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Paperback. This fascinating study charts the emergence of American cinema, from pre-cinematic entertainment in the 1890s to early Hollywood. Providing valuable new perspectives on the history of film as art, Kaveh Askari explores how these early forms of cinema related to the visual arts, new arts education theories and other social changes of the time. Series: Cultural Histories of Cinema. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; APFA; APFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844576951
ISBN
9781844576951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.65

Hardback. Bryson deconstructs the "canon wars" and uses English departments to demonstrate that social structure is the cornerstone of culture and the appropriate target for cultural policy. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751636
ISBN
9780804751636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.79

Paperback. Bryson deconstructs the "canon wars" and uses English departments to demonstrate that social structure is the cornerstone of culture and the appropriate target for cultural policy. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751643
ISBN
9780804751643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

Paperback. It presents the most comprehensive account available of perhaps the most critical mapping of space ever undertaken in BC -- the drawing of the lines that separated the tiny plots of land reserved for Native people from the rest. Series: Brenda & David McLean Canadian Studies. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBT; JFSL9; JPVH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774809016
ISBN
9780774809016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.12

Hardcover. This volume presents an ethnographic study of Dominicans in New York City through their participation in small businesses. Krohn-Hansen demonstrates how Dominican enterprises work, how people find economic openings, and how Dominicans who own small commercial ventures have formed political associations to promote and defend their interests. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KJD; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812244618
ISBN
9780812244618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.14

hardcover. Presents the story of how the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill grew from a single course in the English department in 1909 to become an international leader in journalism - mass communication education. Num Pages: 296 pages, 40 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; JFD; JNM; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807833315
ISBN
9780807833315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.03

Paperback. A behind-the-scenes account of the invention of the polymerase chain reaction, which transformed the practice and potential of molecular biology. This book explores the culture of biotechnology as it emerged at Cetus Corporation in the 1980s, looking at its scientific, social and economic elements. Num Pages: 196 pages, 10 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; PDX; PSD; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226701479
ISBN
9780226701479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.72

Paperback. A history of a past phenomenon - racial art - which has ramifications for the present Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 59 illus., 12 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD; AFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Original
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991450
ISBN
9780295991450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.14

Paperback. In Making Refuge Catherine Besteman follows the lives of a group of Somali Bantu refugees over the course of three decades, from their pre-civil war homes and terrible experiences in Kenyan refugee camps, to their recent resettlement in the struggling former mill town of Lewiston, Maine. Series: Global Insecurities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1KBBEN; HBJH; JFFD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360445
ISBN
9780822360445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Hardback. In Making Refuge Catherine Besteman follows the lives of a group of Somali Bantu refugees over the course of three decades, from their pre-civil war homes and terrible experiences in Kenyan refugee camps, to their recent resettlement in the struggling former mill town of Lewiston, Maine. Series: Global Insecurities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1KBBEN; HBJH; JFFD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360278
ISBN
9780822360278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.83

Paperback. It's a common complaint: the United States is overrun by rules and procedures that shackle professional judgment, have no valid purpose, and serve only to appease courts and lawyers. This book argues, however, that few Americans would want to return to an era without these legalistic policies. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; JPVH; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226211657
ISBN
9780226211657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. A full-scale economic analysis of homelessness, this text offers answers in terms of markets, not the bad habits or pathology of individuals. Focusing on six cities, it discusses homelessness as a response to changes in the housing market that are linked to the shrinking of the middle class. Num Pages: 352 pages, 38 linecuts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB; JFS; JKSB; KCC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674543430
ISBN
9780674543430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.44

Hardback. When Alex Haley's book Roots was published by Doubleday in 1976, it became an immediate bestseller. The television series, broadcast by ABC in 1977, became the most popular miniseries of all time. This book looks at the importance, contradictions, and limitations of mass culture and examines how Roots pushed the boundaries of history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 22 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; JFD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291324
ISBN
9780520291324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.80

Paperback. A fascinating historical study of the decline of salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 25 photos, 8 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; KNAF; RNF; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780295981147
ISBN
9780295981147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. By tracing the careers of Rio's pioneering black musicians from the late nineteenth century until the 1970s, Marc A. Hertzman revises the histories of samba and of Brazilian national culture. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 map, 16 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354307
ISBN
9780822354307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.34

Hardback. By tracing the careers of Rio's pioneering black musicians from the late nineteenth century until the 1970s, Marc A. Hertzman revises the histories of samba and of Brazilian national culture. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 map, 16 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 23. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822354154
ISBN
9780822354154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.30

Paperback. Focuses on the 19th-century transformation in San Francisco from Gold Rush to earthquake to show how the city's diverse residents created a modern American city through everyday "cultural frontiers," such as restaurants, hotels, and annual fairs and expositions, among others." Num Pages: 312 pages, 39 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617227
ISBN
9780700617227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.84

Hardback. This new collection of Herbert J. Gans's scholarly and other writings, including excerpts from his most prominent ethnographic books, The Urban Villagers, The Levittowners, and Deciding What's News, will be a thought-provoking resource for social scientists, students, and all those who care about America. Series: Legacies of Social Thought Series. Num Pages: 361 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847690404
ISBN
9780847690404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.24
€ 74.81

Hardback. Takes the pulse of the left in contemporary US politics Editor(s): Bell, Jonathan; Stanley, Timothy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 line drawing, 2 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252036866
ISBN
9780252036866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.54

Paperback. A collection of essays that offer new perspectives on postwar American liberalism. It assesses the problems liberals have confronted in the twentieth century, examines their strategies for reform, and charts the successes and potential for future liberal reform. Editor(s): Bell, Jonathan; Stanley, Timothy. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252080005
ISBN
9780252080005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Hardback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137373243
ISBN
9781137373243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.48
€ 20.39

hardcover. On 3 September 1996, Bill C-41 was proclaimed in force, initiating one significant step in the reform of sentencing and parole in Canada. This is the first book to provide an overview of the law. Editor(s): Roberts, Julian V.; Cole, David P. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LNAA; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802006868
ISBN
9780802006868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.65

paperback. This work makes a contribution to the public understanding of the issues involved in reforming Social Security. It describes the current system and the pressures that have been brought to bear upon it, before dissecting and evaluating the various reform proposals. Num Pages: 177 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226751177
ISBN
9780226751177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Hansen, Jan; Helm, Christian; Reichherzer, Frank. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 292 x 27. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Campus Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593504803
ISBN
9783593504803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.75
€ 44.15

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