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Paperback. In this collection of essays on the Vietnam War, eminent scholars of the second Indo-China conflict consider several key factors that led to the defeat of the United States and its allies. Editor(s): Gilbert, Marc Jason. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312295271
ISBN
9780312295271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.34

Hardcover. The Funk Era and Beyond is the first scholarly collection to discuss the significance of funk music in America. Contributors employ a multitude of methodologies to examine this unique musical genre's relationship to African American culture and to music, literature, and visual art as a whole. Editor(s): Bolden, Tony. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312296070
ISBN
9780312296070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.44

Paperback. Through rap and hip hop, entertainers have provided a voice questioning and challenging the sanctioned view of society. Examining the moral and social implications of Kanye West's art in the context of Western civilization's preconceived ideas, the contributors consider how West both challenges religious and moral norms and propagates them. Editor(s): Bailey, Julius. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVC; AVGR; AVH; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137574251
ISBN
9781137574251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.42

Paperback. Looks at why certain regions are successful in creating an innovative technology cluster and why aspiring communities and districts seek to learn from those examples and create an internationally successful region or sector. Editor(s): Hulsink, Willem; Dons, Hans. Series: Wageningen UR Frontis Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; KJH; KJMV6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402083389
ISBN
9781402083389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 241.76

Paperback. A comprehensive guide to European actors in American film, featuring fifteen overview chapters with A-Z entries on over 900 individuals. It contains individual entries that chart the careers and screen performances of the European actors - from Victoria Abril to Mai Zetterling - who appeared in American movies. Editor(s): Phillips, Alastair; Vincendeau, Ginette. Num Pages: 350 pages, ilustrated. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; APB; APF; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1142.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844571246
ISBN
9781844571246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.25

hardcover. This book explores how various constructions of identity can influence educational achievement for African American students, both within and outside of school. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 391.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760188
ISBN
9780804760188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.92

Paperback. Detroit is home to one of the largest and most diverse Arab communities outside the Middle East. This collection of memoirs, poetry, interviews and essays brings together the work of 25 contributors to paint a colourful portrait of Detroit's Arab community. Editor(s): Abraham, Nabeel; Shryock, Andrew. Series: Great Lake Books Series. Num Pages: 544 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; DQ; HBTB; JFSG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814328125
ISBN
9780814328125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.50

Cursillo Movement in America: Catholics, Protestants, and Fourth-Day Spirituality Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7; HRCS; HRCV; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469607160
ISBN
9781469607160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.65

Hardback. Num Pages: 100 pages, 108 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 280. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857232034
ISBN
9788857232034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.76

Paperback. This anthology, which covers colonial times to the present, illuminates the diverse and changing roles that American Jewish women have filled. Editor(s): Nadell, Pamela S. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 22. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758083
ISBN
9780814758083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Hardback. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 245 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 18 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; APFN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 467.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319435534
ISBN
9783319435534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.52

Paperback. Examines how immigrants acquire American ideas about race, both pre- and post-migration, in light of U.S. military presence and U.S. cultural dominance over their home country, drawing on interviews and ethnographic observations of Koreans in Seoul and Los Angeles. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758871
ISBN
9780804758871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Examines how immigrants acquire American ideas about race, both pre- and post-migration, in light of U.S. military presence and U.S. cultural dominance over their home country, drawing on interviews and ethnographic observations of Koreans in Seoul and Los Angeles. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758864
ISBN
9780804758864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.91

Paperback. Discusses formations of blackness and whiteness in US culture Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223364
ISBN
9780253223364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardcover. Discusses formations of blackness and whiteness in US culture Num Pages: 200 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253356567
ISBN
9780253356567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.98

Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars of American music, gender and sexuality, class, and pop culture, this book looks at how class and gender identity play out in one of America's most culturally and politically charged forms of popular music. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280663
ISBN
9780520280663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

Hardback. Suitable for students and scholars of American music, gender and sexuality, class, and pop culture, this book looks at how class and gender identity play out in one of America's most culturally and politically charged forms of popular music. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520280656
ISBN
9780520280656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 46.63

Paperback. Reveals the complex and at times contradictory cultural and political processes through which Arabness is forged in the contemporary United States Series: Nation of Newcomers. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758878
ISBN
9780814758878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.81

Hardback. Reveals the complex and at times contradictory cultural and political processes through which Arabness is forged in the contemporary United States Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758861
ISBN
9780814758861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 225 color images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; WCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
3 Exp Rev
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764340222
ISBN
9780764340222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.37

Hardcover. Explores the traditions represented in the cultural and musical practices of the late Sixties San Francisco counterculture. This book examines primary source material to demonstrate that the San Francisco counterculture in 1966-67 displayed no interest in commitment to a cause - embracing everything in general, but nothing in particular. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; AVG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472115587
ISBN
9780472115587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.83

Paperback. Examines the link between the "Chinese question" and the "Negro problem" in nineteenth-century America. This work demonstrates that the anti-Chinese sentiment that led up to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is inseparable from the racial double standards applied by mainstream white society toward white and nonwhite groups. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780252073519
ISBN
9780252073519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Paperback. Through interviews with a variety of bisexual men and women, HIV Prevention and Bisexual Realities uncovers innovative, important directions to consider for more effective HIV prevention strategies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802097170
ISBN
9780802097170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. This book covers the rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender people under present US law; specifically in regard to freedom of speech and association, employment, housing, the military, family and parenting, and HIV disease. Series: ACLU Handbook Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
4 Rev ed
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814736791
ISBN
9780814736791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

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