The Americas
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The Americas
Hardcover. Illuminates our inevitable obsession with weather - as both physical reality and evocative metaphor - in all of its myriad forms, focusing on the ways in which it is perceived, feared, embraced, managed, and even marketed. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 448 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFC; WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st edition,
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616114
- ISBN
- 9780700616114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.06
€ 56.06
Paperback. Features a collection of more than one hundred Native American songs that celebrate the rich and vibrant oral traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North America. Some songs included in this work have familiar themes, while others illuminate the complexities and differences of the Native cultures. Editor(s): Swann, Brian. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSC; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 11. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293403
- ISBN
- 9780803293403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.82
€ 23.82
paperback. Weapons of Mass Persuasion chronicles the making of a Hollywood war: fast-paced and heroic, pitting the forces of good against the forces of evil to achieve a triumphant, sanitized, and commodified outcome. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 238 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; HBJF; HBLW; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780802086518
- ISBN
- 9780802086518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.36
€ 35.99
€ 33.36
Hardback. Truly interdisciplinary in both scope and method, this book will appeal to students and scholars in American studies, history, political theory, media and communications, and rhetoric and literary studies. Series: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFD; JPHV; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417363
- ISBN
- 9781421417363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.57€ 46.36
€ 50.57
€ 46.36
Paperback. Chomsky, Butler, Finkelstein and other leading commentators discuss state terrorism. Editor(s): Bailes, Jon; Aksan, Cihan. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPVR; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745332413
- ISBN
- 9780745332413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.13
€ 35.99
€ 24.13
Paperback. The ideologies of equal opportunity and individual responsibility that dominate American culture tend to obscure the casual connections between poverty and wealth. Uncovering these connections is one of the purposes of this book. Editor(s): Conley, Dalton. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231806
- ISBN
- 9780631231806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.75
€ 63.75
Hardcover. The ideologies of equal opportunity and individual responsibility that dominate American culture tend to obscure the casual connections between poverty and wealth. Uncovering these connections is one of the purposes of this book. Editor(s): Conley, Dalton. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 174 x 29. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231790
- ISBN
- 9780631231790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.97
€ 168.97
Hardback. An exciting and accessible history, Wealth and Disaster offers riveting insight into the matrimonial strategies and inheritance customs of French rural society and the resulting choices to emigrate or to stay. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KJ; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 244 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421285
- ISBN
- 9781421421285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.78
€ 55.78
Paperback. Shows how creating weaker forms of judicial review may actually allow for stronger social welfare rights under American constitutional law. This book describes how weak-form review works in Great Britain and Canada and discusses the extent to which legislatures can be expected to enforce constitutional norms on their own. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQB; LNAA1; LNTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143200
- ISBN
- 9780691143200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1932
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- New impression
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853451341
- ISBN
- 9780853451341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.18
€ 19.99
€ 18.18
Paperback. The new preface to this book allows Abramson to defend his views on the jury system as an embodiment of deliberative democracy in action, respond to his critics and reflect on newer trials and reforms. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA; LNB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674004306
- ISBN
- 9780674004306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.61
€ 43.99
€ 37.61
Hardback. This is a timely book that explores the use by public schools of private education companies to meet the needs of some of the nation's most challenged and challenging students. The book examines variations of use by states as well as the cultural attitudes toward the private sector to address these core functions of public schooling. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNF; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475814477
- ISBN
- 9781475814477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.63
€ 75.63
Paperback. Testimonials giving voice to scholars and students who have been targeted by the Israel lobby over the content of their teaching and activism Editor(s): Robinson, William I.; Griffin, Maryam S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 1KBB; JPS; JPVH; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 214 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745399461
- ISBN
- 9780745399461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.30
€ 21.99
€ 16.30
Paperback. World War II was the largest and greatest conflict in US history. This book presents a collection of diary entries, letters, and photographs from that era. Num Pages: 292 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; DNF; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027977
- ISBN
- 9780842027977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.58
€ 63.58
Hardback. From America's revolutionary period to the Civil War and Reconstruction, this text uncovers the strategies black writers used to create an African American identity and to make their visions and stories accessible to a white audience. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080941
- ISBN
- 9780231080941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.20€ 81.45
€ 108.20
€ 81.45
Hardback. From "America's leading immigration economist" (The Wall Street Journal), a refreshingly level-headed exploration of the effects of immigration. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; KCF; LNDA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393249019
- ISBN
- 9780393249019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.34
€ 27.99
€ 25.34
Paperback. An insider's view of the idealism, anger and vitality of the much-maligned group known as the Young Lords as they rose to become the most respected and powerful voice of Latin American empowerment in the US. From their emergence in the 60's to their fracture in 1972, this is the story of how one group took on the establishment - and won. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; JPWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813535593
- ISBN
- 9780813535593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.02
€ 41.99
€ 37.02
Paperback. A re-interpretation of American constitutional history, planned as the first of three volumes. Ackerman examines the transforming impact of popular movements on higher law. He also aims to put the Reagan revolution into perspective and redefine America's civic commitments for the future. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674948419
- ISBN
- 9780674948419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.25
€ 40.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. This text argues that constitutional change, seemingly so orderly, and refined, has in fact been a revolutionary process from the first. It sets contemporary events, such as the Reagan revolution, in deeper, constitutional perspective and considers fundamental reforms that might resolve them. Num Pages: 538 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674003972
- ISBN
- 9780674003972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.63
€ 43.99
€ 36.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1KBB; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 226 x 314 x 10. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Doubleday Books for Young Readers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385376174
- ISBN
- 9780385376174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.53
€ 21.99
€ 17.53