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The Americas

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811712743
ISBN
9780811712743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.26

Paperback. Arguing that jazz films create images of racial and sexual identity, many of which have become inseparable from popular notions of the music itself, this study explores the fundamental obsessions that American culture has brought to jazz in the cinema. Num Pages: 362 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; AVGJ; AVGK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
y First edition
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226277899
ISBN
9780226277899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Paperback. Employing modes of criticism and theory that have transformed study in the humanities, this title addresses questions seldom if ever raised in jazz writing: What are the implications of building jazz history around the medium of the phonograph record? Why did jazz writers first make the claim that jazz is an art? Editor(s): Gabbard, Krin. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780822315964
ISBN
9780822315964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
59256th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813533841
ISBN
9780813533841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. A collection of 11 essays, which examine the Esalen Institute's roots, the place of its beliefs in American religious history, and its influence. It is suitable for those interested in the history of American religion as well as those who regard this place as the epicenter of the human potential movement. Editor(s): Shuck, Glenn W.; Kripal, Jeffrey J. Series: Religion in North America. Num Pages: 344 pages, 3 b&w photos, 2 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAX; HRQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 527.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217592
ISBN
9780253217592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.10

Paperback. Where did American literature start? The familiar story of Emerson and Thoreau has them setting up shop in Concord, Massachusetts, and determining the course of American writing. This title overhauls this story of origins as it shifts the context for these literary giants from the civilized East to the wide-open spaces of the Louisiana Purchase. Num Pages: 213 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 2ABM; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press California
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520231856
ISBN
9780520231856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. Series: Cheap Bastard. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
GPP Travel United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762750221
ISBN
9780762750221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPV; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
PM Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629631028
ISBN
9781629631028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.90

Paperback. Editor(s): Millegan, Kris. Num Pages: 720 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; JFSV1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 786.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Trine Day United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
710
Condition
New
SKU
V9780975290606
ISBN
9780975290606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.21

Paperback. A beautifully illustrated look at the aesthetics and implications of the visual images used to sell Jamaica and the Bahamas to tourists as "tropical paradises" from the 1880s through the 1930s. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 392 pages, 65 b&w illustrations, 38 color plates. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; 3JJC; AJ; KNSG; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5346 x 4531 x 23. Weight in Grams: 848.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337645
ISBN
9780822337645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292717084
ISBN
9780292717084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.44

Hardback. Shedding new light on the political socialization of American women Series: Social Logic of Politics. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439909270
ISBN
9781439909270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.89

Paperback. Shedding new light on the political socialization of American women Series: Social Logic of Politics. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439909287
ISBN
9781439909287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. An introduction to the contrasts and continuities of American women's experiences through nearly four centuries. This book includes women's rights, suffrage, education, health, 'women's liberation,' relations between the sexes, and marriage. Editor(s): Lindenmeyer, Kriste. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 282 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842027526
ISBN
9780842027526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.40

Paperback. Shows that the experiences of depression-era children help us understand the course of 1930s as well as the history of American childhood. Series: American Childhoods Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566637305
ISBN
9781566637305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; JFSG; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807750896
ISBN
9780807750896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.74

Paperback. This fully illustrated report is based on the groundbreaking American Human Development Index, which provides a single measure of the well-being for all Americans, disaggregated by state and congressional district, as well as by race, gender, and ethnicity. Series: Social Science Research Council. Num Pages: 336 pages, 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780814783801
ISBN
9780814783801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

hardcover. In 1946, the people of the French Antilles-the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe-chose the path of assimilation rather than independence from France. Their histories offer an important contrast to the wars of decolonization following World War II. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Publication date
2016
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780195382839
ISBN
9780195382839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.08

Paperback. Investigates the relationship between early American cinema and the experience of technological modernity. This book demonstrates how, between the late 1890s and the eve of World War I, moving pictures helped the US public understand the possibilities and perils of forms of "traffic" produced by industrialization and urbanization. Num Pages: 288 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342014
ISBN
9780822342014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Editor(s): Duke, Kristen B. Num Pages: 86 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634637329
ISBN
9781634637329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.65
€ 70.11

hardcover. Chronicles the growth and development of the union movement in Major League Baseball and the key role of the press and public opinion in the players' successes and failures in labour-management relations. Swanson focuses on the most turbulent years, 1966 to 1981. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBS; KNSP; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803255234
ISBN
9780803255234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324. September 11 and the Novel. 202 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 15. Weight: 322.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149372
ISBN
9780231149372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

Hardback. Most observers have maintained that US machinations were responsible for the success of General Augusto Pinochet's coup. This book examines one of the most controversial chapters in US intelligence history, the CIA's covert operations in Chile from 1964 to 1974. It shows that the conventional wisdom about the impact of US actions is flawed. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSH; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597970976
ISBN
9781597970976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFFJ; JKSW1; JKV; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 43. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
AK Press
Edition
Revised Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849352154
ISBN
9781849352154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.00

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