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The Americas
Paperback. Young minority men are often portrayed in popular media as victims of poverty and discrimination. This book delves deeper, investigating the social and cultural implications of the "American dream" narrative for young minority men in the juvenile justice systems in Boston and Chicago. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 1KBBNC; JFFJ; JFSL; JKVQ2; LNFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290457
- ISBN
- 9780520290457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. In this volume, Heather Munro Prescott shows how the mid-20th-century emergence of adolescent medicine resulted from a combination of social changes that reached far beyond the field of medicine - changes that placed teenagers themselves at the centre of the national agenda. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSP1; JFSP2; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674214613
- ISBN
- 9780674214613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.72€ 69.42
€ 76.72
€ 69.42
Paperback. Investigates broad questions about ethnicity, the nature of diasporic identity, and Brazilian culture. This title analyzes how Nikkei (Japanese migrants) both resisted and conformed to others' perceptions of their identity as they struggled to define and claim their own ethnicity within Sao Paulo during the dictatorship. Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 illus., 8 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KLS; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340812
- ISBN
- 9780822340812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance since 1991: Volume 3, USA an...
Goodland, Katharine, O'Connor, John
Hardcover. Includes detailed listings of all major Shakespeare plays on stage and screen, this book covers performances in North America since 1991. It uniquely explores each plays' performance history, as well as including reviews and useful information about staging. An engaging reference guide for academics and students alike. Series: A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance. Num Pages: 2175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJPR; 3JMC; AN; DSGS; GBCT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 1. Weight in Grams: 2580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 2192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223974
- ISBN
- 9780230223974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 423.15
€ 423.15
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609804169
- ISBN
- 9781609804169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.80
€ 24.99
€ 20.80
Paperback. This is the story of an autistic boy who is also loving, brilliant and resilient. In this book, his father writes about the joys, fears, frustration, exhilaration, and exhaustion involved in raising his son. He writes about the impact on his family, the travails of navigating the educational system, and the lessons he has learned about life. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; VFJD; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843107156
- ISBN
- 9781843107156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.82
€ 25.82
Paperback. A collection of Sivanandan's work charting the history of post war black struggles against British racism Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Pluto Press London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861043712
- ISBN
- 9780861043712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.34
€ 35.99
€ 24.34
Paperback. Features four distinguished scholars in political science who analyze American democracy from a comparative point of view, exploring how the US political system differs from that of thirty other democracies and what those differences ultimately mean for democratic performance. Num Pages: 392 pages, 17 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300198089
- ISBN
- 9780300198089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.40
€ 26.99
€ 20.40
Paperback. Provides a synthesis between scientific and common names of the plants. Intended as a companion to field guides of common flowers in the region, this dictionary offers an opportunity to reference both names. The scientific or binomial name is translated from its Latin form and its original language, even a personal name, is identified. Editor(s): Neill, Amanda. Num Pages: 352 pages, 38 b&w illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; GBC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653099
- ISBN
- 9780875653099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.43
€ 31.99
€ 27.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJD; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674197374
- ISBN
- 9780674197374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
Hardback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 19, 16 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801454486
- ISBN
- 9780801454486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.52
€ 48.52
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; ACX; AFC; AGNB; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Rocky Mountain Books
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927330050
- ISBN
- 9781927330050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.63
€ 34.99
€ 23.63
Hardcover. Series: American South Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBJK; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813933849
- ISBN
- 9780813933849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.51
€ 54.51
Paperback. Using the art, food and the books of Brazils nineteenth-century writer, Machado de Assis, this work is about its history of slavery and the multicultural but disturbed society that was left in its wake when the practice was abolished in the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288. A Book of Omissions. 352 pages. Using the art, food and the books of Brazils nineteenth-century writer, Machado de Assis, this work is about its history of slavery and the multicultural but disturbed society that was left in its wake when the practice was abolished in the late nineteenth century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLSB; WTL. Dimension: 201 x 150 x 24. Weight: 246.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747573166
- ISBN
- 9780747573166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Hardcover. Combines the drama, intrigue, and emotion of excellent storytelling with cutting-edge forensic investigation techniques and legal theory Num Pages: 405 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 405
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814784563
- ISBN
- 9780814784563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.59
€ 44.59
Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062284068
- ISBN
- 9780062284068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.06
€ 31.99
€ 26.06
Paperback. The history of Haiti has been marked by oppression at the hands of colonial and dictatorial overlords, but there has also been a history of resistance and sometimes triumph. This study aims to show that Haiti's vibrant and expressive music has been a important element in the power struggle. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 306 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KJH; AVGH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Paper edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226032924
- ISBN
- 9780226032924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.29
€ 42.99
€ 33.29
Hardback. The life of Howard Johnson, nicknamed "Stretch" because of his height (6'5"), epitomizes the cultural and political odyssey of a generation of African Americans who transformed the United States from a closed society to a multiracial democracy. Series: Empire State Editions. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; GTB; HBJK; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256532
- ISBN
- 9780823256532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.52
€ 34.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 1KLSC; BM; JFFN; JFSK1; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807062920
- ISBN
- 9780807062920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.54
€ 18.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Argues that the imperial Inka understood stone as potentially animate, sentient, and sacred; building in stone was a way of ordering unordered nature, domesticating untamed spaces, and claiming new territories. Num Pages: 320 pages, 53 b&w illustrations, 15 color plates. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; ACBK; HDD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348078
- ISBN
- 9780822348078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. An inside look at how congressional deference to the presidency and State Department has led to such foreign policy failures as Somalia, Bosnia and Iraq. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 151.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465007325
- ISBN
- 9780465007325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.21
€ 25.99
€ 18.21
Hardback. In the growing and dynamic economy of 19th century America, businesses sold vast quantities of goods to one another, mostly on credit. This book explains how business people solved the problem of whom to trust - how they determined who was deserving of credit, and for how much. Series: Harvard Studies in Business History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCZ; KJMV7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023406
- ISBN
- 9780674023406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.18€ 55.28
€ 60.18
€ 55.28
Paperback. Delves deeper into America's conspiracy sub-culture, exploring the rise of 9/11 conspiracy theories, the "birther" controversy surrounding Barack Obama's American citizenship, and how the conspiracy landscape has changed with the rise of the Internet and other new media. Series: Comparative Studies in Religion & Society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFC; JFHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276826
- ISBN
- 9780520276826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. An explosive account of the Kennedy assassination that will rewrite the history of the 20th century's most controversial murder investigation - now with a groundbreaking new afterword. Num Pages: 704 pages, 2 x 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFHC; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 45. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349140612
- ISBN
- 9780349140612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.65
€ 23.99
€ 16.65