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The Americas
paperback. Examines Benjamin Franklin's scientific activities in fields ranging from heat to astronomy. This text provides accounts of the theoretical background of Franklin's science (especially his study of Newton), the experiments he performed, and their influence throughout Europe and the USA. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 halftones, 9 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; BG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034605
- ISBN
- 9780674066595
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. Charting the cultural imagination of Haiti, this text argues for the recognition of both vodou rituals and narrative fictions as repositories of history. The book gives human dimensions to the 18th-century French colony and provides a template for understanding the Haiti of today. Num Pages: 362 pages, 34 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034743
- ISBN
- 9780520213685
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback. Offers an introduction to the long and varied history of generalizing about America. This anthology is suitable for American studies and American culture courses. It contains essays, plays, songs, comedy, legal documents, speeches, and poems on American themes. Editor(s): Horwitz, Richard P. Series: American Visions: Readings in American Culture. Num Pages: 414 pages, further reading, bibliographical references. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028295
- ISBN
- 9780842028295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.04
€ 72.04
Paperback. Outlines the process by which political infighting among small rival factions of high officials drove Mexico to precarious situations at all levels of government. This book describes a world in which elite politics planted the seeds of a mammoth socioeconomic crisis. Num Pages: 312 pages, 26 b&w photographs, 3 charts, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292717589
- ISBN
- 9780292717589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.05
€ 34.05
paperback. A globally recognized media lawyer and communications scholar, Monroe Price was born to a Jewish family in Vienna in 1938. In 1939, his family immigrated to the US where Monroe grew up. This autobiography of Monroe focuses on the question of identity, that of a child of refugees or a 21st-century scholar and global citizen. Num Pages: 224 pages, black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789639776593
- ISBN
- 9789639776593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.71
€ 75.71
Scepticism in the History of Philosophy: A Pan-American Dialogue (Inte...
Richard H.) (Edited Bypopkin
hardcover. Contains discussions by a wide range of philosophers and historians of philosophy. This book is suitable for philosophers interested in scepticism. It presents in English the work of philosophers from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Editor(s): Popkin, Richard H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000648
- ISBN
- 9780792337690
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. Explores the tyranny of positive thinking, and offers a history of how it came to be the dominant mode in the USA. This book argues passionately that the insistence on being cheerful actually leads to a lonely focus inwards, a blaming of oneself for any misfortunes, and thus to political apathy. It reveals the dark side of the nation. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000761
- ISBN
- 9781847081735
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback. Careless endows his subject with the combined force of his own continuing research, his sensitivity to the new historical scholarship, and the lively and penetrating mind that have made him one of Canada's leading historians for more than thirty years. Num Pages: 145 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSG; JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 191.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802069078
- ISBN
- 9780802069078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.77
€ 30.77
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312133108
- ISBN
- 9780312133108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.24
€ 39.24
Paperback. A series of essays about the social, political, and intellectual dimensions of the Revolutionary War Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 127 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472064311
- ISBN
- 9780472064311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.03
€ 35.03
paperback. The most comprehensive social, political, military, and artistic history of one of America s iconic towns." Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907804762
- ISBN
- 9781907804762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80
paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 4KL; HBJK; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UA) A / AS level. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2024
- Publisher
- Connell Guides United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911187516
- ISBN
- 9781911187516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.54
€ 11.99
€ 10.54
hardcover. Explores ideas of race and culture through the lens of contemporary media and cultural commentary Editor(s): Lacy, Michael. Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814762226
- ISBN
- 9780814762226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.40
€ 115.40
Paperback. Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813133904
- ISBN
- 9780813133904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.90
€ 34.90
hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035790
- ISBN
- 9780801441523
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. Looking at the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century people who wrote about the Andean region that became Peru, this work shows how the lens of Rome had a profound influence on Spanish understanding of the Incan empire. It focuses on issues such as the role of language in conquest, the interpretation of civil war, and the founding of cities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035919
- ISBN
- 9780691140957
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Latsploitation, Exploitation Cinemas, and Latin America
. Ed(S): Ruetalo, Victoria; Tierney, Dolores
Paperback. Editor(s): Ruetalo, Victoria; Tierney, Dolores. Num Pages: 328 pages, 22 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; APFA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415898546
- ISBN
- 9780415898546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.79
€ 60.79
Hardback. Essays explore the social impact of America s global network of military bases by examining interactions between U.S. soldiers and members of host communities in South Korea, Japan/Okinawa, and West Germany. Editor(s): Hohn, Maria; Moon, Seungsook. Num Pages: 480 pages, 31 photographs, 6 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; JFS; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348184
- ISBN
- 9780822348184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.85
€ 174.85
paperback. Analyzes how the U.S. victims rights movement has expanded the concept of victimhood to include family members and others close to the direct victims of violent crime. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 photos, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFE; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349495
- ISBN
- 9780822349495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Paperback. Tom Melville presents a well-documented history of cricket playing in America, focusing on its period of growth in the 1840s and its periodic revivals. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879727703
- ISBN
- 9780879727703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.20
€ 29.20