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The Americas
Hardback. Analyzing novels such as The Sheltering Sky, Fahrenheit 451, and Peyton Place, Evan Brier reveals how novelists and the book trade positioned their works as antidotes to mid-twentieth-century mass culture, even as new partnerships between publishers and mass-culture institutions contributed to the success of these writings. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812242072
- ISBN
- 9780812242072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 colour plates, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781501704451
- ISBN
- 9781501704451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. Suitable for those interested in cultural studies, film and video studies, American studies, twentieth century history, German studies, rhetoric, and sexuality studies, this book investigates the influence of images of Nazism on debates about sexuality that are central to contemporary American political rhetoric. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; GTE; JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822326939
- ISBN
- 9780822326939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118952269
- ISBN
- 9781118952269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.30
€ 25.99
€ 21.30
Paperback. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439913468
- ISBN
- 9781439913468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439913451
- ISBN
- 9781439913451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
Hardcover. A New World of Labor connects developments in seventeenth-century Britain with the British experience of slavery on the West African coast and with the initial development of African chattel slavery in Barbados, whose labor system played a foundational role in defining how plantation slavery developed throughout British America. Series: The Early Modern Americas. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KJWWB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812245196
- ISBN
- 9780812245196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
Paperback. A New Nation of Goods highlights the significant role of provincial artisans in four crafts in the northeastern United States-chairmaking, clockmaking, portrait painting, and book publishing-to explain the shift from preindustrial society to an entirely new configuration of work, commodities, and culture. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 color, 107 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFCD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222005
- ISBN
- 9780812222005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 150 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 258 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1974.
- Publisher
- Ten Speed Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607745945
- ISBN
- 9781607745945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.80
€ 61.80
Paperback. America is a nation making itself up as it goes along. From the first conception of a New World in the sixteenth century to the latest re-envisioning of that world in cartoons, television, science fiction, and hip hop, this book gives us a fresh, kaleidoscopic view of what Made in America means. Editor(s): Marcus, Greil; Sollors, Werner. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 1128 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1580.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 1128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064102
- ISBN
- 9780674064102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 39.38
€ 45.99
€ 39.38
Paperback. Since the end of World War II, poverty in the United States has been a persistent focus of social anxiety, public debate and federal policy. This book argues that poverty will not be reduced or eliminated until the political factors that contribute to its continuation are taken into account. Editor(s): Kushnick, Louis; Jennings, James. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814742396
- ISBN
- 9780814742396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Conveying through 16 essays the continuing importance of American Studies and the excitement to be gained from its study, this book provides an evaluation of America's place in the world and the often tangled paths that led her there. It also examines ideals such as the commitment to liberty, equality and material progress. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582894372
- ISBN
- 9780582894372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.50
€ 64.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPA; KCQ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 407. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804787000
- ISBN
- 9780804787000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.40
€ 15.99
€ 15.40
Paperback. Adding to the growing body of scholarship on the long civil rights struggle. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 392 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJG; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550. Race and Class Struggles in Depression-Era Baltimore. Series: Radical Perspectives. 392 pages, 40 photographs. Adding to the growing body of scholarship on the long civil rights struggle. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJG; JFSL1; JHMC. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 23. Weight: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353591
- ISBN
- 9780822353591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. A consideration of the power of institutions to shape politics and political life. Believing that constitutionalism needs to go beyond the arbitrary exercise of political power, the contributors argue that it should be designed to achieve economic efficiency, informed democratic control, and other valued political ends. Editor(s): Elkin, Stephen L.; Soltan, Karol Edward. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Chicago University Press Chicago
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226204642
- ISBN
- 9780226204642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Despite many successes in the field of conservation, species extinction rates continue to climb and wild areas and habitats continue to be lost. Many look to more (or better) biology and ecology to solve the problem but the obstacles are not just scientific but political. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190145
- ISBN
- 9781405190145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.01
€ 59.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Eschelbacher, Andrew. Num Pages: 200 pages, 170 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD2; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 289 x 248. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300226218
- ISBN
- 9780300226218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Offering a balance between analysis, personal memoir, and foreign policy remedies, this book injects much-needed wisdom into the public discussion of long-term US-Muslim relations. This title argues that an engagement with the Muslim world benefits the national interest of the United States. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135250
- ISBN
- 9780691135250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. The landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region varies dramatically from parched desert lowlands to semiarid tropical forests and frigid subalpine meadows. This book looks at the relationships of plants and animals with the land and people, through time and across landscapes. Editor(s): Phillips, Steven John; Comus, Patricia Wentworth; Dimmitt, Mark Alan; Brewer, Linda M. Num Pages: 590 pages, 432 b/w line illustrations and photos, 24-page color insert. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KLCM; RGBA; RNC; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287471
- ISBN
- 9780520287471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.94
€ 45.99
€ 32.94
Hardback. A groundbreaking reassessment of when, and why, Canada's army broke away from its British imperial roots to become a truly national force. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774826396
- ISBN
- 9780774826396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64