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The Americas
Paperback. "Crossing the Line" is told by a middle-class American woman who falls in love with the son of an impoverished family from rural Mexico a man who crosses the border illegally to be with her. Married in 1988, Linda and Sixto Valdez learn to love each other s very different families and cultures, raising their child to walk proudly in both worlds." Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 black & white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFFN; JFSL1; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875656182
- ISBN
- 9780875656182
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.92
€ 23.99
€ 21.92
Paperback. Examines constructions of racial identity through the exploration of passing narratives including forties jazz musician Mezz Mezzrow's memoir Really the Blues Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325154
- ISBN
- 9780822325154
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. An examination of the story of the integration of transnational migrants from Hong Kong, this book draws out the ways in which liberalism is profoundly spatial, varying greatly depending on the geographical context. It shows why understanding the liberal thought is crucial, as we strive to understand the societies' transition to neoliberalism. Series: Place, Culture, & Politics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 b/w illustrations, 2 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 1KBCB; JFFN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592130849
- ISBN
- 9781592130849
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.86
€ 24.99
€ 22.86
Hardcover. A historical and ethnographic study of Haitian religion in immigrant communities, based on fieldwork in both Miami and Haiti. Series: North American Religions Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 1KJH; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814777084
- ISBN
- 9780814777084
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Condition: New
€ 97.23
€ 97.23
Crossing the Water: A Photographic Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World
Garoutte, Claire; Wambaugh, Anneke
paperback. In the summer of 2000, the authors were in Santiago de Cuba, a city on the southeastern coast of Cuba. A chance encounter led them to the home of Santiago Castaneda Vera, a priest-practitioner of Santeria and Palo Monte. This book includes images of elaborate Santeria altars and Palo spirit cauldrons, as well as of Santiago and his godchildren. Num Pages: 280 pages, 157 photographs (incl. 39 in color). BIC Classification: 1KJC; HRKT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1120.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke Univ Pr (Tx) United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340393
- ISBN
- 9780822340393
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.20
€ 29.99
€ 27.20
Paperback. A cross-disciplinary collection of 12 essays by scholars of the Mexican immigration to the United States. "Crossings" theorizes aspects of recent Mexican immigration that are new and that demarcate this wave of immigration from earlier experiences of the 20th century. Editor(s): Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 710.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674177673
- ISBN
- 9780674177673
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.19
€ 21.99
€ 20.19
Paperback. Crossovers brings together four decades of popular and academic writings by folklorist, anthropologist, and jazz scholar John Szwed. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVG; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219722
- ISBN
- 9780812219722
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. This book traces several of the most recent trends in both the Italian and the American critical traditions, exploring the points at which the two traditions intersect or for specific reasons fail to intersect. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADT; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- No Earlier Edition Stated
- SKU
- V9780804728300
- ISBN
- 9780804728300
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTQ; HPS; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Independent Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598132793
- ISBN
- 9781598132793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.67
€ 36.67
Ultimately, he argues, it was within the Middle Colonies that the question was first posed, What is the American?An insightful and valuable classroom synthesis of the scholarship of the Middle Colonies, Crossroads of Empire makes clear the vital role of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania in establishing an American identity. Series: Regional Perspectives on Early America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20, 7 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings, 10 black & white illustrati. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897672
- ISBN
- 9780801897672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Paperback. Ultimately, he argues, it was within the Middle Colonies that the question was first posed, What is the American?An insightful and valuable classroom synthesis of the scholarship of the Middle Colonies, Crossroads of Empire makes clear the vital role of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania in establishing an American identity. Series: Regional Perspectives on Early America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20, 7 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings, 10 black & white illustrati. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897689
- ISBN
- 9780801897689
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Condition: New
€ 37.59
€ 37.59
Hardback. First published in Portuguese in 2006, Walter Fraga's Crossroads of Freedom brings readers into the world of the last generation of enslaved men, women, and children who toiled in Bahia's sugar plantations and later struggled to make lives for themselves following Brazil's abolition of slavery in 1888. Translator(s): Mahony, Mary Ann. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360766
- ISBN
- 9780822360766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.87
€ 124.87
paperback. First published in Portuguese in 2006, Walter Fraga's Crossroads of Freedom brings readers into the world of the last generation of enslaved men, women, and children who toiled in Bahia's sugar plantations and later struggled to make lives for themselves following Brazil's abolition of slavery in 1888. Translator(s): Mahony, Mary Ann. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360902
- ISBN
- 9780822360902
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
paperback. First published in 1935 this is an accessible introduction to the nineteenth-century world of the Crow Indians. It showcases many facets of Crow life, including ceremonies, religious beliefs, a storytelling tradition, everyday life, the ties of kinship and the practice of war, and the relations between men and women. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280274
- ISBN
- 9780803280274
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.97
€ 25.99
€ 25.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253020833
- ISBN
- 9780253020833
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Condition: New
€ 17.21
€ 17.21
Paperback. Detailed observations of the Great Hunt illuminate the northern wilderness, its people, and their complex relationship. Series: Wayfarer. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120851
- ISBN
- 9781772120851
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.38
€ 34.99
€ 25.38
Hardback. Philip Whalen was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and key figure in the literary and artistic scene that unfolded in San Francisco in the 1950s and '60s. When the Beat writers came West, Whalen became a revered, much-loved member of the group. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; DSBH; DSC; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247468
- ISBN
- 9780520247468
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. This book examines the impact of immigration on U.S. society-on schools, social services, jobs, taxpayers. This book offers alternatives to present policies. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593675
- ISBN
- 9781882593675
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.54
€ 16.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. Examines the way in which education and the media act as immobilizing social forces to shape the Latino world that exists despite the best efforts of many Mexican Americans and other Latinos. This book focuses on social issues that impede the progress of Latinos. Num Pages: 257 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 458. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566397438
- ISBN
- 9781566397438
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.73
€ 36.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Crowdsourcing is a term that was coined in 2006 to describe how the commercial sector was beginning to outsource problems or tasks to the public through an open call for solutions over the internet or social media. This book includes interviews with public and private sector managers who have used crowdsourcing. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 120 pages, 3 figures, 1 tables, 3 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPP; JPQB; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626163799
- ISBN
- 9781626163799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.66
€ 22.66