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The Americas

paperback. Are the views of Latinos and African Americans underrepresented in our federal government? For that matter, what does it mean to be represented equitably? This title uses different measures of political equality to reveal which groups get what they want from government and what factors lead to their successes. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 48 line drawings, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226308685
ISBN
9780226308685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.06

Hardback. The Mirage of America in Contemporary Italian Literature and Film explores the use of images associated with the United States in Italian novels and films released between the 1980s and the 2000s. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; 2ADT; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644052
ISBN
9781442644052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.41

Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612347677
ISBN
9781612347677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. An issue facing transitional democracies around the world has been what to do with the security apparatuses left over from the old regime. This text explores this using true stories of torture victims in Brazil and Uruguay who, faced with the paralysis of the new regime, settled their own accounts. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 1KLSU; BG; JHM; JPH; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226893945
ISBN
9780226893945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.13

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649092
ISBN
9780691649092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.18

Hardback. This collection of nearly 600 excerpts from contemporary essays and letters conveys a panoramic picture of New York City as described by visitors, from the Dutch days to the 1960s. Contributors include: James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain and H.G. Wells. Num Pages: 417 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
417
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215287
ISBN
9780823215287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.68

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tilman
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909461161
ISBN
9781909461161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.55

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813564791
ISBN
9780813564791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.51

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813564807
ISBN
9780813564807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.93

Hardcover. Editor(s): Stewart, Gene P. Num Pages: 161 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 186 x 16. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
Har/Com
Number of pages
161
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607411109
ISBN
9781607411109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.61
€ 101.76

Hardback. A timely comparative study of state-network interactions in agro-environmental policy-making in the US, Canada, and France. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774809085
ISBN
9780774809085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.85

Paperback. A book with provocative implications for students and scholars of social movements and identity politics, Misrecognized Materialists offers a fresh and important perspective on Canada's constitutional struggles over civic symbolism and identity. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFF; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774811699
ISBN
9780774811699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Hardcover. Social workers produced thousands of case files about the poor during the interwar years. Analyzing almost two thousand such case files and traveling from Boston, Minneapolis, and Portland to London and Melbourne, this study examines how these stories of poverty were narrated and reshaped by ethnic diversity, economic crisis, and war. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1MBF; HBJD1; HBJK; HBJM; HBTB; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226653631
ISBN
9780226653631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.48
€ 55.68

Hardcover. Traces a daughter's search to recover the "missing parts" of a mother, to know her as an individual for the first time. This work seeks to make heard one of those "lost" women's voices that speak from and help create the world that we know. Series: Writing American Women. Num Pages: 160 pages, 19 black-&-white illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; VFJX; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608646
ISBN
9780815608646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.49

Paperback. Deepens our understanding of the issues involved in international adoptions and the desire of birth families to find their disappeared sons and daughters Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; BM; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292729087
ISBN
9780292729087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.76

Paperback. An ethnographic exploration of how young South Asian Muslim immigrants living in the United States experienced and understood national belonging (or exclusion) in the years immediately following September 11, 2001. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JMC; JFFN; JFSR2; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822344094
ISBN
9780822344094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.42

Examines the question of whether the US Department of Defense (DOD) has assumed too large a role in influencing and implementing US foreign policy while confronting the challenges arising from terrorism, Islamic radicalism, insurgencies, ethnic conflicts and failed states. Editor(s): Adams, Gordon; Murray, Shoon. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 figures, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626161146
ISBN
9781626161146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 135.01

Paperback. Examines the question of whether the US Department of Defense (DOD) has assumed too large a role in influencing and implementing US foreign policy while confronting the challenges arising from terrorism, Islamic radicalism, insurgencies, ethnic conflicts and failed states. Editor(s): Adams, Gordon; Murray, Shoon. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 figures, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626160934
ISBN
9781626160934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.70

Hardcover. Num Pages: 330 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936347844
ISBN
9780936347844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.80
€ 57.38

Num Pages: 256 pages, 300 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; WCL; WFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1364.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764317507
ISBN
9780764317507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.84
€ 62.06

Hardback. By unravelling the discourse and rhetoric of news coverage in Canada at the dawn of the 9/11 era, this book not only uncovers racist representations of Muslim communities but also reveals the discursive processes that rendered this racism invisible. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFD; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774826471
ISBN
9780774826471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.49

Hardback. The U.S. Military and Stability Operations. Series: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare. 280 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPWS; JWXZ. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 22. Weight: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153249
ISBN
9780231153249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.24
€ 73.18

Paperback. Series: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153256
ISBN
9780231153256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.02

Relates the development of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, or SIL, from its close association with official Mexico in the early 1930s to the late 1970s, when a growing anti-SIL alliance led by a new generation of Mexican anthropologists induced the Mexican government to curtail its support for the SIL. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; HRCX7; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817315153
ISBN
9780817315153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.09

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