The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. Collects twenty essays that explore the Virginia story in the Civil War era. This title examines Robert E Lee and the issues confronting his men, such as soldier morale and religious conversion. It emphasizes the wartime home front - in some cases reexamining its connection with the battlefront - or explore questions of gender, race, or religion. Editor(s): Wallenstein, Peter; Wyatt-Brown, Bertram. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928289
- ISBN
- 9780813928289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.08
€ 36.08
Hardcover. An overview of the history of 126 courthouses that recounts some notable legal proceedings that took place in the courtrooms, particulary those involving societal change and the ongoing struggle for civil rights. Num Pages: 272 pages, 140 colour illustrations, 34 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AMG; HBTB; LA; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 310 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1361.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916040
- ISBN
- 9780813916040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 51.57
€ 54.99
€ 51.57
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photos & 26 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811713894
- ISBN
- 9780811713894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.27
€ 30.99
€ 24.27
Hardcover. Uncovering the natural wonders of Virginia, Curtis J. Badger hikes, bikes, canoes and kayaks his way through some of the Commonwealth's best-known and least-known areas. He fishes in the James River, confronts bears on Stony Man Mountain and watches birds in the Blue Ridge. Illustrator(s): Gavrilovic, Vladimir. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 b&w illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; WSZ; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921624
- ISBN
- 9780813921624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.37
€ 27.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Tells the tale of seven Virginians who strongly supported the Confederacy from beginning to end. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 264 pages, photographs, maps, bibliographic essay, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842050555
- ISBN
- 9780842050555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.81
€ 57.81
Hardcover. Tells the tale of seven Virginians who strongly supported the Confederacy from beginning to end. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 264 pages, photographs, maps, bibliographic essay, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842050548
- ISBN
- 9780842050548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.51
€ 145.51
hardcover. Looks at the geographical patterns of Baptist expansion, the techniques dissenters used to gain adherents, the distinctiveness of Baptist worship, and its cultural resonances in Virginia. This book traces how the American Revolution created a new context favorable to Baptists. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; HBJK; HRCC2; HRCC92. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926797
- ISBN
- 9780813926797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback. Traces the complex relationship between Americans, technology, and their environment as it has unfolded over the past several centuries. Virtual America identifies the connections (or lack thereof) between our individual selves, an American identity, and the geography oout there.o Num Pages: 280 pages, 38 photographs, 5 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBA; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803232785
- ISBN
- 9780803232785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. That there is a 'digital divide' - which falls between those who have and can afford the latest in technological tools and those who have neither in our society - is indisputable. This title redefines the issue as it explores the cascades of that divide, which involve access, skill, political participation, as well as the obvious economics. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 figure, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; UBJ; UYZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878409990
- ISBN
- 9780878409990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.67
€ 69.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816667550
- ISBN
- 9780816667550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.23
€ 29.99
€ 29.23
Paperback. Jane Iwamura examines contemporary fascination with Eastern spirituality and provides a cultural history of the representation of Asian religions in American mass media. At the heart of her study is the Oriental Monk, a non-sexual, solitary, conventionalized icon who generously and purposefully shares his wisdom with the West. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; HR; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199738618
- ISBN
- 9780199738618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.83
€ 56.83
paperback. This book examines the conflict between cultural ideals of female sexuality in Brazil and the lived reality of sex for women in a poor shantytown in the country's northeast, probing the interplay between sexual expectations, sexual reality, and disease. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSJ1; JHM; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804747561
- ISBN
- 9780804747561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.11
€ 29.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. Editor(s): Thormond, Jerrod F. Num Pages: 86 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 86
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604565157
- ISBN
- 9781604565157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.97€ 42.80
€ 59.97
€ 42.80
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Continuum New York
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KNH0011274
- ISBN
- 9780826415233
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816633487
- ISBN
- 9780816633487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
Paperback. Visionary Film has been the dominant study of the American avant-garde cinema for twenty-five years. Now P. Adams Sitney has revised the book, adding a new chapter that brings his discussion of the principle genres and the major filmmakers up to the year 2000. Num Pages: 480 pages, 77 halftones & 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; APF; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195148862
- ISBN
- 9780195148862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.02
€ 50.99
€ 36.02
hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, 69. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; ACVT; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801444708
- ISBN
- 9780801444708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.86
€ 58.86
Hardback. Explores how the family stories entered the popular imagination and shaped collective dreams in the postwar years and into the 1950s. This book also provides access to a vibrant conversation among white and black Americans about the boundaries between public life and family matters, and the meanings of race and ethnicity. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121705
- ISBN
- 9780231121705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 78.05
€ 103.49
€ 78.05
Paperback. Explores how the family stories entered the popular imagination and shaped collective dreams in the postwar years and into the 1950s. This book also provides access to a vibrant conversation among white and black Americans about the boundaries between public life and family matters, and the meanings of race and ethnicity. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231121712
- ISBN
- 9780231121712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.82
€ 40.99
€ 28.82
Hardcover. Num Pages: 254 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJWWL; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 305 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1402. 254 pages, photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KJWWL; AJC; WTM. Dimension: 221 x 305 x 22. Weight: 1406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Phoenix Carib Limited
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955617614
- ISBN
- 9780955617614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.44
€ 40.99
€ 33.44
paperback. Offers an analysis of how Mexicans living in Oaxaca City experienced "modernity" during the lengthy "Order and Progress" dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. This book describes how Oaxacans, both elites and commoners, crafted and manipulated practices of tradition and modernity to define themselves and their city as integral parts of a modern Mexico. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 b&w photos, 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822337904
- ISBN
- 9780822337904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
Hardback. Representations of Joan of Arc have been used in the United States for the past 200 years, appearing in advertising, cartoons, popular song, art, criticism and propaganda. "Visions of the Maid" examines three pivotal films on the heroine as well as a broad array of popular culture references. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 34 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; APFA; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920757
- ISBN
- 9780813920757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.21
€ 85.21
Paperback. This is a beautiful book honoring Washington Irving (1783-1859) and his house, Sunnyside, as focal points of America's artistics life during the first half of the nineteenth century. Irving's colorful and painterly style continues to delight readers in the U.S. and abroad. His work had a profound influence upon the artists of his day. Num Pages: 132 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5193 x 7128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780912882994
- ISBN
- 9780912882994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Hardback. Offering innovative readings of these canonical works, this study sheds new light on Faulkner's uniquely American modernism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801879296
- ISBN
- 9780801879296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.57€ 46.41
€ 50.57
€ 46.41