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The Americas
Paperback. Series: Campaigning American Style. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742527324
- ISBN
- 9780742527324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.48
€ 60.48
Paperback. While the transition to Christianity in the Canadian Arctic occurred between the end of the 18th century and the 1950s, the various transformations that happened during this time have not been fully understood. This title looks at Inuit religion, offering a counter narrative to the idea that traditional Inuit culture declined post-contact. Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. Num Pages: 488 pages, 45 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; HR; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773535909
- ISBN
- 9780773535909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.60
€ 42.99
€ 38.60
Hardcover. Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. Laugrand and Oosten examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. Num Pages: 424 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFZ; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384052
- ISBN
- 9781782384052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.66
€ 167.66
Paperback. The most insightful and imaginative work on Mormon Nauvoo published in the last thirty years Editor(s): Launius, Roger D.; Hallwas, John E. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252064944
- ISBN
- 9780252064944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Roberto Rossellini's "Il Miracolo" is deceptively simple: a demented peasant woman is seduced by a stranger she believes to be Saint Joseph, is socially ostracized for becoming pregnant out of wedlock, but is finally redeemed through motherhood. This book explores the unique place that the movies occupy in American culture. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF; HBTB; JFMD; LAZ; LNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616190
- ISBN
- 9780700616190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.75
€ 35.75
Hardback. Explores the lives and self-understanding of Mexicans of African descent living in the agricultural village of San Nicolas on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Num Pages: 392 pages, 43 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351214
- ISBN
- 9780822351214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.90
€ 122.90
Paperback. Explores the lives and self-understanding of Mexicans of African descent living in the agricultural village of San Nicolas on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Num Pages: 392 pages, 43 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351320
- ISBN
- 9780822351320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
paperback. Explores the construction of hierarchy and difference in a Spanish colonial setting. This book describes how the meanings attached to the caste categories of Spanish, Indian, black, mulatto and mestizo were generated within that setting. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRQX5; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822331476
- ISBN
- 9780822331476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45
Paperback. Series: Quadrant Book. Num Pages: 224 pages, 23 b&w illustrations, 4 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; RGBF; RGC; RNK; WNC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 50638th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816670277
- ISBN
- 9780816670277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761806431
- ISBN
- 9780761806431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.10
€ 132.10
Paperback. Point Reyes National Seashore has a long history as a working landscape; yet, since 1962 it has also been managed as a National Seashore. This title chronicles how national ideals about what a park "ought to be" have developed over time and what happens when these ideals are implemented by the National Park Service (NPS). Num Pages: 368 pages, 22 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; RNF; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277083
- ISBN
- 9780520277083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.09
€ 31.99
€ 23.09
Paperback. Offensive street speech - racist and sexist remarks that can make its targets feel both psychologically and physically threatened - is common in our society. This title argues that racist and sexist speech creates, reproduces, and reinforces systems of hierarchy in public places. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH2; LAB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126104
- ISBN
- 9780691126104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Hardback. An original catalogue for a travelling exhibition that has already been much talked about. The expressive power of glass emerges from the pages of the Glasstrees catalogue, which travelled from the Venice Biennale to the Museum of Art and Design of New York in February 2012. Editor(s): Ligniti, Emily. Num Pages: 208 pages, 170 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AFKB; AFP; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 245 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1526.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857214061
- ISBN
- 9788857214061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.78
€ 34.99
€ 29.78
Paperback. Series: Discovering Vintage. Num Pages: 240 pages, 51 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 21.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493013401
- ISBN
- 9781493013401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.71
€ 18.99
€ 15.71
Paperback. Shows how, for both Puerto Ricans and North Americans, ideologies of sexuality, reproduction, and gender have shaped relations between the island and the mainland. This work suggests that interventionist discourses of rescue, family, and sexuality fueled US imperial projects and organized American colonialism. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 289 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232587
- ISBN
- 9780520232587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.69
€ 37.69
Paperback. The Sacred Harp choral singing tradition originated in the American South in the mid-nineteenth century, spread widely across the country, and continues to thrive this day. This title offers a portrait of several Sacred Harp groups and an insightful exploration of how they manage to maintain a sense of community. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC8; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109596
- ISBN
- 9780226109596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Hardback. Chronicles the agricultural, industrial, and commercial activities of four generations of the Tayloe family of Northern Virginia, revealing the complexity in the southern business culture of early America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; 3JH; KCZ; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926377
- ISBN
- 9780813926377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.45
€ 54.45
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813563978
- ISBN
- 9780813563978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.45
€ 159.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801440441
- ISBN
- 9780801440441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.57
€ 71.57
Hardcover. Explorer, scientist, writer, and humanist, Alexander von Humboldt was the most famous intellectual of the age that began with Napoleon and ended with Darwin. This title traces Humboldt's ideas for "Cosmos" to his 1799 journey to the Americas, where he first experienced the diversity of nature and of the world's people. Num Pages: 424 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; PDX; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226871820
- ISBN
- 9780226871820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.48
€ 44.99
€ 34.48