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The Americas
Paperback. Literary Celebrity in Canada explores that space, drawing on current theories of celebrity and questioning their tendency to view fame as an empty phenomenon. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 286 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487521394
- ISBN
- 9781487521394
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780202303734
- ISBN
- 9780202303734
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Condition: New
€ 58.74
€ 58.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFD; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226511733
- ISBN
- 9780226511733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.90
€ 31.99
€ 24.90
Paperback. During the patron saint fiesta in the town of San Jeronimo, Peru, crowds gather at sunset awaiting the entrance of the colourful dance troupes, or comparsas. The comparsas have become a powerful way for the local people to make sense of their place in the world. This text looks at this tradition. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 294 pages, 32 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; ASDX; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226520094
- ISBN
- 9780226520094
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.97
€ 52.99
€ 40.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 8 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; YNH. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780394716282
- ISBN
- 9780394716282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.10
€ 18.99
€ 16.10
Paperback. This is an ambitious, sweeping book that argues how rights are vital to the continuing security of our nation. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465083336
- ISBN
- 9780465083336
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Condition: New
€ 28.58
€ 28.58
Paperback. The author examines such issues as black suffrage, disengranchisement, taxation, westward migration, lynching and civil rights to detect the trajectory of Northern disenchantment with Reconstruction. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013667
- ISBN
- 9780674013667
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.86
€ 41.99
€ 34.86
paperback. This text portrays America as dying from a refusal to engage a dialogue, a polity where everybody speaks, but nobody listens. Yet from this ailment the author provides a diagnosis which defends dialogue, negotiating conflict and keeping democracy alive. Series: William E.Massey Senior Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; JPWF; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674212664
- ISBN
- 9780674212664
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.77
€ 36.99
€ 30.77
paperback. This text describes the interplay between rapid economic change and regulatory policy in the period between 1900 and 1933. Num Pages: 432 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674753631
- ISBN
- 9780674753631
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.04
€ 51.99
€ 43.04
paperback. Douglas Cole Examines the process of anthropological collecting on the Northwest Coast between 1875 and the Great Depression, in the context of the development of museums and anthropology. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- UBC Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774805377
- ISBN
- 9780774805377
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.76
€ 46.99
€ 41.76
paperback. Presents an elegant analysis of the mechanisms of political mobilization under systemic racism that draws on case studies, interviews, and a detailed understanding of the racialized legal and sociocultural histories of the United States and Canada. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JFSG; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- UBC Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813464
- ISBN
- 9780774813464
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
paperback. Can the peoples of the Brazilian Forest survive in the modern era? Should we even consider such survival a priority? Num Pages: 176 pages, 7 photos/1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTF; JFC; JFSL9; JHM; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745312484
- ISBN
- 9780745312484
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.60
€ 37.99
€ 29.60
Hardcover. Expands our understanding of both women's rights and the history of the legal profession in the nineteenth century Num Pages: 286 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BK; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758625
- ISBN
- 9780814758625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
paperback. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; JFSL3; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816697304
- ISBN
- 9780816697304
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.99
€ 24.99
€ 22.99
mass_market. Offers a firsthand account of the exploits and accomplishments of the first African American special operations LRRP team in Vietnam, and describes their perilous missions amid the vast Viet Cong tunnel complexes of Cu Chi. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations , ports. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; BTM; HBJF; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 175 x 32. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Presidio Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780891418177
- ISBN
- 9780891418177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.77
€ 10.99
€ 10.77
paperback. Editor(s): Swanson, Philip. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH; DSK; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138804180
- ISBN
- 9781138804180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
paperback. Heron's examination of the impact of new technology in Canada's Second Industrial Revolution challenges the popular notion that mass-production workers lost all skill, power, and pride in the work process. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 223 pages, 16 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781442609846
- ISBN
- 9781442609846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Paperback. Series: MasteRResearch. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 146 x 4. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- LIT Verlag
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783643109545
- ISBN
- 9783643109545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.61
€ 30.99
€ 25.61
paperback. Examines the representation of blackness on television at the height of the southern civil rights movement and again in the aftermath of the Reagan-Bush years. This book looks at how television's ideological projects with respect to race have supported or conflicted with the industry's incentive to maximize profits or consolidate power. Num Pages: 168 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFD; JFSL3; JPVH1; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691016573
- ISBN
- 9780691016573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 28.53
€ 39.99
€ 28.53
Paperback. A story of two very different men whose lives catastrophically interweaved over the course of some nine months in the late 1960s: one was a thief and con man called James Earl Ray, the other one of the greatest American figures of the twentieth century, Martin Luther King Jr Hampton Sides follows in Ray's footsteps as he escapes from prison. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BTC; HBJK; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780718192068
- ISBN
- 9780718192068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.45
€ 16.99
€ 12.45