The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. The first book solely devoted to Puerto Rican visability and cultural impact. The author looks as such pop icons as JLo and Ricky Martin as well as West Side Story. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 337 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJP; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758182
- ISBN
- 9780814758182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. In the West during the Cold War, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy's most cherised possession. This text documents a secret campaign in which some of the most vocal exponents of intellectual freedom were instruments - whether they knew it or not - of America's secret service. Num Pages: 544 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJH; HBLW3; JFC; JPA; JPFK; JPSH; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Granta
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862073272
- ISBN
- 9781862073272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.56
€ 19.99
€ 14.56
Paperback. Athens, Georgia, seems the quintessential southern university town, its geography chiseled over geologic time by its lifeblood. This title pays attention to Athens' natural and built environments and their coevolution into one of the modern South's most dynamic small cities. Series: Wormsloe Foundation Publication. Num Pages: 320 pages, 186 b&w & 50 colour photos, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- A Wormsloe Foundation Publication
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330440
- ISBN
- 9780820330440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.67
€ 36.99
€ 35.67
Paperback. Domestic Manners of the Americans is an entertaining, witty, and often scathing account of Trollope's travels in America between 1827 and 1832 and her criticisms of American manners, from vulgarity to the treatment of slaves. One of the most influential travel books of the century, it also speaks to political debates on equality in England. Editor(s): Michie, Elsie B. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 124 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199676873
- ISBN
- 9780199676873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. Series: Fun with the Family Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBE; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 18.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- GPP Travel United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762757176
- ISBN
- 9780762757176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.48
€ 17.99
€ 14.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRLF; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583944479
- ISBN
- 9781583944479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.08
€ 19.99
€ 18.08
Paperback. Sets out to account for the power of storytelling in mobilizing political and social movements. Analysing storytelling in courtrooms, newsrooms, public forums, and the United States Congress, this title offers fresh insights into the dynamics of culture and contention. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HPS; JMH; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226673769
- ISBN
- 9780226673769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
€ 36.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 283 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; JPHV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226674490
- ISBN
- 9780226674490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
Focuses on literary authors, social reformers, journalists, and anthropologists. This work demonstrates how women intellectuals in early 20th century America combined and criticized ideas from both the Victorian cult of domesticity" and the modern "culture of professionalism" to shape new kinds of writing and new kinds of work for themselves. Series: Rethinking the Americas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237436
- ISBN
- 9780812237436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.23
€ 76.23
Hardback. The highly-anticipated first English-language edition of the monumental critical anthology of writings from the golden age of the Italian disapora in America is now available. Editor(s): Durante, Francesco. Num Pages: 1032 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 193 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823260614
- ISBN
- 9780823260614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.82
€ 132.82
Paperback. Under IFRS, U.S. GAAP, and the SEC rules and regulations, business enterprises must recognise measure and disclose information regarding equity items on the face of the statement of financial position, other specific statements, or in the notes to the financial statements. However, under both IFRS and U.S. Series: Wiley Regulatory Reporting. Num Pages: 458 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 188 x 26. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119950967
- ISBN
- 9781119950967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Hardback. An impressive compilation of facts and data on the history of American immigration..In an area where reference works are scarce, Cordasco, a recognized scholar in his field, has produced a good source for any library in need of ready reference information on American immigration. -LIBRARY JOURNAL Num Pages: 810 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 810
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810822412
- ISBN
- 9780810822412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.43
€ 257.43
Paperback. Most of us are taught from a young age to be winners and avoid being losers. But what does it mean to win or lose? Does winning make us happy? This title undertakes an unprecedented investigation of winning and losing in American society, what we are really after as we struggle to win, our collective beliefs about winners and losers, and more. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFP; JHB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159645
- ISBN
- 9780691159645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Hardcover. We celebrate, talk about, and worry a great deal about transitions in life. Going to college, having a first child, losing a job, and retiring constitute just a few of the pivotal moments in the lives of many. Sociologists and psychologists have devoted considerable attention to life transitions. Num Pages: 267 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745670614
- ISBN
- 9780745670614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.01
€ 73.01
Hardcover. Explores the lives and work of fifteen black labor historians and social scientists as seen through the prisms of gender, class, and time. This biography offers portraits of these seminal figures, following them through their educations, their often groundbreaking work in economic and labor studies, and their invaluable public advocacy. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSL3; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925509
- ISBN
- 9780813925509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.42
€ 58.42
Paperback. Addresses the problems defined by writers and artists during the post-dictatorship years in Argentina and Chile, years in which both countries aggressively adopted neo-liberal market-driven economies. This work is suitable for Latin Americanists, literary and political theorists and those involved with the study of postmodernism and globalisation. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSH; 3JJP; A; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JHM; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822328186
- ISBN
- 9780822328186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Probes the ethos and attitude created by radio disc jockeys on the binational Caribbean island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. This book examines the intersection of Christianity, calypso, and capitalism. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJWV; HRC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254893
- ISBN
- 9780520254893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138892057
- ISBN
- 9781138892057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12
Hardback. This first major study of Thomas Jefferson's reputation in nearly fifty years is concerned with Jefferson and history both as something Jefferson made and something that he sought to shape. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624997
- ISBN
- 9780748624997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.37
€ 106.95
€ 102.37
Hardback. Presents a broad treatment of the Pantanal, ranging from geology to flora, fauna, and the human presence. Series: Monographiae Biologicae. Num Pages: 133 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; PSP; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792334811
- ISBN
- 9780792334811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.71
€ 189.71