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The Americas
hardcover. Investigates the origins of two major federal agencies that touch the lives of Americans every day: the Roosevelt-era Federal Security Agency and the more recently created Department of Homeland Security to show how fights over the scope of national security can reshape the very structure of government. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804770699
- ISBN
- 9780804770699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.15
€ 139.15
The Puzzle of Unanimity. Consensus on the United States Supreme Court....
Corley, Pamela C.; Steigerwalt, Amy; Ward, Ar...
hardcover. The first comprehensive account of how the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court achieve consensus. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804784726
- ISBN
- 9780804784726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.82
€ 59.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807081419
- ISBN
- 9780807081419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.75
€ 23.99
€ 17.75
Paperback. A contribution to the history of the blues and of Afro-American culture in general. Writing from a black/feminist standpoint, Harrison shows the joys, trials, heartbreaks and enduring influence of such singers as Victoria Spivey and Alberta Hunter. Num Pages: 314 pages, photographs, discography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AVGJ; AVGK; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813512808
- ISBN
- 9780813512808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.15
€ 46.99
€ 42.15
paperback. An assessment of how race, class, and gender shape social identity in the United States. The author argues that changes in racial assignment have shaped the ways American Jews of different eras have constructed their own ethnoracial identities. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813525907
- ISBN
- 9780813525907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.52
€ 44.99
€ 39.52
hardcover. Provides a full and balanced portrait of Fulgencio Batista. The author describes Batista's rise to power as part of a revolutionary movement and the intrigues and dangers that surrounded him. This volume focuses on Batista's role as a revolutionary leader from 1933 to 1934 and his image as a strongman in the years between 1934 and 1939. Num Pages: 432 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813537016
- ISBN
- 9780813537016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.26
€ 52.26
Paperback. During the 1920s, sound revolutionized the motion picture industry and cinema continued as one of the most significant and popular forms of mass entertainment in the world. This work examines the film industry's growth and prosperity while focusing on important themes of the era. Editor(s): Fischer, Lucy Rose. Series Editor(s): Friedman, Lester D.; Pomerance, Murray. Series: Screen Decades: American Culture/American Cinema. Num Pages: 312 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813544854
- ISBN
- 9780813544854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.42
€ 41.99
€ 37.42
Paperback. Incorporating investigative journalism, this title examines the contested place of health and development in El Salvador. It recounts the story of radical health activism from its origins in liberation theology and guerrilla medicine during the third-world country's twelve-year civil war, through development of a 'popular health system'. Series Editor(s): Marshall, Mac. Series: Studies in Medical Anthropology. Num Pages: 330 pages, 13 photographs & 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; JHMC; JP; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813547367
- ISBN
- 9780813547367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.72
€ 46.99
€ 41.72
Paperback. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813562490
- ISBN
- 9780813562490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.78
€ 43.99
€ 38.78
paperback. Series: The American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None
- SKU
- V9780813565293
- ISBN
- 9780813565293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
The Blacker the Ink. Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Seq...
. Ed(S): Gateward, Frances; Jennings, John
Paperback. Editor(s): Gateward, Frances; Jennings, John. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AKLC; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813572338
- ISBN
- 9780813572338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.78
€ 43.99
€ 38.78
paperback. This title emhasizes the complexities inherent in one distinct white ethnic group's involvement in America's racial dilemma. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJ; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814726815
- ISBN
- 9780814726815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
paperback. Series: American Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBA; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816620425
- ISBN
- 9780816620425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.28
€ 26.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816643257
- ISBN
- 9780816643257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.28
€ 26.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AMVD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816649105
- ISBN
- 9780816649105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.19
€ 30.99
€ 27.19
paperback. Editor(s): Kaplan, Amy; Pease, Donald E. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 680 pages, 19ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1039.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822314134
- ISBN
- 9780822314134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.91
€ 45.99
€ 40.91
paperback. Editor(s): Pease, Donald E. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822314936
- ISBN
- 9780822314936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.31
€ 41.99
€ 37.31
paperback. Offers an analysis of the culture and paintings of colonial Cuzco. Focusing on the era's paintings and its historical archives, this book explores how the festival celebrated the victory of the Christian God over sin and death, the triumph of Christian orthodoxy over the imperial Inka patron (the Sun), and Spain's conquest of Peruvian society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 51 illustrations, 8 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJH; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822323679
- ISBN
- 9780822323679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.14
€ 43.99
€ 38.14
paperback. A biography of Mexican guerilla leader (in Chiapas) Subcommander Marcos that synthesizes his life, his career, and his influence. The first such study in English. Num Pages: 528 pages, 19 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BGH; HBTV; JPWQ; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822339953
- ISBN
- 9780822339953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.31
€ 41.99
€ 37.31
hardcover. This history of the connections between Argentine and Italian fascisms explains how Italy promoted fascism in Argentina, and how far-right Argentines adopted some elements of Italian fascism and rejected others. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KLSA; 3JJ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345947
- ISBN
- 9780822345947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.23
€ 115.23
hardcover. An ethnography examining the history of Korean adoption to West, the emergence of a distinctive adoptee collective identity, and adoptee returns to Korea in relation to South Korean modernity and globalization. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; JHBK; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346838
- ISBN
- 9780822346838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.23
€ 115.23
hardcover. A cultural history describing how folklore studies and the music industry helped to create a "musical color line" in the South, associating certain genres with particular racial and ethnic identities. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1. Ausgabe.
- SKU
- V9780822346890
- ISBN
- 9780822346890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.12
€ 124.12
paperback. In Punk and Revolution Shane Greene radically uproots punk from its place in Western culture to situate it as a crucial element in Peru's culture of subversive militancy and political violence. Experimenting with form and content, Greene redefines how we think about punk subculture and revolutionary politics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 63 illustrations, 8 page color insert. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; AVGU; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362746
- ISBN
- 9780822362746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.43
€ 38.99
€ 35.43
hardcover. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823233557
- ISBN
- 9780823233557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.82
€ 59.82