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Paperback. This first detailed comparative study of ethno-religious intermarriage provides the background for understanding the dynamics of intermarriage in a culturally pluralistic society like Canada. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774804318
ISBN
9780774804318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.17

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
€ 10.81

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
€ 27.53

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
€ 26.02

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

€ 66.32

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
€ 29.52

Hardback. The twelve-month period covered in this 3rd volume of the "Presidential Series" was dominated by foreign policy concerns, as James Madison sought ways to compel Great Britain to respect America's neutral rights. Editor(s): Cross, Jean Kerr; Perdue, Susan Holbrook. Num Pages: 681 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1111.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
681
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813916323
ISBN
9780813916323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.44

Hardback. This volume of James Madison's papers covers events in his first administration, from November 1811 to July 1812. Two important presidential decisions buttress it: his advocacy of preparedness in November 1811 and his request in June 1812 that Congress consider his case for war against Britain. Editor(s): Cross, Jeanne Kerr; Spangler, Jewel L. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Calgary, USA); Barber, Ellen J.; et al. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1193.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813918594
ISBN
9780813918594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.97

hardcover. Covers five months that encompass the end of Jefferson's first administration and point toward his second. Editor(s): Hackett, Mary A.; Stagg, J. C. A.; Colony, Anne Mandeville; Cross, Jeanne Kerr; Johnson, Mary Parke; Kreider, Angela; Perry, Wendy Ellen. Num Pages: 634 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 44. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
634
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926353
ISBN
9780813926353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.54

hardcover. Editor(s): Stagg, J C a; King, Martha J; Barber, Ellen J; Colony, Anne Mandeville; Kreider, Angela; Spangler, Jewel L. Series: Papers of James Madison. Presidential. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922584
ISBN
9780813922584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.02

hardcover. The fifth volume of the "Secretary of State" series of James Madison's papers. It covers Madison's tenure in that office from 16 May to 31 October 1803. His correspondence deals with a wide array of domestic and foreign problems, particularly relations with France, Great Britain and Spain. Editor(s): Stagg, J. C. A.; Barber, Ellen J.; Colony, Anne Mandeville. Num Pages: 704 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1315.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919416
ISBN
9780813919416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813910932
ISBN
9780813910932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.62

Hardback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813908038
ISBN
9780813908038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.14

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

€ 58.76

Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora theorizes the preeminence of voice and narration (and the consequences of their absence) in the literary and cultural performances of black women. Series: Race & American Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195116595
ISBN
9780195116595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 163.71

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
€ 29.15

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
€ 22.15

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

€ 89.27

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

€ 68.91
€ 48.84

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

€ 187.68

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
€ 29.51

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

€ 186.17

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

€ 101.00
€ 70.11

Paperback. Considered by many as one of the most innovative writers to hit the French literary scene in over 40 years, Chamoiseau made his name with his book Texaco (published in 1992 and winner of the highest literary prize in France, the Prix Goncourt). This book examines the work of the award-winning writer Patrick Chamoiseau. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KJWWM; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846316869
ISBN
9781846316869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.34

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