The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. Jazz pianist, trombonist, composer, educator, and community leader Horace Tapscott tells his life story, from his childhood in Houston and growing up in Los Angeles, to his early professional career, creation of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, and his work to build and serve L.A.'s black community. Editor(s): Isoardi, Steven. Num Pages: 272 pages, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; AVGJ; AVH; BGFA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362715
- ISBN
- 9780822362715
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Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Paperback. In analyses of digital death footage-from victims of police brutality to those who jump from the Golden Gate Bridge-Jennifer Malkowski considers the immense changes digital technologies have introduced in the ability to record and display actual deaths-one of documentary's most taboo and politically volatile subjects. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; APFA; APFR; HPJ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363156
- ISBN
- 9780822363156
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.17
€ 29.99
€ 27.17
Paperback. Victorian-era divas who were better paid than some corporate chairmen, the boy soprano who grew up to give Bing Crosby a run for his money, music directors who were literally killed by the job-the plot of a Broadway show or a dime-store novel? No, the unique and colorful history of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Series: Empire State Editions. Num Pages: 366 pages, 36 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; AVGD; HBJK; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231881
- ISBN
- 9780823231881
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93
Paperback. Through informative case studies, this illuminating book remaps considerations of the Civil War and Reconstruction era by charting the ways in which the needs, interests, and experiences of going to war, fighting it, and making sense of it informed and directed politics, public life, social change, and cultural memory after the war's end. Editor(s): Cimbala, Paul A. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823232031
- ISBN
- 9780823232031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.07
€ 41.99
€ 41.07
Hardback. Sunday dinners, basement kitchens, and backyard gardens are everyday cultural entities long associated with Italian Americans, yet the general perception of them remains superficial and stereotypical at best. Editor(s): Sciorra, Joseph. Series: Critical Studies in Italian America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823232659
- ISBN
- 9780823232659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.76
€ 108.76
Hardback. Despite a wealth of books on campaigns of the American Civil War, the subject of combined operations has been largely neglected. This book offers ten case studies of combined Army-Navy operations by Union forces. It is presented in chronological order, each essay illuminates an aspect of combined operations during a time of changing technology. Editor(s): Symonds, Craig L. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823232864
- ISBN
- 9780823232864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.88
€ 85.88
Hardback. Nine essays which examine constitutional issues at different points in American political history to explain how the constitutional issues resulting in the Civil War were central to politics for a long time before and after the actual conflict. Treats the period from the 1780s through the 1920s. Editor(s): Moreno, Paul D. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 28. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251940
- ISBN
- 9780823251940
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.85
€ 46.99
€ 46.85
Hardback. The life of Howard Johnson, nicknamed "Stretch" because of his height (6'5"), epitomizes the cultural and political odyssey of a generation of African Americans who transformed the United States from a closed society to a multiracial democracy. Series: Empire State Editions. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; GTB; HBJK; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256532
- ISBN
- 9780823256532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.60
€ 35.60
Hardback. A study of evangelical scientists during the middle decades of the twentieth century who resisted the antievolutionary creationist movement. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; HRAM3; HRCC99; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256679
- ISBN
- 9780823256679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.86
€ 58.86
Hardback. Through a series of literary and cultural analyses, this book examines current theories of resistance and their impact on contemporary Latin American cultural discourse, developing a cultural theory of "illiteracy" Series: Just Ideas. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257096
- ISBN
- 9780823257096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.23
€ 97.23
Hardback. Babylon is a surprisingly multivalent symbol in U.S. culture and politics. Political citations of Babylon range widely, from torture at Abu Ghraib to depictions of Hollywood glamour and decadence. In political discourse, Babylon appears in conservative ru Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM3; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257331
- ISBN
- 9780823257331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.23
€ 97.23
Paperback. Looks at the biblical figure of Babylon as it appears in U.S. culture from 2001-2011 in politics, media, war, and sexual regulation; analyzes allusions to Babylon as part of a larger response to the erosion of national sovereignty within economic globalization. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM3; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257348
