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The Americas

Paperback. Explores Mexico and its romance with the image as well as othe issues of Spanish colonialism. Translator(s): Maclean, Heather. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326434
ISBN
9780822326434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. An historical guide to the evolution of our modern conception of freedom of the press, which finds expression in laws that protect print journalism and regulate broadcast media. Bollinger argues that this distinction remains meaningful but he advocates a more sophisticated approach to issues of privacy, access, and technology. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; KNTJ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226063492
ISBN
9780226063492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

hardcover. Illuminates the various ways in which the American Revolution and its aftermath directly and indirectly influenced France before and after the French Revolution. This title includes essays that cluster several basic themes such as: the condition of Native Americans and African-Americans, and more. Num Pages: 228 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADF; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780878404971
ISBN
9780878404971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.78

Hardback. This volume addresses the political dimension of visual culture in Latin America, spanning various regions and historical stages. It analyses: the formation of a public sphere, the visual politics of avant-garde art, the impact of mass society on political iconography, and the consolidation and crisis of territory as state icon. Editor(s): Andermann, Jens; Rowe, William. Series: Remapping Cultural History. Num Pages: 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571815330
ISBN
9781571815330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.45

Courtney Weikle-Mills discusses such characters as Goody Two-Shoes, Ichabod Crane, and Tom Sawyer in terms of how they reflect these conflicting ideals. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSY; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407210
ISBN
9781421407210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.21

Paperback. This book is a history of the future. It shows how our contemporary understanding of the Net is shaped by visions of the future that were put together in the 1950s and 1960s. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; GPF; JPA; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745326603
ISBN
9780745326603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.40

Hardback. This book is a history of the future. It shows how our contemporary understanding of the Net is shaped by visions of the future that were put together in the 1950s and 1960s. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; GPF; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745326610
ISBN
9780745326610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.01
€ 83.19

Paperback. Argues for re framing Asian American studies as a study defined not by its subjects and objects, but by its critique. This book examines Asian American literature and US legal discourse for the normative claims about race, gender, and sexuality. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331407
ISBN
9780822331407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816693061
ISBN
9780816693061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Considers how globalization is imagined by artists, academics, migrants, and entrepreneurs, all of whom traverse boundaries and, at times, engage in conflicted or negotiated multicultural interactions. This title contrasts the imaginaries of previous migrants to the Americas with those who live in transnational circuits. Series: Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354734
ISBN
9780822354734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Offers a collection of essays by twenty-one American historians that reflects on a peculiarly American way of imagining the past. Divided into three parts, this work contains chapters on exceptionalism, gender, economic history, social theory, race, and immigration and multiculturalism. It also has a chronological survey of non-American histories. Editor(s): Molho, Anthony; Wood, Gordon S. Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058115
ISBN
9780691058115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 55.15

Paperback. Creef looks at racial profiling Asian Americans over the past 100 years by examining images by well known photographers such as Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams. Num Pages: 245 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814716229
ISBN
9780814716229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Drawing on a wide variety of contemporary journals, newspapers, films, and popular songs, Alan M. Ball compares American social, political, and cultural influence in two newborn Russian states: the young Soviet Union and the modern Russian Republic. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742527935
ISBN
9780742527935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.74

Paperback. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 68 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888646293
ISBN
9780888646293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.81

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813585215
ISBN
9780813585215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.45

Hardback. Examines the links between beauty and politics in the Anglophone Caribbean Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719088674
ISBN
9780719088674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.25

Hardcover. Combines historical literary analysis and political theory in order to demonstrate that democratic practices of deliberation are rooted in the civic rhetoric that flourished in the early American republic. This title offers a mode of historical and textual analysis that displays the wide range of resources imaginative language. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226311296
ISBN
9780226311296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 50.25

Paperback. Archaeologist Jack Brink has written a major study of the mass buffalo hunts and the culture they supported before and after European contact. drawing on his 25 years excavating at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in southwestern Alberta, Canada - a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Num Pages: 400 pages, 150+ illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6147 x 4293 x 21. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
AU Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781897425046
ISBN
9781897425046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. A look at how the modern woman was envisioned in postrevolutionary Mexican popular culture and how she figured in contestations over Mexican national identity. Num Pages: 216 pages, 68 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822342380
ISBN
9780822342380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691605333
ISBN
9780691605333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.81

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