The Americas
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The Americas
Hardcover. Suzan Lori-Parks is one of America's most distinctive playwrights. This book traces the evolution of Parks' art from her earliest experimental pieces to the hugely popular "Topdog/Underdog" to her wide-ranging forays into fiction, music, and film. Series: Michigan Modern Dramatists. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472099467
- ISBN
- 9780472099467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.85
€ 92.85
Paperback. Editor(s): Kolin, Philip C.; Young, Harvey. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415624930
- ISBN
- 9780415624930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.89
€ 60.89
Paperback. Series: Quadrant Book. Num Pages: 224 pages, 23 b&w illustrations, 4 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; RGBF; RGC; RNK; WNC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 50638th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816670277
- ISBN
- 9780816670277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. Features more than 100 competitive show choirs from around the US in photos, quotations, and stories. This book details the pop culture and theater influencers that, over time, built this entertainment genre into the mecca of music lovers that it is today. Num Pages: 208 pages, Black and White Photos throughout with One Colour Insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AP; ASZH; AVGC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 214 x 12. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557837721
- ISBN
- 9781557837721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.47
€ 42.47
Paperback. In the early 1900s, thousands of immigrants laboured in New York's Lower East Side sweatshops, enduring work environments that were among the worst examples of the Progressive Era. This book explores how sweatshops came to represent the dangers of industrialization and the perils of immigration. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813533384
- ISBN
- 9780813533384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.59
€ 46.59
Paperback. Arguing that the sweatshop is as American as apple pie, Laura Hapke surveys over a century and a half of the language, verbal and pictorial, in which the sweatshop has been imagined and its stories told. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JHBL; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813534671
- ISBN
- 9780813534671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.75
€ 49.75
Paperback. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 40. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613744
- ISBN
- 9781442613744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.44
€ 43.99
€ 39.44
Paperback. Rewrites the history of early twentieth-century pop music in modernist terms. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 27. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078927
- ISBN
- 9780252078927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.89
€ 32.99
€ 29.89
Hardcover. As a young boy, Dave Crehore moved with his parents from northern Ohio to the shipbuilding town of Manitowoc on the shores of Wisconsin's Lake Michigan, where the Germanic inhabitants punctuate their conversations with 'enso', the local radio station interrupts Beethoven for commercials, and the outdoors are a wellspring of enlightenment. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299230609
- ISBN
- 9780299230609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.61
€ 20.99
€ 19.61
Paperback. In a new introduction Miller provides an overview of the history of Indian- white relations over five centuries, and in the conclusion he draws together the themes discussed in the volume. Editor(s): Miller, J. R. Num Pages: 468 pages, illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802068187
- ISBN
- 9780802068187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.41
€ 43.99
€ 39.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KNDF; TDCT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935623052
- ISBN
- 9781935623052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.50
€ 64.50
Hardback. Explores how the sugar beet industry transformed the rural Midwest by introducing large factories, contract farming, and foreign migrant labour. Identifying rural areas as centres for modern American industrialism, this title contributes to an ongoing re-orientation of labour history from urban factory workers to rural migrant workers. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBTB; HBTK; KCF; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252034367
- ISBN
- 9780252034367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.81
€ 152.81
Paperback. Explores how the sugar beet industry transformed the rural Midwest by introducing large factories, contract farming, and foreign migrant labour. Identifying rural areas as centres for modern American industrialism, this study contributes to a re-orientation of labour history from urban factory workers to rural migrant workers. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBTB; HBTK; KCF; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076671
- ISBN
- 9780252076671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.12
€ 34.99
€ 32.12
Paperback. Explains that although many young minority girls are interested in science, the racism and sexism in the field discourage them from pursuing it after high school. This title examines the experiences of African American girls in science education using multiple methods of quantitative and qualitative research, including a web survey. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592136223
- ISBN
- 9781592136223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.77
€ 32.77
Paperback. The story, based on extensive individual interviews, of the women's swing bands that toured extensively during World War II and after -- a kind of "League of their Own" for jazz. Num Pages: 424 pages, 45 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; AVGF; AVH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328179
- ISBN
- 9780822328179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Examining how labor and economy shaped family life for both women and men among the enslaved Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252077586
- ISBN
- 9780252077586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.24
€ 27.99
€ 26.24
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810888326
- ISBN
- 9780810888326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.11
€ 77.11
Paperback. The incredible year that baseball got the designated hitter, wife-swapping pitchers, world champion A's, and Willie Mays said goodbye to America. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 23.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762780600
- ISBN
- 9780762780600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.83
€ 17.99
€ 15.83
Hardcover. In the past twenty five years, the expansion of cable and satellite systems has transformed television. Examines the economics of this phenomenen, and the nature and logic of the broadcast network's response. Num Pages: 376 pages, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018785
- ISBN
- 9780674018785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.47€ 66.18
€ 71.47
€ 66.18
Hardback. This text is a biography of the American military historical figure Oliver Otis Howard. It looks at his career as a distinguished army officer in two wars, and his philanthropical work as the founder of two universities, and the promoting of African-American education with the Freedman's Bureau. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 379 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBT; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823219872
- ISBN
- 9780823219872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.07
€ 116.07