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The Americas

Hardcover. In the late 1970s, New York City was bankrupt, dirty and dangerous. In this book, twelve legendary graffiti writers the original subway artists whose creative genius fuelled the earliest flowering of the movement give first-person accounts of their experiences. Num Pages: 176 pages, 138 illustrations, 133 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AFJG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 212 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500239216
ISBN
9780500239216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardback. In an attempt to redress social inequities in the workplace, the authors examine various kinds of training programs and recommend specific policy initiatives to improve access to these programs. Editor(s): Cohen, Marjorie Griffin. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JNRV; JNS; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774810067
ISBN
9780774810067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Paperback. In an attempt to redress social inequities in the workplace, the authors examine various kinds of training programs and recommend specific policy initiatives to improve access to these programs. Editor(s): Cohen, Marjorie Griffin. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JNRV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774810074
ISBN
9780774810074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Morris, Jack. Num Pages: 352 pages, 536 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JWMV3; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 292 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1918.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764350306
ISBN
9780764350306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.96
€ 57.09

Paperback. Introductory text and concise history of the railroads in North America. Briefly covers virtually every conceivable aspect of railroading from "Hand, Flag and Lantern Signals" to the impact of NAFTA, and the electrification of the northeast corridor. Num Pages: 280 pages, 176 b&w photos, 11 figures, 7 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KB; TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 14. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214119
ISBN
9780253214119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Presents the author's account of travelling in Europe. Cast in the form of a walking tour through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy, this title includes such adventures as a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mount Blanc by telescope, as well as the author's attempts to study art. Num Pages: 448 pages, b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; DSK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436082
ISBN
9780140436082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

paperback. Saldivar is one of the founders of border studies and one of the most respected senior scholars in American Studies. In this work he introduces the term trans-Americanity as a frame for thinking more hemispherically within a global, world-systems frame. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350835
ISBN
9780822350835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.09

Paperback. The first American frontier lay just beyond the Appalachian Mountains and along the Gulf Coast. Here, successive groups of pioneers built new societies and developed new institutions to cope with life in the wilderness. This book tells the dramatic story of these men and women from the first Kentucky settlements to the closing of the frontier. Series: A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier Series. Num Pages: 696 pages, 13 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 35. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Third
Number of pages
696
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219329
ISBN
9780253219329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardcover. This volume explores particular facets of the history and representation of the Pacific rim region, focusing on the interactions between the U.S. and China around the turn of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Mayer, Ruth; Kunnemann, Vanessa. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230619050
ISBN
9780230619050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. One of the less explored dimensions of the "New Hollywood" canon of the 1960s and 1970s has been its profound environmental sensibility. This engaging study examines how a number of factors made the era such a vividly "grounded" cinematic moment. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APFA; RN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785330001
ISBN
9781785330001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.52

Hardback. This book is a cultural and intellectual history of anti-Catholicism in the period 1840-1870. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HRCC7; JFFJ; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230102873
ISBN
9780230102873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Kummels, Ingrid; Rauhut, Claudia; Rinke, Stefan; Timm, Birte. Num Pages: 300 pages, 20 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTQ; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837626070
ISBN
9783837626070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.81
€ 41.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTR; JFSJ; JFSL3; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837622737
ISBN
9783837622737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 42.56

Hardcover. Examines the militant Irish republican movement in the United States from the final months of the Irish Civil War through to the Second World War Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719091667
ISBN
9780719091667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.98

hardcover. This history of the connections between Argentine and Italian fascisms explains how Italy promoted fascism in Argentina, and how far-right Argentines adopted some elements of Italian fascism and rejected others. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KLSA; 3JJ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345947
ISBN
9780822345947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.27

Paperback. This history of the connections between Argentine and Italian fascisms explains how Italy promoted fascism in Argentina, and how far-right Argentines adopted some elements of Italian fascism and rejected others. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KLSA; 3JJ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346128
ISBN
9780822346128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.98

Hardcover. Transatlantic Literature and Culture After 9/11 asks whether post-9/11 America has chosen the 'wrong side of paradise' by waging war on terror rather than working for global peace. Analyzing transatlantic literature and culture, the book refocuses our view of Ground Zero through the lenses of imperial power and cosmopolitan exchange. Editor(s): Miller, Kristine A. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137443205
ISBN
9781137443205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

Paperback. In sixteenth-century Peru and Spain, even as migration, race mixture, and transculturation took place, family members fulfilled obligations by adapting custom to a changing world. This book studies non-elite families of indigenous, Spanish, and mixed ancestry with a focus on Lima and Arequipa and those with connections to Seville. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLSR; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199768585
ISBN
9780199768585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.26

paperback. Integrates the study of politics and public policy across a spectrum of regulatory and social welfare policies in the United States and several nations of Western Europe. This title distills the prominent issues, politics, and roles played by governmental institutions into an understanding of the policymaking in and among transatlantic nations. Editor(s): Levin, Martin A.; Shapiro, Martin. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781589010314
ISBN
9781589010314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.49

Hardcover. Building on recent work on Victorian print culture and the turn toward material historical research in modernist studies, this collection extends the frontiers of scholarship on the 'Atlantic scene' of publishing, exploring new ways of grappling with the rapidly changing universe of print at the turn of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Ardis, Ann L.; Collier, Patrick. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 273 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230554269
ISBN
9780230554269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. Examining the security, trade, and cultural aspects of the United States-European Union relationship, this work focuses on: NATO, the NACC, and the OSCE; the new issues in the new World Trade Organization; the structural factors affecting NAFTA-EU relations; and cultural issues. Editor(s): Wiener, Jarrod. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFE; JFC; JPSN2; JWK; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333669860
ISBN
9780333669860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611494341
ISBN
9781611494341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Kosc, Grzegorz; Juncker, Clara; Monteith, Sharon; Waldschmidt-Nelson, Britta. Num Pages: 322 pages, 20 b/w & 6 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837622164
ISBN
9783837622164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

hardcover. Novelists and poets from Ireland and the anglophone Caribbean have long been separated by literary histories. This title recognizes an integral history shared by these two poetic and political traditions, arising from their common transatlantic history in relation to the British empire and their common spaces of migration in New York and London. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927794
ISBN
9780813927794
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.58

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