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paperback. Writing in the New York Times Magazine, Max Frankel characterized Unsecular Media as a book that leaves you thinking about the saintly role that religion has acquired in our allegedly irreligious media.Mark Silk's book is the first to offer a comprehensive description and analysis of how American news media cover religion. Series: Public Express Religion America. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252067426
ISBN
9780252067426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.22

paperback. The customary picture of the World War II era in California has been dominated by accounts of the Japanese American concentration camps, African Americans, and women on the home front. This title examines significant wartime changes in the circumstances of immigrant groups that have been largely overlooked by historians. Editor(s): Lotchin, Roger W. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252068195
ISBN
9780252068195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.83

paperback. Explores how unionized wage-earning women led the struggle to place women's employment rights on the national agenda, decisively influencing both the contemporary labor movement and second-wave feminism. This title unravels a complex history of how labor leaders accommodated and resisted working women's demands for change. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JHBL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252068348
ISBN
9780252068348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.62

paperback. Traces the political journey of a leading worker radical whose life and experiences encapsulate radicalism's rise and fall in the United States. Integrating indigenous and international factors that determined the fate of American communism, this book provides an understanding of the basis for radicalism among twentieth-century American workers. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252070518
ISBN
9780252070518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.83

paperback. The Tanner lectures were established in 1980 as a means of providing scholars of Mormonism with a valuable new perspective for their historical record. This volume includes the Tanner lectures for the last two decades of the twentieth century, a general introduction, and specialized introductions to each individual lecture. Editor(s): May, Dean; Neilson, Reid L. Num Pages: 424 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072888
ISBN
9780252072888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.34

paperback. Demonstrates that Jamaica's troubles were caused not by lazy blacks but by the incompetence of absentee white planters operating within an obsolete colonial system. This book also shows that although large plantations languished, many former slaves worked tirelessly and became successful small-scale landowners. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJWJ; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073274
ISBN
9780252073274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.33

Paperback. Providing insights of Catholic and Jewish commentators and religious leaders, this work recounts the transformation of a relationship of irreconcilable enmity to one of respectful coexistence and constructive dialogue. Focusing on the Catholic doctrinal view of the Jews and its ramifications, it traces the historical roots of anti-semitism. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRAF; HRCC7; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 585. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073854
ISBN
9780252073854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.44

Paperback. An amazingly rich window onto a lost world of African American history Num Pages: 464 pages, 33 photographs; 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 1KBBES; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 865. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074400
ISBN
9780252074400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.33

paperback. The writing of HD is so linguistically rich and multilayered in structure that it has had almost as many interpretations as it has interpreters, from Freudians to feminists, from classicists to post-modernists. This book examines the "ongoingness" of HD's writing. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075919
ISBN
9780252075919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.52

paperback. Exploring the past, present, and future of ethnic Mexicans in California Editor(s): Gutierrez, Ramon A.; Zavella, Patricia. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 line drawings; 22 maps/graphs; 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KLCM; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076077
ISBN
9780252076077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.22

paperback. Original interpretations of Brown v. Board of Education's impact, fifty years later Editor(s): Burton, Orville Vernon; O'Brien, David. Num Pages: 456 pages, 21 Black & White photographs, 9 Color photographs, 9 charts, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252076657
ISBN
9780252076657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.03

Paperback. An invaluable resource, a trove of lore for anyone interested in The Velvet Underground, their roots, and legacy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306814778
ISBN
9780306814778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.34

paperback. The "compelling" and "devastating"* New York Times best-seller by America's most distinguished living commentator on foreign policy Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Basic Books, New York, NY United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465003556
ISBN
9780465003556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.94

Paperback. "A gripping, controversial, informative and at times infuriating look at FDR's leadership as the nation entered and fought World War II..Both revisionist and controversial." Washington Post Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465024650
ISBN
9780465024650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.73

Paperback. This work examines the development of the theory and practice of constitutionalism, defined as a political system in which the coercive power of the state is controlled through a pluralistic distribution of political power, and explores the main venues of constitutional practice. Num Pages: 412 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDN; 1KB; 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; 3JJ; HBG; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009776
ISBN
9780674009776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.42

hardcover. This text argues that American statutory interpretation changes in response to new political alignments, interpreters, and ideologies. It also considers how different normative theories of jurisprudence - liberal, legal process, and antiliberal - inform debates about statutory interpretation. Num Pages: 424 pages, 14l. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB; LNZ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674218789
ISBN
9780674218789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.76
€ 89.27

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Volstad, Ron. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 187 x 4. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
1986 no other dates
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850456790
ISBN
9780850456790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 502 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
502
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913966792
ISBN
9780913966792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.24

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846948084
ISBN
9781846948084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.13

Paperback. Features a collection of essays questioning the truth of American's color-blind society from outside and inside communities of color. This work addresses such issues as the relationship between skin tone and self esteem, marital patterns, interracial relationships, socioeconomic attainment, and family racial identity and composition. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 355.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781929011261
ISBN
9781929011261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.24

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