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The Americas
Hardback. Using a theoretical framework built on Lacan and Foucault, Licia Fiol-Matta traces the careers of four iconic female Puerto Rican singers to explore how their voices, performance style, physical appearance, and subject matter of their songs challenged social and cultural norms. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 312 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJP; AVC; AVG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362821
- ISBN
- 9780822362821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Paperback. Using a theoretical framework built on Lacan and Foucault, Licia Fiol-Matta traces the careers of four iconic female Puerto Rican singers to explore how their voices, performance style, physical appearance, and subject matter of their songs challenged social and cultural norms. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 312 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJP; AVC; AVG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362937
- ISBN
- 9780822362937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.21
€ 31.99
€ 30.21
Paperback. The stories behind America's finest wines, and the people and places that have made them so admired today. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393329414
- ISBN
- 9780393329414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.38
€ 17.99
€ 17.38
Hardcover. In The Great War and American Foreign Policy, 1914-1924, Robert E. Hannigan challenges the conventional belief that the United States entered World War I only because its hand was forced and disputes the claim that Washington was subsequently driven by a desire "to make the world safe for democracy." Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248593
- ISBN
- 9780812248593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.19
€ 97.19
Paperback. This devastating critique by the authors of The Deindustrialization of America documents how the economic policies of the Reagan era have damaged the American standard of living and suggests how this trend may be reversed. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCL; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012248
- ISBN
- 9780465027187
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Tells how aboriginal Americans and then early Spanish and Mexican immigrants contrived to use and share the available water and how American settlers, arriving in ever-increasing numbers after the Gold Rush, transformed California into the home of the nation's preeminent water seekers. Num Pages: 832 pages, 94 b/w photographs, 25 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 226 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224568
- ISBN
- 9780520224568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.51
€ 41.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. Two environmental reporters tell the fascinating story behind Texas's unlikely triumph in the clean-energy marketplace through wind farming Num Pages: 209 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; KNBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292735835
- ISBN
- 9780292735835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.16
€ 28.16
Paperback. Through informative case studies, this illuminating book remaps considerations of the Civil War and Reconstruction era by charting the ways in which the needs, interests, and experiences of going to war, fighting it, and making sense of it informed and directed politics, public life, social change, and cultural memory after the war's end. Editor(s): Cimbala, Paul A. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823232031
- ISBN
- 9780823232031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.07
€ 41.99
€ 41.07
Paperback. Join photographer Steven Richman as he explores The Great Swamp, a natural area of 7,500 acres in north-central New Jersey, including Lord Stirling Park, the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, and the Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center.The Great Swa Num Pages: 112 pages, 274 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; WN; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 281 x 10. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764328220
- ISBN
- 9780764328220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.90
€ 25.99
€ 17.90
Paperback. The story of the Great Society Subway sheds light on the development of metropolitan Washington, postwar urban policy, and the promises and limits of rail transit in American cities. Num Pages: 376 pages, 66 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; HBJK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421415772
- ISBN
- 9781421415772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.91
€ 35.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. The story of the Sioux Nation's fight to regain its land and sovereignty, highlighting the events of 1973-74 Editor(s): Ortiz, Roxanne Dunbar. Num Pages: 232 pages, 21 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803244832
- ISBN
- 9780803244832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.71
€ 21.99
€ 21.71
Paperback. Drawing on his experience as a linguistic anthropologist, this author parses how political leaders have used historical references, religious associations, and the mythology of evil to inflame their own citizens against the foreign country and proposes a way out of this debacle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041476
- ISBN
- 9780226041476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.62
€ 32.99
€ 25.62
Paperback. This masterful, richly illustrated account of the planning and building of the most important and influential early American railroad contributes not only to the railway history but to the history of the development of the United States in the 19th century. 80 illustrations. Num Pages: 496 pages, 80 half-tones 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 175 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726290
- ISBN
- 9780804726290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.23
€ 56.23
The Great Road. The Building of the Baltimore and Ohio, the Nation's F...
Dilts, James S.. Ed(S): Dilts, James D.
Hardback. This masterful, richly illustrated account of the planning and building of the most important and influential early American railroad contributes not only to the railway history but to the history of the development of the United States in the 19th century. 80 illustrations. Editor(s): Dilts, James D. Num Pages: 496 pages, 80 half-tones 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804722353
- ISBN
- 9780804722353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 249.33
€ 249.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062433862
- ISBN
- 9780062433862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.68
€ 29.99
€ 24.68
Paperback. The first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation. 'Shrewd, articulate and incredibly well-informed' - Miranda Seymour, Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 200 x 33. Weight in Grams: 429. The Epic Story of the American Railroad. 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. The first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation. 'Shrewd, articulate and incredibly well-informed' - Miranda Seymour, Daily Telegraph. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTK; WGF. Dimension: 173 x 200 x 33. Weight: 432.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857890368
- ISBN
- 9780857890368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.31
€ 33.99
€ 24.31
Paperback. Takes us on a tour of the author's favourite city: Austin. This work includes a bunch of stuff, from descriptions of Austin's notable trees and directions to skinny-dipping sites to lists of haunted places and quizzes and puzzles. Num Pages: 144 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 4. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099490562
- ISBN
- 9780099490562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.32
€ 10.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QMP; 3JJ; HBJK; HBJQ; HBLW; HBT; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629145044
- ISBN
- 9781629145044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.14
€ 25.99
€ 23.14
Paperback. Just as economists struggle today to justify the free market after the global economic crisis, an earlier generation revisited their worldview after the Great Depression. In this intellectual history of that project, Burgin traces the evolution of postwar economic thought in order to reconsider the most basic assumptions of a market-centered world. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 226 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674503762
- ISBN
- 9780674503762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.69
€ 35.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. Tells the story of one of the most significant European-Native diplomatic negotiations of the colonial period and the resulting treaty. The treaty, it argues, was the culmination of the French colonial strategy of Native alliances and adaptation to Native political customs. Translator(s): Aronoff, Phyllis; Scott, Howard. Num Pages: 320 pages, illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 3JD; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; JHM; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 156 x 585. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773522190
- ISBN
- 9780773522190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.72
€ 40.99
€ 39.72
Hardback. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3B; HDD; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 154 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1379.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293226
- ISBN
- 9780226293226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.45€ 47.71
€ 56.45
€ 47.71
Hardback. A valuable portrait of one of the most powerful managers in American musical history. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 black and white photographs, 1 line drawing, 4 charts, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1K; AVGC6; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252037412
- ISBN
- 9780252037412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.21
€ 66.21
Hardback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; YNA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. .
- Publisher
- Museum of Modern Art
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633450257
- ISBN
- 9781633450257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.70
€ 19.99
€ 15.70
Paperback. Almost 35 years before New York saw the first great battle waged by the new United States of America for its independence, rumours of a slave conspiracy spread in the city, leading to the conviction and execution of over 70 slaves. This text retells the dramatic story of these landmark trials. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612468
- ISBN
- 9780700612468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.04
€ 35.04