The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. An ethnography exploring the encounter between modernizing visions of development, the place-based life projects of the Yshiro indigenous people of the Paraguayan Chaco, and the agendas of scholars and activists. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345459
- ISBN
- 9780822345459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.21
€ 31.99
€ 30.21
Paperback. This text offers an appraisal of Mario Vargas Llosa's literary and political production. It engages the debate concerning his role in Latin America, the merits and shortcomings of modernist and postmodernist thought, and the differences between neoliberalism and alternative positions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697519
- ISBN
- 9780847697519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.02
€ 51.02
Hardback. This text offers an appraisal of Mario Vargas Llosa's literary and political production. It engages the debate concerning his role in Latin America, the merits and shortcomings of modernist and postmodernist thought, and the differences between neoliberalism and alternative positions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697502
- ISBN
- 9780847697502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.87
€ 158.87
Paperback. In 1955, Maxine Kumin submitted a poem to the Saturday Evening Post. This book brings together Kumin, Julia Alvarez, Jane Smiley, Erica Jong, and fifteen other accomplished women of this generation to reflect on their writing lives. Editor(s): Burroway, Janet. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014104
- ISBN
- 9780226014104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.87
€ 24.99
€ 19.87
Paperback. Rebecca Solnit has made a vocation of journeying into difficult territory and reporting back, as an environmentalist, antiglobalization activist, and public intellectual. This work represents developments in Solnit's thinking and offers you a panoramic world view enriched by her characteristically provocative, inspiring, and hopeful observations. Num Pages: 436 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552. Landscapes for Politics. 436 pages, Illustrations. Rebecca Solnit has made a vocation of journeying into difficult territory and reporting back, as an environmentalist, antiglobalization activist, and public intellectual. This work represents developments in Solnit's thinking and offers you a panoramic world view enriched by her characteristically provocative, inspiring, and hopeful observations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; RN. Dimension: 195 x 147 x 25. Weight: 510.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 436
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256569
- ISBN
- 9780520256569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.93
€ 31.99
€ 22.93
hardcover. This volume examines the arguments of some of the leading proponents of the doctrine of "original intent". According to legal scholars a jurisprudence of original intent requires that judges bring no theory to the interpretation of the Constitution. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739100400
- ISBN
- 9780739100400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.15
€ 146.15
Paperback. In Storm Over Texas Joel Silbey explores the shaping and development of one event in American history - the Texas annexation controversy - and how it came to be a truly pivotal moment, explaining why the debate over annexation of Texas in the 1840s followed a course that led, ultimately, to civil war. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195315929
- ISBN
- 9780195315929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.00
€ 33.00
Paperback. Prominent historian Justus Doenecke analyzes the personalities, leading action groups, and major congressional debates surrounding the U.S. decision to participate in World War II. Num Pages: 576 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 31. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742507852
- ISBN
- 9780742507852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.84
€ 75.84
Hardback. Prominent historian Justus Doenecke analyzes the personalities, leading action groups, and major congressional debates surrounding the U.S. decision to participate in World War II. Num Pages: 551 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 551
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742507845
- ISBN
- 9780742507845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.21
€ 98.21
Hardcover. A study of the effects of plantation society on literature and the influences of literature on social practices in 19th-century Georgia, this text examines works of fiction, travel accounts, diaries, and personal letters and shows how Georgian authors romanticized agrarian themes. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 2ABM; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820321325
- ISBN
- 9780820321325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.50
€ 70.50
Paperback. A series of short stories, related by the author, handed down from generation to generation of the Lakota tribe. This work honours the buffalo, the dog, the horse, the eagle, and the wolf as workaday helpers and agents of divine intervention; the wisdom of the medicine man; and the heroism and resourcefulness of individual men and women. Num Pages: 82 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; 3JH; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 82
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293359
- ISBN
- 9780803293359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.95
€ 12.95
Hardcover. The first comprehensive survey of the New York Historical Society's internationally renowned collection of early American silver, one of the finest in the United States. Num Pages: 352 pages, 175 Colour, 175 b&w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFKG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 221 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1844.
- Publisher
- D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904832652
- ISBN
- 9781904832652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 39.72
€ 52.92
€ 39.72
Paperback. Journalists who have covered the NCAA Tournament known as March Madness over the past 25 years share their experiences and opinions in this collection of short stories. Editor(s): Fulks, Matt. Num Pages: 189 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Addax Publishing Group,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781886110977
- ISBN
- 9781886110977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.17
€ 14.17
Paperback. Stories from the Barrio offers a new look at the history of Fort Worth. Carlos E. Cuellar uses public records such as city to examine this community and its history Num Pages: 240 pages, 60 b/w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 853.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652900
- ISBN
- 9780875652900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.63
€ 26.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTP; HRCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816678082
- ISBN
- 9780816678082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.85
€ 32.85
Paperback. This text examines the historical formation of community in Monterey. It is also an investigation of how historical narratives are produced, looking at competing accounts of "civilizing" the Native Americans, Yankee progress, ethnical diversity and environmental protection among other issues. Num Pages: 361 pages, 35 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227231
- ISBN
- 9780520227231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.10
€ 35.99
€ 26.10
Hardback. An exploration of the role of storytelling in community and nation building that disrupts the assumption in many works that indigenous and immigrant identities fall into two separate streams of analysis. Editor(s): Lessard, Hester; Johnson, Rebecca; Webber, Jeremy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPA; LAQ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774818797
- ISBN
- 9780774818797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.52
€ 119.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKH; JNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610483360
- ISBN
- 9781610483360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.08
€ 95.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811705875
- ISBN
- 9780811705875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.46
€ 30.99
€ 24.46
Paperback. An indictment of the use of high-stakes assessments with punitive consequences in our public schools. This book traces the history of the policy and document the inequities for children of poverty that undergird high-stakes testing practices. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742559387
- ISBN
- 9780742559387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.17
€ 48.17