The Americas
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The Americas
Hardback. A selection of 100 films from one of the best-loved genres of Hollywood and world cinema, with entries ranging from 'Gold Diggers of 1933' to 'High School Musical' of 2006, and from the Reggae classic 'The Harder They Come' to Guru Dutt's 'Pyaasa' (1957). The authors' introduction outlines the history and key features of the film musical. Series: Screen Guides. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0, 35 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1K; A. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844573790
- ISBN
- 9781844573790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 94.00
€ 105.84
€ 94.00
Hardback. Surveys the first century of African American Methodism from its emergence in the 1860s through the changes wrought by the Civil War. From the beginning of Methodism in the United States, African Americans appropriated Methodism, helped transform it from a revitalization movement into an evangelical church. Num Pages: 330 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC95; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742552647
- ISBN
- 9780742552647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.81
€ 167.81
paperback. This 1992 book shows how the discovery of the new world affected Europe intellectually, economically, and politically. Series: CANTO. Num Pages: 136 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521427098
- ISBN
- 9780521427098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 18.40
€ 39.99
€ 18.40
Paperback. An assessment of the impact of Spain on the Americas. It presents a picture of the conquests of Cortes and Pizarro and of the economic and social consequences in Spain of the effort to maintain control of vast holdings. It probes the complex administration of the empire, its economy, social structure, the influence of the Church, and more. Num Pages: 417 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520071407
- ISBN
- 9780520071407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.54
€ 41.99
€ 29.54
Hardback. What underlies this development? In this concise and highly engaging work, Federal Appeals Court Judge and noted author (From Brown to Bakke) J. Harvie Wilkinson argues that America's most brilliant legal minds have launched a set of cosmic constitutional theories that, for all their value, are undermining self-governance. Series: Inalienable Rights. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199846016
- ISBN
- 9780199846016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Paperback. This innovative work sets two texts by two different authors on facing pages, designed so that they read in tandem--Miller's text on the right, Asensi's on the left. Miller analyzes the changes in the contemporary research university in the West; Asensi provides the first comprehensive interpretation of Miller's work. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732444
- ISBN
- 9780804732444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.16
€ 56.16
Hardback. The work of a master critic writing at the peak of his powers, this magisterial book draws on speech act theory, as it originated with J. L. Austin and was further developed by Paul de Man and Jacques Derrida, to investigate the many dimensions of doing things with words in James's fiction. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 32. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823225378
- ISBN
- 9780823225378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.91
€ 108.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 24 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764332586
- ISBN
- 9780764332586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.09
€ 18.99
€ 14.09
Hardcover. This work discusses efforts to build or destroy public support of America's most controversial war of the century. It analyses crucial aspects of Vietnam era rhetoric - presidential, protest and popular - defining rhetoric as the deliberate use of symbols to persuade. Series: Praeger Series in Political Communication. Num Pages: 192 pages, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; GTC; HBJF; JPVN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Publisher
- Praeger
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275933616
- ISBN
- 9780275933616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21€ 61.71
€ 68.21
€ 61.71
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472806789
- ISBN
- 9781472806789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.42
€ 19.99
€ 18.42
Hardback. Focusing on Jasper National Park, this richly illustrated book shows how photography has shaped and continues to inform perceptions of nature and ecological issues in Canada. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; AJ; RN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774819077
- ISBN
- 9780774819077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.94
€ 119.94
Paperback. Historians have long viewed the rural Midwest as a place more representative of "Real America" than any other region from New England to the Deep South. Though the rural Midwest contains many cultures, a commitment to modernity and progress are a common element among them. In this book, contributors present the myriad distinctions of the area. Num Pages: 335 pages, 22 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806945
- ISBN
- 9780875806945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.22
€ 31.99
€ 30.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475955
- ISBN
- 9780801475955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.39
€ 46.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493026166
- ISBN
- 9781493026166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.03
€ 17.99
€ 17.03
Paperback. The American Success Myth on Film examines the enduring appeal that rags-to-riches stories and other success narratives exert on our collective imagination. It highlights how Hollywood movies have illuminated - if not resolved - the ideological contradictions at the heart of the American idea of success. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFB; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482525
- ISBN
- 9781137482525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.91
€ 53.91
Paperback. Series: Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture Series. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226297736
- ISBN
- 9780226297736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.27
€ 34.99
€ 27.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 figures, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226476834
- ISBN
- 9780226476834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.23
€ 35.99
€ 28.23
Hardback. An illustrated survey of the many archaeological and prehistory sites which provide conflicting evidence and answers to the question, 'Where did Native Americans come from and when did they first arrive?' Num Pages: 336 pages, Over 200 colour photos, archival photos, colour illustrations and maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3B; HBJK; HDDA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 228. .
- Publisher
- Firefly Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770853638
- ISBN
- 9781770853638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.55
€ 50.55
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099584223
- ISBN
- 9780099584223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.49
€ 21.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. Conjures the consciousness of Mexico, evoking the dreams that made and unmade an ancient culture. This book takes readers into the dream that was the religion of the Aztecs, a religion whose own apocalyptic visions anticipated the coming of the Spanish conquerors. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLC; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226110035
- ISBN
- 9780226110035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.22
€ 19.99
€ 17.22
Hardback. Proposes that the origins of modernism movement can be traced well into the nineteenth century. This book contends that several cultural developments after the Civil War set the stage for modernism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; ACX; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780691118130
- ISBN
- 9780691118130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.44€ 73.29
€ 96.44
€ 73.29
Hardback. The most powerful American of his time, Andrew Jackson saw himself as the people's "great avenger." Yet his ideas also limited the people's sovereignty, imposing one kind of law to inflict one sort of "justice." Drawing from new evidence about Jackson and the southern frontiers, Avenging the People boldly reinterprets the man and his age. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 hts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLW; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199751709
- ISBN
- 9780199751709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.64
€ 34.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. Presents the Harlem Renaissance, exploring early challenges to the idea that race is a static category. Drawing on vernacular theories of African American literature from figures such as Henry Louis Gates Jr and Houston Baker, this book looks at the work of four fiction writers: James Johnson, Nella Larsen, George Schuyler, and Jean Toomer. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323457
- ISBN
- 9780822323457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. Does religion promote political mobilization? Are individuals motivated by their faith to focus on issues of social justice, personal morality, or both? This title examines these topics and assesses one question central to these issues: How does faith shape political action in America's diverse religious communities? Editor(s): Wilson, J. Matthew. Series: Religion and Politics Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLP5; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589011724
- ISBN
- 9781589011724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.45
€ 41.45