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The Americas
Paperback. Explores Carnival as a reflection of the nation and culture of Trinidad and Trinidadians worldwide. This work features nine essays that cover topics such as women in Carnival, the politics and poetics of Carnival, Carnival and cultural memory, Carnival as a tourist enterprise, the steelband music of Carnival, and more. Editor(s): Green, Garth L.; Scher, Philip W. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218834
- ISBN
- 9780253218834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.41
€ 27.99
€ 26.41
Paperback. Through interviews with individuals from black-white multiracial families, together with sociological analysis, this study examines the challenges faced by people living in such families, and explores how their experiences demonstrate the need for rethinking race in America. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813528441
- ISBN
- 9780813528441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.62
€ 41.99
€ 37.62
Paperback. During his life Claude Levi-Strauss travelled from wartime France to the Amazon basin and the dense upland jungles of Brazil, where he found 'human society reduced to its most basic expression'. This book details personal and cultural loss, connecting disparate fields of thought. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141197548
- ISBN
- 9780141197548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. The study of the Civil War in the Western Theater is more popular now than ever before, and the center of that interest is the months-long Vicksburg Campaign, which is the subject of National Park Historian Terrence J. Winschel's book Triumph & Defeat: The Vicksburg Campaign, Vol 2, now in paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 27 images; 7 maps 7. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Savas Beatie United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611212488
- ISBN
- 9781611212488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.99
€ 20.99
€ 19.99
Paperback. Afro-Cuban music evolved into one of the great musical traditions of the 20th century. This volume provides a comprehensive history of mainstream Cuban music, examining the music of all its eras from the perspective of two seminal trumpet players: Felix Chappottin and Alfredo Chocolate Armenteros. Num Pages: 304 pages, musical examples, bibliography, index, footnotes. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AVGE; AVH; AVRN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810846807
- ISBN
- 9780810846807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.04
€ 93.04
Paperback. Using a case study of tropical deforestation in the upper reaches of the Amazon Basin, this study argues that small landholders and peasants play an active role in the destructive process only when they pool their resources or join with corporations to open up new regions for settlement. Series: Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation. Num Pages: 234 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; RGBL; RNF; RNPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080453
- ISBN
- 9780231080453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.91
€ 54.99
€ 39.91
Paperback. A work designed to clarify the many issues involved in saving Latin America's endangered rainforests. The 30 articles are derived from many different fields, including natural history, sociology, history, anthropology, economics and fiction. Editor(s): Place, Susan E. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 222 pages, maps, bibliographical references, suggested reading and films. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; GTF; RGBL; RNC; RNF; RNPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354. "Commissioning organisation: Place, Susan E (Editor) 229p. Paperback. P.B." Keywords: "Science & Nature - Environment & Ecology - Biodiversity,Science & Nature - Environment & Ecology - Deforestation,Subjects - Science & Na"
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 222
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KON0587581
- ISBN
- 9780842024273
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A history of Sosua, a Dominican Republic settlement founded as a refuge for Jews fleeing Nazi Europe, and an analysis of the geopolitics underlying the settlement s formation. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 480 pages, 26 photos, 10 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HRJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344070
- ISBN
- 9780822344070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Hardcover. A literary history of the Haitian Revolution that explores how scientific ideas about 'race' affected 19th-century understandings of the Haitian Revolution and, conversely, how understandings of the Haitian Revolution affected 19th-century scientific ideas about race. Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1182.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381847
- ISBN
- 9781781381847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.20
€ 142.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Wald, Alan; Breitman, George; Le Blanc, Paul. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608466856
- ISBN
- 9781608466856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.59
€ 23.99
€ 23.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 halftones. 6 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1; JPFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168999
- ISBN
- 9780691168999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 1KBB; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141772
- ISBN
- 9780231141772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.65
€ 37.99
€ 27.65
Hardcover. Editor(s): Maeda, Deborah M. Num Pages: 135 pages, tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 135
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617617669
- ISBN
- 9781617617669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.51€ 95.40
€ 137.51
€ 95.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTR; JPH; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Progressive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781615776214
- ISBN
- 9781615776214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. How cumbia villera and Argentine popular culture reshape and reflect the changes in gender relations among the country's underclass youth Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; AV; JFCA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439902677
- ISBN
- 9781439902677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Hardback. Focusing on the Supreme Court of Canada, Craig attempts to overcome the constraints of theoretical frameworks and disciplinary boundaries by pursuing a more inclusive theory of law and sexuality. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHBK5; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774821803
- ISBN
- 9780774821803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.85
€ 113.85
Hardcover. Explores how blackness is always a troubling presence in the field of vision and the black body is persistently seen as a problem. This book examines a range of materials from visual and media art, documentary photography, theater and performance, fashion advertising, and celebrity culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226253022
- ISBN
- 9780226253022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.03€ 80.51
€ 96.03
€ 80.51
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AMKD; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 318 x 267. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Regan Arts.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941393376
- ISBN
- 9781941393376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.27€ 133.67
€ 140.27
€ 133.67
Paperback. Presents a social history of long-haul trucking that explores the contentious politics of free-market capitalism in post-World War II America. This book challenges the popular notion of "red state" conservatism as a devil's bargain between culturally conservative rural workers and economically conservative demagogues in the Republican Party. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 halftones. 12 tables. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCD; KCZ; KNGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160924
- ISBN
- 9780691160924
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.77
€ 25.99
€ 19.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Bouthillier, Guy; Clouthier, Edouard; Cloutier, Edouard. Num Pages: 205 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Baraka Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926824048
- ISBN
- 9781926824048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.09
€ 20.99
€ 20.09
A chronicle and natural history of the Caribbean. It records experimental adoption of the sugar/African slavery complex that would come to characterise the Caribbean for two hundred years, to such disastrous effects. Editor(s): Kupperman, Karen Ordahl. Num Pages: 208 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KJWWB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603846219
- ISBN
- 9781603846219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.28€ 46.34
€ 59.28
€ 46.34
Paperback. Cases of Murder, Treason, Counterfeiting, Massacre, Plunder, and Misuse of Power. 304 pages, illustrations. True Crime in the Civil War delves into the conflict's criminal history, profiling 16 cases of misdeeds committed by men and women on both sides of the fight. Very little has been written about the war behind the lines - a war carried out by merciless guerrillas, bloodthirsty mobs, murderous vigilantes, and sinister secret agents. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 23. Weight: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811710190
- ISBN
- 9780811710190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.60
€ 23.99
€ 19.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811736282
- ISBN
- 9780811736282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.34
€ 11.99
€ 11.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 114 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 114
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811734288
- ISBN
- 9780811734288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.61
€ 10.99
€ 10.61