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The Americas
Paperback. When Dr. Martin Luther King arrived in Selma, Alabama, in January, 1965 to organize peaceful demonstrations against discriminatory voting, Sheyann Webb was aged eight and Rachel West Nelson aged nine. This is their account of the events of the winter of 1965 which changed American history. Num Pages: 168 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817308988
- ISBN
- 9780817308988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.30
€ 18.99
€ 18.30
Paperback. Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 394 pages, 25 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813168463
- ISBN
- 9780813168463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.90
€ 32.90
Paperback. Tells the story of how music and youth culture have changed along with the economic, political, and cultural transformations of American society. This book traces the histories of punk, hardcore, heavy metal, glam, thrash, alternative rock, grunge, and riot grrrl music, and relates them to wider social changes that have taken place. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Edition
- 11/15/09
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814757482
- ISBN
- 9780814757482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Hardback. Tells the story of how music and youth culture have changed along with the economic, political, and cultural transformations of American society. This book traces the histories of punk, hardcore, heavy metal, glam, thrash, alternative rock, grunge, and riot grrrl music, and relates them to wider social changes that have taken place. Num Pages: 286 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814757475
- ISBN
- 9780814757475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.16
€ 97.16
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813576336
- ISBN
- 9780813576336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.63
€ 169.63
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813576329
- ISBN
- 9780813576329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.02
€ 41.99
€ 37.02
Paperback. Draws a portrait of how welfare staff and their clients negotiate the complexities of the low wage labor market in an age of global competition. This title chronicles how entrepreneurial efforts ranging from front-line caseworkers to high-level administrators set the pace for restructuring a resistant bureaucracy. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814775943
- ISBN
- 9780814775943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Hardcover. Learn the crucial ins and outs of the world s largest market The U. S government market represents the largest single market anywhere. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470881330
- ISBN
- 9780470881330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.50
€ 31.99
€ 24.50
paperback. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFD; KJSA; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613072
- ISBN
- 9781442613072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.69
€ 40.99
€ 36.69
Hardback. This book studies the transition from local to national timekeeping, inthe USA, aprocess that led to Standard Time the world-wide system of timekeeping by which everyone lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 186 x 28. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738743
- ISBN
- 9780804738743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.88
€ 86.88
Paperback. Reveals the history of how the emergence of the DVD market changed cultural and industrial attitudes about horror movies and film ratings. This title presents a re-evaluation of the history of the horror film from an industry studies perspective. It also features an exploration of the relationship between DVDs and film ratings. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474405584
- ISBN
- 9781474405584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Hardcover. A study that reveals the history of how the emergence of the DVD market changed cultural and industrial attitudes about horror movies and film ratings. These changes made way for increasingly violent horror films, like those produced by the Splat Pack, a group of filmmakers who were heralded in the press as subversive outsiders. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748685493
- ISBN
- 9780748685493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.60
€ 105.84
€ 101.60
Hardcover. Tells the story of how black Chicagoans were at the center of a national movement in the 1940s and '50s, a time when African Americans across the country first started to see themselves as part of a single culture. This book offers interpretations of such events as the 1940 American Negro Exposition. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 280 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226306414
- ISBN
- 9780226306414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 45.29
€ 52.92
€ 45.29
Paperback. Tells the story of how black Chicagoans were at the center of a national movement in the 1940s and '50s, a time when African Americans across the country first started to see themselves as part of a single culture. This book offers interpretations of such events as the 1940 American Negro Exposition. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226306407
- ISBN
- 9780226306407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 361 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816631827
- ISBN
- 9780816631827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.03
€ 28.03
Hardback. Between 1880 and 1940, California cities were in the vanguard in creating comprehensive city plans and zoning ordinances that came to characterize modern American city growth. This book reveals the means by which property-owning middle-class women achieved entry into the male-dominated sphere of urban planning. Num Pages: 232 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748759
- ISBN
- 9780804748759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.40
€ 86.40
Tourists may want a life uncomplicated by technology, but would they be willing to drive around in horse-drawn buggies in order to achieve it?Trollinger's answers to important questions in her fascinating study of Amish Country tourism are sure to challenge readers' understanding of this surprising cultural phenomenon. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20, 4 maps, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; JFSR; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404196
- ISBN
- 9781421404196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.92
€ 62.92
Paperback. In this study of the laws and policies associated with commercial radio and television, the author shows that government regulation creates rather than intervenes in the market. It shows that liberal marketplace principles have come into contradiction with themselves. Num Pages: 352 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPQB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226777221
- ISBN
- 9780226777221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. "Schorman demonstrates in this readable study of 1890s U.S. society how fashion-which he defines as clothing everyone wears and the symbolic system connected to its choice-reflects the cultural dynamics caused by rapid social change and remnants of past attitudes."-Choice Num Pages: 224 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JH; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812237283
- ISBN
- 9780812237283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.57
€ 70.57
Paperback. From Tin Pan Alley to grand opera, player-pianos to phonograph records, this title explores the rise of music as big business and the creation of a radically new musical culture. It uncovers the origins of the culture industry in music and chronicles how music ignited an auditory explosion that penetrated various aspects of society. Num Pages: 368 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; JFCA; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064041
- ISBN
- 9780674064041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.45
€ 35.99
€ 30.45