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The Americas
Paperback. Arguing that lawyers need to share more power with the judge and jury, this study recommends ways in which the basic adversarial system can be retained and improved. It examines the power the attorneys had over the court in the O.J. Simpson case and sheds light on the trial system's weaknesses. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226777184
- ISBN
- 9780226777184
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. The South has long played a central role in America's national imagination - the site of the trauma of slavery and of a vast nostalgia industry, alternatively the nation's moral other and its moral center. This title explores how ideas about the South function within American culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330400
- ISBN
- 9780822330400
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.79
€ 36.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Reconstructs the way in which different Latin American societies have viewed, described, defined, and reacted to criminal behavior. Editor(s): Aguirre, Carlos A.; Buffington, Robert. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 254 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSC; JFSJ; JFSL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842026215
- ISBN
- 9780842026215
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Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Hardback. Reconstructs the way in which different Latin American societies have viewed, described, defined, and reacted to criminal behavior. Editor(s): Aguirre, Carlos A.; Buffington, Robert. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 254 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSC; JFSJ; JFSL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842026208
- ISBN
- 9780842026208
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Condition: New
€ 171.83
€ 171.83
paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816629053
- ISBN
- 9780816629053
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. Presents an assessment of American historiography and cinematic historians from the advent of sound to the beginning of wartime film production in 1942. Num Pages: 447 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 33. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192390
- ISBN
- 9780813192390
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Condition: New
€ 48.92
€ 48.92
Hardcover. Reveals the representational paradoxes of liberal multicultural subjecthood, in which the citizen-subject tends to become representable only as an individual representative of a social identity group. It uses historicist and formalist methodologies within Marxist, psychoanalytic, and critical race frameworks. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112476
- ISBN
- 9780230112476
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Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. Over a century ago the United States Supreme Court decided the "Insular Cases," which limited the applicability of constitutional rights in Puerto Rico and other overseas territories. Essays in Reconsidering the Insular Cases examine the history and legacy of these cases and explore possible solutions for the dilemmas they created. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979639579
- ISBN
- 9780979639579
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.78
€ 25.99
€ 22.78
Paperback. McMahon demonstrates how FDR's goals of constructing a stronger presidency and undermining the power of conservative Southern Democrats dovetailed with his administration's efforts to seek racial equality through the federal courts. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 115 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226500881
- ISBN
- 9780226500881
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.96
€ 34.99
€ 27.96
Hardcover. This volume explores some of the critical reconfigurations of the Union as wrought by the Civil War and offer insights into public memory of what the conflict signified. Editor(s): Morgan, Iwan W.; Davies, Philip John. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336477
- ISBN
- 9781137336477
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814341407
- ISBN
- 9780814341407
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Condition: New
€ 96.62
€ 96.62
Hardcover. Implementing many of the trends in contemporary indigenous studies, this title includes seventeen original essays that tackle indigenous identity, cultural perseverance, economic development, and urbanization in a wide array of American Indian and First Nations populations. Editor(s): Wunder, John R.; Kinbacher, Kurt E. Num Pages: 470 pages, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726413
- ISBN
- 9780896726413
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 42.90
€ 48.99
€ 42.90
In this volume, leading scholars in the humanities and social sciences relate contemporary political and social efforts to redress wrongs to the fraught history of government relations with Aboriginal and diasporic populations. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643116
- ISBN
- 9781442643116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Paperback. In this volume, leading scholars in the humanities and social sciences relate contemporary political and social efforts to redress wrongs to the fraught history of government relations with Aboriginal and diasporic populations. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611689
- ISBN
- 9781442611689
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.64
€ 50.99
€ 46.64
Paperback. Why are there often sudden abrupt changes in public opinion on political issues? Or total reversals in congressional support for specific legislation? Jones aims to answer these questions by connecting insights from cognitive science and rational-choice theory to political life. Num Pages: 290 pages, 25 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226406510
- ISBN
- 9780226406510
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. This memoir begins in 1834, when Cornelia James Pond was born to one of the Old South's wealthiest plantation families, and it ends in 1875, when she was a 41-year-old wife and mother trying to cope in the post-Civil War south. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTB; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820320441
- ISBN
- 9780820320441
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Condition: New
€ 45.62
€ 45.62
Paperback. A collection of essays that asks readers to reconsider who represents Asian America and what constitutes its history. Defining the early period as spanning the nineteenth century and the 1960s, it speaks to the difficulty of recovering a past that was largely unrecorded as well as understanding the varied experiences of peoples of Asian descent. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 18. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566399647
- ISBN
- 9781566399647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.25
€ 35.99
€ 33.25
hardcover. This is the first comprehensive collection of remarks attributed to Abraham Lincoln by his contemporaries. Much of what is known or believed about the man comes from such utterances, which have been an important part of Lincoln biography. Editor(s): Fehrenbacher, Don E.; Fehrenbacher, Virginia. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1125.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726368
- ISBN
- 9780804726368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Hardback. Lewin explores the intersections of kinship, community, morality, and love bound up in same-sex marriage through the experiences of lesbian and gay couples who have sanctified their relationships in commitment ceremonies. Through detailed profiles, Lewin provides the first comprehensive account of lesbian and gay weddings in America. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSK; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103923
- ISBN
- 9780231103923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.64€ 80.25
€ 103.64
€ 80.25
Paperback. Offers a mixture of reflexive theoretical essays and interpretative case studies that embrace the challenge of writing a social and cultural history of Latin America that is not divorced from politics and broader arenas of power. Editor(s): Joseph, Gilbert M. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBAH; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822327899
- ISBN
- 9780822327899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.90
€ 41.99
€ 29.90