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The Americas

Hardcover. Inspired by memories of her beloved grandmother, photographer and author Alysia Burton Steele - picture editor on a Pulitzer Prize-winning team - combines heart-wrenching narrative with poignant photographs of more than 50 female church elders in the Mississippi Delta. Num Pages: 192 pages, Photographs throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; AJCP; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 264 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Center Street
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455562848
ISBN
9781455562848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.56

Hardback. Demonstrates how the campaign against "victim politics" and the "victim mentality" has profoundly altered Americans' understanding of victimhood, and investigates the consequences of this change in politics, law, culture, and the "war against terror." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804754606
ISBN
9780804754606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.30

Paperback. Anthropologist Alyson O'Daniel analyses the abstract debates about health policy for the sickest and most vulnerable Americans, as well as the services designated to help them, by taking readers into the daily lives of poor African American women living with HIV disease at the advent of the 2006 Treatment Modernization Act. Series: Anthropology of Contemporary North America. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH2; JFSJ1; JFSL3; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269613
ISBN
9780803269613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. Series: Multicultural Education Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807754115
ISBN
9780807754115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.75

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Independent Institute,U.S. United States
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9780945999898
ISBN
9780945999898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.30

Paperback. Examines the erotic underpinnings of transnational tourism. This title offers insights into the commingling of sex, intimacy, and market forces in Cuba and the Dominican Republic, two nations where tourism has had widespread effects. It reconceptualizes our understandings of informal economies, sex workers, and sexual tourism. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 Halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 1KJD; JHBK5; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592137503
ISBN
9781592137503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. A multidisciplinary survey of the individuals, organizations, and institutions that have given shape and power to the contemporary immigrant rights movement in Chicago. Editor(s): Pallares, Amalia; Flores-Gonzalez, Nilda. Series: Latinos in Chicago and Midwest. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 black & white photographs, 18 charts, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 1KLCM; JFFN; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077166
ISBN
9780252077166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813564579
ISBN
9780813564579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w map & 50 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BM; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Harbour Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550176957
ISBN
9781550176957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.50

Paperback. A horrifying story rapidly unfolded. Ariel Castro, a local school bus driver, had separately lured Berry and two other young women, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, to his home, where he trapped them and kept them chained. This book describes the unimaginable torment they suffered and the strength and resourcefulness that enabled them to survive. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JM; BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552171601
ISBN
9780552171601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Knopf Canada
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345810250
ISBN
9780345810250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.85

Hardback. "Parties, Elections, and the Future of Canadian Politics" provides the first comprehensive account of political change in Canada over the past two decades, particularly during the 1993, 2004, and 2011 federal elections. Editor(s): Bittner, Amanda; Koop, Royce. Num Pages: 364 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774824088
ISBN
9780774824088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 159 pages, 41 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764331855
ISBN
9780764331855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 220 Line Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 188 x 14. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307952172
ISBN
9780307952172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.93

Paperback. Explores the audience profile, the types of characters that recur, and changes to the industry landscape in the wake of media consolidation and a profusion of channels. Employing a cultural studies framework, this book examines whether the multiplicity of female-centric networks and narratives renders certain gender stereotypes uninhabitable. Series: Feminist Studies and Media Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073106
ISBN
9780252073106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. This text takes the reader inside children's classrooms and reveals the lessons about race that are communicated there, both implicitly and explicitly. It examines how ideas about race and racial inequality take shape and are passed along in the classroom and schoolyard. Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813532257
ISBN
9780813532257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Hardback. Drawing on case files and newspapers accounts of women's confrontations with the law in the Toronto Women's Police Court, Feminized Justice offers a multifaceted portrait of women, crime, and courts in early twentieth-century Toronto. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJF; 3JJG; JFSJ1; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817110
ISBN
9780774817110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.81

Amanda Hollis-Brusky shows how the Federalist Society serves as the hub of a complex circulatory system and how the ideas it generates have become the lifeblood of the conservative movement Series: Studies in Postwar American Political Development. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HPS; JPA; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199385522
ISBN
9780199385522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 41.90

Paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226385853
ISBN
9780226385853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.73

Paperback. Seligman's careful and evenhanded account will be essential to understanding that the "flight" of whites to the suburbs was the eventual result of a series of responses to transformations in Chicago's physical and social landscape, occurring one block at a time. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 halftones, 8 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226746654
ISBN
9780226746654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 179 x 7. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Pitchstone Publishing United States
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939578013
ISBN
9781939578013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.94

Hardback. Fragile Settlements compares the historical processes through which British colonial authority was asserted over Indigenous people in southwest Australia and prairie Canada from the 1830s to the early twentieth century. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 672 pages, 14 photographs, 3 maps, 2 charts, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774830881
ISBN
9780774830881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.10

Paperback. Editor(s): Perry-Jenkins, Amanda. Num Pages: 42 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 6. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629488486
ISBN
9781629488486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.19
€ 58.29

Paperback. Americans have long acknowledged a connection between evangelical religion and democracy in the early days of the republic. The author demolishes the idea that evangelical growth in the early republic was the cheerful product of enthusiasm for democracy, and creates for us a very different narrative of influence and ideals in the young republic. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HRAM2; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226271965
ISBN
9780226271965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

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