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Hardcover. This text reveals that ideas on race crossed racial boundaries in a process that produced not only well-known theories of biological racism but also countertheories that were early expressions of cultural relativism, cultural pluralism and latter-day Afrocentrism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCX; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 38. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009462
ISBN
9780674009462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.32

Paperback. This edition brings the discussion of perennial hot-button issues such as big-time sports programs up to date and addresses such current areas of contention as the changing role of governing boards and the financial challenges posed by the economic downturn. Num Pages: 504 pages, 20, 4 black & white line drawings, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 674.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402673
ISBN
9781421402673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.27

Paperback. Updated throughout and with much new material, A History of American Literature, Second Edition, is the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey available of the myriad forms of American Literature from pre-Columbian times to the present. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 247 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1368.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
952
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405192286
ISBN
9781405192286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.60

Hardcover. A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day. Num Pages: 542 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118795347
ISBN
9781118795347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.34

Paperback. A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118795354
ISBN
9781118795354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.24

Hardcover. A history of American sports told through one hundred iconic objects Num Pages: 384 pages, 100 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; WSBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 244 x 36. Weight in Grams: 834.
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465097746
ISBN
9780465097746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Recent debates on the place of the arts in American life has refocused attention on art education in schools. In this book, the author puts current debate and concerns in a well-researched historical perspective. Particular emphasis is placed on the 19th and 20th centuries and their social context. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; A; JNA; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Teachers´ College Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807729779
ISBN
9780807729779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.17

Hardcover. This powerful history of broadcasting in the United States goes beyond traditional accounts to explore the field's important social, political, and cultural ramifications. It examines how broadcasting has been organized as a business throughout much of the 20th century, and focuses on the aesthetics of programming over the years. Num Pages: 380 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APT; APW; HBTK; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 26. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405122818
ISBN
9781405122818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.83

Paperback. This powerful history of broadcasting in the United States goes beyond traditional accounts to explore the field's important social, political, and cultural ramifications. It examines how broadcasting has been organized as a business throughout much of the 20th century, and focuses on the aesthetics of programming over the years. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 22. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405122825
ISBN
9781405122825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.30

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Color insert and b&w photographs throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 263 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171229
ISBN
9780231171229
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.91

hardcover. Written over more than two decades, and covering the immediate post-Confederation period to the 1960s, these essays reveal a distinctive Canadian tradition of thinking about the nature and functions of law, one which Risk clearly takes pride in and urges us to celebrate. Editor(s): Phillips, Jim; Baker, George Blain. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802094247
ISBN
9780802094247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.65

Hardback. Peter Ward looks at how spaces in the Canadian home have changed over the last three centuries, and how family and social relationships have shaped -- and been shaped by -- these changing spaces. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp colour and 83 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3J; AMKD; HBTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774806848
ISBN
9780774806848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.10

Paperback. This book explores the history of kindergartens and infant schools in three settler colonies, revealing how discourses and developments in the past have shaped early childhood education in the present. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MBF; 1MBN; JNLA; JNLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816601
ISBN
9780774816601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.17

hardcover. The discovery and imparting of knowledge are the essential undertakings of any university. Designed with over 300 illustrations and photographs, this title tells the remarkable story of the administrators, boards, faculty, students, and programs that have made Georgetown a leading institution of higher education. Num Pages: 496 pages, 100 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 3JF; 3JH; HRLP; JNB; JNMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781589016880
ISBN
9781589016880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.75

Hardback. As long as the United States has banks, robbers will try to steal from them. A History of Heists details trends in bank robbery, including how advances in law enforcement and security have foiled many bandits. The ostensible goal of every bank robbery is to get the money, but it is a crime that often has a strong hold on the popular imagination. Num Pages: 262 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442235458
ISBN
9781442235458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.64

Paperback. This volume gives an account of contraction in household authority and the effects these changes had upon the governmental system. It argues that the disintegration of household powers during the mid 19th century is much more central to the modernization of the period than industrialization. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921266
ISBN
9780813921266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.84

hardcover. This volume gives an account of contraction in household authority and the effects these changes had upon the governmental system. It argues that the disintegration of household powers during the mid 19th century is much more central to the modernization of the period than industrialization. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921259
ISBN
9780813921259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.79

Paperback. Series: Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 300 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; JFFB; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 235 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1222.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178358
ISBN
9780231178358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.94

Hardback. Series: Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 300 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; JFFB; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 225 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178341
ISBN
9780231178341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.89
€ 100.13

Paperback. The updated and enhanced third edition of A History of Latin America to 1825 presents a comprehensive narrative survey of Latin American history from the region's first human presence until the majority of Iberian colonies in America emerged as sovereign states c. 1825. Series: Blackwell History of the World. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1058.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405183680
ISBN
9781405183680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.61

Hardback. In telling the story of how New York has grown from Dutch colonial outpost to the global city, 'the capital of the 21st century', Francois Weil also examines the social tensions that have arisen from this evolving role and how the New York experience has affected American notions of urban space. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 59 photos and maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129343
ISBN
9780231129343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 71.81

Hardback. Women's mass circulation journals have played a major role in the lives of American women. Yet the women's magazines of the early 20th century were quite different from those perused by women today. This book looks at changes that occurred in these journals and offers insights into these changes. Series: Contributions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; JFD; JFSJ1; KNTJ; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313306754
ISBN
9780313306754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415715089
ISBN
9780415715089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.32

Paperback. Editor(s): Morris, Richard B. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691613222
ISBN
9780691613222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.37

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