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Paperback. In Negro Soy Yo Marc D. Perry explores how Cuban raperos (black-identified rappers) in Havana craft notions of black Cuban identity and racial citizenship in the face of continuing racism and marginalization during an era in which the Cuban economy, society, and nationhood have been under constant flux. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AVGR; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822358855
ISBN
9780822358855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. The story of black professional baseball provides a remarkable perspective on several major themes in modern African American history: the initial black response to segregation, the struggle to establish successful separate enterprises, and the movement toward integration. This book presents the history of a great African American achievement. Num Pages: 512 pages, 31 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSBT; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812220278
ISBN
9780812220278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

paperback. William Wells Brown's book is a military history of African Americans, assailing those whose hatred and ignorance inclined them to keep blacks oppressed. In his introduction John David Smith places it in context, and analyses its aims and its interpretation of black masculinity. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 127 x 458. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821415283
ISBN
9780821415283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

Hardback. Reveals a novel thesis concerning slave resistence and the roots of abolitionism Num Pages: 365 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 1QDB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814773499
ISBN
9780814773499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479876396
ISBN
9781479876396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Kimberly White provides an essential point of reference from which to evaluate current criminal law practices and law reform initiatives in Canada. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JKV; LAQ; LNFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 4039 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774812764
ISBN
9780774812764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.77

Paperback. Editor(s): Taylor, Diana; Villegas, Juan. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822315155
ISBN
9780822315155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Explores the role ethnic minorities from China, Japan, North Africa, and the Middle East have played in constructing a national identity, thereby challenging dominant notions of Brazilian nationality and citizenship. By examining how acculturating minority groups have represented themselves, this title re-envisions what it means to be Brazilian. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 b&w photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822322924
ISBN
9780822322924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. An analysis of how notions of practice can inhibit urban legal service lawyers and their clients' pursuit of justice in the American legal system Num Pages: 239 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814708699
ISBN
9780814708699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Combining detailed quantitative analysis of newspaper articles and television news stories with extensive interviews of leading journalists and government officials, the book demonstrates conclusively that the media, as an elite interest group, have the power to influence both the making of policy and the agenda for that policy. Num Pages: 204 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724395
ISBN
9780804724395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.95

hardcover. Diane Gerin-Lajoie uses survey data and the life stories of Anglophone teachers to illustrate the social practices which connect them with their linguistic, cultural, and professional identities. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442648531
ISBN
9781442648531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.86

Paperback. In this illuminating history of Montreal, readers will discover the links between identity, place, and historical moment as they meet vagrant women, sailors in port, unemployed men of the Great Depression, elite families, shopkeepers, reformers, notaries, and social workers. Editor(s): Bradbury, Bettina; Myers, Tamara. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774811989
ISBN
9780774811989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Hardback. In this illuminating history of Montreal, readers will discover the links between identity, place, and historical moment as they meet vagrant women, sailors in port, unemployed men of the Great Depression, elite families, shopkeepers, reformers, notaries, and social workers. Editor(s): Bradbury, Bettina; Myers, Tamara. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774811972
ISBN
9780774811972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.77

Paperback. .
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
122
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780970283825
ISBN
9780970283825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 15.88

Hardback. This demonstrates how the Doukhobors employed both "classic" and alternative forms of autobiography to communicate their views about communal living, vegetarianism, activism, and spiritual life, as well as to pass on traditions to successive generations. Num Pages: 184 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBC; BGA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774810302
ISBN
9780774810302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.81

Paperback. These essays, drawn from the author's work since 1964, address three themes in American history in the century preceding the 1760s: authority in colonial British America; the political and constitutional development of these colonial entities; and shifting constitutional tensions within the empire. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 821.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813915173
ISBN
9780813915173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.13

Paperback. Bringing two voices into the discussion - Toni Morrison and Thomas Pynchon - to examine the different ways in which their writings embody, engage, and critique the official narratives generated by US liberal ideology, the author revises important ideas in the debate over individualism and the political theory of liberalism. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 264 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326694
ISBN
9780822326694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Series: Campaigning American Style. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742527324
ISBN
9780742527324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.17

Hardcover. Traces five centuries of conflict and change in the life of the clergy in Brazil. This book examines how priests participated in the colonization of Brazil, educated the elite and poor in the faith, propped up the socioeconomic status quo, and reinforced the institution of slavery, all the while living in relative freedom from church authority. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTB; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 789.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268041199
ISBN
9780268041199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.93

Hardback. Num Pages: 70 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW1; JKVC; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 135.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
RAND United States
Number of pages
70
Condition
New
SKU
V9780833027894
ISBN
9780833027894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.40

Paperback. Argues that the meaning of citizenship in the United States during the nineteenth century was bound to - and even dependent on - death. Deploying an impressive range of literary and cultural texts, this title interrogates an American public sphere that fetishised death as a crucial point of political identification. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JHBZ; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822327721
ISBN
9780822327721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; JPH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Nation Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568585369
ISBN
9781568585369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.59

Paperback. "Essential reading for anyone seriously interested in national security and freedom of the press."-Leonard Downie Jr., Washington Post Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 208 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393339932
ISBN
9780393339932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.57

paperback. The focus of this book is the implications of necessary conditions for social science research, logic, methodology, research design and theory. It combines essential work that deals with the analysis of common errors and the proper means to analyse ramifications of hypotheses and theories. Editor(s): Goertz, Gary; Starr, Harvey. Num Pages: 360 pages, bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780742519268
ISBN
9780742519268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.29

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