced an earlier commitment to r4acial identity and asserts that the idea of culture, far from constituting a challenge to racism, is actually a for Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320647
ISBN
9780822320647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Hardcover. This is a chronicle of South Carolina describing in human terms 475 years of recorded history in the Palmetto State. Recounting the period from the first Spanish exploration to the end of the Civil War, the author charts South Carolina's rising national and international importance. Num Pages: 760 pages, 52 colour photographs, 137 halftones, 39 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1814.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570032554
ISBN
9781570032554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 49.58

paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 37.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
TouchWood Editions Canada
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926741079
ISBN
9781926741079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.83

Paperback. Confronts head-on the myth that organizational giantism leads to economic efficiency and well-being in the modern age. On the contrary, this book demonstrates how bigness undermines our economic productivity and progress, endangers our democratic freedoms, and exacerbates our economic problems and challenges. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; KCF; KJV; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749695
ISBN
9780804749695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.72

Paperback. He explores the growth of a political economy of technology in both the Soviet Union and the United States. Num Pages: 584 pages, 25, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; HBG; HBLW; JPQB; JPS; KCP; PDX; PG; TBX; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 38. Weight in Grams: 832.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
584
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801857485
ISBN
9780801857485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 42.94

Paperback. In this entertaining and informative book, Walter Friedman chronicles the remarkable metamorphosis of the American salesman from itinerant amateur to trained expert. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674018334
ISBN
9780674018334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.66

Hardback.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159119
ISBN
9780691159119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.14

Paperback. Explores the role of fear -- and and how it is manipulated by politicians -- in contemporary US society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745324685
ISBN
9780745324685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.79

Paperback. This volume focuses on the past and present development of African American vernacular English, particularly its development during the antebellum period and its trajectory of change in 20th-century. It studies an isolated bi-racial community situated in a distinctive dialect region. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 2ABM; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631230878
ISBN
9780631230878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.18

Paperback. This new annotated edition inlcudes "Live Oak, with Moss" and prose selections from "Democratic Vistas" and "Specimen Days". The text also presents a collection of Whitman's statements about his role as a poet taken from his notebooks, letters, conversations and newspaper articles. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 944 pages, 11 illustrations, chronology, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSC; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
2 Sub
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393974966
ISBN
9780393974966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.50

Paperback. Features the poem of the author. Editor(s): Cowley, Malcolm. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140421996
ISBN
9780140421996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.92

Hardcover. Who more than the Southwesterners who've boldly claimed their home under the same tornado skies could have more cause to celebrate the millennium? This title includes poems that connect to the moments in time that the photographs preserve, and evoke stories that focus on the scope of life then and in the century since ranching came to the region. Editor(s): Neugebauer, Janet. Num Pages: 187 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 753.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896724273
ISBN
9780896724273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.32

Paperback. Series: State Environmental Law Handbooks. Num Pages: 367 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1107.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Government Institutes Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865878358
ISBN
9780865878358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 216.11

Hardback. Editor(s): Waller, Brett. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631178214
ISBN
9781631178214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.88
€ 132.77

Paperback. Since the release of "Rosemary's Baby" in 1968, the American horror film has become one of the most diverse, commercially successful, widely discussed, and culturally significant film genres. Drawing on a wide range of critical methods, this title examines individual films, directors, and subgenres. Editor(s): Waller, Gregory A. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252014482
ISBN
9780252014482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Describes the excess supply of nutrients and manure to agricultural lands and the resulting problems of groundwater contamination and surface water eutrophication. This book reviews these practices in the main EU countries and in North America and proposes a sustainable approach for dealing with this environmental deterioration. Series: Soil & Environment. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; PSAF; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792347941
ISBN
9780792347941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.57

paperback. Where others saw only sage, a salt lake, and a great desert, the Mormons saw their "lovely Deseret," a land of lilacs, honeycombs, poplars, and fruit trees. Unwelcome in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, they migrated to the dry lands between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada to establish Mormon country, a wasteland made green. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWU; HBJK; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803293052
ISBN
9780803293052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.37

Paperback. Deals with a thousand-mile migration marked by hardship and sudden death - but unique in American history for its purpose, discipline, and solidarity. Num Pages: 348 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
SKU
V9780803292130
ISBN
9780803292130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Republic of Texas Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556222559
ISBN
9781556222559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.56

Hardback. Conversations with ten prominent African-American operatic artists. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC9; AVH; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810831476
ISBN
9780810831476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.61

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