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The Americas

Paperback. For more than 50 years Renfro valley has showcased some of the biggest and most influential names in country and folk music. It specialized in authentic Kentucky mountain music. This book traces its history, including its initial days as a radio programme and the glory years of the 1940s. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AVGH; AVGL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 461.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813109756
ISBN
9780813109756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCP; AJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 191 x 9. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Amherst Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608958917
ISBN
9781608958917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Based on ethnographic research in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, this title helps you explore how the concepts of race, ethnicity, nation, and gender enter into and are affected by genomic research. Editor(s): Wade, Peter; Lopez Beltran, Carlos; Restrepo, Eduardo; Santos, Ricardo Ventura. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 photos, 2 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHMC; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356592
ISBN
9780822356592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. Based on ethnographic research in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, this title explores how the concepts of race, ethnicity, nation, and gender enter into and are affected by genomic research. It involves relations between European men and indigenous or African women, gender is a key factor in Latin American genomics and the analyses in this book. Editor(s): Wade, Peter; Lopez Beltran, Carlos; Restrepo, Eduardo; Santos, Ricardo Ventura. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 photos, 2 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHMC; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356486
ISBN
9780822356486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.56

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The New Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595586476
ISBN
9781595586476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.16

Hardback. Academics from a range of disciplines and from a number of European and Latin American countries come together to question what it means to have a 'sustainable society' and to ask what role alternative social and solidarity economies can play. Editor(s): North, Peter; Scott Cato, Molly. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KL; KCM; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447327226
ISBN
9781447327226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.87

Hardcover. For the first time, this book tells the 'lost' story of the 1930s Western. Written from a concern to understand Western films primarily as products of Hollywood's studio system, it recovers the context in which Westerns were produced, exhibited and viewed in the 1930s. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 halftones, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896931
ISBN
9780859896931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.04

Hardback. This book tests the proposition that the humanities can, and at their best do, represent a commitment to ethical reading. And that this commitment, and the training and discipline of close reading that underlie it, represent something that the humanities need to bring to other fields: to professional training and to public life. Editor(s): Brooks, Peter. Num Pages: 172 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JNA; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257041
ISBN
9780823257041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.80

Editor(s): Sanches, Peter. Num Pages: 168 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSS; HB; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
KIT Publishers Netherlands
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9789460223853
ISBN
9789460223853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.45

Paperback. An attempt to gauge the impact of Chile's neo-liberal reform policies and of the Chilean "economic miracle" on various groups of workers Editor(s): Winn, Peter A. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJP; JFC; KCF; KCZ; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333210
ISBN
9780822333210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. This work seeks to attain a true understanding of the postmodern predicament. Peter Lawler reflects on the flaws of postmodern thought, the futility of pragmatism, and the spiritual emptiness of existentialism. He examines postmodernism by interpreting the writings of five American authors. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DSBH; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847694266
ISBN
9780847694266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.98

Paperback. A nonpartisan clarion call for civic renewal to restore American democracy Num Pages: 308 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611687958
ISBN
9781611687958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.69

Hardback. By exploring how the security dimensions of energy were not intrinsically linked to a particular source of power but rather to political choices about America's role in the world, Shulman ultimately suggests that contemporary global struggles over energy will never disappear, even if oil is someday displaced by alternative sources of power. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11, 1 colour illustrations, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPS; RNFY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417066
ISBN
9781421417066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.15
€ 47.68

Hardcover. Takes us through the social processes by which shock incites terror, terror invites war, war invokes emergency, and emergency supports unchecked power. This title reveals how the domestic political culture created by the cold war has driven these developments forward since 9/11. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226522081
ISBN
9780226522081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.61

Paperback. Peter Allison brought you Don't Run, Whatever You Do & Don't Look Behind You. How to Walk a Puma is Peter's fascinating and often hilarious account of his adventures and misadventures in South America. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; WNC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288. And Other Things I Learned While Stumbling Through South America. 264 pages, Illustrationsstrations, map. Peter Allison brought you Don't Run, Whatever You Do & Don't Look Behind You. How to Walk a Puma is Peter's fascinating and often hilarious account of his adventures and misadventures in South America. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLS; WNC; WTL. Dimension: 136 x 216 x 18. Weight: 292.
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857885668
ISBN
9781857885668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. A new book from the author of Whatever You Do, Don't Run about his hilarious and hair-raising adventures in the jungles of South America. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; WNC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 16.
Publisher
The Lyons Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762777563
ISBN
9780762777563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Amherst, Peter W. Num Pages: 104 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594547362
ISBN
9781594547362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.69
€ 56.51

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JMC; JKSW1; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475405
ISBN
9780801475405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJH; 3JJP; AJCR; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 283 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1240.
Publisher
Reel Art Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909526389
ISBN
9781909526389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 48.51

Paperback. One of California's most remarkable wetlands, Suisun Marsh is the largest tidal marsh on the West Coast and a major feature of the San Francisco Estuary. This title includes information about the ecological and human history of Suisun Marsh, its abiotic and biotic characteristics, and alternative futures facing this ecosystem. Editor(s): Moyle, Peter B.; Manfree, Amber D; Fiedler, Peggy L. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 21 line illustrations, 17 color maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; PSAF; PSP; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276086
ISBN
9780520276086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.36

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