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The Americas
Paperback. Analyzes film distribution and exhibition practices in order to reconstruct a context for understanding moviegoing at a time when American cities were coming to grips with new groups of immigrants and women working outside the home. This book talks about the history of the film industry, and about the process of imaging a national community. Num Pages: 391 pages, 61 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247437
- ISBN
- 9780520247437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Unlike the 1930s, when the United States tragically failed to open its doors to Europeans fleeing Nazism, the country admitted over three million refugees during the Cold War. This book explores the reasons behind the remarkable changes to American refugee policy, laws, and programs. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW3; JFFD; JFFN; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123325
- ISBN
- 9780691123325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 51.06
€ 65.36
€ 51.06
Paperback. Despite their outwardly friendly ways and easy-going manner, Americans continue to be a mystery to their business counterparts in other countries. Craig Storti tackles the "can-do" culture of the United States to help professionals better understand the sometimes confusing, sometimes frustrating American personality. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBL; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931930055
- ISBN
- 9781931930055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. During the Second World War, Chinese Americans contributed to the war effort by joining the armed forces and working in the defense industries. This title traces the history of the 14th Air Service Group, a segregated outfit of Chinese Americans sent to China in support of the American Army Air Corps and the Chinese Air Force. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592138401
- ISBN
- 9781592138401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Hardcover. In the first ethnographic monograph of Americans in Italy, Catherine Trundle argues that charity and philanthropy are the central means by which many American women negotiate a sense of migrant belonging in Italy. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383697
- ISBN
- 9781782383697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.05
€ 155.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195336085
- ISBN
- 9780195336085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.85
€ 57.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 111 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 111
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606923344
- ISBN
- 9781606923344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.65€ 39.38
€ 54.65
€ 39.38
Hardcover. Editor(s): Woodland, Jason R. Num Pages: 252 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600212215
- ISBN
- 9781600212215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.98€ 111.86
€ 163.98
€ 111.86
Hardcover. Editor(s): Glick, Roger H. Num Pages: 173 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600212185
- ISBN
- 9781600212185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.98€ 112.70
€ 163.98
€ 112.70
Paperback. Argues that the story of juridical racialism shows how race and citizenship served as a nexus for the professionalization of the social sciences Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPVH1; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814793657
- ISBN
- 9780814793657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 715 pages, 81 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 42. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 715
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245013
- ISBN
- 9780520245013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardcover. Resulting from an arduous series of six journeys along the two-thousand-mile line that divides East from West, this title includes photographs that provide the intimate yet dispassionate observations of a person who chose to explore the meanings inherent in the great empty middle between our coasts. Series: Plains Histories Series. Num Pages: 113 pages, 113 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 283 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1234.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 2nd printing,
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896725614
- ISBN
- 9780896725614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 40.43
€ 42.99
€ 40.43
Paperback. In the United States today, the term "terrorism" conjures up images of dangerous, outside threats: religious extremists and suicide bombers in particular. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583675700
- ISBN
- 9781583675700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Hardback. In the United States today, the term "terrorism" conjures up images of dangerous, outside threats: religious extremists and suicide bombers in particular. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583675717
- ISBN
- 9781583675717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 54.53
€ 59.42
€ 54.53
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812986686
- ISBN
- 9780812986686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.69
€ 23.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. This book argues that recognition of the corporate studio's role as author of Hollywood motion pictures enables original interpretations of Hollywood films and provides a deeper understanding of their cultural, political, and commercial objectives. Series: Post - 45. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; APFA; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 182 x 24. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778633
- ISBN
- 9780804778633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.57
€ 43.99
€ 38.57
Paperback. America's Covert War provides a tough-minded investigation of how legal process and human rights have been ignored in the search for often non-existent terrorists in Africa. It considers both the short-term and long-term impact of this intensive militarisation on vulnerable ethnic and religious groups in this highly volatile region. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1KBB; JPS; JPWL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2019
- SKU
- V9781849044134
- ISBN
- 9781849044134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.56
€ 30.99
€ 27.56
Paperback. Explores the moral terrain of America, analyzing the widely held perception that the nation is in moral decline. This book looks at the question from a variety of angles, examining traditional values, secular values, religious values, family values, economic values, and others. Num Pages: 328 pages, 29 line illus. 2 halftones. 29 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127873
- ISBN
- 9780691127873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JKS; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583673447
- ISBN
- 9781583673447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.39
€ 18.99
€ 17.39
Hardback. Editor(s): Haggard, Jennifer. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTX1; TJKT1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634635851
- ISBN
- 9781634635851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.88€ 132.77
€ 194.88
€ 132.77