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The Americas

Paperback. Shows that sports films tackle socially constructed identities such as class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender. In addition to discussing the genre's recurring dramatic tropes, this book looks at the social and cinematic impacts of real-life sports figures from Jackie Robinson and Babe Didrikson Zaharias to Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780252073540
ISBN
9780252073540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. This book examines the influence of genre on contemporary Asian American literary production. Drawing on cultural theories of representation, social theories of identity, and poststructuralist genre theory, this study shows how popular prose fictions have severely constrained the development of Asian American literary aesthetics. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230108318
ISBN
9780230108318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.44

Paperback. Deftly blending sociological theory of organizations with archival research, interviews with nonprofit leaders, and original survey data, this book investigates the rise of new workplace fundraisers alongside the United Way, identifying why competition has occurred and delineating its consequences for donors, nonprofits, and recipients. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804754491
ISBN
9780804754491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Paperback. Introduces the players and events that have shaped the region and its use, from early settlers and loggers to preservationists, year-round residents, and developers. This book includes a comprehensive account of the Pataki years, an era of conservation triumphs combined with unprecedented pressures on the region's ecological integrity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 69 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609049
ISBN
9780815609049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.45

Paperback. Contested Spaces of Early America is a wide-ranging, eclectic volume that seeks to reconcile the parallel histories and historiographies of European and Indian spaces created throughout the hemisphere during the colonial era. Editor(s): Barr, Juliana; Countryman, Edward. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 444 pages, 29 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1K; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL; RGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
444
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223996
ISBN
9780812223996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.30

Paperback. Editor(s): Cotton, James P. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607411185
ISBN
9781607411185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.04
€ 45.36

Paperback. Editor(s): McGraw, William R. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612099132
ISBN
9781612099132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.04
€ 45.36

Hardback. With essays on US history ranging from American Revolution to the dawn of the twenty-first century, this volume illuminates struggles waged over freedom and citizenship throughout the American past. It demonstrates how opposition to the expansion of democracy has shaped the American tradition as much as movements for social and political change. Editor(s): Sinha, Manisha; Von Eschen, Penny. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141109
ISBN
9780231141109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.43
€ 51.34

Paperback. Contested Constitutionalism is a critique of Canadian democracy, judicial power, and the place of Quebec and Aboriginal peoples within the federation, all of which have been altered by the Charter s introduction in 1982. Editor(s): Kelly, James B.; Manfredi, Christopher P. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816755
ISBN
9780774816755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. Contested Boundaries: A New Pacific Northwest History is an engaging, contemporary look at the themes, events, and people that have shaped the history of the Pacific Northwest over the last two centuries. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119065548
ISBN
9781119065548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.59

Paperback. Contentious Spirits explores the central role of religion, particularly Protestant Christianity, in Korean American history during the first half of the twentieth century in Hawai'i and California. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HRAX; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804769297
ISBN
9780804769297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Explores the mid-nineteenth-century rise of mass electoral democracy in the southwestern region of Colombia. This work describes a rich republicanism characterized by legal rights and popular participation, and explains how this vibrant political culture was created by competing subaltern groups. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 391.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822332244
ISBN
9780822332244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.67

Hardcover. This is the only book of its kind devoted to exploring contentious politics from a North American perspective, including protests, social movements, transnational contention, and emergent regional governance processes, between Canadian, U.S. and Mexican state and civil society actors. Editor(s): Ayres, Jeffrey M.; MacDonald, Laura. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230224278
ISBN
9780230224278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.64

Paperback. Examines the ways popular protests are experienced and remembered by those who participate in them. This book focuses on the roles of two young women, Nana and Laura, in uprisings in Argentina. It offers discussions of resistance and the combined effects of globalization, neoliberal economic policies, and political corruption in Argentina. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFC; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822331155
ISBN
9780822331155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.56

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 304 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1560.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764352386
ISBN
9780764352386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.71
€ 39.78

Hardcover. Editor(s): Watson, Robert P. Num Pages: 289 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 183 x 23. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590334478
ISBN
9781590334478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.42
€ 51.33

Hardback. Offers an interpretation of contemporary reality of India and South America through the language of images. Editor(s): Maggia, Filippo; Fini, Claudia; Lazzarini, Francesca. Num Pages: 192 pages, 180 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KLS; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 247 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1410.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857212494
ISBN
9788857212494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Allon, Yoram; Cullen, Del; Patterson, Hannah. Series: Wallflower Critical Guides S. Num Pages: 620 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1162. Series: Wallflower Critical Guides S. 620 pages. Editor(s): Allon, Yoram; Cullen, Del; Patterson, Hannah. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFB. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 38. Weight: 1162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Wallflower Press
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
620
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903364529
ISBN
9781903364529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 871.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Gulf Publishing Co United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877192732
ISBN
9780877192732
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.26

Hardcover. Num Pages: 276 pages, 363 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 240 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2052.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764346026
ISBN
9780764346026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.07
€ 61.93

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