The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. Two spectacular dead bodies-Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia, found dumped and posed in a vacant lot in January 1947, and Marilyn Monroe, found dead in her home in August 1962-bookend this new history of Hollywood's postwar transition. Num Pages: 248 pages, 41 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; APF; BTC; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284326
- ISBN
- 9780520284326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. In the 1920s, the 'hard-boiled' stories published in "Black Mask", "Dime Detective", "Detective Fiction Weekly", and "Clues" featured a new kind of hero and soon challenged the popularity of the British mysteries. This title examines the culture that produced and supported this form of detective story through the 1940s. Num Pages: 215 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397698
- ISBN
- 9781566397698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. A career-spanning collection of writings on labor history by one of the leading figures in the field, showing not only his growth as an historian but the growth of his field as well, exploring the subjects of workers, unions, and politics. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252068683
- ISBN
- 9780252068683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
Hardback. Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949) was recognized as the first African-American art song composer and arranger of spirituals for concert use. Includes a bibliography, chapter notes, and detailed index. Many photos and musical examples. Series: Composers of North America. Num Pages: 496 pages, photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810822917
- ISBN
- 9780810822917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.22
€ 160.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875461298
- ISBN
- 9780875461298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. In 1849, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, and fertile soil of the eastern United States in favor of the rough-hewn lands of the American West. This title brings their perspective to life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 89 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226519623
- ISBN
- 9780226519623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.30
€ 23.99
€ 19.30
Hardcover. In 1849, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, and fertile soil of the eastern United States in favor of the rough-hewn lands of the American West. This title brings their perspective to life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 89 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226519609
- ISBN
- 9780226519609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.11€ 45.00
€ 52.11
€ 45.00
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644732
- ISBN
- 9780888644732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. These letters, from a rural school teacher to the Montpelier "Green Mountain Freeman" provide a glimpse into the life of a private during the US Civil War. They chart Fisk's early enthusiasm for battle and later disillusionment. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 57. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700606818
- ISBN
- 9780700606818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.55
€ 43.55
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252077098
- ISBN
- 9780252077098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.38
€ 38.99
€ 35.38
Paperback. Traces the history of Republican Party foreign policy since World War II by focusing on the conservative leaders who shaped it. This title shows how Republicans shifted away from isolationism in the years leading up to World War II and oscillated between realism and idealism during and after the cold war. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPFM; JPL; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141824
- ISBN
- 9780691141824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803244757
- ISBN
- 9780803244757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.27
€ 32.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Hillary Rodham Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67thSecretary of State Num Pages: 656 pages, 3 x 16pp Colour Plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGHA; BM; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 50. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471131523
- ISBN
- 9781471131523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.54
€ 15.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. Develops a theory of response variability that, by reconciling the strengths and weaknesses of the standard approaches, that helps pollsters and scholars resolve perennial problems. This work offers an analysis of what a respondent is likely to choose, and also how variable those choices would be under differing circumstances. Num Pages: 264 pages, 55 line illus. 46 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691096353
- ISBN
- 9780691096353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 70 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJ; JKSW2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888394880
- ISBN
- 9780888394880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.12
€ 25.99
€ 18.12
Paperback. Agosin's vivid imagery brings to life a world of opposites, 'serpentine' dark and 'light like a promise.' Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JM; DCF; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 157.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- White Pine Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935210870
- ISBN
- 9781935210870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.22
€ 18.99
€ 16.22
For visitors to Cape Cod & the Islands and their quaint harbors, this is an essential reference book. Filled with spectacular photography and wide-angle views, it takes you to the waterways and ports that have made Cape Cod so important in maritime histor Num Pages: 224 pages, 649 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WTH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 288 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1450.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764330070
- ISBN
- 9780764330070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.18
€ 48.99
€ 32.18
Paperback. Offers a critical study of the 'happy ending' in classical and contemporary Hollywood cinema. This book encourages students and scholars of film to reconsider some tenacious critical preconceptions, inviting them to approach afresh their understandings of perhaps the most infamous narrative convention in Hollywood cinema. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748699773
- ISBN
- 9780748699773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.11
€ 38.99
€ 35.11
Hardcover. What exactly is the happy ending? Is it simply a cliche, as commonly supposed? Why has it earned such an unenviable reputation? What does it, or can it, mean? This book traces the historical development of the scholarly approaches taken towards the cinematic happy ending. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748680177
- ISBN
- 9780748680177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.58€ 102.99
€ 106.58
€ 102.99
Paperback. In the mid-1960s, Winberg Chai, a young academic and the son of Chinese immigrants, married an Irish-American artist. This book offers a depiction of the racism suffered by them in rural South Dakota. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNS; 3JJPN; BM; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592136162
- ISBN
- 9781592136162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.42
€ 28.42