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The Americas

hardcover. Adopting the metaphor of foxes and hedgehogs that Isaiah Berlin used to describe opposite types of thinkers, this title provides an original approach to understanding the development of English and Spanish America over the past 500 years. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520083165
ISBN
9780520083165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.33
€ 48.20

Paperback. This work examines a decade of Sino-American relations. David Lampton explores the reasons why the Sino-American relationship is so difficult for both nations to manage and suggests ways it can be more effectively conducted in the future. Num Pages: 510 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234628
ISBN
9780520234628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. The poems in Nikky Finney's new collection sustain a sensitive and intense dialogue with emblematic figures and events in African American life: from civil rights matriarch Rosa Parks to former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, from a brazen girl strung out on lightning to a terrified woman abandoned on a rooftop during Hurricane Katrina. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 160 x 8. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810152168
ISBN
9780810152168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. An accessible, engaging examination of Lillian Gilbreth, whose research in efficiency and human factors changed the way factories are run, how domestic tasks are completed, and how consumers are "sold" on a product Series: Lives of American Women. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Westview Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813347639
ISBN
9780813347639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.58

paperback. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JJG; BJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816673063
ISBN
9780816673063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.04

paperback. Translator(s): Milne, Tom. Num Pages: 624 pages, 79 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 37. Weight in Grams: 884.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816676217
ISBN
9780816676217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.16

paperback. Examines the key role that the spatial construct (embodied by the Monroe Doctrine) of the western hemisphere played in enabling and effacing U.S. empire. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334965
ISBN
9780822334965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.95

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662537
ISBN
9781855662537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253020604
ISBN
9780253020604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.82

paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 68 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; HBTB; WSBX; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021625
ISBN
9780253021625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99

Paperback. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253023056
ISBN
9780253023056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.91

hardcover. Envisioning America is a revealing ethnographic portrait of how naturalized Chinese in Southern California have pursued the democratic ideals of participation through political empowerment and community recognition despite impediments to their full inclusion as American citizens. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804762410
ISBN
9780804762410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.13

hardcover. This book reinterprets how and when presidents use unilateral power, arguing that these orders are used not only to press the president's agenda, but also to share power with Congress and facilitate the work of government. Series: Studies in the Modern Presidency. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799973
ISBN
9780804799973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.88

paperback. Reveals how many of our customs and wedding rituals were the product of sophisticated advertising campaigns, merchandising promotions, and entrepreneurial innovations. The businesses and entrepreneurs, from jewelers to bridal consultants and caterers, set the stage for today's multibillion-dollar industry. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220452
ISBN
9780812220452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.10

hardcover. Charles Brockden Brown's Revolution and the Birth of American Gothic illuminates the social and political influences on the nation's first professional novelist and reveals the surprising origins of one of American literature's most popular and enduring genres. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812237863
ISBN
9780812237863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.21

Paperback. Looks at visual culture and race in the United States, in particular the significance of photography to document black public life. It examines America's fascination with representing and seeing race in a myriad of contexts as emblematic of national and racial progress at best, or as a gauge of a collective racial wound. Series: Pinpoints. Num Pages: 90 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 209.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813565156
ISBN
9780813565156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.82

paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 halftones, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZP; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816647903
ISBN
9780816647903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.80

paperback. A sophisticated comparison of U.S. and Cuban reactions to Cuban revolutionary films Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 black and white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJP; APFA; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077487
ISBN
9780252077487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.47

paperback. Originally published: New York: Knopf, 1947. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Indiana Bicentennial ed.
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253023469
ISBN
9780253023469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.47

paperback. Discusses 15 works of Latin-American playwrights. This book highlights the problems inherent in writing under politically repressive governments. It also illustrates through the writers' experiences that gender difference entails both loss and profit. Editor(s): Larson, Catherine; Vargas, Margarita. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSBH; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212405
ISBN
9780253212405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.89

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745330891
ISBN
9780745330891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSL1; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295995670
ISBN
9780295995670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JFSL1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486982
ISBN
9780801486982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.05

hardcover. This book examines the complex and changing relationship between the U.S. Army and American railroads during the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JW; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742399
ISBN
9780804742399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.71

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