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The Americas

Paperback. Assesses the effects of the world economic crisis on social security and welfare in the region. This book identifies the strengths and weakness of Latin American social security before the global crisis. It evaluates the event's actual and potential effects on pensions, health care, and social assistance programs. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; JKS; KCR; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Institute of Latin American Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900039970
ISBN
9781900039970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.88

Paperback. Barack Obama's election as president in 2008 generated widespread hope that the United States was entering a new era whereby government, in a reversal of Ronald Reagan's famous dictum, would be the solution to the nation's manifold problems amid the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Editor(s): Morgan, Iwan; Davies, Philip D. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Institute of Latin American Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908857026
ISBN
9781908857026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.88

Hardcover. Tells the story of Pomatambo, a village in one of the poorest parts of Peru's highlands. This book presents the experiences of three generations of these humble peasants as they have been confronted by the modern world and tried to find a place in it. Series: Culture of Enterprise. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBTB; JFFA; JPQB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933859774
ISBN
9781933859774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.33

Paperback. A report that contains the findings from a rapid biological assessment of the Tepuis in the Upper Nangaritza River Basin in Cordillera del Condor, Ecuador. It provides data to support increased protection for the newly created Colon-Shuar Nangaritza Tepuis Conservation Area, a private, protected forest. Editor(s): Guayasamin, Juan M.; Bonaccorso, Elisa. Series: RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment. Num Pages: 135 pages, 29 colour plates, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; PSAF; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Conservation International,U.S. United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934151433
ISBN
9781934151433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Butler Centre for Arkansas Studies United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935106760
ISBN
9781935106760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 592 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPFM; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935191452
ISBN
9781935191452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.16

Paperback. In the early 1920s a collection of young Southerners at Vanderbilt University formed the literary group known as the Fugitives. Over the next few decades they and their followers would exert an enormous influence on the study of literature. This book gathers the most penetrating essays by these and other writers. Editor(s): Arbery, Glenn C. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935191803
ISBN
9781935191803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.35

Paperback. "The election that changed everything: "Craig Shirley s masterful account of the 1980 presidential campaign reveals how a race judged too close to call as late as Election Day became a Reagan landslideand altered the course of history." Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935191933
ISBN
9781935191933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.26

paperback. Num Pages: 79 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JM; DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Western Michigan University, New Issues Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
79
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936970438
ISBN
9781936970438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Western Michigan University, New Issues Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936970452
ISBN
9781936970452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.21

Paperback. Breathes new life into Chicago's historic Little Theater Movement. This illustrated edition of two of Kenneth Sawyer Goodman's best-known plays, The Wonder Hat and Back of the Yards, recalls that Goodman wrote and produced his own works before the influenza epidemic of 1918 cut short his life. Editor(s): Cornea, Ioana; Goluboff, Benjamin. Num Pages: 125 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 2AB; DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 117 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Lake Forest College United Kingdom
Number of pages
125
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941423943
ISBN
9781941423943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFDT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Diaphanes AG Switzerland
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037345504
ISBN
9783037345504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.85

Paperback. The World's Fairs staged in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries showcased world cultures in peaceful competition and cooperation. This title shows that at the same time the fairs played an important role in the growth of nationalism and American exceptionalism, subtly recasting world history. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 23. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593387901
ISBN
9783593387901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.73

paperback. Looks at the origin and function of internal ethics committees in German hospitals. Using a mix of archival research, participant observation, and interviews, this book explores the debates that surrounded their formation and the functions they have taken on since their creation. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593388144
ISBN
9783593388144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.77

Paperback. American studies has changed drastically over the years, as a new wave of scholars - armed with groundbreaking ideas and more extensive methods of research - flocked to the relatively young field. This title resists the traditional academic split between scholarship and classroom practice. Series: North American Studies. Num Pages: 297 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593393179
ISBN
9783593393179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 110.42

Paperback. Analyzes representations of corpses on TV through cultural, sociological, and historical lenses, providing pictorial and film analysis using interviews with producers, make-up artists, and coroners. Num Pages: 267 pages, 60 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593395074
ISBN
9783593395074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.58

Paperback. Family is the foundation of society, and debates on family norms have always touched the very heart of America. This volume investigates the negotiations and transformations of family values and gender norms in the twentieth century as they relate to the overarching processes of social change of that period. Editor(s): Heinemann, Isabel. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593396408
ISBN
9783593396408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.02

Paperback. During the first half of the twentieth century military victory parades in New York became an iconic part of the American cultural memory - ticker tape and soldiers returning to their sweethearts symbolized the joy of a nation at peace. This book focuses on organizers, spectators, and soldiers. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; ASZP; HBTB; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593397450
ISBN
9783593397450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. Juxtaposes classic literature of the American Renaissance with twentieth-century culture-pairing, for instance, Ralph Waldo Emerson with Finding Nemo, Walt Whitman with Spider-man, and Hester Prynne with Madonna - to investigate how the "Americanness" of American culture constitutes itself in the interplay of cultural imaginary and performance. Series: North American Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, 13 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593398723
ISBN
9783593398723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.25

Paperback. Arguing against the hypothesis that assumes consumers optimize their consumption intertemporally based on their permanent or lifetime income, this title proposes a rule of thumb according to which consumers can save if their income exceeds basic expenditure, while they can demand credit when income can no longer meet basic needs. Num Pages: 300 pages, 80 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; KCB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593399164
ISBN
9783593399164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.68

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