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The Americas
Hardcover. Sara Fieldston shows how humanitarian child welfare agencies sponsored by Americans filtered political power through the prism of familial love after World War II. These well-meaning institutions shaped perceptions of the United States as the benevolent parent in a family of nations, and helped to expand American hegemony around the globe. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; JPS; JPWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 31. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674368095
- ISBN
- 9780674368095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 43.91
€ 52.99
€ 43.91
Paperback. Presents an ethnographic study of China/US adoption, the largest contemporary intercountry adoption program. This book also follows the path of the adoption process: the institutions in both China and the US that prepare children and parents for each other; the practices that legitimate them coming together as transnational families; and more. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 331 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780814719725
- ISBN
- 9780814719725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. Series: Feminist Media Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPHC; JPV; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081910
- ISBN
- 9780252081910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Hardback. Series: Feminist Media Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPHC; JPV; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040450
- ISBN
- 9780252040450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226222578
- ISBN
- 9780226222578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226337746
- ISBN
- 9780226337746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.45
€ 41.99
€ 32.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJ; MBPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 239 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pyramid Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780989901765
- ISBN
- 9780989901765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 27.57
€ 41.99
€ 27.57
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 163 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AMVD; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 262 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300209938
- ISBN
- 9780300209938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.54
€ 49.99
€ 35.54
hardcover. From literary journalist Sara Mansfield Taber comes a deep and wondrous memoir of her exotic childhood as the daughter of a covert CIA operative. Born under an Assumed Name portrays the thrilling and confusing life of a girl growing up abroad in a world of secrecy and diplomacy - and the heavy toll it takes on her and her father. Num Pages: 396 pages, 64 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBTM; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976985
- ISBN
- 9781597976985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.30
€ 38.30
Paperback. I didn't realise my mother was a person until I was thirteen years old and she pulled me out of bed, put me in the back of her car, and we left home and my dad with no explanations. I thought that Ma was all that she was and all that she had ever wanted to be. I was wrong.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099510642
- ISBN
- 9780099510642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.92
€ 10.99
€ 9.92
Hardback. The first comprehensive look at community forestry initiatives across Canada, this book provides a rich and detailed portrait of the sector from Newfoundland to British Columbia. Editor(s): Teitelbaum, Sara. Num Pages: 832 pages, 8 maps, 3 charts, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; RND; RNF; TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774831888
- ISBN
- 9780774831888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.50
€ 106.50
Paperback. The most authorative book available on Chile, now updated with a new 5,000-word introduction. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349120010
- ISBN
- 9780349120010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.86
€ 15.99
€ 11.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Rosenthal, Sarah. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 201 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564785848
- ISBN
- 9781564785848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.31
€ 32.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork and postcolonial theory, Sarah A. Radcliffe centers the experiences of rural indigenous women in Ecuador to show how the efforts of development agencies to reduce social and economic equality fail because they do not reckon with the legacies of colonialism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; GTF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822359784
- ISBN
- 9780822359784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.85
€ 122.85
Hardback. A celebration of Christmas in the 1950s and '60s. Num Pages: 240 pages, 120 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781581574029
- ISBN
- 9781581574029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.17
€ 26.99
€ 26.17
Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States (Rochester...
Sarah B. M. Webber Rodriguez
Hardcover. An engaging and surprising history of surgeries on the clitoris, revealing what the therapeutic use of female circumcision and clitoridectomy tells us about American medical ideas concerning the female body and female sexuality. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; MBX; MJT; MN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464987
- ISBN
- 9781580464987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.97
€ 114.97
Paperback. A first edition, Insiders' Guide to Omaha & Lincoln is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to Lincoln and the Omaha-Council Bluffs metro areas. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of the Omaha, NE, Lincoln, NE, Council Bluffs, IA, and its surrounding environs. Series: Insiders' Guide Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBN; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 14.
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762764747
- ISBN
- 9780762764747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.20
€ 17.99
€ 15.20
Paperback. Looks beyond broadcasting's mainstream, toward cable's alternatives, to critically consider the capacity of commercial media to serve the public interest. This work offers an overview of the industry's history and regulatory trends, case studies of cable newcomers aimed at niche markets, and analyses of programming forms introduced by cable TV. Editor(s): Banet-Weiser, Sarah; Chris, Cynthia; Freitas, Anthony. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799505
- ISBN
- 9780814799505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. Sarah Banet-Weiser explores how the cable network Nickelodeon combines an appeal to kids formidable purchasing power with assertions of their political and cultural power. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 50032nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339939
- ISBN
- 9780822339939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
paperback. Offers a look at American ritual. This title focuses on the Miss America pageant in particular, considering its claim to be an accurate representation of the diversity of contemporary American women. It explores the cultural constructions and legitimations that go on during the long process of the pageant. Num Pages: 290 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSJ; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217911
- ISBN
- 9780520217911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82