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The Americas
Paperback. A comprehensive overview that seeks to explain what happened in the 1960s and what happened to how we remember it. Reveals how the mass media have shaped the popular image of a raucous decade in ways that have curtailed its democratic possibilities." Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFD; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618224
- ISBN
- 9780700618224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.94
€ 42.94
Paperback. The author describes here the various perceptions of the principalship, based on interviews with students, teachers, parents and community members. She then offers some implications these perceptions might have for the profession. Viewpoints of practising or former principals are also included. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810844698
- ISBN
- 9780810844698
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Condition: New
€ 55.12
€ 55.12
paperback. This work takes an anthropological approach to the fundamental question of what makes life worth living. It considers the issue by examining nine pairs of similarly situated individuals in the United States and Japan. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520201330
- ISBN
- 9780520201330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
€ 38.99
€ 27.80
hardcover. Editor(s): Magnet, Myron. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566633345
- ISBN
- 9781566633345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.46
€ 25.99
€ 23.46
Paperback. This study celebrates the "anarchistic" film comedies made in the USA in the 1930s, which mocked the creativity and impulsiveness of their protagonists in a form of clowning that ultimately re-established the status quo. Films discussed include "Duck Soup" and W.C. Fields's "It's a Gift". Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, 116 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078559
- ISBN
- 9780231078559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.36
€ 36.99
€ 27.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 1KJC; 3JJPR; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665428
- ISBN
- 9781552665428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.37
€ 31.99
€ 26.37
Paperback. Contains everything you need to contextualize incumbent Barack Obama with what other liberals, past and present, believe. This book is a resource to have on hand during the upcoming election. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBCQ; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 190 x 38. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616088835
- ISBN
- 9781616088835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.69
€ 18.69
Paperback. Even before the United States officially entered World War II, American women began to map out a far-reaching agenda for the postwar world. This book is a collection of documents that demonstrate the active part women played in the construction of 'peace - to emerge from this war.' Editor(s): Smith, David C.; Litoff, Judy Barrett. Series: The Worlds of Women Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, photographs, further reading. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; GTJ; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028844
- ISBN
- 9780842028844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.32
€ 59.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157030
- ISBN
- 9780691157030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.93
€ 46.99
€ 32.93
Paperback. This title explores the ideas of African American musicians, analyzing them on the context of meanings circulating around jazz. The text shows how much black musicians have struggled against the definations of racial authenticity and racism in the dominant culture. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 425 pages, 16 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; HBT; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 425
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232969
- ISBN
- 9780520232969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Hardcover. What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745671505
- ISBN
- 9780745671505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
Paperback. What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745671512
- ISBN
- 9780745671512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.61
€ 25.61
Paperback. In France, a common notion is that the shared interests of graduate students and their professors could lead to intimate sexual relations, and that regulations curtailing those relationships would be both futile and counterproductive. This title explores nthe social problem of sexual harassment. Num Pages: 252 pages, 7 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFE2; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237414
- ISBN
- 9780520237414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.68
€ 40.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. As head of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, Kenneth Feinberg was asked to do the impossible: calculate the dollar value of over 5,000 dead and injured as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JKSN1; JPQB; JPWL2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586484514
- ISBN
- 9781586484514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.55
€ 17.99
€ 15.55
Hardcover. Across America, newspapers that have defined their cities for over a century are rapidly failing, their circulations plummeting even as opinion-soaked Web outlets thrive. This book explores the crucial question of how journalism lost its way - and what is responsible for the ragged retreat from its great traditions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226268989
- ISBN
- 9780226268989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.55
€ 29.99
€ 23.55
Paperback. Drawing on the discoveries of neuroscience, this book explains why the information overload of contemporary life makes us dramatically more receptive to sensational news, while rendering the staid, objective voice of standard journalism ineffective, and the result is a toxic mix that threatens to prove fatal to journalism as we know it. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352. The Information Explosion and the Crisis in Journalism. 224 pages. Drawing on the discoveries of neuroscience, this book explains why the information overload of contemporary life makes us dramatically more receptive to sensational news, while rendering the staid, objective voice of standard journalism ineffective, and the result is a toxic mix that threatens to prove fatal to journalism as we know it. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; KNTJ. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226005027
- ISBN
- 9780226005027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.09
€ 19.99
€ 17.09
Hardcover. Scholarship on African American history has changed dramatically since the publication of George Washington Williams pioneering A History of the Negro Race in America in 1882. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745660806
- ISBN
- 9780745660806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.78
€ 58.78
Paperback.
Scholarship on African American history has changed dramatically since the publication of George Washington Williams pioneering A History of the Negro Race in America in 1882. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660813
- ISBN
- 9780745660813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.95
€ 22.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHBC; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173566
- ISBN
- 9780691173566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.95
€ 29.99
€ 21.95
Paperback. A powerful and persuasive look at Latin America past and present Num Pages: 464 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 376. How the South Will Take the North into the 22nd Century. 464 pages, maps. A powerful and persuasive look at Latin America past and present. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KL; JPS. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight: 318.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408809778
- ISBN
- 9781408809778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
Hardcover. From Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist David Wood, a battlefield view of moral injury, the signature wound of America's 21st century wars. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLX; HBWS; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316264150
- ISBN
- 9780316264150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.57
€ 35.99
€ 30.57
Hardback. Historian Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent, weaving together political and military events with social, economic, and cultural history and religion. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 928 pages, 47 halftones, 23 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 154 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1454.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 924
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195078947
- ISBN
- 9780195078947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17
Paperback. Historian Howe illuminates the period of American history from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expands to the Pacific and wins control over the richest part of the North American continent. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 928 pages, 47 halftones, 23 lines. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1322.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195392432
- ISBN
- 9780195392432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.69
€ 31.69
Hardcover. With unprecedented candor, one of George W. Bush's closest aides takes readers behind the scenes of the Bush presidency, and what exactly happened to take it off course Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 pp. b/w photo insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 702. Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KI20002019
- ISBN
- 9781586485566
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99