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The Americas
Hardback. American Georgics takes as its primary problem the question of the human place in nature. By extending our understanding of what counts as environmental literature back before Thoreau, Sweet shows that early texts, while not necessarily "green" in contemporary terms, can offer important insights into our relationship to the environment. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; DS; GTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236378
- ISBN
- 9780812236378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.13
€ 87.13
Hardback. "Schorman demonstrates in this readable study of 1890s U.S. society how fashion-which he defines as clothing everyone wears and the symbolic system connected to its choice-reflects the cultural dynamics caused by rapid social change and remnants of past attitudes."-Choice Num Pages: 224 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JH; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812237283
- ISBN
- 9780812237283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
Hardback. Taking a look at the work of war writers and examining public records, journalism, and medical writing, this book brings the study of the Civil War into conversation with the critical work on bodily ontology and epistemology and theories of narrative and history. Num Pages: 344 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; MB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812237481
- ISBN
- 9780812237481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.04
€ 82.04
Hardback. Published for the first time complete in English, the 1790 diary of Count Paolo Andreani is of major importance to those interested in life after the American Revolution, political affairs in the New Republic, and Native Americans. Num Pages: 128 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812239140
- ISBN
- 9780812239140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Hardback. Innovative in its scope and conceptual frameworks, Creole America reveals how literary culture in the New Republic is formed by a push for commercial empire in the hemisphere via the routes of the treacherous West Indian trades and, in turn, aestheticizes U.S.-West Indian relations as an integral aspect of the national imaginary. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780812239300
- ISBN
- 9780812239300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.96
€ 76.96
Hardback. For many living in U.S. cities, social services come not from the government but from local churches. Based on the first census of congregations ever conducted in any American city, this book provides an authoritative account of the functioning of congregations, their involvement in social services, and their support of other organizations. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239492
- ISBN
- 9780812239492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.30
€ 91.30
Hardcover. With chapters written by some of the nation's foremost economists, political scientists, and legal scholars, Regulatory Breakdown brings clarity to the heated debate over regulation by dissecting the disparate causes of the current crisis as well as analyzing the most promising solutions to what ails the U.S. regulatory system. Editor(s): Coglianese, Cary. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; LNU. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812244601
- ISBN
- 9780812244601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.95
€ 76.95
Hardcover. Victoria Vantoch takes us on a fascinating journey into the golden era of air travel. The Jet Sex explores the much-mythologized stewardess within the context of the Cold War, globalization, and the emerging culture of glamour to reveal how beauty and sexuality were critical to national identity and international politics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; KNDV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812244816
- ISBN
- 9780812244816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.98
€ 43.99
€ 36.98
Hardcover. Eric R. Schlereth places religious conflicts between deists and their opponents at the center of early American public life. This history recasts the origins of cultural politics in the United States by exploring how everyday Americans navigated questions of religious truth and difference in an age of emerging religious liberty. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812244939
- ISBN
- 9780812244939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.67
€ 107.67
Hardcover. Messengers of the Right tells the story of the media activists who built the American conservative movement and transformed it into one of the most significant and successful movements of the twentieth century-and in the process remade the Republican Party and the American media landscape. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPFM; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248395
- ISBN
- 9780812248395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.77
€ 38.77
Hardcover. Our Emily Dickinsons situates Dickinson's life and work within larger debates about gender, sexuality, and literary authority in America. Examining Dickinson's influence on Marianne Moore, Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop and others, Vivian R. Pollak complicates the connection between authorial biography and poetry that endures. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 31 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248449
- ISBN
- 9780812248449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Hardcover. In Central Harlem, the symbolic and historic heart of black America, the violent unrest of July 1964 highlighted a new dynamic in the racial politics of the nation. The first "long, hot summer" of the Sixties had arrived. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812248500
- ISBN
- 9780812248500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.58
€ 107.58
Hardcover. Drawing from extensive archival research, Out of the Horrors of War demonstrates that disabled citizens in the World War II era organized a national movement for economic security and full citizenship, reshaping the U.S. welfare state and laying the foundation for the disability rights movement. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812248517
- ISBN
- 9780812248517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.87
€ 81.87
Hardback. Appealing to historians working in the fields of business history, political history, and the history of capitalism, Capital Gains highlights the causes, character, and consequences of business activism and underscores the centrality of business to any full understanding of the politics of the twentieth century-and today. Editor(s): Phillips-Fein, Kim; John, Richard R. Series: Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JP; KJB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248821
- ISBN
- 9780812248821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.77
€ 108.77
hardcover. Unearths an unexpected bloom of liberty in an ex-slave's journal Num Pages: 219 pages, 8 figures/1 table/ 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; BJ; HBTS; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814705100
- ISBN
- 9780814705100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.04
€ 82.04
Paperback. America is getting older. By the year 2010, almost one in five Americans will be 65 years of age or older. This title examines the racial and ethnic diversity among the elderly in the contemporary US in terms of living arrangements, economic well-being, and reliance on formal and family-based sources of support. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814706831
- ISBN
- 9780814706831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Provides a history of Blackness and a theoretically challenging understanding of race and ethnicity. This book traces how Blackness was defined by cultural ideas, social practices and shared identities as well as shaped in response to the social and historical conditions at different moments in American history. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814707081
- ISBN
- 9780814707081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Hardcover. Demonstrates how more diverse representations do not in themselves solve the problem of racial stereotyping Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 239 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFSL1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814707319
- ISBN
- 9780814707319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.22
€ 92.22
Hardcover. To be fat in a thin-obsessed gay culture can be difficult. Despite affectionate in-group monikers for big gay men-chubs, bears, cubs - the anti-fat stigma that persists in American culture at large still haunts these individuals who often exist at the margins of gay communities. This book delves into the world of Girth & Mirth. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814708385
- ISBN
- 9780814708385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.86
€ 85.86
Hardcover. Explores the complex ideas about race, racism, and racial identity that have grown up among Afro-Brazilians in the black music scene Num Pages: 237 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVGW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814709221
- ISBN
- 9780814709221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.30
€ 91.30
Paperback. Tracing the evolution of each of the bad habits, this title shows how liquor control boards encouraged the consumption of alcohol; how alcoholic beverage producers got their workers deferred from the draft during World War II; and how convenience stores and accounting firms pursued profits by pushing legalized gambling. Editor(s): Burnham, John C. Series: Bad Habits. Num Pages: 378 pages, 34 photographs, 13 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFF; JHM; JMAL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814712245
- ISBN
- 9780814712245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Traces the trajectory of African American social movements from the time Booker T Washington to the present, providing an integrated discussion of class. This title addresses questions crucial to any understanding of Black politics. Num Pages: 315 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814713181
- ISBN
- 9780814713181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Includes essays that cover topics such as the legal construction of black male identity, domestic abuse in the black community, the enduring power of black machismo, the politics of black male/white female relationships, the role of black men in black women's quest for racial equality, and the heterosexist nature of black political engagement. Editor(s): Carbado, Devon. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSK2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814715536
- ISBN
- 9780814715536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.74
€ 42.74
Paperback. Gathers together for the first time the best research on religion in contemporary New York City Editor(s): Carnes, Tony; Karpathakis, Anna. Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JFSG; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716014
- ISBN
- 9780814716014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98