- ISBN
- 9780823257348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.22
€ 31.99
€ 30.22
Hardback. The highly-anticipated first English-language edition of the monumental critical anthology of writings from the golden age of the Italian disapora in America is now available. Editor(s): Durante, Francesco. Num Pages: 1032 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 193 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823260614
- ISBN
- 9780823260614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.63
€ 141.63
Paperback. In Hating Empire Properly, Sunil Agnani produces a novel attempt to think the eighteenth-century imagination of the West and East Indies together, arguing that this is how contemporary thinkers Edmund Burke and Denis Diderot actually viewed them. This con Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KJ; HBJF; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267392
- ISBN
- 9780823267392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; HBJK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 169 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823268160
- ISBN
- 9780823268160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; FL; FM; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823271887
- ISBN
- 9780823271887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.17
€ 29.99
€ 27.17
Paperback. This is the story of the world's exploitation motorway, the girls, the truckers who use them - and the brave few seeking to change things Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BGX; JFFE1; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857212542
- ISBN
- 9780857212542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.20
€ 12.20
Hardcover. Explores capital mobility under globalization by studying some of its salient consequences in agriculture and food in North and South America. This title probes the manner in which capital mobility alters the organization of the temporal and spatial dimensions that characterize the reproduction of capital. Editor(s): Bonanno, Alessandro; Cavalcanti, Josefa Salete Barbosa. Series Editor(s): Marsden, Terry. Series: Research in Rural Sociology & Development. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1K; JFFS; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857243171
- ISBN
- 9780857243171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.83
€ 122.83
Hardcover. Addresses Global Accounting History developments, focusing upon financial reporting, and related institutional aspects of disclosures for accountability and decision making purposes. This title also addresses five countries of the Americas, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the United States of America. Editor(s): Previts, Gary J.; Walton, Peter; Wolnizer, Peter. Series Editor(s): Previts, Gary J.; Bricker, Robert. Series: Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought. Num Pages: 205 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; KFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857248114
- ISBN
- 9780857248114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.79
€ 141.79
Hardcover. Includes a selection of papers exploring Obama and the Politics of Race & Religion. This title examines the complex dynamics of race relations and racial meaning in America under the Obama administration. It assesses the meanings of race and religion in America under the Obama administration. Editor(s): Go, Julian. Series Editor(s): Go, Julian. Series: Political Power and Social Theory. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; JFSL1; JFSR; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857249111
- ISBN
- 9780857249111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.46
€ 132.46
Hardback. The African American at the end of the nineteenth century was described by W E B Du Bois as "two souls in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder." In the United States today, the hyphen between these two souls-African and American, African-American-is still being negotiated. This book deals with this topic. Illustrator(s): Attie, Alice. Num Pages: 80 pages, 24 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AJ; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857420848
- ISBN
- 9780857420848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.07
€ 19.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. The devil is a defiant, nefarious figure, the emblem of evil, and harbinger of the damned. However, the festive devil, turns the most hideous acts into playful transgressions. This volume presents a transnational and performance-centered approach to this character of fiestas, street festivals, and carnivals in North, Central, and South America. Editor(s): Riggio, Milla Cozart; Marino, Angela; Vignolo, Paolo. Num Pages: 384 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1K; ASZP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857421791
- ISBN
- 9780857421791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 34.88
€ 39.99
€ 34.88
Hardcover. Crisscrossing the continent, a renowned geneticist provides a groundbreaking examination of America through its DNA. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 pages of color illustrations; 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 240 x 33. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871404121
- ISBN
- 9780871404121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.31
€ 29.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Morgan, Michele E. Series: Papers of the Peabody Museum. Num Pages: 450 pages, 65 halftones, 54 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; HBJK; HDD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 197. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873652131
- ISBN
- 9780873652131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.03€ 66.70
€ 74.03
€ 66.70