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The Americas

Paperback. Discusses the unprecedented challenges that the movement of peoples across national borders poses, for the people involved as well as for the places to which they travel and their countries of origin. Editor(s): Benhabib, Seyla; Resnik, Judith. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPA; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814776001
ISBN
9780814776001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804717892
ISBN
9780804717892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.86

Hardback. Recognizing that the US is an immigrant country and Germany is not, historians and demographers from each describe how the two countries have come to have the largest number of immigrants among advanced industrial countries; how their conception of citizenship and nationality differ.. Editor(s): Bade, Klaus J.; Weiner, Myron. Series: Migration & Refugees S. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571811257
ISBN
9781571811257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.54

Hardback. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPS; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634846042
ISBN
9781634846042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.43
€ 134.53

Paperback. At a time when anti-immigrant feeling is rising among the American public and when immigration is often cast in economic or deviant terms, this book humanizes the controversy by exploring the harsh realities of the migrants' desperate journeys. Drawing on over 300 interviews, it focuses on the role of religion and faith in surviving the journey. Num Pages: 238 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066144
ISBN
9780674066144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.97

Paperback. This work analyzes the 7500 people who travelled from London to America and Europe in 1635, recreating individual careers, exploring colonial societies and delineating a world sustained and defined by migration. Together, the migrants' stories offer a social history of the 17th century. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones, 38 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; HBG; HBLH; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007024
ISBN
9780674007024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.99

Paperback. Winner of the 2011 Thomas E. Skidmore Prize, this new translation of Paulo Fontes's Migration and the Making of Industrial Sao Paulo is a detailed social history of the millions who migrated from Brazil's Northeast to Sao Paulo. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361343
ISBN
9780822361343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Hardback. Winner of the 2011 Thomas E. Skidmore Prize, this new translation of Paulo Fontes's Migration and the Making of Industrial Sao Paulo is a detailed social history of the millions who migrated from Brazil's Northeast to Sao Paulo. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTB; HBTK; JFFN; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822361152
ISBN
9780822361152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.11

Paperback. This groundbreaking book examines the links between migration and the United States' ongoing economic and demographic revolution. Utilizing an explicitly geographic perspective, the contributors highlight the crucial role played by scale and spatial context in both immigration and internal migration. Editor(s): Pandit, Kavita; Withers, Suzanne Davies. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847693931
ISBN
9780847693931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.64

Hardback. A number of essays in this volume show how the foreign policies of the US and Germany have directly or inadvertently contributed to the influx of refugees from the former Yugoslavia, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the former Soviet Union. Editor(s): Munz, Rainer; Weiner, Myron. Series: Migration & Refugees S. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFFD; JFFN; JPQB; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571810878
ISBN
9781571810878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.91

Paperback. This collection of twenty essays provides an integrated view of migration in North America-within and between Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, and the United States-during the past two centuries. Editor(s): Hoerder, Dirk; Faires, Nora. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1 photo, 6 tables, 20 maps, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1KJ; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; JFFN; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822350514
ISBN
9780822350514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardback. A technocratic view of teachers as credentialed specialists has led to a growing reliance on migrant teachers, as federal mandates require K-12 schools to employ qualified teachers or risk funding cuts. The author investigates the result: transient teaching professionals with little opportunity to connect meaningfully with their students. Num Pages: 170 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
170
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055360
ISBN
9780674055360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. A unique comparative study of immigrant and diaspora literatures in America Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584658467
ISBN
9781584658467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.41

Paperback. Places migrants at the centre of pressing concerns, contending that border crossers have long been vital to social change Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814716496
ISBN
9780814716496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 99 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNH; LNKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
99
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604568141
ISBN
9781604568141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.59
€ 43.33

Hardback. Reveals the untold history of the United States Border Patrol from its beginnings in 1924 as a small peripheral outfit to its emergence as a large professional police force. This book focuses on the daily challenges of policing the borderlands and brings to light unexpected partners and forgotten dynamics. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 1 map, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257696
ISBN
9780520257696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.21

Paperback. Reveals the untold history of the United States Border Patrol from its beginnings in 1924 as a small peripheral outfit to its emergence as a large professional police force. This book focuses on the daily challenges of policing the borderlands and brings to light unexpected partners and forgotten dynamics. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 1 map, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266414
ISBN
9780520266414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680818
ISBN
9780816680818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476587
ISBN
9780801476587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.93

Hardback. The amazing story of the transformation of the Hudson River; a tale of environmental, economic, cultural and political success. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 30.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762763955
ISBN
9780762763955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.12

Hardback. The post-Cold War debate over America's role in world affairs has raised old questions about 'morality in foreign policy' in a new form. Should 'the national interest' be our only value in world politics or is the concept itself an exercise in moral reasoning? Num Pages: 145 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Ethics & Public Policy Center Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
145
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896331808
ISBN
9780896331808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.66

Paperback. Photographer Paul Clemence celebrates a revered icon of modern architecture, the Farnsworth House, located near Plano, Illinois, and designed in 1951 by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, in over 70 eye-catching color and black-and-white photographs and drawings. Num Pages: 40 pages, 20 b&w postcards. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AMB; AMKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 192 x 6. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764323768
ISBN
9780764323768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.76

Hardcover. Photographer Paul Clemence celebrates the revered icon of modern architecture, the Farnsworth House, located near Plano, Illinois, designed in 1951 by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Devotees of architecture, design, Modernism, the Bauhaus, Mies van der Rohe, and photography. Num Pages: 40 b&w and 33 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AMB; AMKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764324437
ISBN
9780764324437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 28.26

Hardback. Covering a forty-year period, this comparative and longitudinal study traces the medicalization of birth in Guatemala and its effects on women's lives and their economic and social status. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JHMC; KNAC; MJT; PSXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 661. Weight in Grams: 587.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781477311387
ISBN
9781477311387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.27

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