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Paperback. Cinderella and Pygmalion stories provide inspiration for the plots of Hollywood romantic comedies, dramas, and even action films. This book examines a key aspect of film style: the costume. Series: International Library of Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b/w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848850408
- ISBN
- 9781848850408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.32
€ 26.99
€ 26.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCP; APB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 206. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764349898
- ISBN
- 9780764349898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 24.93
€ 37.99
€ 24.93
Paperback. This illuminating collection shows how legal frameworks have shaped the culture and commerce of Hollywood film. Key experts in the field explore how legal instruments, processes and institutions have influenced the conditions in which films are made and sold, and how the film industry has left its own impression on the American legal system. Editor(s): McDonald, Paul; Carman, Emily; Hoyt, Erich. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; LNJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844574773
- ISBN
- 9781844574773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.48
€ 46.99
€ 38.48
Hardback. Investigates Hollywood's ability to appeal to British filmgoers, as well as its ability to alienate, enrage and amuse them across films ranging from The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1922) to The Patriot (2000). Series: Cinema and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848854079
- ISBN
- 9781848854079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.65€ 135.20
€ 153.65
€ 135.20
Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 72 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFN; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 28. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163934
- ISBN
- 9780231163934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.53
€ 25.99
€ 19.53
Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 72 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; APFR; WQN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition /First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163927
- ISBN
- 9780231163927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. A pioneering book providing a historically nuanced take on US cultural dominance Editor(s): Stokes, Melvyn; Maltby, Richard. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844570515
- ISBN
- 9781844570515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.67
€ 45.99
€ 37.67
Paperback. Drawing on the records of studio personnel, independent exhibitors, moviegoers, and the motion pictures themselves, this title analyzes what was wrong - and right - with Hollywood at the end of a heralded decade, and how the industry's troubles changed the making and marketing of films in 1938 and beyond. Num Pages: 284 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271807
- ISBN
- 9780520271807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Hardcover. Deals with Hollywood's treatment of the most important political event of the 21st century, the terrorist attack of 11 September 2001 on the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center in war, action, science fiction and disaster movies. This work focuses on the interdisciplinary co-operation between film research, art history and architecture. Editor(s): Thomsen, Christian W.; Krewani, Angela. Num Pages: 208 pages, 181 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 246 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1226.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783932565441
- ISBN
- 9783932565441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.73€ 44.15
€ 56.73
€ 44.15
Hardcover. Blaise Cendrars, one of twentieth-century France's most gifted men of letters, came to Hollywood in 1936 for the newspaper "Paris-Soir". This book records Cendrars' experiences on Hollywood's streets and at its studios and hottest clubs. Illustrator(s): Guerin, Jean. Translator(s): White, Garrett. Num Pages: 195 pages, photograph, 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGB; KNTC; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520078079
- ISBN
- 9780520078079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.19€ 41.64
€ 53.19
€ 41.64
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445658834
- ISBN
- 9781445658834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
€ 19.99
€ 15.80
Hardback. The first attempt to provide a substantive listing of primary sources documenting the 'Holiness Movement,' a major focus of recent study in American religious history. Series: ATLA Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 444 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; GBCR; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810828612
- ISBN
- 9780810828612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.97
€ 162.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 382 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; AFF; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764333620
- ISBN
- 9780764333620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.12
€ 31.99
€ 21.12
Paperback. With its archaeological sites, colonial architecture, pristine beaches, and alluring cities, Mexico has long been an attractive destination for travellers. This book takes a broad historical and geographical look at Mexico, covering a range of tourist destinations from Tijuana and Acapulco, and the development of tourism from the 1840s onwards. Editor(s): Berger, Dina; Wood, Andrew Grant. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345718
- ISBN
- 9780822345718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.53
€ 32.99
€ 32.53
Paperback. An objective and detailed look at the American defense budget and military strategy. Editor(s): BCSIA; Williams, Cindy. Series: Belfer Center Studies in International Security. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JWK; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476. Paperback in good to very condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KRF0020420
- ISBN
- 9780262731409
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Anthropologist Alyson O'Daniel analyses the abstract debates about health policy for the sickest and most vulnerable Americans, as well as the services designated to help them, by taking readers into the daily lives of poor African American women living with HIV disease at the advent of the 2006 Treatment Modernization Act. Series: Anthropology of Contemporary North America. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH2; JFSJ1; JFSL3; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269613
- ISBN
- 9780803269613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.27
€ 32.99
€ 31.27
Hardback. The sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy is an acute crisis that Catholicism has faced since the Reformation. This book documents how church and government policymakers responded to the problem of clergy sexual abuse only under the pressure of private lawsuits. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; JFFE2; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674028104
- ISBN
- 9780674028104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.31€ 49.38
€ 54.31
€ 49.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 358 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTP; JFFH2; JFSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620971925
- ISBN
- 9781620971925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.24
€ 20.24
Paperback. Takes a comprehensive view of short-subject slapstick comedy in the early sound era. Challenging the received wisdom that sound destroyed the slapstick tradition, the author explores the slapstick short's Depression-era development against a backdrop of changes in film industry practice, comedic tastes, and moviegoing culture. Num Pages: 259 pages, 39 b/w, 5 video, 2 audio. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFN; ASZB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288119
- ISBN
- 9780520288119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.55
€ 40.99
€ 28.55
Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCV; JFSL3; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146388
- ISBN
- 9780231146388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94