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The Americas
Paperback. A groundbreaking study of how concepts of virtue and vice are used to deny American women full political rights Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HPS; JFFK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 15. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439908945
- ISBN
- 9781439908945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.83
€ 31.99
€ 28.83
Paperback. This first biography of Susan Sontag (1933-2004) is now fully revised and updated, providing an even more intimate portrayal of the influential writer's life and career. The authors base this revision on Sontag's newly released private correspondence - including emails - and the letters and memoirs of those who knew her best. Num Pages: 368 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGL; DSBH; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Edition
- Revised, Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628462371
- ISBN
- 9781628462371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Deals with Susan Glaspell's and Sophie Treadwell's plays from a theatrical, rather than literary, perspective, and presents a comprehensive overview of their work from lesser known plays to seminal productions of "Trifles" and "Machinal". Series: Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415404846
- ISBN
- 9780415404846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.04
€ 43.04
Hardcover. This volume contains diverse essays on the works of Susan Fenimore Cooper. They discuss Cooper's uses and manipulations of various literary conventions and illuminate her positions on conservation, religion, and woman's place in society. Editor(s): Johnson, Rochelle; Patterson, Daniel. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820323268
- ISBN
- 9780820323268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Hardcover. Explores the diversity of thought and action in women's involvement in 19th-century reform movements. Editor(s): Ridarsky, Christine L.; Huth, Mary M. Series: Gender and Race in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3, 3 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576. Series: Gender and Race in American History. 256 pages, 3, 3 black and white. Editor(s): Ridarsky, Christine L.; Huth, Mary M. Explores the diversity of thought and action in women's involvement in 19th-century reform movements. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFSJ1. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 26. Weight: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464253
- ISBN
- 9781580464253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.65
€ 98.65
Paperback. Presents a multidisciplinary study of why and how Cambodians have come to the US and how they have fared since. Drawing on interviews with more than fifty community leaders, government officials, and staff members in volunteer agencies, this book synthesizes the literature on the refugees, many of whom come from varying socioeconomic backgrounds. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252071799
- ISBN
- 9780252071799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.66
€ 32.99
€ 29.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Trine Day United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937584603
- ISBN
- 9781937584603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.92
€ 26.99
€ 25.92
Hardcover. Tells the story of five Vietnamese Amerasians born during the Vietnam War to American soldiers and Vietnamese mothers. Unfortunately, they were not among the few thousand Amerasian children who came to the US before the war's end. Instead, this group of Amerasians faced formidable obstacles, both in Vietnam and in their new home. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781574888645
- ISBN
- 9781574888645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.40
€ 28.40
Paperback. This anthology of treasures from the oral literature of native California includes a selection of stories, anecdotes, myths, reminiscences, and songs drawn from a wide sampling of California's many native cultures. Introductions provide cultural and biographical context. Editor(s): Luthin, Herbert W. Num Pages: 651 pages, 12 black & white photographs, 5 maps, 4 musical examples, 1 line figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2ABM; DQ; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Annotated.
- Number of pages
- 651
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222700
- ISBN
- 9780520222700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. The Voice of Witness book series takes a humanizing, literary approach to oral history to illuminate the stories of people impacted by injustice across the world. Series: Voice of Witness. Num Pages: 367 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JPV; LNFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786632241
- ISBN
- 9781786632241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JKVP1; LNFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771120531
- ISBN
- 9781771120531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.24
€ 42.24
Paperback. Situating jewellery in the cultural economy of the American Southwest, this title explores Southwestern jewellery as a decorative form in constant transition. It describes this rich tradition as subject to a number of desires, fostered and regulated, at different times, by government agencies, traders, curators and Native American communities. Num Pages: 272 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AFKG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 299 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1304.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714125985
- ISBN
- 9780714125985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.29
€ 46.99
€ 39.29
Paperback. Series: Stackpole Military History Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 b/w photos, 4 b/w drawings, & 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811732482
- ISBN
- 9780811732482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.14
€ 21.99
€ 18.14
Paperback. Shows how small farming communities the heart and soul of America are both besieged and determined to survive, and reveals, through vivid storytelling, how the future of America is being played out on the high plains of Kansas." Num Pages: 244 pages, 45 photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617258
- ISBN
- 9780700617258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.34
€ 37.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; AJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 268 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Publisher
- Royal British Columbia Museum Canada
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780772657428
- ISBN
- 9780772657428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.54
€ 36.99
€ 28.54
Paperback. Matthew Rohrer at his best. Humorous, quotidian, urban, and conversational poems about family and friendship. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Wave Books United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781940696034
- ISBN
- 9781940696034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.41
€ 19.99
€ 17.41
Hardback. The Wadsworth Atheneum's remarkable collection of 20th-century art is due to a succession of adventurous directors and curators. This volume showcases the museum's holdings and provides details about their acquisition. Num Pages: 160 pages, 30 illustrations, 85 colour pl. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 285 x 245 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300102031
- ISBN
- 9780300102031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.74€ 44.71
€ 56.74
€ 44.71
Hardback. Focusing on the inheritance rights of people born outside wedlock, this book explores the legal evolution of their rights as Brazil moved from colony to nation. It offers a unique counterpoint to the conventional political history of the Brazilian Empire, which ignores important legal change involving family and inheritance law. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JHBK; LNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804746069
- ISBN
- 9780804746069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.53
€ 105.53
Hardback. This work situates the patrimonial rights of illegitimate offspring in Brazil within a system of Luso-Brazilian heirship that operated in the final half century of Portugese colonial rule. The book offers an explanation of how the rules of inheritance applied to people born outside of wedlock. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JHBK; LNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738811
- ISBN
- 9780804738811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.81
€ 86.81
Paperback. The Great Famine in Ireland was a catastrophe of immense proportions. Landlords, eager to dispose of 'surplus' tenants, engaged in 'assisted passages', whereby tenants were given financial incentives to emigrate. The clearances of uneconomic tenants from the 85,000-acre Coolattin Estate by Lord Fitzwilliam were the most organised in Ireland. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBC; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848892040
- ISBN
- 9781848892040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.51
€ 17.99
€ 14.51