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The Americas

Paperback. This book provides a fresh account of the major cultural and intellectual trends of the United States in the 1910s, a decade characterised by war, the flowering of modernism, the birth of Hollywood, and Progressive interpretations of culture and society. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748634248
ISBN
9780748634248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. This book provides a fresh account of the major cultural and intellectual trends of the United States in the 1910s, a decade characterised by war, the flowering of modernism, the birth of Hollywood, and Progressive interpretations of culture and society. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 509.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748634231
ISBN
9780748634231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.61
€ 112.54

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493022571
ISBN
9781493022571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.23

Paperback. Cuba's cultural influence throughout the Western Hemisphere, and especially in the United States, has been disproportionally large for so small a country. This title offers the poems that constitute an essential source for understanding the literature and culture of Cuba, its diaspora, and the Caribbean at large. Editor(s): Weiss, Mark. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 848.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258945
ISBN
9780520258945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; AJC; WTH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 217 x 3. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892727216
ISBN
9780892727216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.15

Paperback. Series: Zona Tropical Publications. Num Pages: 488 pages, 557. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473753
ISBN
9780801473753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.27

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640723
ISBN
9780691640723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.00
€ 124.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 115 x 33. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Scott & Nix, Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935622536
ISBN
9781935622536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.55

Hardback. Here is a rich ethnographic description of Amish education in 21st Century America that describes how literacy, community, and accountability are key values in the Amish educational system. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578864461
ISBN
9781578864461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.93

Hardback. Examines the religion's role in the creation of a market economy in early America. Focusing on the economic culture of New England, this title views commerce through the eyes of Boston merchants and reveals how merchants built a modern form of exchange out of the transitions in the puritan understanding of the meaning of New England. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143590
ISBN
9780691143590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.45

Paperback. Tying together legal, historical, social, political and literary strands to show how the law itself was implicated in the persistence of slavery, this work sheds new light on slavery and Southern history, as it probes the conscience of a troubled jurist incapable of fully transcending his times. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; LA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612710
ISBN
9780700612710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Hardback. Contains 338 letters that document the first two years of the author's loving marriage to Olivia L Langdon. This title recounts a tumultuous time: a growing international fame, the birth of a sickly first child, and the near-fatal illness of his wife. Editor(s): Frank, Michael B.; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 850 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 57. Weight in Grams: 967.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
850
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203600
ISBN
9780520203600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.49
€ 92.52

Hardcover. Contains the letters that trace young Sam Clemens' remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of "The Jumping Frog", soon to be a national and international celebrity. Editor(s): Smith, Harriet Elinor; Bucci, Richard; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 703 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
703
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520036697
ISBN
9780520036697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.49
€ 92.52

Paperback. Offers a glimpse of Mark Twain's creative process on what many critics consider the finest fiction of his later years. While the work was begun in 1897 and revised first in 1902 and then in 1908, the third version was the only manuscript titled "The Mysterious Stranger". These texts provide an opportunity to observe Mark Twain's literary struggle. Editor(s): Gibson, William M. Num Pages: 493 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
493
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246959
ISBN
9780520246959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

Hardback. "I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away - to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." This title tells his story. Editor(s): Salamo, Lin; Griffin, Benjamin; Fischer, Victor; Frank, Michael B.; Goetz, Sharon K.; Myrick, Leslie Diane; Hirst, Robert; Smith, Harriet E. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 760 pages, 21 line figures, 45 b/w photographs, 2 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 188 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1844. The Complete and Authoritative Edition. Series: Mark Twain Papers S. 743 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Salamo, Lin; Griffin, Benjamin; Fischer, Victor; Frank, Michael B.; Smith, Harriet E. "I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away - to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." This title tells his story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 256 x 188 x 64. Weight: 1844.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
743
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520267190
ISBN
9780520267190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.50

Paperback. Describes life on the Mississippi River, with observations and anecdotes about the culture and society along the river valley. This book includes character sketches, historical facts, information and reminiscences of Twain's boyhood and experiences as a steam-boat pilot. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140390506
ISBN
9780140390506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Hardback. A pocket hardback edition of Mark Twain's classic novel of the American South Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 100 x 20. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509827992
ISBN
9781509827992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. Presents the author's account of travelling in Europe. Cast in the form of a walking tour through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy, this title includes such adventures as a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mount Blanc by telescope, as well as the author's attempts to study art. Num Pages: 448 pages, b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; DSK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436082
ISBN
9780140436082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Hardback. Mark Twain's funny and heartwarming story of a Mississippi childhood. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 100 x 18. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue, Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509828005
ISBN
9781509828005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.66

Hardcover. An examination of the initial years of the Roberts Court and the intellectual battle between Roberts and Kagan for leadership. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393073447
ISBN
9780393073447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.63

Paperback. Designed to fill the need for an accessible introduction to Marbury and the topic of judicial review, this book presents the unique transcript of a reenactment of the argument of Marbury v. Madison, argued by constitutional scholars before a bench of federal judges. Following the transcript are essays on the case and its significance today. Editor(s): Tushnet, Mark. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752275
ISBN
9780804752275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Argues that the constitutional arrangements that prevailed in the United States from the 1930's to the 1990's have ended. This book examines the institutional arrangements that support the constitutional order as well as Supreme Court decisions that reflect it. It provides insights to both legal theorists and political scientists. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120553
ISBN
9780691120553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.18

Paperback. Challenges hallowed American traditions of judicial review and judicial supremacy, which allow US judges to invalidate "unconstitutional" governmental actions. This book encourages us to take responsibility for protecting our liberties. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPHV; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070353
ISBN
9780691070353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 38.90

Paperback. Shows how creating weaker forms of judicial review may actually allow for stronger social welfare rights under American constitutional law. This book describes how weak-form review works in Great Britain and Canada and discusses the extent to which legislatures can be expected to enforce constitutional norms on their own. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQB; LNAA1; LNTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143200
ISBN
9780691143200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.94

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