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The Americas

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
€ 29.06

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
€ 25.28

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
€ 31.92

Paperback. Joined together in an extraordinarily close relationship, Walt Disney World and Orlando, Florida, have become the world's most popular tourist destination. This title traces the history of this "marriage" and tells the story of Disney's use and abuse of unparalleled governmental powers. Num Pages: 274 pages, 16 b/w illus. + 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJP; HBT; JPV; KNSG; KNSP; RP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300098280
ISBN
9780300098280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.72

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

€ 50.99
€ 36.30

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

€ 74.88
€ 57.73

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
€ 34.96

Hardback. Tells the story of postwar America's political evolution through two fascinating figures: Lionel Trilling and Whittaker Chambers. Born at the turn of the twentieth century, they were college classmates who went on to intellectual prominence, sharing the questions, crises, and challenges of their generation. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 818.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032583
ISBN
9780674032583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.32
€ 59.21

Paperback. Develops a theory of response variability that, by reconciling the strengths and weaknesses of the standard approaches, that helps pollsters and scholars resolve perennial problems. This work offers an analysis of what a respondent is likely to choose, and also how variable those choices would be under differing circumstances. Num Pages: 264 pages, 55 line illus. 46 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691096353
ISBN
9780691096353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 halftones. 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156163
ISBN
9780691156163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.60

Hardback. A study of US imperialism that argues America's leaders have chosen to go to war for influence and power ever since the declaration of independence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745327655
ISBN
9780745327655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.03
€ 83.19

Paperback. An Anthology. 404 pages. Editor(s): Glasrud, Bruce A.; Braithwaite, Charles A. Describes the part African Americans played in the frontier army and as homesteaders, community builders, and activists. This title tells of the struggle for civil rights and against Jim Crow, and examines African American cultural growth and contributions as well as economic and political aspects of black life on the Great Plains. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803226678
ISBN
9780803226678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Anthropologist Alyson O'Daniel analyses the abstract debates about health policy for the sickest and most vulnerable Americans, as well as the services designated to help them, by taking readers into the daily lives of poor African American women living with HIV disease at the advent of the 2006 Treatment Modernization Act. Series: Anthropology of Contemporary North America. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH2; JFSJ1; JFSL3; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269613
ISBN
9780803269613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardcover. Provides an important understanding of the sexual lives of a traditionally marginalized group Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814733165
ISBN
9780814733165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.05

Hardback. Digs into the human drama behind the Eighth Wonder of the World Num Pages: 320 pages, 56 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; TBX; TNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814742990
ISBN
9780814742990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.74

Hardcover. Describes the evolution of public health crises and solutions Num Pages: 251 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814787175
ISBN
9780814787175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.98

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816646173
ISBN
9780816646173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 170 halftones, 26 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 191 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1275.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816648368
ISBN
9780816648368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.08

Hardback. Num Pages: 203 pages, 160 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBG; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 254 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1216.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816656820
ISBN
9780816656820
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.52

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 178 b/w, 190 colour plates, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JJ; 3JM; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 254 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816675913
ISBN
9780816675913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.43

Paperback. Robinson chronicles the early use of film as vaudeville sideshow; as sheer spectacle of moving images precluding any notion of plot development or drama; and as a fledgling dramatic effort, ranging from prizefights to Passion plays. Num Pages: 248 pages, 158 photos, 16 in co. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231103398
ISBN
9780231103398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. Documenting a transitional period in the life of the preeminent American social activist and writer Editor(s): Bryan, Mary Lynn; Bair, Barbara; Angury, Maree de. Series: Selected Papers of Jane Addams. Num Pages: 808 pages, 67 photographs; 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; JKS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1290.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
808
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252033490
ISBN
9780252033490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.72

Paperback. Reveals the Chicago Marathon, a citywide ritual as far more than a simple race. Looking at the event's production and participants, this work shows how the elements that comprise the marathon also reflect modern Chicago's politics, its people, and the ways the city engages with the wider world. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; WSB; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074219
ISBN
9780252074219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.99

Paperback. Deals with the development of the concept of American identity. Centering upon the interaction of language, myth, and society, this title explores the Puritan achievement in its broadest cultural context. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC93. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300172416
ISBN
9780300172416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

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