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Hardback. Gives a full history of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, from its nineteenth-century forerunner, the Philharmonic Society of Brooklyn, to its current status as house orchestra for the equally impressive Brooklyn Academy of Music and one of the most innovative and respected symphony orchestras of modern times. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVRB; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1393.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810856660
ISBN
9780810856660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.36

Paperback. An interpretation of the political and cultural history of the early cold war years. The author argues that art is part of the general culture, not autonomous or above it. Translator(s): Goldhammer, A. Num Pages: 288 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226310398
ISBN
9780226310398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.63

Paperback. Drawing on experiments and survey data, this title shows that Americans who watch partisan programming do become more certain of their beliefs and less willing to weigh the merits of opposing views or to compromise. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 line drawings, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069012
ISBN
9780226069012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.89

Hardcover. Drawing on experiments and survey data, this title shows that Americans who watch partisan programming do become more certain of their beliefs and less willing to weigh the merits of opposing views or to compromise. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 line drawings, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226068961
ISBN
9780226068961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 79.17

Paperback. Examines Mexican immigration - from 1924 when immigration acts drastically reduced immigration to the US to 1965 when many quotas were abolished - to understand how broad themes of race and citizenship are constructed. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
213
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280083
ISBN
9780520280083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.02

Paperback. How racism shapes urban spaces and how African Americans create vibrant communities that offer models for more equitable social arrangements Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439902561
ISBN
9781439902561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HPS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226324159
ISBN
9780226324159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.07

Hardcover. In the United States at the height of the Cold War, roughly between the end of World War II and the early 1980s, a new project of redefining rationality commanded the attention of sharp minds, powerful politicians, wealthy foundations, and top military brass. The authors illuminate what it meant to be rational in the age of nuclear brinkmanship. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 halftones, 17 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HPS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226046631
ISBN
9780226046631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Paperback. This is a social, cultural, and medical history of transsexuality in the US. It tells a human story about people who had a deep and unshakeable desire to transform their bodily sex. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFSJ5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013797
ISBN
9780674013797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.81

paperback. Drawing on postcolonial, feminist, poststructuralist, and First Nations theory, Hoy raises and addresses questions around 'difference' in relation to texts by contemporary Native women prose writers in Canada. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
First Soft Cover Edition
SKU
V9780802084019
ISBN
9780802084019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199756971
ISBN
9780199756971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

paperback. The Cold War continues to shape international relations almost twenty years after being acknowledged as the central event of the last half of the twentieth century. Interpretations of how it ended thus remain crucial to an accurate understanding of global events and foreign policy. Series: Issues in the History of American Foreign Relations. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBA; HBTW; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971751
ISBN
9781597971751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.53

Hardback. The Cold War continues to shape international relations almost twenty years after being acknowledged as the central event of the last half of the twentieth century. Interpretations of how it ended thus remain crucial to an accurate understanding of global events and foreign policy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBA; HBTW; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971744
ISBN
9781597971744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.32

Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; HBWS4; HBWS5; JPS; JPVH; JPWL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231180788
ISBN
9780231180788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. "Meticulously researched and unapologetically romantic, How the Hippies Saved Physics makes the history of science fun again."-Science Num Pages: 416 pages, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; PDZ; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
378
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393342314
ISBN
9780393342314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.16

Paperback. Tells the story of how the oppressed became the oppressors; how Irish immigrants achieved acceptance among an initially hostile population in America, only by proving that they could be more brutal in their oppression of African Americans than the nativists. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; HBJK; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 111 x 23. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415963091
ISBN
9780415963091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.36

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBBW; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 31. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New Island Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781848405127
ISBN
9781848405127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.93

Paperback. Selected as one of Civil War magazine's 100 essential titles on military campaigns and personalities. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1056.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252062100
ISBN
9780252062100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.81

Paperback. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277588
ISBN
9780520277588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. A work of photojournalism that deals with the New York City's slums in the 1880s. It includes the images of the squalid living conditions of 'the other half', who might well have inhabited another country. Editor(s): Warner, Sam Bass, Jr. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 368 pages, 33 halftones, 13 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFN; JFSC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674049321
ISBN
9780674049321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Solving the riddle of America's immigration puzzle, this text seeks to address the question of why an increasingly high-tech society has use for so many immigrants who lack the basic skills that the modern economy seems to demand. Num Pages: 299 pages, 17 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520231627
ISBN
9780520231627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.53

hardcover. Bringing together more than 300 color photographs and a series of candid interviews with pastors and church officials, this book explores the conditions, beliefs, and practices that shape the churches and the lives of America's urban poor. A poignant and visually arresting portrait, it shows how religion is being reinvented by the nation's poor. Num Pages: 304 pages, 316 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; AMN; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
None ed.
SKU
V9780813536828
ISBN
9780813536828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.24

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442244641
ISBN
9781442244641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; KCG; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 12. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626565579
ISBN
9781626565579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.55

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