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The Americas
Paperback. A collection of essays that illustrates how transnational ties between the US and Asia have shaped, and are increasingly defining, Asian American politics in our multicultural society. It shows how the grassroots activism of America's newest minority both reflects and is instrumental in broader processes of political change throughout the Pacific. Editor(s): Collet, Christian; Lien, Pei-te. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, 9 Tables, 7 Figures, 2 Halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL3; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592138616
- ISBN
- 9781592138616
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. Recounting his career running agents in the back alleys of the Middle East, the author paints a picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides evidence about how Washington politics sabotaged the CIA's efforts to root out the world's deadliest terrorists. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSH; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 28. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099445548
- ISBN
- 9780099445548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. In the 1970s sex was what mattered most to feminists. Gerhard asks why issues of sex and female pleasure came to matter so much to these "second-wave feminists." She shows how the radical ideas put forward by this generation of American women was a response to attempts to define and contain female sexuality going back to the beginning of the century. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 176 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112055
- ISBN
- 9780231112055
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.19
€ 36.99
€ 27.19
Paperback. Chronicles the rise and demise of legal, feminist, and medical campaigns against domestic violence, based on research into court records, newspaper accounts, and autobiographies. This book argues that the most consistent barrier to reform has been the Family Ideal - ideas about family privacy, conjugal and parental rights, and family stability. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071751
- ISBN
- 9780252071751
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.78
€ 24.99
€ 24.78
Hardback. Many artists and scholars were forced to migrate from Nazi Germany. Their story is twofold, of impoverishment for the countries the musicians left behind and enrichment for the United States. The latter is the focus of this collection, which approaches the subject from diverse perspectives. Editor(s): Brinkmann, Reinhold; Wolff, Christoph. Series: Roth Family Foundation Music in America Book. Num Pages: 386 pages, 7 music examples , 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; AV; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214132
- ISBN
- 9780520214132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.92€ 55.84
€ 72.92
€ 55.84
Hardback. Takes the reader into the heart of what we mean by 'experimental' in avant-garde music. This title examines five disparate events. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 3 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268500
- ISBN
- 9780520268500
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Condition: New
€ 74.09€ 56.70
€ 74.09
€ 56.70
Hardback. A synthetic treatment of Jewish liberalism and US public policy from the 1930s to the mid-1970s, this work identifies the drive for a more tolerant, pluralistic, and egalitarian nation with Jewish desires for inclusion in the larger non-Jewish society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691005096
- ISBN
- 9780691005096
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Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 71.25
€ 94.08
€ 71.25
Paperback. A powerful Native American voice speaking on the overlooked injustices that should concern us all Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074271
- ISBN
- 9780252074271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.14
€ 29.99
€ 29.14
Hardcover. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJM; KNSH; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Third
- Number of pages
- 944
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801425080
- ISBN
- 9780801425080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.78
€ 91.78
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801447655
- ISBN
- 9780801447655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.70
€ 35.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 268. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 206 x 5. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474279
- ISBN
- 9780801474279
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.11
€ 29.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JHBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477331
- ISBN
- 9780801477331
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
Hardback. This book is a historical and archaeological examination of the prehispanic Isthmus Zapotec state, and the responses that its descendant populations made to the complex political, economic, and cultural changes introduced by Spanish colonialism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, 6 figures, 23 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733885
- ISBN
- 9780804733885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.11
€ 97.11
Hardback. For the most part, Brazil's forests were not harvested, but annihilated, and relatively little was extracted for the benefit of Brazilians. This text aims to make sense of what at first glance appears to be the senseless destruction of Brazil's incomparable timber. Num Pages: 344 pages, 6 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3J; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733960
- ISBN
- 9780804733960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.61
€ 92.61
Hardback. This work examines the unexpected impact of the Indian rights movement on world politics, from reforming the United Nations to evicting oil companies. It argues that marginalized people have responded to globalization with new forms of identity politics that reconstruct power relations. Num Pages: 400 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFS; JFSL9; JPVH; KCP; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734585
- ISBN
- 9780804734585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.18
€ 180.18
Hardback. This book is a major reassessment of the early Cold War U.S.-Japan security relationship. It draws on new archival material and the latest scholarship to demonstrate the constructive efforts of U.S. policymakers in building a lasting, albeit limited partnership with America's most important East Asian ally. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJPG; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739610
- ISBN
- 9780804739610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.11
€ 97.11
Hardback. Taking on existing interpretations of "Peruvian exceptionalism," this book presents a multi-sited ethnographic exploration of the local and transnational articulations of indigenous movements, multicultural development policies, and indigenous citizenship in Peru. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750141
- ISBN
- 9780804750141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.62
€ 120.62
Hardcover. Tells the dramatic & surprising story of promoters in pursuit of an extraordinary prize and the diplomats who struggled with the balance of power at a pivotal moment in history Num Pages: 328 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; JPS; LBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814707944
- ISBN
- 9780814707944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.32
€ 35.32
Paperback. This edition contains all chapters from the original 1986 edition plus critical analyses of the films of Martin Scorcese and Michael Cimino, a political assault on the films of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, and in in-depth meditation on Brian De Palma. Num Pages: 480 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Rev Exp
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129671
- ISBN
- 9780231129671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. An anthropological study of drug trafficking and anti-drug law enforcement efforts on the US-Mexico border. It uses an ethnographic perspective to chronicle the Mexican drug war, focusing on people and events in the El Paso/Juarez area. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 310 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292721791
- ISBN
- 9780292721791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.96
€ 26.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. A grand overview of the New World's most recognizable but least understood ancient city--Teotihuacan, in the Valley of Mexico--which proposes a new model for the city's social and political structure. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 230 pages, 131 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 508. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292723092
- ISBN
- 9780292723092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.45
€ 34.99
€ 33.45
Paperback. Takes a comprehensive look at the key role of California's art and artists in politics and culture since 1945. This work offers the reader a historical sense of the significant role California has played in generating political art and also how the state has stimulated politically engaged art throughout the world. Num Pages: 310 pages, 143 color illustrations, 80 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520240537
- ISBN
- 9780520240537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.79
€ 49.99
€ 35.79
Hardback. What is jazz? What is gained - and what is lost - when various communities close ranks around a particular definition of this quintessentially American music? This book features writers who look beyond the canon of acknowledged jazz greats and address some of the big questions facing jazz today. Editor(s): Ake, David; Garrett, Charles Hiroshi; Goldmark, Daniel. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 5 tables, 4 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271036
- ISBN
- 9780520271036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.09€ 56.70
€ 74.09
€ 56.70
Paperback. This is the story of an insubordinate, rebellious, popular culture stretching from Jim Crow to Hip hop. It looks at how the outcasts, following blackface, of official culture have made their own place in the world, and are now represented by stand-up comedy, rock 'n' roll, talk TV and Hip hop. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZP; GTC; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674001930
- ISBN
- 9780674001930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.28
€ 41.99
€ 34.28