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The Americas
Paperback. These essays represent some of the best cultural studies historical research on broadcasting in the US. The collection that represents scholarship, cultural and historical, on the intersection between the medium of broadcasting and American cultural, political, and economic life Editor(s): Winn, J.Emmett; Brinson, Susan L. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351755
- ISBN
- 9780817351755
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Condition: New
€ 37.62
€ 37.62
Paperback. Reveals how the contemporary Mayas contend with crime, political violence, internal community power struggles, and the broader impact of transnational economic and political policies in Guatemala. This work places anthropological analyses in relation to Mayan political activism and key Mayan intellectuals' research and criticism. Editor(s): Little, Walter E.; Smith, Timothy J. Series Editor(s): Paredes, J.Anthony. Series: Contemporary American Indian Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
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- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355364
- ISBN
- 9780817355364
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Condition: New
€ 37.22
€ 37.22
Paperback. Offers a fresh perspective on the status of the search for Mabila, a small fortified border town within an Indian province and a site where a ferocious battle, between the Spanish army of Hernando de Soto and a larger force of Indian warriors under the leadership of a feared chieftain named Tascalusa, took place. Editor(s): Knight, Vernon James. Num Pages: 344 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLH; HBW; HDD; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
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- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355425
- ISBN
- 9780817355425
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Condition: New
€ 48.46
€ 48.46
Paperback. Contains sixteen contemporary accounts by travelers who reached Alabama along what was known as the 'Old Federal Road'. This title deals with the rather remarkable array of impediments that faced travelers in Alabama in its first decades as a state. It describes the road, the inns, the travelling companions, and the few and raw communities. Series: Fire Ant Books. Num Pages: 176 pages, 4 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355500
- ISBN
- 9780817355500
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.50
€ 18.99
€ 17.50
Paperback. Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4"Enduring Motives" examines tradition and religious beliefs as they are expressed in landscape, the built environment, visual symbols, stories, and ritual. Editor(s): Sundstrom, Linea; DeBoer, Warren R. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HDD; HRLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
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- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817357153
- ISBN
- 9780817357153
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Condition: New
€ 48.98
€ 48.98
Hardcover. This volume includes essays by Russian scholars who have examined the history of American political parties and the role they played in American history. The dialogue is then developed through commentaries by American historians and through counter-responses by the Russian authors. Editor(s): Silbey, Joel H. Series: Russian-American Dialogues on United States History. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 tables, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; HBJK; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826212764
- ISBN
- 9780826212764
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Condition: New
€ 69.36
€ 69.36
Paperback. These essays explore a wide range of topics in Missouri social history. By dealing with the lives of ordinary Missourians, these pieces examine the effects of significant social and economic change. It demonstrates how Missourians have been affected by issues of race, class, and gender. Editor(s): Spencer, Thomas M. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826215659
- ISBN
- 9780826215659
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Condition: New
€ 42.70
€ 42.70
Paperback. Describes how the news media in the United States were fundamentally changed by the creation of academic departments and schools of journalism, by the founding of the National Press Club, and by developments that included early newsreels, the introduction of halftones to print, and even changes in newspaper design. Editor(s): Winfield, Betty Houchin. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826218131
- ISBN
- 9780826218131
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Condition: New
€ 43.61
€ 43.61
Hardcover. Editor(s): Shay, Michael E. Series: American Military Experience Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJF; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826220080
- ISBN
- 9780826220080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.35
€ 58.35
Paperback. The Witchcraft Outbreak at Abiquiu, New Mexico, occurred between 1756 and 1766, five decades after the witchcraft trials at Salem, Massachusetts. The Genizaro (hispanicized Indian) land grant of Abiquiu was the crown jewel of Governor Velez Cachupin's plan to achieve peace for the benefit of the early New Mexican colonists. Illustrator(s): Strock, Glen. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 halftones, 19 drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826320322
- ISBN
- 9780826320322
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Condition: New
€ 29.56
€ 29.56
Paperback. Shows that although plantation slavery was a horrible reality for many Africans and their descendants in Latin America, blacks experienced many other realities in Iberian colonies. This work analyses a treatise by a seventeenth-century Muslim scholar in Morocco and argues it shaped the slave trade to Latin America. Editor(s): Landers, Jane G.; Robinson, Barry M. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826323972
- ISBN
- 9780826323972
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Condition: New
€ 41.94
€ 41.94
Paperback. Discusses the works of a French photographer whose works reflects locales from all over the world: Senegal, Turkey, Poland, Mexico, Guatemala, and the American West. These are images of New Mexico and reflect the influence of the sun, the dust, the rain, the mud, the wind, the snow, and the altitude. Num Pages: 184 pages, 136 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 207 x 16. Weight in Grams: 752.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826340061
- ISBN
- 9780826340061
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Condition: New
€ 24.80
€ 24.80
Paperback. Examines a dramatic, complex episode in the early history of New Spain that stands as an instructive counterpoint to the much more familiar, triumphalist narrative of Spanish daring, resilience and victory embodied in the oft-told tale of the conquest of central Mexico. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 halftones, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826344939
- ISBN
- 9780826344939
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Condition: New
€ 35.86
€ 35.86
Paperback. Radicalized in a brutal era of repeated violence against hard-working men and women, Mother Jones criss-crossed the country to demand higher wages and safer working conditions. This work recounts her story explaining the dramatic times through which she lived and to which she contributed so much. Series: Women's Biography Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826348104
- ISBN
- 9780826348104
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Condition: New
€ 29.78
€ 29.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Trafzer, Clifford; Gilbert, Matthew; Sisquoc, Lorene. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- 1, Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indige
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870716935
- ISBN
- 9780870716935
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.39
€ 26.99
€ 24.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Chari, Sangita; Lavallee, Jaime M. N. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870717208
- ISBN
- 9780870717208
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Condition: New
€ 29.56
€ 29.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Anderson, Lorraine; Metzger, Abby Phillips. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 colour maps, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870717802
- ISBN
- 9780870717802
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.02
€ 26.99
€ 24.02
Paperback. This is an account of how some gambler-businessmen grasped Las Vegas's potential as a centre for high-stakes gambling, and turned it from a desert town into a booming holiday mecca. In researching this book, interviews were conducted with many of the surviving players and their associates. Editor(s): Sheehan, Jack. Num Pages: 240 pages, 24 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNSP; WDP; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874173062
- ISBN
- 9780874173062
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.89
€ 23.99
€ 20.89
Paperback. Contains over 200 writings about Nevada with selections from Native American tales to contemporary writings on urban experience and environmental concerns. This book includes sections on cowboy poetry, wild Nevada, travel writing, and nuclear Nevada; and narratives about rural life and life in Las Vegas and Reno. Editor(s): Glotfelty, Cheryll. Series: Western Literature Series. Num Pages: 896 pages, 35 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1243.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874177596
- ISBN
- 9780874177596
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.86
€ 31.99
€ 31.86
Paperback. The remarkable economic growth of Las Vegas between 1980 and 2007 created a population boom and a major increase in the ethnic and religious diversity of the city. Presenting the survey of the city's cosmopolitan population, this book describes the history of various groups in Las Vegas and the roles they play in the life and economy of the city. Editor(s): Simich, Jerry L.; Wright, Thomas C. Series: Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in Nevada History. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874178173
- ISBN
- 9780874178173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.88
€ 38.88