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The Americas

Paperback. Cathy Lisa Schneider looks at the relationship between racialized police violence and urban upheaval in impoverished neighborhoods of New York and greater Paris, and considers some of the changes that have made American cities less riot-prone today. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBBEY; JFSG; JFSL; JKSW1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223903
ISBN
9780812223903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Hardback. What is the best management style for the police? This study discusses the values and norms inherent in American police mission and examines how police respond to challenges that arise while attempting to uphold this mission. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810832893
ISBN
9780810832893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Hardback. Cohen records a historic conflict ending in the 1960s between musicians and the police in New York. Important social issues dominated several trials, detailed in this book. Ultimately, the musicians and entertainers won. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 194 pages, Fr.tabs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810826380
ISBN
9780810826380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.97

Hardback. Advances a broad interdisciplinary and international project to refocus attention on the scope and function of modern government through the lens of police power. Editor(s): Dubber, Markus D.; Valverde, Mariana. Series: Critical Perspectives on Crime and Law. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNFX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759328
ISBN
9780804759328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.62

Paperback. Presenting current political science insights and data on the impact of ideology on public life, the presidency, Congress, and the courts, Stephen E. Schier and Todd E. Eberly offer an up-to-minute guide to polarization in America and its impact of federal and state governance. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF; JPHC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442254862
ISBN
9781442254862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691172163
ISBN
9780691172163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.77

Paperback. A renowned sociologist gains unprecedented access to Canadian immigration offices and reveals how visa officers determine who gets into Canada - and who stays out. Num Pages: 612 pages, 9 tables, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
612
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774830256
ISBN
9780774830256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. The only major conflict of Lord Dunmore's War, the battle of Point Pleasant was fought between Virginian militia and American Indians from the Shawnee and Mingo tribes. This title brings to life one of the most significant pre-Revolutionary which conflicts between American settlers and the native tribes. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTQ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 249 x 7. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472805096
ISBN
9781472805096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.50

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199943852
ISBN
9780199943852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.89

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837637458
ISBN
9783837637458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56
€ 42.02

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636191
ISBN
9780691636191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.94

Paperback. An in-depth examination of the Mexican ballad tradition of the corrido and its complex relationship with violence Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADSL; AVGH; DSC; JFFE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075629
ISBN
9780252075629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.64

Hardcover. Focusses on a major revaluation of experimental poetry's social function in the US. The author explores the direct and practical relationships avant garde poets have had with power politics, social organization and cultural movements. It provides detailed readings of major poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748682850
ISBN
9780748682850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.10
€ 107.83

Hardcover. Focuses on Language poetry, reassessing its relationship with surrealism and providing a scholarly, intelligent way of understanding the movement. This title discusses poets such as: Charles Bernstein, Susan Howe, Michael Palmer and Barrett Watten. Series: Poetry &.. Num Pages: 213 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846311154
ISBN
9781846311154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.04

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Melville House United States
Edition
10th Anniversary ed.
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612190006
ISBN
9781612190006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.55

Paperback. This undefinable book: poetry, short tales, and intellegence is written on the skin, like a ritual tattoo of desire. Translator(s): Buchanan, Rhonda Dahl. Series: Companions for the Journey. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
Publisher
White Pine Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935210559
ISBN
9781935210559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

A Poetics of Relation fosters a dialogue across islands and languages between established and lesser-known authors, bringing together archipelagic and diasporic voices from the Francophone and Hispanic Antilles. In this pan-diasporic study, Ferly shows that a comparative analysis of female narratives is often most pertinent across linguistic zones. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ADF; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230120440
ISBN
9780230120440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56
€ 53.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 7. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552665503
ISBN
9781552665503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.55

Hardback. Traces the historically specific, intertextual pathways of a single, if polyvalent, philosophical term, emptiness, as it is transformed within 20th-century American poetry and poetics. Formulating interpretive frames as hybrid as the texts being read, this book unveils one of important yet largely unknown stories of American poetry and poetics. Series: American Literature Initiative. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823231447
ISBN
9780823231447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470369
ISBN
9781611470369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164306
ISBN
9780231164306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.48
€ 51.27

Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 Black and White Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 158 x 41. Weight in Grams: 930.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583944547
ISBN
9781583944547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.53

paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 26 illus. Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Peter E. Randall Publisher United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914339472
ISBN
9780914339472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.61

Hardcover. The arc of poetry of the South, from slave songs to Confederate hymns to Civil War ballads, from Reconstruction turmoil to the Agrarian movement to the dazzling poetry of the New South, is richly varied and historically vibrant. This book includes poems both by Southerners and by famous observers of the South who hailed from elsewhere. Editor(s): Biespiel, David. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597959
ISBN
9781841597959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

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