The Americas
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The Americas
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589797000
- ISBN
- 9781589797000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.83
€ 35.99
€ 30.83
Hardcover. Cabdrivers and their yellow taxis are as much a part of the cityscape as the high-rise buildings and the subway. And, undoubtedly, taxi drivers have stories to tell. This title recounts tales that offers a vision of Chicago and its people. Num Pages: 184 pages, 66 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734736
- ISBN
- 9780226734736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.11
€ 24.99
€ 20.11
Hardback. The importance of this work extends beyond Bolivian agrarian history, it has significiant implications for Latin American rural history and peasant studies in general. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JF; 3JH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720571
- ISBN
- 9780804720571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.72
€ 88.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; JFSF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476433
- ISBN
- 9780801476433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. Offers an interpretation of American society. This book features a preface relating the arguments of the book both to the realities of American society and to the debate about the country's future. Num Pages: 410 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 484. Individualism and Commitment in American Life. 410 pages, Illustrations. Offers an interpretation of American society. This book features a preface relating the arguments of the book both to the realities of American society and to the debate about the country's future. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JF. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 25. Weight: 482.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 410
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 3Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254190
- ISBN
- 9780520254190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Hardback. The aim to increase the moral and civic responsibility of American students is investigated here, in order to examine opinions rooted in larger areas of national identity, culture, and values. Theoretical points, policy debates and portraits of adolescents in school are included. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFM; JNA; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787900618
- ISBN
- 9780787900618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Paperback. Offers a mosaic of domestic life in one of the world's most fascinating cities and a vivid portrait of the true meaning of home in the 21st-century metropolis Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771549
- ISBN
- 9780814771549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.91
€ 24.99
€ 22.91
Paperback. Maintains that habeas corpus remains the single most important check against arbitrary and unlawful detention, torture, and the abuse of executive power Num Pages: 331 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPV; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780814724408
- ISBN
- 9780814724408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. In this work Eric M. Freedman re-examines four of the United States Supreme Court's most important habeas corpus rulings. He uncovers new original sources and tells the stories of the cases. He then presents an interpretation that rewrites the conventional view. Num Pages: 243 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 351.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780814727188
- ISBN
- 9780814727188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Hardback. Presents the results of a collaborative project with Native communities of Southeast Alaska to record indigenous geographic names. Editor(s): Thornton, Thomas F. Num Pages: 61 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; CFG; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992174
- ISBN
- 9780295992174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.27
€ 135.27
Paperback. Presents the results of a collaborative project with Native communities of Southeast Alaska to record indigenous geographic names. Documenting and analyzing more than 3,000 Tlingit, Haida, and other Native names on the land, this book highlights their descriptive force and cultural significance. Editor(s): Thornton, Thomas F. Num Pages: 61 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988580
- ISBN
- 9780295988580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
From 1911 to 1917 Craftman Farms was the home of Gustav Stickley, one of the central figures in the American Arts and Crafts Movement. This book unravels the, sometimes contradictory, ideas that informed many of the artists and literary figures in the progressive era in America. Num Pages: 280 pages, 85 b&w photographs, 15 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFT; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606895
- ISBN
- 9780815606895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.08
€ 42.99
€ 36.08
Hardcover. Presents the full range of the filmmaker's artistry (photography, painting and music) through the optic of his films. This work also explores the work of other artists whose heritage Gus Van Sant believes he is continuing: heritage beat, pop, rock, and experimental filmmakers, writers and visual artists like William Burroughs, and Ed Ruscha. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 309 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Publisher
- Actes Sud/Cinémathèque Française
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782330060763
- ISBN
- 9782330060763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.76
€ 40.99
€ 28.76
Paperback. Analyzes writers and gurus, literary texts and religious movements, and the political uses of religion alongside the literary expressions of religious teachers, showing the cosmopolitan interconnections between the Indian subcontinent, the British Empire, and the American New Age. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; 1QDB; CFB; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118284
- ISBN
- 9780691118284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Firearms have long been at the core of our national narratives. This title documents and analyzes the history of firearms in America, exploring various aspects of gun manufacture, ownership, and use - and importantly, the cultural and political implications which this history reveals. Editor(s): Dizard, Jan E.; Muth, Robert M.; Andrews, Stephen P. Num Pages: 517 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; HBT; JFC; WSXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 517
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814718797
- ISBN
- 9780814718797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. Gunmakers have a culture in their traditions, tools, and products which this book exposes in very human terms. The people of the isolated mountain valleys of Appalachia tell how they make and use the Kentucky and related firearms and the supplies that go with them, both in the past and today as tradition continues. Num Pages: 118 pages, 315 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Edition
- 2 Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916838812
- ISBN
- 9780916838812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.27
€ 18.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. A provocative history that reveals how guns-not abortion, race, or religion-are at the heart of America's cultural divide. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; LNDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393345834
- ISBN
- 9780393345834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.32
€ 19.99
€ 18.32
Hardcover. As more countries develop nuclear weapons, the effectiveness of the bomb as a deterrent reduces. The author discusses this proliferation with regard to the options open to the USA naval forces. Using scenarios, the author discusses whether these countries are immune to superpower intervention. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FKA; 1HBL; 1KBB; JPSD; JWMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 405. Clean copy lacking dust jacket with minor shelf wear. Stamp to page edges
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Praeger Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0001687
- ISBN
- 9780275933456
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Examines the American decision to intervene militarily in three key episodes in American foreign policy - the Dominican Republic, Grenada, and Panama. This book analyzes the complex deliberations and motives behind military intervention in each case. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742550476
- ISBN
- 9780742550476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.20
€ 168.20
Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH; WSXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595580870
- ISBN
- 9781595580870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.58
€ 26.99
€ 23.58