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The Americas

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Natural Heritage Books Canada
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897045152
ISBN
9781897045152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. This Very Short Introduction provides a narrative interpretation of key themes that emerge in the history of Asian migrations to North America, highlighting how Asian immigration has shaped the evolution of ideological and legal interpretations of America as a 'nation of immigrants'. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 268 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190219765
ISBN
9780190219765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. This book is a highly original study of transnationalism among immigrants from the county of Taishan, from which, until 1965, a high percentage of the Chinese in the United States originated. The author vividly depicts the continuing ties between Taishanese remaining in China and their kinsmen seeking their fortune in "Gold Mountain." Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746878
ISBN
9780804746878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

Paperback. Recreates the daily life of the bar room from 1870 to 1920, exploring what it was like to be a "regular" in the old-time saloon of pre-prohibition industrial America. This study examines saloon-goers across America, including New York, Chicago, New Orleans and San Francisco. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 332 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSG; JHBT; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226677699
ISBN
9780226677699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Hardback. Historians, by relying on biased sources, have perpetuated the acceptance of a privileged perspective on imperial British history. Series: Critical Histories. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFC; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812234671
ISBN
9780812234671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. Dubey argues that for African American studies, postmodernity best names a period, beginning in the early 1970s, marked by acute disenchantment with the promises of urban modernity and of print literacy. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167275
ISBN
9780226167275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

paperback. This work is based on descriptive, documentary, and qualitative research conducted on the award winning school applications in the United States Department of Education's Elementary School Recognition Program - the Blue Ribbon schools. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
R&L Education United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810843134
ISBN
9780810843134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.18

Paperback. Uncovers the story of the Tape family in post-gold rush, racially explosive San Francisco. The author paints a picture of how the role of immigration broker allowed patriarch Jeu Dip (Joseph Tape) to both protest and profit from discrimination, and of the Tapes as the first of a new social type - middle-class Chinese Americans. Num Pages: 344 pages, 45 halftones. 2 line illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Expanded paperback edition with a New preface by
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155326
ISBN
9780691155326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in US immigration policy - a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the twentieth century. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 14 halftones. 3 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New Foreword
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160825
ISBN
9780691160825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Hardback. Including a historical inquiry into the status of Jewish poetry as a marginalized kind of writing, this work helps us think about the ways in which displacement, exile, mourning, gender, and prayer contribute to the shaping of the Jewish American imagination and its poetic production. Series: Verbal Art: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734295
ISBN
9780804734295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Maes, Nathan T.; Willems, Caroline L. Num Pages: 84 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; JWJ; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613247938
ISBN
9781613247938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.82
€ 49.34

Hardback. This volume of the acclaimed series deals with suits the Supreme Court decided in 1796 and 1797, years in which the Court laid the foundation for its authority to exercise judicial review and for the first time the justices overturned the decision of a state's highest court. Editor(s): Marcus, Maeva. Num Pages: 1040 pages, 37 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1679.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1040
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126465
ISBN
9780231126465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.76

Paperback. Series: Constitutional Conflicts. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822314172
ISBN
9780822314172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. This volume addresses the cases that the American Supreme Court heard between 1790 to 1795, with the exception of suits against states. It contains a selection of documents and discussions of the legal practice of the period. Each case is treated as a narrative history. Editor(s): Marcus, Maeva; Perry, James R. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 51. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231088732
ISBN
9780231088732
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.13

Paperback. Editor(s): Reagan, Maeve B. Num Pages: 93 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNB; KNXC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
93
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626183377
ISBN
9781626183377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.87
€ 70.85

paperback. Quaid delves into the definition and history of workfare, and then continues with a critical and comparative analysis of workfare programs in six jurisdictions: California, Wisconsin, New York, Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JHBL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802081018
ISBN
9780802081018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.85

Hardcover. This volume assembles leading commentators to provide the first scholarly analysis of Arizona's highly controversial anti-immigration law, SB 1070, which effectively criminalizes unauthorized immigrants through the use of the state's trespass legislation. Editor(s): Magana, Lisa; Lee, Erik K. Series: Immigrants and Minorities, Politics and Policy. Num Pages: 170 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 1KLCM; JPS; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461402954
ISBN
9781461402954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.42

Paperback. How colonial mapping traditions were combined with practices of nineteenth-century visual culture in the first maps of independent Mexico, particularly in those created by the respected cartographer Antonio Garcia Cubas. Num Pages: 352 pages, 91 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 46. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349914
ISBN
9780822349914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Offers an analytic framework to show how the process of candidate selection often limits the participation of women in various Latin American countries Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSJ1; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439908488
ISBN
9781439908488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. This fascinating look into the world of the artist Frida Kahlo introduces children to the themes that infused Kahlo's vibrant paintings, while demonstrating how her life influenced her art. Num Pages: 32 pages, 19 colour. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; 5AH; YNA. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 243 x 280 x 7. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791372297
ISBN
9783791372297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

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