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The Americas
Hardcover. What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745671505
- ISBN
- 9780745671505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
Paperback. This title explores the ideas of African American musicians, analyzing them on the context of meanings circulating around jazz. The text shows how much black musicians have struggled against the definations of racial authenticity and racism in the dominant culture. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 425 pages, 16 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; HBT; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 425
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232969
- ISBN
- 9780520232969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157030
- ISBN
- 9780691157030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.93
€ 46.99
€ 32.93
Paperback. Even before the United States officially entered World War II, American women began to map out a far-reaching agenda for the postwar world. This book is a collection of documents that demonstrate the active part women played in the construction of 'peace - to emerge from this war.' Editor(s): Smith, David C.; Litoff, Judy Barrett. Series: The Worlds of Women Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, photographs, further reading. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; GTJ; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028844
- ISBN
- 9780842028844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.32
€ 59.32
Paperback. Contains everything you need to contextualize incumbent Barack Obama with what other liberals, past and present, believe. This book is a resource to have on hand during the upcoming election. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBCQ; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 190 x 38. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616088835
- ISBN
- 9781616088835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.69
€ 18.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 1KJC; 3JJPR; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665428
- ISBN
- 9781552665428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.37
€ 31.99
€ 26.37
Paperback. This study celebrates the "anarchistic" film comedies made in the USA in the 1930s, which mocked the creativity and impulsiveness of their protagonists in a form of clowning that ultimately re-established the status quo. Films discussed include "Duck Soup" and W.C. Fields's "It's a Gift". Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, 116 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078559
- ISBN
- 9780231078559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.36
€ 36.99
€ 27.36
hardcover. Editor(s): Magnet, Myron. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566633345
- ISBN
- 9781566633345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.46
€ 25.99
€ 23.46
paperback. This work takes an anthropological approach to the fundamental question of what makes life worth living. It considers the issue by examining nine pairs of similarly situated individuals in the United States and Japan. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520201330
- ISBN
- 9780520201330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
€ 38.99
€ 27.80
Paperback. The author describes here the various perceptions of the principalship, based on interviews with students, teachers, parents and community members. She then offers some implications these perceptions might have for the profession. Viewpoints of practising or former principals are also included. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810844698
- ISBN
- 9780810844698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.12
€ 55.12
Paperback. A comprehensive overview that seeks to explain what happened in the 1960s and what happened to how we remember it. Reveals how the mass media have shaped the popular image of a raucous decade in ways that have curtailed its democratic possibilities." Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFD; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618224
- ISBN
- 9780700618224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.94
€ 42.94
Paperback. Looks at an important aspect of southern memory: Reconstruction. The author examines what both white and black South Carolinians thought about the history of Reconstruction and how it shaped the way they lived their lives in the first half of the twentieth century. Series: American South Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928777
- ISBN
- 9780813928777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.52
€ 31.52
Hardcover. How do you convince men to charge across heavily mined beaches into deadly machine-gun fire? The author tells the troubling story of how the US military command systematically spread - and then exploited - the myth of French women as sexually experienced and available. The resulting chaos horrified the war-weary and demoralized French population. Num Pages: 352 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923093
- ISBN
- 9780226923093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.52
€ 34.99
€ 27.52
Paperback. Presents a devastating new perspective on the Greatest Generation and the liberation of France, one in which the US military use the lure of easy, sexually available French women to sell soldiers on the invasion, thus unleashing a "tsunami of male lust" among the war-weary GIs. Num Pages: 368 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923116
- ISBN
- 9780226923116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.77
€ 25.99
€ 20.77
Paperback. Architectural style is defined as a definite type of architecture, distinguished by special characteristics of structure and ornament. This revised edition of What Style Is It? includes new sections on Neoclassical, Romanesque and Rustic Styles. It also provides more examples of how pure styles vary by geographic region across the US. Num Pages: 160 pages, photographs, drawings, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471250364
- ISBN
- 9780471250364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.07
€ 29.07
Hardcover. What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This text, the conclusion of a 15 year study of nearly 100 college teachers in a wide variety of fields and universities, offers valuable answers for all educators. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013254
- ISBN
- 9780674013254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.59
€ 41.99
€ 34.59
Paperback. Originally published: New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1941. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBWQ; HBWS; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632202789
- ISBN
- 9781632202789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.16
€ 15.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. Historian Rayford Logan was part of a circle of intellectuals at Howard University in the 1930s-1950s. In 1944, he gathered together essays by 15 prominent black intellectuals. The outspoken views expressed in the essays helped to set the agenda for the civil rights movement. Editor(s): Logan, Rayford W. Series: The African-American Intellectual Heritage S. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268019648
- ISBN
- 9780268019648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.30
€ 42.99
€ 42.30
Paperback. What do they teach you at Harvard Business School? Graduates at Harvard Business School run many of the world's biggest and most influential banks, companies and countries. But what kind of person does it take to succeed at HBS? And what do they learn there? This book deals with these questions. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; BM; JNM; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046488
- ISBN
- 9780141046488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Hardback. While many people around the world see the United States as a model, the US response to 9/11 has undoubtedly intensified global anti-Americanism. This book reveals that goodwill toward America still exists, and that this sympathy is in peril - and that there is an immense gap between how Americans view their country and how it is viewed abroad. Editor(s): Farber, David. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated.
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130255
- ISBN
- 9780691130255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94