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The Americas
Paperback. Since the time of the Vikings, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend on it for survival, and people have shaped the Atlantic. In his account of this interdependency, Bolster, a historian and professional seafarer, takes us through a millennium-long environmental history of our impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBTP; KNAF; RGR; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674283961
- ISBN
- 9780674283961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.21
€ 29.99
€ 25.21
Paperback. Aiming to reveal the role sailors played in helping forge new identities for black people in America and how they actively contributed to the Atlantic maritime culture, this book traces the history of black seamen to the end of the American Civil War. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 halftones, 3 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTM; HBTS; JFSL3; KNGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- (4th)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674076273
- ISBN
- 9780674076273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.20
€ 25.99
€ 22.20
Paperback. Did the Washington Post bring down Richard Nixon by reporting on the Watergate scandal? Did a cryptic remark by Walter Cronkite effectively end the Vietnam War? This book describes how myths like these can feed stereotypes, deflect blame from policymakers, and overstate the power and influence of the news media. Num Pages: 381 pages, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520291294
- ISBN
- 9780520291294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Hardback. Offers fresh interpretations of the decisive moments of 1995, including the emergence of the Internet and the World Wide Web in mainstream American life; the bombing at Oklahoma City, the deadliest attack of domestic terrorism in US history; and the sensational Trial of the Century," at which OJ Simpson faced charges of double murder. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 b/w, 3 line. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273993
- ISBN
- 9780520273993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.58
€ 32.99
€ 23.58
Hardback. Many of American journalism's best-known and most cherished stories are exaggerated, dubious, or apocryphal. They are media-driven myths. In this book, the author confronts and dismantles prominent media-driven myths, describing how they can feed stereotypes, distort understanding about the news media, and deflect blame from policymakers. Num Pages: 368 pages, 27 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520291270
- ISBN
- 9780520291270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 71.58
€ 94.08
€ 71.58
Hardback. With million-dollar awards for seemingly frivolous claims and inadequate settlements for serious injuries, the liability crisis may adversely affect product innovation and deprive customers of safer goods. Viscusi analyzes the crisis, diagnoses the causes and assesses the value of reform policies. Num Pages: 287 pages, 8 line drawings, 44 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674753235
- ISBN
- 9780674753235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.69€ 47.59
€ 51.69
€ 47.59
Hardcover. Looking at the intimate relationship between political power and the news media, this title argues that the dependence of reporters on official sources disastrously thwarts coverage of dissenting voices from outside the Beltway. Num Pages: 222 pages, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042848
- ISBN
- 9780226042848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.58
€ 29.99
€ 23.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742560901
- ISBN
- 9780742560901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.35
€ 78.35
Paperback. The changes in the US healthcare system since World War II are documented here, from new technologies, service-delivery arrangements, to financing mechanisms and underlying sets of organizing principles. The authors illustrate the work with five types of healthcare organizations. Num Pages: 442 pages, 62 line drawings, 41 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; MBP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226743103
- ISBN
- 9780226743103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.42
€ 48.99
€ 37.42
Paperback. Examines the ways in which Indians and their cultures have been represented by museums and presents new directions. Num Pages: 119 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984599
- ISBN
- 9780295984599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.59
€ 30.59
paperback. Separating Georgian Bay from Lake Huron, the Bruce Peninsula's remarkable natural history and richly varied wildlife today continue to draw thousands of visitors every year. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802060075
- ISBN
- 9780802060075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.43
€ 34.99
€ 33.43
Hardcover. Lhamon's reading shows us how these plays built a public blackness and how they engaged a disaffected white audience, who found in Jim Crow's sass and wit and madcap dancing an expression of rebellion and resistance against the oppression and confinement suffered by all ordinary people. Num Pages: 478 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DQ; DSBF; DSG; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 38. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010628
- ISBN
- 9780674010628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.27€ 73.52
€ 82.27
€ 73.52
Paperback. This is the story of an insubordinate, rebellious, popular culture stretching from Jim Crow to Hip hop. It looks at how the outcasts, following blackface, of official culture have made their own place in the world, and are now represented by stand-up comedy, rock 'n' roll, talk TV and Hip hop. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZP; GTC; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674001930
- ISBN
- 9780674001930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.28
€ 41.99
€ 34.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 228 x 8. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674665637
- ISBN
- 9780674665637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.52
€ 36.99
€ 31.52
Hardback. Examining the altered roles of courts, politics, and markets over the last two decades, this book explores the evolving concept of the citizen in Canada at the beginning of this century. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774811644
- ISBN
- 9780774811644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.34
€ 119.34
Hardcover. Num Pages: 330 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780936347844
- ISBN
- 9780936347844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.90€ 56.18
€ 72.90
€ 56.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Blaisdell, Bob. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 157.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486496238
- ISBN
- 9780486496238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.48
€ 8.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 229ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674690769
- ISBN
- 9780674690769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.23
€ 27.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316. A Childhood in Argentina. 248 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLSA; BG. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 18. Weight: 314.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871743
- ISBN
- 9780907871743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.52
€ 19.99
€ 14.52
Paperback. This text examines the role played by the mass media and public opinion in the development of United States foreign policy in the Gulf War. It explores the prewar media debate, news coverage during and after the war, and the media's effect on public opinion and decision-makers. Editor(s): Bennett, W.Lance; Paletz, David L. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 341 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJF; JFD; JPQB; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042596
- ISBN
- 9780226042596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.62
€ 32.99
€ 25.62
Paperback. Such grappling, Rawls concludes, results in a nuanced, durable machine, producing better laws that have benefited from minority input. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 191 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894039
- ISBN
- 9780801894039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.87
€ 26.87
Paperback. In 1941, Richard Evans Schultes took a leave of absence from Harvard University and disappeared into the Northern Amazon of Colombia. The world's leading authority on the hallucinogens and medicinal plants of the region, he returned after twelve years of travelling through South America in a dug-out canoe. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 40. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099592969
- ISBN
- 9780099592969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.91
€ 19.99
€ 14.91
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Color photos throughout, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; RBKF; RNK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 292 x 15. Weight in Grams: 957.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Greystone Books,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781771640237
- ISBN
- 9781771640237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.47
€ 21.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. From Frederick Law Olmsted to Richard Neutra, Michelle Obama to our neighbors, Americans throughout history have revealed something of themselves - their personalities, desires, and beliefs - in the gardens they create. This title offers an inclusive definition of the garden, considering landscapes from domestic kitchen gardens to city parks. Num Pages: 480 pages, 75 Black and White Photos Throughout; 16-PG Colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMV; WMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 187 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061583438
- ISBN
- 9780061583438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.19
€ 24.19