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The Americas

Paperback. Explores the camera work of five women who directed their visions toward influencing social policy and cultural theory. Doris Ulmann, Dorothea Lange, Marion Post Wolcott, Margaret Bourke-White, and Berenice Abbott. Melissa McEuen considers the prisms though which they saw American culture in the 1920s and 1930s. Num Pages: 376 pages, 54 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AJB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190945
ISBN
9780813190945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.63

Hardcover. Shows how popular environmentalism has been entwined with mass media spectacles of crisis. The author focuses on key moments in which media images provoked environmental anxiety but also prescribed limited forms of action. It is suitable to anyone interested in the history of environmentalism or in the power of the media. Num Pages: 344 pages, 73 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226169903
ISBN
9780226169903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 79.61

paperback. Starting with the American Indian settlements and the early days when the southern-most tip of Manhattan held little more than a bleak outpost of Dutch fur traders, this title tracks the economic development and journeys north, from the Village's beginnings as a refuge from dreaded summer fevers to the Dominican enclave of Washington Heights. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 126 illustrations, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392891
ISBN
9781566392891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. From 1918 into the early twenties, any African American who spoke out forcefully for their race-editors, union organizers, civil rights advocates, radical political activists, and Pan-Africanists - were likely to be investigated by a network of federal intelligence agencies. This title presents an account of this story. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213549
ISBN
9780253213549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.40

An intellectual history of US national security thinking since the end of the fall of the Soviet Union, Seeing the Elephant is an attempt to see the evolving international security system and America's role in it through the eyes of more than fifty perceptive authors who have analysed key aspects of the unfolding post-Cold War drama. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971003
ISBN
9781597971003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.98

Hardback. Offers a visual tour of the treasures to found both inside and outside the Getty Centre. This title features photos that showcase the Centre's world-class architecture and design. Num Pages: 96 pages, full-colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369751
ISBN
9780892369751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.04

Paperback. The photographs in these two volumes present an impressionistic view of the Getty Center and its grounds. One book concentrates on the Getty Center site, including its architecture and galleries. The second captures the Center's gardens and landscaping. Num Pages: 128 pages, 157 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892365555
ISBN
9780892365555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.79

Paperback. Aimed at the lovers of architecture, photography and ancient art, this souvenir book aimes to capture the architecture and grounds of the renovated Getty Villa. Illustrated with more than seventy colour photographs, it guides the readers through the site - beginning with the cobblestone 'Roman road' through the refurbished Museum building. Num Pages: 64 pages, b&w illustrations, 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892368334
ISBN
9780892368334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.90

Schuman concludes that these schools-Baylor University, Anderson University, New Saint Andrews College, Calvin College, North Park University, George Fox University, Westmont College, Oral Roberts University, Northwestern College, and Wheaton College-and others like them offer important and timely lessons for the broader higher-education community. Num Pages: 336 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNLR; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801893728
ISBN
9780801893728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.15

Paperback. A reinterpretation of the iconic photographs of the black civil rights struggle. It shows how the very pictures credited with arousing white sympathy, and thereby paving the way for civil rights legislation, actually limited the scope of racial reform in the 1960s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 65 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268647
ISBN
9780520268647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Presses an understanding of the roles of women in public life and offers a history of urban America. This book also offers evidence that women established a broad and durable solidarity that spanned differences of race, class, and political experience. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095394
ISBN
9780691095394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.18
€ 68.86

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813527871
ISBN
9780813527871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. The story of a large yet little-known Protestant denomination Num Pages: 520 pages, 29 b&w photos, 5 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 29. Weight in Grams: 717.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218681
ISBN
9780253218681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. This extended, real-world case study provides an authentic, unvarnished account of a fully-human principal knee deep in what is appropriately called the toughest job in education. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JNK; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781475806694
ISBN
9781475806694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.63

paperback. Traces the history of African Americans in California Editor(s): De Graaf, Lawrence Brooks; Mulroy, Kevin; Taylor, Quintard, Jr. Series: Series No Longer Used. Num Pages: 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; GTB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Washington Press Seattle
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295980836
ISBN
9780295980836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.26

hardcover. In 1946, the people of the French Antilles-the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe-chose the path of assimilation rather than independence from France. Their histories offer an important contrast to the wars of decolonization following World War II. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Publication date
2016
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780195382839
ISBN
9780195382839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.04

Hardback. This is the first book in either English or Chinese to study the group of students who came to the U.S. in the early 20th century to attend American universities and played pivotal roles in Chinese intellectual, economic, and diplomatic life upon their return to China. Num Pages: 348 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 625.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736961
ISBN
9780804736961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.01

Paperback. The resolution of the civil war in El Salvador coincided with the end of the Cold War. After two years of negotiations and a decade-long effort to implement the peace accords, this work questions how peace was made and whether it has endured. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; GTJ; HBJK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 403.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137353573
ISBN
9781137353573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

Hardcover. The resolution of the civil war in El Salvador coincided with the end of the Cold War. After two years of negotiations and a decade-long effort to implement the peace accords, this work questions how peace was made and whether it has endured. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; GTJ; HBJK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230120945
ISBN
9780230120945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.39

Paperback. The political upheaval in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala had a devastating human toll at the end of the twentieth century. Many of those who survived the wars chose temporary refuge in neighboring countries such as Honduras and Costa Rica. This book tells the story of that migration. Num Pages: 289 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247017
ISBN
9780520247017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

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