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Hardcover. This book focuses on Baldwin's experiences as a gifted black writer who fought valiantly against racism and wrote openly about homosexual relationships. Baldwin's God is a 'mysteriously impersonal' force he calls love- 'something .. like a fire, like the wind, something which can change you.' Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137454331
ISBN
9781137454331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.52

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
Edition
First
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554887095
ISBN
9781554887095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.29

Hardcover. Addressing the transnational relationships of Freemasonry, politics, and culture in the field of Latin American and Caribbean literatures and cultures, Writing Secrecy provides insight into Pan-Caribbean, transnational and diasporic formations of these Masonic lodges and their influences on political and cultural discourses in the Americas. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137305152
ISBN
9781137305152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.49

Paperback. Talks about Kansas murals - a striking visual travelogue that offers a fresh perspective on the state's culture and history. This work focuses on ninety exemplary murals - including mosaics and friezes - organized by region and featuring full-color photographs, brief descriptions, and notes on the artists. Num Pages: 296 pages, 99 colour photographs, 4 black-&-white photographs, 8 colour maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; AFC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614691
ISBN
9780700614691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.86

Hardback. Based on fieldwork conducted among middle-class university students primarily at the national university (UNAM) in Mexico City, this study explores gender relations as reflected in the words macho and machismo. The author concludes that the students use them to denote aspects of their families of origin that they consider unfavorable and aspects of Num Pages: 156 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454616
ISBN
9781845454616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.99

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 610 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBBES; 3JH; 3JJ; JPFB; LAZ; LNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
610
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691641744
ISBN
9780691641744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 317.65

Paperback. Editor(s): Barank, Jovan. Num Pages: 93 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
93
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626180529
ISBN
9781626180529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.99
€ 70.85

Hardback. These essays, by writer-activists incarcerated because of their political beliefs and acts, offer some controversial and thought-provoking theories of contemporary social change and liberation movements. Editor(s): James, Joy. Series: Transformative Politics Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JKV; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742520264
ISBN
9780742520264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSL; JHMP; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816628131
ISBN
9780816628131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. The United States has the highest incarceration and execution rate in the industrialized world. Using a broad multicultural approach, "States of Confinement" uncovers the political, social, and economic biases in policing and punishment systems. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK; JFSL1; JKVF; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312294502
ISBN
9780312294502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 47.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 20 black & white plates, 155 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMX; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 254 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816677450
ISBN
9780816677450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Hardback. Demonstrates that Freemasonry became a significant avenue for the exchange and perhaps even co-creation of cultural forms by Indians and non-Indians Num Pages: 368 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLP; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803225473
ISBN
9780803225473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardcover. From the breweries of New Amsterdam to Brooklyn's Sweet'n Low, an account of four centuries of food production in New York City. Num Pages: 480 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393076394
ISBN
9780393076394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.96

Paperback. A collection of essays with one common link - the Appalachian region of the southern United States. Essays describe a long abandoned homeplace or tell the story of an uncle or grandmother. Editor(s): Dyer, Joyce. Num Pages: 314 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DN; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 443.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813109831
ISBN
9780813109831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.12

Paperback. Through data gathered on thousands of people, as well as hundreds of memoirs and autobiographies, this volume tells myriad intersecting stories of how Americans born between 1776 and 1830 reinvented themselves and their society in politics, economics, reform, religion, and culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006638
ISBN
9780674006638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Vernier, Richard B. Num Pages: 206 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865977068
ISBN
9780865977068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.75

Hardback. Brings together the author's important reflections on the historian's craft and its importance. This work examines the ways in which the dynamic events of the second half of the 20th century have significantly altered the way historians approach the past and highlights the incredible power they hold in shaping a national identity. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742542525
ISBN
9780742542525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Charts: 2,, Figures: 2,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162609
ISBN
9780231162609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.72
€ 57.47

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801451270
ISBN
9780801451270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.77

Paperback. From its earliest days under English rule, New York City had an unusually diverse ethnic makeup, with substantial numbers of Dutch, English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Jewish immigrants, as well as a large African-American population. This title paints a portrait of this society, exploring the meaning of ethnicity in early America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 halftones 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691037875
ISBN
9780691037875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

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