The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. Shows how African American young women are victimized and how they struggle to navigate a dangerous terrain Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814756980
- ISBN
- 9780814756980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439912959
- ISBN
- 9781439912959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardback. Each year, more than 2.5 million cases of battering are reported in the Unites States. This book describes how sixteen women got away for good. It recounts not only the stories of their abuse but also the women's life histories leading up to the battering and the resources they drew upon to escape. It helps women discover solutions to problems. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE3; JFSJ1; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116480
- ISBN
- 9780231116480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.03
€ 135.03
Paperback. A young father spent twenty-five years in prison for a crime he did not commit..and his eventual exoneration and return to life as a free man. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476756837
- ISBN
- 9781476756837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.74
€ 19.99
€ 16.74
Hardback. Many of American journalism's best-known and most cherished stories are exaggerated, dubious, or apocryphal. They are media-driven myths. In this book, the author confronts and dismantles prominent media-driven myths, describing how they can feed stereotypes, distort understanding about the news media, and deflect blame from policymakers. Num Pages: 368 pages, 27 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520291270
- ISBN
- 9780520291270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 72.48
€ 95.07
€ 72.48
Paperback. Did the Washington Post bring down Richard Nixon by reporting on the Watergate scandal? Did a cryptic remark by Walter Cronkite effectively end the Vietnam War? This book describes how myths like these can feed stereotypes, deflect blame from policymakers, and overstate the power and influence of the news media. Num Pages: 381 pages, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520291294
- ISBN
- 9780520291294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Paperback. Getting it Right: Dynamic School Renewal, Fixing What's Broken challenges citizens of this nation to right the wrongs in public education by elevating the graduation rate and by equipping every graduate with saleable skills for gainful employment in the marketplace and with foundation skills for postsecondary education success. Num Pages: 180 pages, 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610487146
- ISBN
- 9781610487146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 113.66
€ 113.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAC12; LNCJ; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173740
- ISBN
- 9780691173740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. Fully explores the theory, policy choices, and successes and limitations of this historic law Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAQG; LNJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780814760390
- ISBN
- 9780814760390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. Focuses on what is arguably the most important aspect of the immigration debate: how best to understand and resolve illegal immigration from Mexico. This book discusses legal and non-Mexican immigration. It sets the context of immigration and explores the job experiences of illegal immigrants and their quest for the American dream. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; LNDA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972659
- ISBN
- 9781597972659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
hardcover. Links various facets of the immigration experience to policy choices and recommendations. This book focuses on how best to understand and resolve illegal immigration from Mexico. It sets the context of immigration before exploring the job experiences of illegal immigrants and their quest for the American dream. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; LNDA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972642
- ISBN
- 9781597972642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardback. Describes the experiences of daily life for predominantly white, working class women and men during the period of ?economic restructuring? begun in the 1980s. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802007834
- ISBN
- 9780802007834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.50
€ 105.50
Paperback. Describes the experiences of daily life for predominantly white, working class women and men during the period of "economic restructuring" begun in the 1980s. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 35. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780802071477
- ISBN
- 9780802071477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 43.16
€ 47.99
€ 43.16
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720783
- ISBN
- 9780814720783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Sidonie; Watson, Julia. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; DSA; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816624904
- ISBN
- 9780816624904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.17
€ 30.99
€ 27.17
Paperback. This study of how 282 men in the United States found their jobs demonstrates the importance of social connections and emphasizes how social activity influences labour markets. The importance of networking as a link between labour mobility and individual motivation is also studied. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JHBL; VSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305813
- ISBN
- 9780226305813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Hardback. Richard Brown Baker (1912-2002) began collecting works by emerging artists in the 1940s, becoming one of the first collectors to actively embrace both Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art and eventually amassing more than 1,600 works from the postwar period. Highlighting 130 works, this title presents the complete history of Baker's collection. Series: Yale University Art Gallery. Num Pages: 261 pages, 185 colour images + 35 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 235 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300153026
- ISBN
- 9780300153026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.72
€ 46.99
€ 36.72
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSP2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226409214
- ISBN
- 9780226409214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 39.88
€ 51.99
€ 39.88
Paperback. * Definitive biography of Hollywood's brightest musical star - Judy Garland (1922-1969). Num Pages: 528 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751531602
- ISBN
- 9780751531602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. Gilbert A. Harrison, for many years editor in chief of the New Republic, was one of Stein's publishers. For this volume, he selected excerpts from her essays, novels, plays, poems, lectures, and interviews, to introduce readers to a little-known aspect of her work. Editor(s): Harrison, Gilbert A. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; DNF; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871401632
- ISBN
- 9780871401632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.14
€ 11.14
paperback. Editor(s): Barrett, S. M. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 140. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Skyhorse United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781616087531
- ISBN
- 9781616087531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.00
€ 16.99
€ 14.00
Hardcover. Editor(s): Becker, Danielle M. Num Pages: 174 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617618888
- ISBN
- 9781617618888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.84€ 94.53
€ 137.84
€ 94.53
Hardback. This is volume 33 in a series offering genealogists and family-history researchers an indexed source of German surname immigrants. The entire project (34 volumes now available) ranges from 1850 to the 1890s. The data is based on original passenger lists filed by vessels entering US ports. Editor(s): Glazier, Ira A.; Filby, William P. Series: Germans to America. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; GBC; HBTG; JFFN; JPVH1; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1071.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842024105
- ISBN
- 9780842024105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.89
€ 241.89
Hardback. This is volume 34 in a series offering genealogists and family-history researchers an indexed source of German surname immigrants. The entire project (34 volumes now available) ranges from 1850 to the 1890s. The data is based on original passenger lists filed by vessels entering US ports. Editor(s): Glazier, Ira A.; Filby, William P. Series: Germans to America. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; GBC; HBTG; JFFN; JPVH1; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842024112
- ISBN
- 9780842024112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.72
€ 241.72