The Americas
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The Americas
Hardback. This book analyzes three works by sexually marginal women sometimes grouped as the "Sapphic Modernists"--Djuna Barnes's Nightwood (1936), Marguerite Yourcenar's Denier du reve (1934), and Virginia Woolf's Three Guineas (1938)--that engage, directly or indirectly, with fascist politics and ideology. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730884
- ISBN
- 9780804730884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.15
€ 116.15
Paperback. Touching on civil-military relations and the global challenges involved with hacking, foreign aid, weapons proliferation, international trade, and climate change, Thinking beyond Boundaries draws thoughtful conclusions about the proper role of the United States around the world. Editor(s): Liebert, Hugh P.; Griswold, John; Wilson, Isaiah, III. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9, 3 black & white line drawings, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPS; JWK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415291
- ISBN
- 9781421415291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.33
€ 30.99
€ 26.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPHL; JPQ; LNDH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165684
- ISBN
- 9780691165684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.81
€ 24.99
€ 18.81
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155340
- ISBN
- 9780691155340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199937998
- ISBN
- 9780199937998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.56
€ 79.56
Hardback. Collection of provocative essays on how to improve cultural resource management practice by the leading consultant in the field. Series: Heritage Resource Management Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102132
- ISBN
- 9780759102132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.43
€ 158.43
Thinking about America: The United States in the 1990s (Hoover Press P...
Anderson, Annelise Graebner, Bark, Dennis L.
Paperback. Series: Hoover Press Publication. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 36. Weight in Grams: 840. Good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- SKU
- KEX0241277
- ISBN
- 9780817987527
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWG; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833044525
- ISBN
- 9780833044525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.50
€ 42.50
Hardcover. Over the years, think tanks have become fixtures of American politics. But what are think tanks? Who funds them? And just how influential have they become? The author argues that the unsettling ambiguity of the think tank is less an accidental feature of its existence than the very key to its impact. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map, 12 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226517292
- ISBN
- 9780226517292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.93€ 78.78
€ 94.93
€ 78.78
Paperback. Over the past half-century, think tanks have become fixtures of American politics, supplying advice to presidents and policy makers, expert testimony on Capitol Hill. This book argues that the curious ambiguity of the think tank is not an accidential feature of its existence, but the very key to its impact. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 map. 12 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143668
- ISBN
- 9780226143668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.97
€ 33.99
€ 26.97
Paperback. After telling the story of how he overcame an inner-city background to become a world renowned neurosurgeon (Gifted Hands), Dr. Ben Carson now gives an inspirational look at the philosophy of life that helped him meet life's obstacles and leap over them. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGXA; HRCV; VSC; VSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 291.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780310343363
- ISBN
- 9780310343363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.16
€ 20.99
€ 19.16
Paperback. In the hope of shedding light on questions that continue to spark debate among historians and students of Lincoln, Brooks Simpson presents Think Anew, Act Anew, a concise and inventively annotated collection of documents written by Abraham Lincoln that focus on the interrelated themes of slavery, union, emancipation, and reconstruction. Editor(s): Simpson, Brooks D. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; DNF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harlan Davidson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780882959757
- ISBN
- 9780882959757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.27
€ 31.27
Hardback. Theodor W Adorno was a major twentieth-century philosopher and social critic whose writings on oppositional culture in art, music, and literature increasingly stand at the center of contemporary intellectual debate. This collection gathers together sixteen essays about the philosopher. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 344 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136587
- ISBN
- 9780231136587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.17€ 82.56
€ 109.17
€ 82.56
Paperback. Things American examines the relationship between American museums and cultural democracy in the first part of the twentieth century by looking at the role museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the institutions it inspired played in Progressive Era social and cultural reform. Series: The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; GM; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222852
- ISBN
- 9780812222852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. This book is an invitation to think about why children chew pencils; why we talk to our cars, our refrigerators, our computers; rosary beads and worry beads; Cuban cigars; why we no longer wear hats that we can tip to one another and why we don't seem to long to; and what has been described as bourgcois longing. Num Pages: 380 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226076126
- ISBN
- 9780226076126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.01
€ 27.99
€ 23.01
Paperback. This exploration of the poetry and prose of Caribbean women writers reveals in their imagery a rich tradition of erotic relations between women. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347774
- ISBN
- 9780822347774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47
paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 halftone plates, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 1KBB; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195367058
- ISBN
- 9780195367058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.21
€ 31.21
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807003329
- ISBN
- 9780807003329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.67
€ 16.99
€ 15.67
Paperback. Written from foster mothers' perspectives, this book voices the often painful experiences of contemporary US foster mothers as they struggle to mother and care-work in the face of exploitative social relations with the state. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814793473
- ISBN
- 9780814793473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFX; JKSW1; JKV; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153546
- ISBN
- 9780231153546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Hardback. In the first half of the 20th century, thousands of newcomers - Eastern European emigres, Mexican immigrants, and Southerners both black and white - flocked to Chicago. This title highlights approximately seventy-five paintings, works on paper, photographs, and sculptures by such artists as Eldzier Cortor, Archibald Motley, and Morris Topchevsky. Series: Art Institute of Chicago. Num Pages: 112 pages, 85 colour images + 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; ACXD; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 242 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300184532
- ISBN
- 9780300184532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Mitchell shows that growers, workers, and officials confronted a series of problems that shaped--and were shaped by--the landscape itself. "They Saved the Crops" is a theoretically rich and stylistically innovative account of grower rapaciousness, worker militancy, rampant corruption, and bureaucratic bias. Num Pages: 576 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; JPQB; KNXB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820341767
- ISBN
- 9780820341767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.05
€ 51.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453144
- ISBN
- 9780801453144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.75
€ 138.75
paperback. Looks at how the belief in abduction by extraterrestrials is constituted by and through popular discourse and the images provided by print, film, and television. This work contends that the abduction phenomenon is symptomatic of a period during which people have come to feel divested of the ability to know what is true about themselves. Num Pages: 247 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFCX; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799222
- ISBN
- 9780814799222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61