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The Americas
Paperback. Offers a reassessment of the 'consumer rites' that social critics have decried. This book discusses how holiday celebrations were almost banished by Puritans and religious reformers but went on to be romanticized and reinvented in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It offers a cultural history of the commercialization of American holidays. Num Pages: 384 pages, 101 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRA; HRLF; JFC; JHBS; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691017211
- ISBN
- 9780691017211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 42.11
€ 53.49
€ 42.11
Paperback. Editor(s): Glickman, Lawrence B. Num Pages: 432 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBTB; JFFT; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484865
- ISBN
- 9780801484865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604565867
- ISBN
- 9781604565867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.61€ 43.33
€ 60.61
€ 43.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFC; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439913703
- ISBN
- 9781439913703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.48
€ 31.99
€ 28.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFC; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439913697
- ISBN
- 9781439913697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Hardback. Consuming Citizenship investigates how Korean American and Chinese American children of entrepreneurial immigrants demonstrate their social citizenship and belonging as Americans through conspicuous consumption. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 184 pages, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFT; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752473
- ISBN
- 9780804752473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.27
€ 121.27
Paperback. Explores Wari' conceptions of person, body, and spirit, as well as indigenous understandings of memory and emotion, to explain why the Wari' felt that corpses must be destroyed and why they preferred cannibalism over cremation. This book shows why, in Wari' terms, it was considered the most honorable and compassionate way of treating the dead. Num Pages: 317 pages, 15 halftones, 3 maps, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712362
- ISBN
- 9780292712362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardcover. Environmental debates often pit the protection of nature against economic growth. This book reveals that environmentalism has unsuspected roots in consumerism that extend deeper than our everyday dilemmas. It tells of an early confrontation that set the stage for Silent Spring, pushing the dawn of environmental politics back several decades. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JH; 3JJ; RNK; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614868
- ISBN
- 9780700614868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.40
€ 68.40
Hardback. Uses the work of contemporary American artist Kara Walker to investigate a range of storytelling traditions with roots in the nineteenth century and ramifications in the present. This book also explores a significant yet neglected aspect of Walker's production: her commitment to examining narrative depictions of race, gender, power, and desire. Num Pages: 216 pages, 24 color photographs, 28 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AGB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 263 x 19. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288928
- ISBN
- 9780520288928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.41
€ 54.99
€ 39.41
Paperback. A study of American love in the twentieth century that unravels the mass of images that define our ideas of love and romance, revealing that the experience of 'true' love is deeply embedded in the experience of consumer capitalism. It studies how individual conceptions of love overlap with the world of cliches and images. Num Pages: 332 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205710
- ISBN
- 9780520205710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Hardcover. By contrasting Pound's political values with those of Stein and Zukofsky, this study argues that these three different writers share a complex set of attitudes that are grounded in a collective social fantasy corresponding to the rise of mass consumption and the emergence of corporate social forms. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714515
- ISBN
- 9780333714515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.70
€ 124.70
Paperback. Examines how self-identified middle class Brazilians in Sao Paulo redefined their class during Brazil's economic crisis of 1981-1994. Illuminating the intricate relation between identity and local and global consumption, this work is suitable for students and scholars in anthropology and Latin American studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 b&w photos, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFCA; JFFT; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328940
- ISBN
- 9780822328940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316992
- ISBN
- 9780822316992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Explains how the Bush Doctrine departs from the traditions of American national-security policy and accepted international norms, and renders Americans and democratic values less safe. This book sets out a viable alternative that offers security to Americans, reclaims America's international stature, and promotes democracy around the world. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSD; JPSL; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137070
- ISBN
- 9780691137070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.28
€ 30.99
€ 22.28
Paperback. Makes the case that diversity, innovation, and canon expansion are essential to maintaining the vitality of African American literary studies Editor(s): King, Lovalerie; Moody-Turner, Shirley. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253006264
- ISBN
- 9780253006264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Makes the case that diversity, innovation, and canon expansion are essential to maintaining the vitality of African American literary studies Editor(s): King, Lovalerie; Moody-Turner, Shirley. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253006257
- ISBN
- 9780253006257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05
Hardback. The contemporary history of the United States has been shaped by the country's interaction and relationships with the outside world. This book focuses on American political and socioeconomic history in this 'internationalizing' context, and includes detailed accounts of the presidencies of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Series: Blackwell History of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405136402
- ISBN
- 9781405136402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.58
€ 110.58
Paperback. The contemporary history of the United States has been shaped by the country's interaction and relationships with the outside world. This book focuses on American political and socioeconomic history in this 'internationalizing' context, and includes detailed accounts of the presidencies of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Series: Blackwell History of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405136419
- ISBN
- 9781405136419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.63
€ 43.63
Hardcover. This work gives an overview of trends in American crime fiction. It focuses on the work of popular and award-winning authors since 1985. Attention is given to writers who have re-worked established conventions and explored new directions, especially women and those from ethnic minorities. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 248 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2001 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333674550
- ISBN
- 9780333674550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.26
€ 124.26
Hardback. This book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the United States in its historical, political and theoretical dimensions. It focuses on representative plays and performance texts from the 1940s to the present that experiment with both form and content. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin; Mousley, Andy. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 117.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624935
- ISBN
- 9780748624935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.03€ 97.45
€ 101.03
€ 97.45
Paperback. This book examines modern foreign policy problems from a variety of angles, not just through the lens of a so-called "national interest." Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 190. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452287232
- ISBN
- 9781452287232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 183.73
€ 183.73
Num Pages: 446 pages, 42 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137287
- ISBN
- 9780231137287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 131.91
€ 131.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 446 pages, 42 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 446
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137294
- ISBN
- 9780231137294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.84
€ 47.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 500 colour & 40 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764346910
- ISBN
- 9780764346910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 28.48
€ 43.99
€ 28.48