The Americas
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The Americas
Hardback. From inventor's workbench to factory floor to recording studio, Andre Millard and his colleagues trace the development of the instrument, its use across musical genres, and its profound impact on popular culture and American identity. Editor(s): Millard, Andre. Num Pages: 248 pages, 47, 35 colour illustrations, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVRL; HBT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801878626
- ISBN
- 9780801878626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.29€ 48.44
€ 52.29
€ 48.44
Paperback. Series: Public History in Historical Perspective. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GM; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781625340351
- ISBN
- 9781625340351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.25
€ 38.25
Hardcover. This title assesses the current state of knowledge concerning oil, integration, and conflict and formulates an anthropological research strategy to advance an understanding of oil and its vicissitudes. Editor(s): Behrends, Andrea; Reyna, Stephen P.; Schlee, Gunther. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 308 pages, 7 figs & tabs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1H; 1KL; JHM; KNBP; RGCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578. An Anthropology of Oil. Series: Dislocations. 308 pages, 7 figs & tabs. Editor(s): Behrends, Andrea; Reyna, Stephen P.; Schlee, Gunther. This title assesses the current state of knowledge concerning oil, integration, and conflict and formulates an anthropological research strategy to advance an understanding of oil and its vicissitudes. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1H; 1KL; JHM; KNBP; RGCP. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 22. Weight: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452559
- ISBN
- 9780857452559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.71
€ 166.71
Hardcover. Intended for all those interested in architecture and the visual arts, this book ranges from the Neoclassicism of Thomas Jefferson design of Monticello and sketches of the White House, to allitaliana gardens and parks, to the strong Roman classicism of the Jefferson Memorial, to Costantino Brumidis frescoes in Congress and the National Library. Num Pages: 214 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; ACQ; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1580.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 214
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788861303041
- ISBN
- 9788861303041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.25
€ 52.99
€ 44.25
Hardcover. In The Death Penalty: What's Keeping it Alive an award-winning criminal defense attorney turns a critical eye towards the death penalty in America. Filled with gripping case studies, the book analyzes why the death penalty remains active in most states in spite of well-documented flaws in the justice system. Num Pages: 174 pages, 1 maps, 2 charts, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JKVP; LNFX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442232679
- ISBN
- 9781442232679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.15
€ 63.15
Paperback. In the 1380s and 90s, Nicolo and Antonio Zen journeyed from Venice up the North Atlantic, encountering warrior princes, fighting savage natives and, just possibly, reaching the New World a full century before Columbus. This title tells the story of their adventure travelled throughout Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1K; 3H; JFHF; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571243785
- ISBN
- 9780571243785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.01
€ 17.99
€ 13.01
paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816674671
- ISBN
- 9780816674671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.13
€ 30.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 444 pages, 50 black and white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HDD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634010
- ISBN
- 9780815634010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.40
€ 100.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 444 pages, 50 black and white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HDD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634300
- ISBN
- 9780815634300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Afro-Cuban identity in Post-Revolutionary Novel and Film examines the changing discourse on race as portrayed in Cuban novels and films produced after 1959. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; APFA; DSB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611484229
- ISBN
- 9781611484229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.67
€ 122.67
Hardback. This interdisciplinary volume investigates the cultural and political landscapes of Colombia through citizenship, displacement, local and global cultures, grass-root movements, political activism, human rights, environmentalism, and media productions. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; DSB; HBTB; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465809
- ISBN
- 9781580465809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.41
€ 115.41
Hardback. Emphasizes individual experiences and personal reactions to death. This book highlights the importance of two key factors in American society which determine who dies and under what circumstances: persistent social inequality and the American consumerist ethic. It is suitable for upper-level students across the social sciences. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639147
- ISBN
- 9780745639147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
Paperback. Presents a fresh approach to the topics surrounding the processes and rituals of death and dying in the United States. This book highlights the importance of two key factors in American society which determine who dies and under what circumstances: persistent social inequality and the American consumerist ethic. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639154
- ISBN
- 9780745639154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.64
€ 34.64
Exploring motion pictures, burlesque, and Broadway theater-three forms of entertainment that were regularly condemned by anti-obscenity activists in the early 1900s-Friedman shows how the struggle to define and regulate obscenity played out in New York before it was codified nationally by the U.S. Supreme Court. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JFMP; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110662
- ISBN
- 9780231110662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.32
€ 130.32
Paperback. The 1960s were heady years in Argentina. The isolation of the Peron era was over, the economy was doing well, and the arts were invigorated. This book presents an examination of the 1960s as a brief historical moment when artists, institutions, and critics organized to promote an international identity for Argentina's visual arts. Translator(s): Kahn, Dr. Peter. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 432 pages, 63 illustrations (22 color/16 pg insert, 41 b&w). BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPK; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338932
- ISBN
- 9780822338932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. Presents the thirty-year story of students, faculty, and administrators struggling with the politics of race in higher education at U C Berkeley's prestigious law school - one of the first institutions to implement affirmative action policies and one of the first to be forced to remove them. Num Pages: 262 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFJ; JFSL; JNMN; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520233096
- ISBN
- 9780520233096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFE2; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231172622
- ISBN
- 9780231172622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 90.10
€ 118.84
€ 90.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFE2; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 267 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231172639
- ISBN
- 9780231172639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. A study of how women's views of television and the media relate to their personal stance on abortion. Over four years, the authors watched television with women, visiting city houses, suburban subdivisions, modern condominiums, and public housing projects. Here are the results of that research. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 202 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFMA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226680323
- ISBN
- 9780226680323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.82
€ 31.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1KB; VXQG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Santa Monica Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595800091
- ISBN
- 9781595800091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.89
€ 30.99
€ 26.89
Paperback. Transnational ethnic identity issues studied through an ethnography of Chinese American visits to Chinese villages organized under a program set up by the Chinese government Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332633
- ISBN
- 9780822332633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. When the author's sister-in-law, Marcella Wagner, was run off the freeway by a hit-and-run driver, she was left paralyzed from the chest down. Like so many Americans, neither Marcella nor her husband, Dave, had health insurance. Using Marcella and Dave's situation as a case in point, the author reveals the system's many shortcomings. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226140445
- ISBN
- 9780226140445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.29
€ 19.99
€ 17.29
Paperback. Editor(s): Pavlov, Andrea M.; Novikov, Stefan G. Num Pages: 74 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTG; HBW; JWX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 74
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612099866
- ISBN
- 9781612099866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.68€ 52.00
€ 73.68
€ 52.00
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814724620
- ISBN
- 9780814724620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70