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The Americas
hardcover. Drawing on more than one hundred original interviews and an eclectic array of sources, Striking Distance is an engrossing narrative that chronicles the pioneering martial arts scene that thrived on San Francisco Bay in the early 1960s and offers an in-depth look at a widely unknown chapter of Bruce Lee's iconic life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803269606
- ISBN
- 9780803269606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.56
€ 26.99
€ 25.56
Paperback. Combining personal memoir and historical narrative, this title argues for a reassessment of unionism in American life during the second half of the twentieth century and a recasting of "official memory." It traces the history of union steelworkers after World War II. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w photographs, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; KCZ; KNJH; KNXB1; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566397391
- ISBN
- 9781566397391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.91
€ 34.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. An analysis of the career of Candido Rondon providing an avenue to deconstruct recent Brazilian historiography on nation building, indigenous people, and state action Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822332497
- ISBN
- 9780822332497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. Draws a fascinating portrait of life and work inside the strip club Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 277 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814767610
- ISBN
- 9780814767610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. The Project on Vegas shows how the Las Vegas Strip concentrates and magnifies American culture's core truths. Among others, the Strip's buffets, surveillance, large scale branding and consumption, and transformation of nature reflects larger trends and practices throughout America. Includes over 100 photographs by Karen Klugman. Num Pages: 384 pages, 101 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822359487
- ISBN
- 9780822359487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.85
€ 122.85
Paperback. The definitive biography of the legendary conservative Senator from South Carolina, with new revelations about his life and career. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586483920
- ISBN
- 9781586483920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.01
€ 26.99
€ 19.01
Hardback. Lee Brown was an African-American labour activist who was jailed in the 1950s for protesting against the House Un-American Activities Committee. This is the story of Brown's life from his political awakening as a youth from the rural South to his rise to leadership, time of imprisonment and beyond. Series: Voices and Visions: People & Events That Made a Dfference in American Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847691913
- ISBN
- 9780847691913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.85
€ 32.99
€ 26.85
Hardback. This bold and comprehensive reassessment of democracy in Venezuela explains why one of the oldest and most admired democracies in Latin America became fragile after more than three decades of apparent stability. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804722780
- ISBN
- 9780804722780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.43
€ 138.43
paperback. This bold and comprehensive reassessment of democracy in Venezuela explains why one of the oldest and most admired democracies in Latin America became fragile after more than three decades of apparent stability. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5346 x 3564 x 15. Weight in Grams: 307.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804729611
- ISBN
- 9780804729611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
hardcover. This is biography of Agoston Haraszthy, an immigrant who apart from his efforts to establish a wine industry in California, holds other important distinctions: he was the first Hungarian to permanently settle in the United States and author of only the second Hungarian-language book about the USA. Num Pages: 596 pages, 36 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; TVSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 596
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731454
- ISBN
- 9780804731454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.88
€ 168.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBC; 1MBF; 1MBN; HBTB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774825283
- ISBN
- 9780774825283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.10
€ 106.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; BM; JPWL2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bonnier Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911274582
- ISBN
- 9781911274582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.15
€ 11.99
€ 10.15
Paperback. Stronger Together presents Hillary Clinton's ambitious agenda to improve the lives of the American people and make the country stronger and safer. Num Pages: 288 pages, b&w charts and graphs thru-out;. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501161735
- ISBN
- 9781501161735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.39
€ 17.99
€ 15.39
Hardback. Relates the stories of twenty black architects from around the United States to examine the sociological context of architectural practice. This book explores the role systemic racism plays in an occupation commonly referred to as the white gentlemen's profession. Series: Perspectives on a Multiracial America. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMB; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742545823
- ISBN
- 9780742545823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.03
€ 149.03
Paperback. In addition, this detailed industry case study helps explain information technology's so-called productivity paradox, showing that firms took roughly two decades to achieve the initial computerization and process integration that the industry set as objectives in the 1950s. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 364 pages, 42, 28 black & white halftones, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890864
- ISBN
- 9780801890864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.18
€ 34.99
€ 29.18
Paperback. Traces the diplomatic maneuverings and political drama of national unification in nineteenth-century Germany and Italy. This book demonstrates that Germany's and Italy's 'founding fathers' were constrained by two different pre-unification patterns of institutional development. It offers a broader theory of federalism's origins. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136493
- ISBN
- 9780691136493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
paperback. The authors present narratives on ethnic identity written by first and second generation Asian American professionals. This book aims to prove the ethnicity is a dynamic process, not a fixed state. Editor(s): Kim, Rose. Series: Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761990673
- ISBN
- 9780761990673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.02
€ 65.02
Hardback. For 500 years Catholicism has been the dominant religious force throughout Latin America. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HRCC7; HRCC96; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617848
- ISBN
- 9780745617848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.40
€ 72.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPA; JPHV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231181105
- ISBN
- 9780231181105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.46
€ 40.99
€ 35.46
Paperback. Examines over 300 non-fiction films by more than 150 African American film/videomakers and includes an extensive filmography, bibliography, and excerpts from interviews with film/videomakers. In eleven original essays, contributors explore the extraordinary scope of these aesthetic and social documents. Editor(s): Klotman, Phyllis Rauch; Cutler, Janet K. Num Pages: 520 pages, 43 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 34. Weight in Grams: 713.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213471
- ISBN
- 9780253213471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40