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Paperback. The first volume in a study of 40 years of violent American cinema. Examining films such as "Psycho" and "A Clockwork Orange", it provides both a critical overview of the films themselves and a cultural study of the social and psychological factors relating to the demand for screen violence. Num Pages: 368 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APFA; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836686
- ISBN
- 9780810836686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.18
€ 107.18
Hardback. Despite the increasing focus on the connection between sports and societal values, football has been left relatively unexplored. This text aims to fill this gap in sports history. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHM; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836853
- ISBN
- 9780810836853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.62
€ 102.62
Hardback. Luther Lee was one of the founders of Wesleyan Methodism, a 19th-century reformer and an ordained minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. This volume explores his life, politics and theology. One of the author's particular foci is the extent to which Lee impacted the antislavery movement. Series: Studies in Evangelicalism. Num Pages: 296 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ; HRCC2; HRCC95. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837102
- ISBN
- 9780810837102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.82
€ 146.82
Hardback. An entertaining and unpretentious chronicle of a life in American popular music, recounted with wit and honesty. Bennett evokes a bygone era when 'territory' and 'name' bands-each with its own 'girl singer'-crisscrossed the country. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGJ; BGF; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837140
- ISBN
- 9780810837140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.28
€ 90.28
Hardback. A guide to resources for use with K-12 students, this selective volume lists substantial, easily accessible resources on African American visual artists. In total, 639 resources, referencing 1,174 individual artists are annotated and include works about the artists as well as the contexts in which the African American artist is situated. Series: Global Art Resource Guides. Num Pages: 350 pages, Global art resource guides. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACB; GBCR; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837225
- ISBN
- 9780810837225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.87
€ 118.87
Paperback. A reference source about one aspect of American history and record-keeping: the state song. Organized alphabetically by state, it features a reproduction of the sheet music for the state song and a brief history of the song, with details about its composition, adoption and legislative life. Editor(s): Hladczuk, John; Hladczuk, Sharon. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837232
- ISBN
- 9780810837232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.16
€ 102.16
Hardback. Billy Sunday, American evangelist, was also known well as a former professional baseball player. This work explores Sunday's professional baseball career, not to challenge his reputation, but rather to examine the coming of age of an interesting and important character in American history. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837270
- ISBN
- 9780810837270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.45
€ 102.45
Paperback. Cantor provides a close reading of 11 of Odets' plays as a whole, grounding his study within an analysis of themes common to each text. While granting emphasis to Odets' poetic style, Cantor gives due notice to Odets' achievements as both mythmaker and voice of the Jewish middle class. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837324
- ISBN
- 9780810837324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.68
€ 85.68
Hardback. This text investigates the history of Brooklyn's three best known performing arts institutions: Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College, and St Ann's Center for Restoration and the Arts. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AS; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837652
- ISBN
- 9780810837652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Hardback. This recently enlarged edition focuses on the events of this last momentous decade while the Cuban regime and its subjects struggle, bereft of outside support and subsidy. Series: Historical Dictionaries of the Americas. Num Pages: 880 pages, 9 maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; GBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 880
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837799
- ISBN
- 9780810837799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.62
€ 195.62
Paperback. Designed to provide students, teachers, librarians, and administrators with an easy-to-use method of incorporating independent projects into the high school curriculum. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNLC; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 214 x 10. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837850
- ISBN
- 9780810837850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.84
€ 74.84
Hardback. A collection of essays that profile 344 under-appreciated or unknown American songwriters active from 1848 to 1955. The essays provide bibliographical data, focus on the more famous of the songwriters' songs and list lesser known songs in chronological order. Num Pages: 440 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC; AVGF; AVGJ; AVGK; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837898
- ISBN
- 9780810837898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.06
€ 165.06
The Native American in Short Fiction in the "Saturday Evening Post". A...
Beidler, Peter G.; Brown, Harry J.; Egge, Mar...
Hardback. Full of fiction, nonfiction, art, cartoons, poetry, and humour "The Saturday Evening Post" was a popular and influential American magazine. This text provides summaries of the short stories, which illustrate the changing perception of Native American society. Series: Native American Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810838796
- ISBN
- 9780810838796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.80
€ 146.80
Hardback. This annual serves as a continuing record of trends in the output of famous and lesser known poets and the cultural influences they represent. It includes contemporary poets from the United States, Canada and the Caribbean, as well as other lands, cultures and times. Series: Index of American Periodical Verse. Num Pages: 712 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCQ; DSBH; DSC; GBCR; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 45. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 712
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810838888
- ISBN
- 9780810838888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.04
€ 215.04
Hardback. After decades of cultural warfare and political gridlock, the U.S. is beginning to find its balance thanks to a major cultural shift toward strengthening communities and other endangered social structures. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GLM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839052
- ISBN
- 9780810839052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.46
€ 117.46
Hardback. Jazz in New Orleans provides accurate information about, and an insightful interpretation of, jazz in New Orleans from the end of World War II through 1970. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; AVGC6; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839076
- ISBN
- 9780810839076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.68
€ 113.68
Hardback. Thompson's book provides a glimpse into a society in which cultures intersect and in which magic was born in the form of the popular salsa. Musicians, musicologists, historians, students of Hispanic culture, and anyone interested in the musical foundations of Puerto Rican life will fund Music in Puerto Rico a valuable resource. Editor(s): Thompson, Donald. Series: Studies in Latin American Music. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJP; AVGE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839144
- ISBN
- 9780810839144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.08
€ 88.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MBF; 1MBN; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839427
- ISBN
- 9780810839427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.87
€ 143.87
Hardback. In this definitive study of Hemingway's masterpiece on bull-fighting, Miriam Mandel addresses not only Hemingway's tome, but the bullfighting and the Spain of his time. Num Pages: 696 pages, 19 photographs, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; 2ABM; ASZX; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 39. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839960
- ISBN
- 9780810839960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 235.13
€ 235.13
Hardback. This study of Music and Music Activities in Ibero-America to 1850 emphasizes historical data rather than musical analysis. Folk and popular music are mentioned only to the extent that they have affected the cultivated strains of Ibero-American music. Of interest to music historians and students of Ibero-American culture. Num Pages: 744 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; AV; GTB; HBT; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839977
- ISBN
- 9780810839977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.60
€ 241.60
Paperback. This text questions the dead-end assumptions of American education. It asserts a set of five "research realities" that the author argues ahould be the foundation of any truly learner-centred system: human potential, human learning, domains of the living, future conditions, and life performance. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840096
- ISBN
- 9780810840096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.57
€ 46.57
Paperback. This A-Z guide is a comprehensive primer for parenting. It covers topics such as the Internet, parent-teacher conferences, gangs, homework and bullying. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840201
- ISBN
- 9780810840201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.57
€ 31.57
Hardback. Football's Stars of Summer reviews each year of this classic series, including the excitement of selecting the college players; the frequent battles between the two sides over game rules; and the All-Stars' grueling pre-game training camps in the heat of summer, that often produced plenty of surprises for everyone. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840270
- ISBN
- 9780810840270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.99
€ 157.99
Hardback. This is a critical survey and discography of Louis Armstrong's most formative phase - the period during which he worked alongside such luminaries as King Oliver, Bessie Smith, Sidney Bechet, Fletcher Henderson and Earl Hines. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 568 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AVGJ; AVH; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 34. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840737
- ISBN
- 9780810840737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.08
€ 197.08