The Americas
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The Americas
paperback. Daniel takes the reader through a variety of topics that relate directly to the Southern experience: rural life, violence, music, literature, civil rights, unionism, urbanization, xenophobia, migration, religion, cockfighting, and stock car racing. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780801854958
- ISBN
- 9780801854958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.16
€ 38.16
Paperback. La historia jamas contada del icono musical, Jenni Rivera, relatada a traves de la perspectiva de dos exmanagers, Pete Salgado y Gabriel Vazquez, y es la base para la serie de television que se transmitira en Univision. Un vistazo en la vida de Jenni por las dos personas involucradas mas profundamente en su carrera y que la conocian como nadie mas. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJ; 3JMC; AVGH; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Espanol US
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718096151
- ISBN
- 9780718096151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.88
€ 16.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. What did it mean to be a man in colonial Latin America? This work provides a comprehensive analysis of how males, and specifically homosexual males, were represented in ares under both Spanish and Portugese control. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226757049
- ISBN
- 9780226757049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.89
€ 36.99
€ 29.89
Paperback. Argues that sixteenth century Nahua sexuality cannot be fully understood only through colonial sensibilities and sources. This book examines legal documents, clerical texts, pictorial manuscripts, images and glyphs of Nahua gods and goddesses and descriptions of fertility rituals to show the complexity of Nahua sexuality. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 384 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHBK5; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351511
- ISBN
- 9780822351511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.22
€ 41.99
€ 37.22
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
€ 49.48
€ 49.48
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
€ 36.99€ 31.66
€ 36.99
€ 31.66
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
€ 30.99€ 28.42
€ 30.99
€ 28.42
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
€ 150.75
€ 150.75
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
€ 179.62
€ 179.62
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
€ 143.83
€ 143.83
Paperback. An assessment of what has occurred since the American with Disabilties Act's enactment in 1990. The book reveals the unsoundness of charges from the right that the ADA will bankrupt industry, and assumptions on the left that it will prove ineffective in helping people enter/remain in the workforce. Editor(s): Blanck, Peter. Num Pages: 472 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JHBL; LND; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 333.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810116887
- ISBN
- 9780810116887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.29
€ 118.29
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
€ 101.15
€ 101.15
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
€ 36.99€ 25.42
€ 36.99
€ 25.42
Hardback. Provides an original view of the urban culture in America seen through its ties with the cities and roads. Taking the role of the roads that crisscross and connect the cities as their shared point of reference, this book explores ways to understand the people who live, commute, work, create, govern, commit crime and conduct business in them. Editor(s): Swirski, Peter. Num Pages: 162 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789622098626
- ISBN
- 9789622098626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.13
€ 64.13
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
€ 41.99€ 37.23
€ 41.99
€ 37.23
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
€ 62.19
€ 62.19
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
€ 43.99€ 34.65
€ 43.99
€ 34.65
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
€ 50.46€ 47.64
€ 50.46
€ 47.64
Paperback. The history of American Judaism in the years after the Civil War Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRAX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472052059
- ISBN
- 9780472052059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.44
€ 41.44
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
€ 43.99€ 34.23
€ 43.99
€ 34.23