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The Americas
Paperback. An account of the conquest of the Itzas which details the layers of political intrigue and action that characterised every aspect of the conquest and its aftermath. Jones offers a comprehensive reconstruction of an independent Maya kingdom which reveals much about neighbouring lowland Maya groups with whom the Itzas interacted, often violently. Num Pages: 596 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 596
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735223
- ISBN
- 9780804735223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.41€ 53.33
€ 53.41
€ 53.33
Paperback. Using documentary and archaeological evidence to reconstruct the fighting at Cowpens, 1781, this volume provides a minute-by-minute account of the clash that many believed turned the tide of the Revolutionary War in the South. Num Pages: 231 pages, 6 illustrations, 6 tables, 19 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807849262
- ISBN
- 9780807849262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.95
€ 34.95
Paperback. Presents a sociological analysis of lesbians' use of medical fertility treatments. This book describes how reproduction is an intensely medicalized process for lesbians, transforming them into patients more often due to their sexual identities than because of their physical conditions. It explores questions about the legal rights of co-parents. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 illustrations, 5 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340782
- ISBN
- 9780822340782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. A social and cultural history of African American arts activity in Los Angeles between the Second World War and the 1992 riots. Num Pages: 384 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; AB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346791
- ISBN
- 9780822346791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages, 60 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBJK; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888394910
- ISBN
- 9780888394910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.88
€ 27.99
€ 19.88
Paperback. A collection of essays that discusses such issues as the media, immigration, the minimum wage and multiculturalism. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817995829
- ISBN
- 9780817995829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.12
€ 27.12
Paperback. Presents an account of conceptualism in Latin American art. Placing the evolution of conceptualism within the history Latin America, this work explores conceptualism as a strategy, rather than a style, in Latin American culture. It shows how the roots of conceptualism reach back to the early nineteenth century in the work of Simon Rodriguez. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 364 pages, 85 color and 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACXJ5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 257 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292716292
- ISBN
- 9780292716292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Through a narrative brimming with honesty and grace, Dance Lest We All Fall Down unfolds the story of how friendship, when combined with courage, insight, and passion, can transform dreams of a better world into reality. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFA; JKSB1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780295990583
- ISBN
- 9780295990583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. A people's history of the global space race in the 1960s, beginning with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and astronaut Alan Shepard and ending with the close of the Mercury and Voskhod programs in 1965. Series: Outward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 images and a frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBLW3; PDX; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226395
- ISBN
- 9780803226395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
Paperback. By exploring the use of film in mid-twentieth-century institutions including libraries, classrooms, and professional organizations, film scholars show how moving images became an ordinary feature of American life. Editor(s): Acland, Charles R.; Wasson, Haidee. Num Pages: 400 pages, 56 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 634. 400 pages, 56 illustrations. Editor(s): Acland, Charles R.; Wasson, Haidee. Challenges preconceived notions about just what cinema is. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 26. Weight: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350095
- ISBN
- 9780822350095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. In this ethnography of the Cancha mega-market in Cochabama, Bolivia, Daniel M. Goldstein examines what it means for the market's poorest vendors to maintain personal safety and economic stability by navigating systems of informality and illegality and how this dynamic is representative of the neoliberal modern city. Series: Global Insecurities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360452
- ISBN
- 9780822360452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. In Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor Tim Lawrence examines the city's party, dance, music, and art culture between 1980 and 1983, tracing the rise, apex, and fall of this inventive, vibrant, and tumultuous scene. Num Pages: 600 pages, 115 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPN; AVGV; AVRS; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 239 x 38. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361862
- ISBN
- 9780822361862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.86
€ 145.86
Hardback. The arrival of Europeans in the Americas brought with it a demographic catastrophe of vast proportions for the native populations. In this book Livi Bacci argues that the catastrophe was not the inevitable outcome of contact with Europeans but was a function of both the methods of the conquest and the characteristics of the subjugated societies. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640006
- ISBN
- 9780745640006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.74
€ 76.74
Paperback. In 1979, Florida Seminoles opened the first tribally operated high-stakes bingo hall in Native North America. This book presents an ethnographic account of the history and consequences of Seminole gaming. It describes casino operations, chronicles the everyday life and history of the Seminole Tribe, and shares the insights of individual Seminoles. Num Pages: 304 pages, 36 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; JFSL9; JHMC; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342274
- ISBN
- 9780822342274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HRCS; HRCX1; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141985183
- ISBN
- 9780141985183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 5.70
€ 13.99
€ 5.70
Hardcover. Examines the role that brownfields redevelopment is playing and can play in our quest for sustainability, focusing on efforts in the US and Canada. This book looks at how brownfields are used as spaces for developing an array of residential, recreational, and employment-oriented projects that have breathed new life into the urban environment. Editor(s): Sousa, Christopher de. Series Editor(s): Tiesdell, Steven. Series: Current Research in Urban & Regional Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; RGC; RNF; RNU; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780080453583
- ISBN
- 9780080453583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.36
€ 149.36
Paperback. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indegenous Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816677917
- ISBN
- 9780816677917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.60
€ 30.99
€ 27.60
Hardcover. Follmi travelled far and wide to witness the celebrations, landscapes, rituals and traditions of cultures all over the world, discovering new ways of seeing as he sought to understand and capture through photography the connections linking the people to their ancestral lands. This book deals with his work. Num Pages: 288 pages, 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500518229
- ISBN
- 9780500518229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.80
€ 11.99
€ 5.80
Paperback. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686. The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. 300 pages, 24ill. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520063297
- ISBN
- 9780520063297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.64
€ 38.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. The father of gonzo journalism takes to the campaign trail Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; DNJ; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780330510752
- ISBN
- 9780330510752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 4.99
€ 13.99
€ 4.99