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The Americas
Paperback. Nation of Letters evokes the wisdom and artistic literary expression inherent in the American experience at its best. The editors have produced an anthology of manageable size and affordable length, one thatcan comfortably be carried to the classroom. Editor(s): Cushman, Stephen; Newlin, Paul. Num Pages: 408 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933385099
- ISBN
- 9781933385099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Hardback. Includes two transcriptions of Mary Estelle Elizabeth Cutts's manuscript as well as a study of Cutts's authorship and women's historical writing in the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Allgor, Catherine. Series: Jeffersonian America (Hardcover). Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813932989
- ISBN
- 9780813932989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.29
€ 45.29
Paperback. Examines the role of race and immigration in the development of the American social welfare system by comparing how blacks, Mexicans, and European immigrants were treated by welfare policies during the Progressive Era and the New Deal. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 halftone. 11 line illus. 5 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152240
- ISBN
- 9780691152240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.86
€ 52.92
€ 41.86
Paperback. "In the last decade, school shootings have decimated communities and terrified parents, teachers, and children in even the most "family friendly" American towns and suburbs. These tragedies appear to b" Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVQ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465051045
- ISBN
- 9780465051045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.52
€ 19.99
€ 15.52
Hardcover. Former NFL wife Cyndy Feasel tells the tragic story of her family's journey into chaos and darkness resulting from the damage her husband suffered due to football-related concussions and head trauma---and the faith that saved her. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BM; HRCV9; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718088309
- ISBN
- 9780718088309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.26
€ 25.99
€ 23.26
Hardcover. Series: Contemporary World Issues. Num Pages: 319 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 618. A Reference Handbook. Series: Contemporary World Issues. 336 pages, black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JW. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight: 618.
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851099788
- ISBN
- 9781851099788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21€ 12.25
€ 68.21
€ 12.25
Paperback. A walking tour of 19 haunted locations in Philadelphia Num Pages: 128 pages, 38 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764344374
- ISBN
- 9780764344374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.58
€ 20.99
€ 15.58
Hardback. Through a series of careful, historicized readings of works by a range of authors, this book relates both the what and the how of representation to specific theories of embodiment emerging during the early period of medical history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804737739
- ISBN
- 9780804737739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.68
€ 85.68
Hardcover. This is a comprehensive bibliography of commentary on Zora Neale Hurston produced between 1926 and 2010. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; GBCR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810891524
- ISBN
- 9780810891524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.25
€ 161.25
Paperback. Exploring the fantastic in Spanish American literature as an expression of subversiveness that threatening to undermine the culture Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439902417
- ISBN
- 9781439902417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.37
€ 32.99
€ 32.37
Hardback. The Many Meanings of Poverty is about poverty in a colonial context--it argues that the cultural meanings of poverty defined social compacts that served to bolster and undermine the sources of colonialism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 tables, 4 figures, 10 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751780
- ISBN
- 9780804751780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.73
€ 92.73
Paperback. Presents the history of League of United Latin-American Citizens (LULAC). This book also provides evidence that perceptions of LULAC as a petite bourgeoisie, assimilationist, conservative, anti-Mexican, anti-working class organization belie the realities of the group's early activism. Num Pages: 330 pages, 25 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSL4; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292721326
- ISBN
- 9780292721326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Looks at the lives of eight ordinary women, four Iraqis and four Americans, during the Iraq War. This title presents a comparison of American and Iraqi women's diverse and complex experiences and focuses on the different realities that together we call, perhaps too easily, 'the Iraq war'. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBWS5; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260788
- ISBN
- 9780520260788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Hardcover. An unparalleled introduction to American folk art, accompanying a major traveling exhibition. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 228 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1600.
- Publisher
- Skira Rizzoli
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847843817
- ISBN
- 9780847843817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.49
€ 58.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 211, 211 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AMC; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477805
- ISBN
- 9780801477805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.30
€ 31.30
Hardcover. Barack Obama's presidential victory demonstrated unprecedented racial progress on a national level. This title examines the expansion of black leadership from grassroots to the national arena, beginning with Booker T Washington and W E B DuBois and progressing through contemporary leaders including Harold Ford Jr, Jesse Jackson Jr, and Obama. Num Pages: 336 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JFSL3; JPHL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813125602
- ISBN
- 9780813125602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.11
€ 43.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBLX; JFSL3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813141060
- ISBN
- 9780813141060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.23
€ 37.23
Hardcover. From wartime England to Nixon's America and beyond, Helms was witness to some of the seminal eventsNVietnam, Watergate, and especially the demoralization of the CIA in the 1970s for political purposes. This memoir reveals a world where appearances always had to be questioned, where rumors and gossip carried the weight of intrigue. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442221314
- ISBN
- 9781442221314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.41
€ 25.99
€ 23.41
Paperback. This book is about ending guerrilla conflicts in Latin America through political means. It discusses peace processes aimed at ending military conflicts in the context of agreements that touch on some of the principal political, economic, social, and ethnic imbalances that led to conflict in the first place. Editor(s): Arnson, Cynthia. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 1KLCM; 1KLCN; 1KLCS; 1KLSC; 1KLSR; GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735896
- ISBN
- 9780804735896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.55
€ 46.99
€ 35.55
paperback. Shows how two well-established, traditional criminal law defenses - the doctrines of provocation and self-defense - enable certain defendants to more easily justify their acts of violence than others. This work suggests three tentative legal reforms to address problems of bias and undue leniency. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 371 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814751169
- ISBN
- 9780814751169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.45
€ 33.99
€ 30.45
Paperback. From the American underground film to the blockbuster superhero, this authoritative collection of introductory and specialized readings explores the core issues and developments in American cinematic history during the second half of the twentieth-century through the present day. Editor(s): Lucia, Cynthia; Grundmann, Roy; Simon, Art. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; APF; HBJK; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 247 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1038.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118475126
- ISBN
- 9781118475126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.32
€ 56.32
Paperback. This authoritative collection of introductory and specialized readings explores the rich and innovative history of this period in American cinema. Editor(s): Lucia, Cynthia; Grundmann, Roy; Simon, Art. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 247 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1086.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118475133
- ISBN
- 9781118475133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.51
€ 56.51
Paperback. First published in 1999, Worlds Apart examined the nature of poverty through the stories of real people in three remote rural areas of the United States: New England, Appalachia, and the Mississippi Delta. This edition provides fresh insights into the dynamics of poverty, politics and community change. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300196597
- ISBN
- 9780300196597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.40
€ 26.99
€ 20.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 408 color and 17 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 218 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1440.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764325434
- ISBN
- 9780764325434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.06
€ 48.99
€ 32.06