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The Americas

Paperback. This text explores the shifting history of European attitudes towards America, utilizing British and French writing from the late 18th century to the middle of the 19th century. Thomas Murphy studies a variety of literary, philosophical and political writing by Europeans in this era. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; DSB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102206
ISBN
9780739102206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.33

Hardcover. Draws on thirty-five years of fieldwork (1965-1990) in the region to present a masterful ethnographic historical account of how nine communities in the Oaxaca Valley have striven to maintain land, livelihood, and civility in the face of transformational and cumulative change across five centuries. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 403 pages, 62 b&w photos, 7 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 814. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292754768
ISBN
9780292754768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.04

hardcover. Num Pages: 172 pages, 88 colour photos & 25 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811704670
ISBN
9780811704670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.94

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JFSC; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634005
ISBN
9780691634005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.48
€ 106.38

paperback. Editor(s): Swanson, Philip. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH; DSK; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138804180
ISBN
9781138804180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.32

paperback. Num Pages: 367 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863357313
ISBN
9783863357313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56

A groundbreaking history of the development of designed landscapes in Canada. Num Pages: 672 pages, 354 images, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBC; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 263 x 44. Weight in Grams: 2442.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773542068
ISBN
9780773542068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.42

Num Pages: 240 pages, 324 color photos & 96 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1518. United States Original Styles. 240 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMV. Dimension: 286 x 225 x 24. Weight: 1518.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764331077
ISBN
9780764331077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75
€ 39.73

Paperback. 117 kilometres of interaction between pilgrimage and architecture. Editor(s): Estudio, Tatiana Bilbao. Num Pages: 160 pages, 80 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AJCR; AMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 190. .
Publisher
Lars Muller Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037784990
ISBN
9783037784990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.96

paperback. This title addresses watering, fertilization, pruning, and other care concerns of more than 400 salt-tolerant plants. Containing colourful photographs, this comprehensive treatment of the selection and care of seaside plants is aimed at gardeners of the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts from Virginia to south Texas. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 b/w drawings, 513 colour photographs, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; WMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813027227
ISBN
9780813027227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.57

Paperback. An ethnography of the Coeur d'Alene Indians of Idaho focusing on the bonds between a people and the landscape of their traditional homeland. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 340 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWD; JFHF; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295981628
ISBN
9780295981628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.34

Paperback. In "Landscapes and Labscapes" Robert E. Kohler explores the people, places and practices of field biology in the United States from the 1890s to the 1950s. Using historical frontiers as models, Kohler shows how biologists created vigorous new border sciences of ecology and evolutionary biology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 39 halftones, 22 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; PDX; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226450100
ISBN
9780226450100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.31

paperback. William Robbins addresses efforts by individuals and groups within and outside the state to resolve inevitable conflicts between those most concerned for growth and perceived economic stability and those most concerned to preserve the quality of the state's natural resources and the environment in which its citizens live. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; 3JJP; HBTB; KCN; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990439
ISBN
9780295990439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. In conventional anthropological literature, 'landscape' is the term applied to the meaning local people bestow on their cultural and physical surroundings. This work explores these landscapes an individual or cultural group has constructed to define the origins or beginnings of that cultural group as revealed through shared or traditional memory. Editor(s): Christie, Jessica Joyce. Num Pages: 280 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817355609
ISBN
9780817355609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.67

Paperback. This comparative frontier history explores the role that natural environments played in shaping the contours of European-indigenous encounters and processes of colonization Num Pages: 456 pages, 28 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JHMC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822336891
ISBN
9780822336891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.67

Paperback. The momentous changes which are transforming American life call for a new exploration of the economic and cultural landscape. In this book, the author links our expanding need to consume with two fundamental shifts: places of production have given way to spaces for services, and the competitive edge has moved from industrial to cultural capital. Num Pages: 338 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
338
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520082885
ISBN
9780520082885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.79

paperback. Presents the environmental history of the early years of Oregon, a state that has been associated with environmental protection. Covering the period from early human habitation to the end of World War II, this book shows that the reality of Oregon's environmental history involves far more than a discussion of timber cutting and land-use planning. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780295979014
ISBN
9780295979014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.89

Paperback. A new section at the end of the book includes three chapters that address methodological issues in the study of spirituality, the symbol-making process of religious experience, and the tension between place and placelessness in Christian spirituality. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
expanded edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801868382
ISBN
9780801868382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.37

Paperback. Comprehensive study of Canadian literature, theatre, art (1977-2007) depicting memories of the two world wars. Num Pages: 636 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 920.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772120004
ISBN
9781772120004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.18
€ 40.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 232 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764327001
ISBN
9780764327001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Hughes, Langston; Santis, Christopher C. de. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252064746
ISBN
9780252064746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.18

Hardback. For the first time, historians, anthropologists, literature specialists, and linguists have come together to reflect, in the fifteen original essays presented in this volume, on the various modes of contact and communication that took place between the Europeans and the "Natives." Editor(s): Gray, Edward G.; Fiering, Norman. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 figures, 8 ills. BIC Classification: 1K; 3H; 3J; GTC; HB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571812100
ISBN
9781571812100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.51

Paperback. Here, the author recounts in-depth interviews with youths detained at an all-male correctional facility, exploring how they talk about guns and what meanings they ascribe to them in an attempt to understand some of the assumptions implicit in current handgun policies. He redraws the relationships among empirical research, law, and public policy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 halftones, 14 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226316093
ISBN
9780226316093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.31

Paperback. Well over thirty million people in the United States speak a primary language other than English. Nearly twenty million of them speak Spanish. And these numbers are growing. This book lays out the two approaches to language policy - linguistic assimilation and linguistic pluralism - in clear and accessible terms. Series: Mapping Racisms. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566397551
ISBN
9781566397551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.10

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