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The Americas

Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars of American music, gender and sexuality, class, and pop culture, this book looks at how class and gender identity play out in one of America's most culturally and politically charged forms of popular music. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280663
ISBN
9780520280663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

Hardback. This updated reprint of a classic text offers a revealing glimpse into the past and an insightful perspective on the present state of planning and development in Canada. Editor(s): Caldwell, Wayne J. Num Pages: 445 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; AMVD; RPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
445
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774819237
ISBN
9780774819237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, b/w illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894898362
ISBN
9781894898362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. Before publishing his book How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis (1849-1914) spent his first years in the US as an immigrant and itinerant laborer, until he landed a job as a muckraking reporter. This book places Jacob Riis' images in historical context. It explores Riis' reporting and activism within the gritty specifics of Gilded Age New York. Num Pages: 296 pages, 96 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; AJB; AJCR; BGH; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 80 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226182865
ISBN
9780226182865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.21

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632544
ISBN
9780691632544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.77

Paperback. Features essays and articles by Japanese visitors to the United States from many walks of life: writers and academics, bureaucrats and priests, politicians and journalists, businessmen, philanthropists, artists. Covering the period from 1878 to 1989, this title offers these visitors' perspectives on Americans and American society. Editor(s): Duus, Peter; Hasegawa, Kenji. Series: Twentieth-century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power S. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268456
ISBN
9780520268456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813569451
ISBN
9780813569451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. Explores the audience profile, the types of characters that recur, and changes to the industry landscape in the wake of media consolidation and a profusion of channels. Employing a cultural studies framework, this book examines whether the multiplicity of female-centric networks and narratives renders certain gender stereotypes uninhabitable. Series: Feminist Studies and Media Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073106
ISBN
9780252073106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. This work argues that the dedication of the Americans to maintaining beautiful lawns is contributing to the environmental problems facing the planet. It offers strategies for creating aesthetically pleasing and ecologically sound lawns. This updated edition adds a new chapter and illustrations. Editor(s): Vernegaard, Lisa. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNC; RNP; WMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300086942
ISBN
9780300086942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.47

Paperback. Winner of the National Endowment for the Arts Award for Excellence in Design Research, the Paul Davidoff Award for an Outstanding Book in Urban Planning, the Vesta Award for Feminist Scholarship in the Arts, and an ALA Notable Book Award: a provocative critique of how American housing patterns impact private and public life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 57 photographs, 21 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMK; JFSG; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393730944
ISBN
9780393730944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.58

Hardcover. Community colleges enroll half of the nation's undergraduates. Yet only 40 percent of entrants complete an undergraduate degree in six years. Redesigning America's Community Colleges explains how two-year colleges can increase their students' success rate quickly and at less cost, through a program of guided pathways to completion. Num Pages: 297 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 30. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674368286
ISBN
9780674368286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288 272pp. This is a new updated edition to the 2008 edition in which the author takes the reader behind the scenes at the Obama White HOuse.
Publisher
Mercier Press Dublin
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2 Updated
Condition
New
SKU
9781905483716
ISBN
9781905483716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5, 4 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HRCX7; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801451393
ISBN
9780801451393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761811428
ISBN
9780761811428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.94

Paperback. Series: Asian American Studies Today. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFFN; JFFS; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813576367
ISBN
9780813576367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Hardcover. Abraham Lincoln projects a larger-than-life image across American history owing to his role as the Great Emancipator. Yet this noble aspect of Lincoln s identity is the dimension that some historians have cast into doubt. The award-winning historian and Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo offers a vigorous defense of America s sixteenth president." Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBTS; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674286115
ISBN
9780674286115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Hardcover. A highly anticipated work by one of the preeminent political theorists of the twentieth century, Wilson Carey McWilliams. Presents his most mature and most developed writings--the distillation of a distinguished career of thinking about the American experiment. Editor(s): Deneen, Patrick J.; McWilliams, Susan J. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617852
ISBN
9780700617852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.61

Paperback. In these 13 essays, Judith Shklar explores two themes crucial to discussions of American democracy: the tension between expansive political equality and persistent social inequality; and "redeeming" American thought for those who believe it lacks the complexity and depth of the European tradition. Editor(s): Hoffmann, Stanley (Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor, Harvard University, USA); Thompson, Dennis F. (Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy, Harvard University, USA). Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226753485
ISBN
9780226753485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Analyzing the struggle by evangelical Protestants for the mind and soul of America in the decades before the Civil War, Johnson lucidly explores the nature of the evangelical message, the conflict of ideas within the movement, and the influence of these forces-both immediate and far-reaching-on American culture. American Ways Series. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; HRCX7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 281.
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566630320
ISBN
9781566630320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.82

Hardback. Analyzing the struggle by evangelical Protestants for the mind and soul of America in the decades before the Civil War, Johnson lucidly explores the nature of the evangelical message, the conflict of ideas within the movement, and the influence of these forces-both immediate and far-reaching-on American culture. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; HRCX7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566630313
ISBN
9781566630313
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.23

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