The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. Through brilliant social analysis, the author exposed lynching as part of a larger framework of subjugation in which white people used violence as a deliberate tactic to combat black economic progress in the southern USA. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BJ; HBJK; HBTS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106821
- ISBN
- 9780143106821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Covering more than one hundred years of history, this multidisciplinary collection of essays illuminates the important links between citizenship, national belonging, and popular music in Brazil. Editor(s): Avelar, Idelber; Dunn, Christopher. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528. 376 pages, 22 photographs. Editor(s): Avelar, Idelber; Dunn, Christopher. Explores the vital connections between popular music and citizenship in Brazil. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVG; JFC. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight: 528.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349068
- ISBN
- 9780822349068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Examines the fiction produced in the aftermath of the 20th century's Latin American dictatorships, particularly those in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. This title argues that through their legacy of social trauma and their obliteration of history, these military regimes gave rise to practices of mourning that pervade the literature of the region. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324157
- ISBN
- 9780822324157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL4; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595589613
- ISBN
- 9781595589613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.22
€ 16.99
€ 15.22
Paperback. Through readings of slave narratives, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, newspaper editorials, and government documents including texts by Frederick Douglass and freed West Indian slave Mary Prince, Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo explicates the growing interrelatedness of people of African descent through the Americas in the nineteenth century. Series: Rethinking the Americas. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH5; JFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223231
- ISBN
- 9780812223231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
paperback. Explores the problematic relationship between Islam, the West and 'modernity' -- in the light of an increasingly vocal Muslim diaspora in Europe and the United States. Series: Critical Studies on Islam. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745316116
- ISBN
- 9780745316116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.60
€ 37.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. This collection of the writings of Ignacio Martin-Baro clarifies his importance in Latin American psychology and social theory. It introduces the questions and concerns that shaped his thinking and led to his passionate fight against oppression in El Salvador, resulting in his early death. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; DNF; JMH; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674962477
- ISBN
- 9780674962477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.74
€ 41.99
€ 34.74
Paperback. Translator(s): Krause, Krystin; Bird, Holly; Mainwaring, Scott. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL4; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268019723
- ISBN
- 9780268019723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.14
€ 40.99
€ 36.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AFC; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 308 x 15. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857231266
- ISBN
- 9788857231266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.84
€ 37.99
€ 31.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBTW; JPSD; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190217846
- ISBN
- 9780190217846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29
€ 53.29
Paperback. Reveals the important lessons Captain Chesley Sully Sullenberger learned through childhood, in his military service, and in his work as a commercial airline pilot. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16-Page Colour Photo Insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061924699
- ISBN
- 9780061924699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.45
€ 15.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. How to hire, manage, motivate, strategize and grow a business in today's disruptive world from Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, and Jonathan Rosenberg, advisor to Google CEO Larry Page. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJM; KNTX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444792492
- ISBN
- 9781444792492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Hardback. When Barack Obama became president, many Americans embraced him as a transformational leader who would fundamentally change the politics and policy of the country. This book shows that the president's frustrations were predictable and the inevitable result of misunderstanding the nature of presidential power. Num Pages: 224 pages, 44 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPH; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153681
- ISBN
- 9780691153681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. How do presidents lead? If presidential power is the power to persuade, why is there a lack of evidence of presidential persuasion? This title examines and challenges the dominant paradigm of presidential leadership. It contends that presidents cannot create opportunities for change by persuading others to support their policies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 234 x 10. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154367
- ISBN
- 9780691154367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.43
€ 37.99
€ 27.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 line illus. 55 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172019
- ISBN
- 9780691172019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardcover. The author of this work presents an integrated theory of double-jeopardy law, a theory anchored in historical, doctrinal and philosophical method which functions to keep prosecutors and judges from imposing more than one criminal judgment for the same offence. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; LAB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814782330
- ISBN
- 9780814782330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.07
€ 96.07
Paperback. A cultural kaleidoscope of autobiographical narratives from a wide range of American Indians - warriors, farmers, Christian converts, rebels and assimilationists, peyotists, shamans, hunters, Sun Dancers, artists and Hollywood Indians, spiritualists, visionaries, mothers, fathers, and English professors. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 halftone; 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217492
- ISBN
- 9780803217492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.63
€ 19.99
€ 19.63
Paperback. Now in its second edition, American Adventurism Abroad traces US foreign policy from the late 1940s through the past six years of America's "war on terror," and examines the impact of its repeated militaristic meddling into developing nations. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405170758
- ISBN
- 9781405170758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.81
€ 50.99
€ 50.81
paperback. Takes the reader across the treacherous Missouri River as the spring-softened ice goes out under the horses' feet, into the still wild cow towns, through the round-ups, and the prairie fires. Num Pages: 322 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803250154
- ISBN
- 9780803250154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.58
€ 23.99
€ 21.58
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313364921
- ISBN
- 9780313364921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.79€ 60.51
€ 61.79
€ 60.51
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FXZ; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 194 x 19. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465036691
- ISBN
- 9780465036691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.62
€ 29.99
€ 25.62
Paperback. Looking at such figures as Nancy Drew, Judy Graves, Corliss Archer, Gidget, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Britney Spears, this book shows how popular culture has shaped our view of the adolescent girl as an individual who is simultaneously sexualized and infantilized. It explores the intersecting histories of adolescence, and popular culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218025
- ISBN
- 9780253218025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.10
€ 25.99
€ 24.10
Paperback. Traces Herman Melville's response to an array of nineteenth-century writings that includes literary scriptures, biblical scholarship, Holy Land travel narratives, political sermons, and women's bibles. This book shows how Melville raised with verve the question of what counts as Bible and what counts as interpretation. Num Pages: 206 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSK; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254558
- ISBN
- 9780520254558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Offers the study of a largely ignored legacy. Scouring archives, discovering diaries, and memoirs in private houses and forgotten drawers, this title recovers the voices of the generation - bootblacks and poets, film directors and farmers, miners, anarchists, and seamstresses - compelled to tell their stories. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; BGA; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226788
- ISBN
- 9780823226788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.67
€ 115.67