The Americas
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The Americas
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
€ 52.92
€ 52.92
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
€ 81.11
€ 81.11
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
€ 90.54
€ 90.54
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
€ 81.53
€ 81.53
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
€ 40.99€ 35.03
€ 40.99
€ 35.03
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
€ 106.77
€ 106.77
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
€ 37.05
€ 37.05
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
€ 81.11
€ 81.11
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
€ 101.43
€ 101.43
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
€ 114.40
€ 114.40
Paperback. Offers documented exposition and explanation of the rights of patients from birth to death. This title covers topics such as informed consent, emergency treatment, refusing treatment, human experimentation, privacy and confidentiality, patient safety, and medical malpractice. Series: ACLU Handbook Series. Num Pages: 387 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND; MBQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814705032
- ISBN
- 9780814705032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Presents salient patterns in American immigrants' religious lives, past and present Editor(s): Alba, Richard D.; Raboteau, Albert J.; DeWind, Josh. Num Pages: 413 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 413
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814705056
- ISBN
- 9780814705056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
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
€ 86.52
€ 86.52
paperback. Explores diverse culture practices such as Chicano rock-and-roll dancing; the Boy Scouts and heroism; 'zines and community; Native American boxing; African American hip-hop; fan clubs and femininity; Malcolm X's zoot suit; Filipino Mcintosh suits; lesbian, bisexual, and gay Internet culture; Chicano lowriding; and graffiti and spatial mobility. Editor(s): Willard, Michael; Austin, Joe Alan. Num Pages: 488 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFC; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 31. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814706466
- ISBN
- 9780814706466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. Includes the Supreme Court decisions. This title provides an overview of the judiciary in general and the Supreme Court in particular. It combines theory and practice of the judicial process with civil rights and liberties. Editor(s): Abraham, Henry J. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; LNAA; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 10th Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814706534
- ISBN
- 9780814706534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. How will the changing ethnic and racial composition of American society affect the long struggle for black political power and inclusion? To what extent will these racial and ethnic shifts affect the already tenuous nature of racial politics in American society? This title deals with this questions. Editor(s): Alex-Assensoh, Yvette; Hanks, Lawrence J. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814706633
- ISBN
- 9780814706633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
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€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
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€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Alexander Hamilton has been the focus of debate from his day to ours. On the one hand, Hamilton was the quintessential Founding Father, playing a central role in every key debate and event in the Revolutionary and Early Republic eras. Who was he really and what is his legacy? Was Hamilton a closet monarchist or a sincere republican? Editor(s): Ambrose, Douglas; Martin, Robert W. T. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814707241
- ISBN
- 9780814707241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
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
€ 97.71
€ 97.71