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The Americas

Paperback. Chronicles media's role in shaping American life during the tumultuous nineteenth century by focusing specifically on the presentation of race and gender in the newspapers and magazines of the time. This book examines the ways in which American women were portrayed in the national media as they assumed a greater role in public and private life. Editor(s): Sachsman, David B.; Rushing, S. Kittrell; Morris, Roy. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFD; JFSJ; JFSL; KNTJ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557535085
ISBN
9781557535085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.74

Paperback. The story of a large yet little-known Protestant denomination Num Pages: 520 pages, 29 b&w photos, 5 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 29. Weight in Grams: 717.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218681
ISBN
9780253218681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813527871
ISBN
9780813527871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 40.87

Hardback. Presses an understanding of the roles of women in public life and offers a history of urban America. This book also offers evidence that women established a broad and durable solidarity that spanned differences of race, class, and political experience. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095394
ISBN
9780691095394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.20
€ 67.57

Paperback. A reinterpretation of the iconic photographs of the black civil rights struggle. It shows how the very pictures credited with arousing white sympathy, and thereby paving the way for civil rights legislation, actually limited the scope of racial reform in the 1960s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 65 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268647
ISBN
9780520268647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.94

Schuman concludes that these schools-Baylor University, Anderson University, New Saint Andrews College, Calvin College, North Park University, George Fox University, Westmont College, Oral Roberts University, Northwestern College, and Wheaton College-and others like them offer important and timely lessons for the broader higher-education community. Num Pages: 336 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNLR; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801893728
ISBN
9780801893728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.91

Paperback. Aimed at the lovers of architecture, photography and ancient art, this souvenir book aimes to capture the architecture and grounds of the renovated Getty Villa. Illustrated with more than seventy colour photographs, it guides the readers through the site - beginning with the cobblestone 'Roman road' through the refurbished Museum building. Num Pages: 64 pages, b&w illustrations, 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892368334
ISBN
9780892368334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. The photographs in these two volumes present an impressionistic view of the Getty Center and its grounds. One book concentrates on the Getty Center site, including its architecture and galleries. The second captures the Center's gardens and landscaping. Num Pages: 128 pages, 157 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892365555
ISBN
9780892365555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.29

Hardback. Offers a visual tour of the treasures to found both inside and outside the Getty Centre. This title features photos that showcase the Centre's world-class architecture and design. Num Pages: 96 pages, full-colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369751
ISBN
9780892369751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. From 1918 into the early twenties, any African American who spoke out forcefully for their race-editors, union organizers, civil rights advocates, radical political activists, and Pan-Africanists - were likely to be investigated by a network of federal intelligence agencies. This title presents an account of this story. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213549
ISBN
9780253213549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.19

paperback. Starting with the American Indian settlements and the early days when the southern-most tip of Manhattan held little more than a bleak outpost of Dutch fur traders, this title tracks the economic development and journeys north, from the Village's beginnings as a refuge from dreaded summer fevers to the Dominican enclave of Washington Heights. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 126 illustrations, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392891
ISBN
9781566392891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.93

Hardcover. Shows how popular environmentalism has been entwined with mass media spectacles of crisis. The author focuses on key moments in which media images provoked environmental anxiety but also prescribed limited forms of action. It is suitable to anyone interested in the history of environmentalism or in the power of the media. Num Pages: 344 pages, 73 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226169903
ISBN
9780226169903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 77.33

Paperback. Explores the camera work of five women who directed their visions toward influencing social policy and cultural theory. Doris Ulmann, Dorothea Lange, Marion Post Wolcott, Margaret Bourke-White, and Berenice Abbott. Melissa McEuen considers the prisms though which they saw American culture in the 1920s and 1930s. Num Pages: 376 pages, 54 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AJB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190945
ISBN
9780813190945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.18

paperback. This book analyses American interventions in the developing world, asking what can be done to reduce their economic and human cost. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 b/w illus. 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781316636640
ISBN
9781316636640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.74

Paperback. The American Revolution was a struggle not only for independence, but for the lands of American Indians. This is an account of the events surrounding the scorched-earth campaign against the Iroquois of New York and the eastern territories in 1779. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814756232
ISBN
9780814756232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. Treats the diversity of seeds and diaspores of plants commonly encountered in the Amazon and other lowland moist forests of the American tropics. This guide features a whole-plant approach to seed identification that provides descriptions of the seeds, as well as of the habit, trunk, bark, leaves, infructescence, and fruit of Amazonian plants. Series: Princeton Field Guides. Num Pages: 192 pages, 750 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146478
ISBN
9780691146478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.39

Hardback. Illustrator(s): Tebbs, Margaret. Num Pages: 656 pages, 302. BIC Classification: 1KLCP; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801447532
ISBN
9780801447532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.05

Hardcover. Following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Kansas Territory was a national issue that dominated America's press. This book offers a study of national media coverage devoted to the beleaguered territory, unearthing examples of what Americans were saying about Kansas and showing how those words affected the course of national events. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616121
ISBN
9780700616121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.69

Paperback. Recounting his career running agents in the back alleys of the Middle East, the author paints a picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides evidence about how Washington politics sabotaged the CIA's efforts to root out the world's deadliest terrorists. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSH; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 28. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornerstone
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099445548
ISBN
9780099445548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. When Coca-Cola was introduced in France in the late 1940s, the country's most prestigious newspaper warned that Coke threatened France's cultural landscape. This book presents an exploration of France's response to American influence after World War II. Num Pages: 293 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206984
ISBN
9780520206984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.10

Hardback. Carlson views the Lewis and Clark expedition as just one of several schemes to seize Western lands from foreign powers and extend the United States. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 b&w maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566634908
ISBN
9781566634908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.97

Hardcover. The latest security measures for utility and energy industries Addressing the growing post-9/11 concern about the safety of the utility and energy industries, SecuringUtility and Energy Infrastructures presents a detailed blueprint for safeguarding these vital fields. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations , maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471705253
ISBN
9780471705253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.70

Hardback. By 1830, many other important national concerns had become critically entangled with land disposition, creating points of ideological tension among rival regions, parties, and interests in the early years of the republic-particularly in Jacksonian America. Series: Reconfiguring American Political History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412757
ISBN
9781421412757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.86
€ 50.94

Paperback. Neoliberalism, Space, and Insecurity in Postwar Guatemala. 240 pages. Editor(s): O'Neill, Kevin Lewis; Thomas, Kedron. Essays on violence in Guatemala City, one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JHMC; JKV. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349587
ISBN
9780822349587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.06

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