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Hardback. Presents an account of a Frenchwoman of her decade-long stay in Brazil during the 1850s. This title paints a portrait of the reality of slavery, gender relations, and daily life in mid-nineteenth century Brazil. It provides a firsthand view of a slaveholding society, describing both men and women, slave and free, rich and poor. Editor(s): Hahner, June E. Translator(s): Toussaint-Samson, Emma. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 121 pages, illustrations, footnotes. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBTB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842028547
ISBN
9780842028547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.49

paperback. "As good a second-by-second reconstruction of the assassination and its aftermath as I've read." Bryan Burrough, The New York Times Series: Movie Tie-in Editions. Num Pages: 688 pages, 81 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 211 x 32. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co.
Condition
New
SKU
9780393347333
ISBN
9780393347333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.86

Paperback. Series: American Traveler. Num Pages: 48 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 106 x 4. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
American Traveler Press United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558380943
ISBN
9781558380943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Series: American Traveler. Num Pages: 48 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 60 x 4. Weight in Grams: 72.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
American Traveler Press United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558381193
ISBN
9781558381193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Series: Renaissance Travelers'. Num Pages: 48 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; CBD; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 107 x 4. Weight in Grams: 66.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
American Traveler Press United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558381469
ISBN
9781558381469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Many of our national parks, monuments, and seashores were established because of their inspiring geological features-from the geysers of Yellowstone to the granite peaks of Yosemite. Num Pages: 298 pages, 336 color plates, illustrations and maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393924077
ISBN
9780393924077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 146.34

Paperback. Catherine Allgor describes the various ways genteel elite women during the first decades of the 19th century used "social events" and the "private sphere" to establish the national capital and to build the extraofficial structures so sorely needed in the infant federal government. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921181
ISBN
9780813921181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 452 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226852966
ISBN
9780226852966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 37.99

Paperback. Series: From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268042400
ISBN
9780268042400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Hardback. The contributors, while recognizing the important differences and potential clashes between participatory and representative forms of democracy, ultimately favor participation, emphasizing its capacity to enhance and strengthen representative democracy. Editor(s): Selee, Andrew D.; Peruzzotti, Enrique. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894060
ISBN
9780801894060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.91

Paperback. The contributors, while recognizing the important differences and potential clashes between participatory and representative forms of democracy, ultimately favor participation, emphasizing its capacity to enhance and strengthen representative democracy. Editor(s): Selee, Andrew D.; Peruzzotti, Enrique. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894077
ISBN
9780801894077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.12

Paperback. Ultimately, Participatory Institutions in Democratic Brazil provides a more complex understanding of the links among participation, citizenship, and democracy through a set of case studies that will resonate both inside and outside Brazil. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPF; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801891809
ISBN
9780801891809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.84

Paperback. In this engaging, succinct study of the accomplishments and difficulties of the young American republic, key historical questions are discussed with references to important scholarship. Series: American History S. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
Publisher
Harlan Davidson
Condition
New
SKU
V9780882957043
ISBN
9780882957043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.48

Hardback. This important contribution to the study of Canadian elections forcefully argues that knowledge of the dynamics at the local level is essential to a full understanding of Canadian polity, its underlying social basis, and the factors that determine successful election campaigns. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 0. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774806985
ISBN
9780774806985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.65

Paperback. This important contribution to the study of Canadian elections forcefully argues that knowledge of the dynamics at the local level is essential to a full understanding of Canadian polity, its underlying social basis, and the factors that determine successful election campaigns. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 0. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774806992
ISBN
9780774806992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Hardback. "Parties, Elections, and the Future of Canadian Politics" provides the first comprehensive account of political change in Canada over the past two decades, particularly during the 1993, 2004, and 2011 federal elections. Editor(s): Bittner, Amanda; Koop, Royce. Num Pages: 364 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774824088
ISBN
9780774824088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.10

paperback. The first comprehensive account in decades of major party system change in Canada. Editor(s): Bittner, Amanda; Koop, Royce. Num Pages: 728 pages, 37 graphs, 35 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JPHF; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
UBC Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
728
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774824095
ISBN
9780774824095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.39

Hardback. Explores the development of health insurance in the United States and Canada. This book shows that Canada's federal structure and its parliamentary institutions encouraged a social-democratic third party that became pivotal in demonstrating the feasibility of universal, public health insurance. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; JKSB; JKSW; JPQB; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691057965
ISBN
9780691057965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.95
€ 82.84

Paperback. Explores the emergence of rituals in America that celebrate the dying and reinvent the roles of family and community at the deathbed. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBT; JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268739
ISBN
9780520268739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. In Partisan Journalism, Kuypers guides readers on a journey through American journalistic history, focusing on the warring notions of objectivity and partisanship. Series: Communication, Media and Politics. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JPV; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
306
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442225930
ISBN
9781442225930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.95

Paperback. Combining literary biography with reporting and moral insight, in this text David Laskin shows how sex, politics, and art affected relationships among the "Partisan Review" writers. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2ABM; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Univ of Chicago PR ed.
SKU
V9780226468938
ISBN
9780226468938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

hardcover. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226402550
ISBN
9780226402550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.77
€ 88.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226402697
ISBN
9780226402697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.34

Hardcover. Analyzing pre and post-1954 American literature, film, autobiography, government documents, ethnography, photographs, and popular culture, this title investigates the ways in which racially 'in-between' people and communities were brought to heel within the South's prevailing cultural logic. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814791325
ISBN
9780814791325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.06

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