The Americas
Results 6241 - 6264 of 28287
The Americas
Hardback. Explores the practice and meanings of death rituals in poor urban neighborhoods on the outskirts of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. This book provides descriptions of the Day of the Dead and other religious practices. It analyzes how the rites and beliefs associated with death shape and reflect poor Oaxacans' values and social identity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 42 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCR; JFCA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136884
- ISBN
- 9780231136884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 80.84
€ 106.95
€ 80.84
Paperback. Explores the practice and meanings of death rituals in poor urban neighborhoods on the outskirts of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. This book provides descriptions of the Day of the Dead and other religious practices. It analyzes how the rites and beliefs associated with death shape and reflect poor Oaxacans' values and social identity. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCR; JFCA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136891
- ISBN
- 9780231136891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. On the morning of January 24, 1848, James W Marshall discovered gold in California. The news spread across the continent, launching hundreds of ships and hitching a thousand prairie schooners. This title demonstrates that in its far-reaching repercussions, it was the most significant event in the first half of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 569 pages, 14 b/w illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 569
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780520216594
- ISBN
- 9780520216594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.38
€ 38.99
€ 28.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGSA; WSBT; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022271
- ISBN
- 9780253022271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.99
€ 23.99
€ 21.99
Hardback. The book analyzes the official and popular celebrations on the Brazilian empire's days of national festivity to elucidate elite and popular understandings of the imperial state in the capital city. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785266
- ISBN
- 9780804785266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.02
€ 86.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 263 x 24. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764349218
- ISBN
- 9780764349218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.20
€ 37.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107972
- ISBN
- 9780143107972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.50
€ 24.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 213 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; E; HBJK; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 62. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- American Traveler Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939650149
- ISBN
- 9780939650149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.17
€ 18.99
€ 14.17
Paperback. Days of Valor tells the story of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, a major combat unit of the US Army that served in the Vietnam War. The brigade was formed at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was sent out to Vietnam in December 1966. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 pages of b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781935149385
- ISBN
- 9781935149385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.16
€ 29.99
€ 25.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 56 b/w photos & ills. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764331961
- ISBN
- 9780764331961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.13
€ 18.99
€ 14.13
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Astral Horizon Aviation Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993260407
- ISBN
- 9780993260407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.00
€ 46.99
€ 39.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786631176
- ISBN
- 9781786631176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.28
€ 18.28
Hardback. A detailed description of sexual practices and bonds among Latino males in Guadalajara, Mexico using a combination of ethnographic techniques and participant observations. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096928
- ISBN
- 9780231096928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.47
€ 118.84
€ 89.47
Paperback. When Alice Jolly's second child was stillborn and all subsequent attempts to have another baby failed, she began to consider every possible option, no matter how unorthodox. This is an intensely personal account of the search for an alternative way to create a family. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; BM; VFDW; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Unbound
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783523610
- ISBN
- 9781783523610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.14
€ 11.99
€ 10.14
Paperback. Simon Schama, the author of Landscape and Memory and Citizens, sets out to tell the history of two certainties, of two deaths. In discussing the 'speculations' surrounding them, he finds himself involved in a history he cannot classify - the unpredictable history of stories Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; 3JH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847087324
- ISBN
- 9781847087324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.00
€ 23.99
€ 16.00
Hardback. Exhuming the stories of the notable and not-so-famous figures who distilled the American spirit, the founders of Kings County Distillery now offer a rich history of whiskey, moonshine and other spirits. Num Pages: 224 pages, 70 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; TDCT1; WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781419720215
- ISBN
- 9781419720215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.14
€ 30.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. Forty crimes of betrayal, greed, and desperation. Forty crimes that shed light on our shared past, and our lives today. Award-winning writer Paul Willcocks takes a sharp, fresh look at legendary crimes and criminals and the way they reflect our history. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889773486
- ISBN
- 9780889773486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; KNAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694186
- ISBN
- 9781894694186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.75
€ 21.99
€ 15.75
Hardback. If George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are the saints in America's civil religion, then the twenty-ninth president, Warren G Harding, is our sinner. This title explores how Harding's name became synonymous with corruption, cronyism, and incompetence and how it is used as an example of what a president should not be. Num Pages: 296 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821418185
- ISBN
- 9780821418185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.56
€ 52.56
Paperback. They'll come after me. I really am a dead man running. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 41. Weight in Grams: 360. 432 pages. They'll come after me. I really am a dead man running. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Dimension: 198 x 134 x 41. Weight: 426.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742375335
- ISBN
- 9781742375335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.47
€ 33.99
€ 24.47
Paperback. Examines the emergence of private, work-based benefits; the uniquely American pursuit of "social insurance"; the influence of race and gender on the health care debate; and the confrontation between reformers and powerful economic and health interests. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119519
- ISBN
- 9780691119519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.09
€ 52.99
€ 38.09
Hardcover. This book makes sense of the social, political, and conceptual consequences of the 2008 credit crisis by looking at the ways that our culture has sought to formally represent and politically respond to it. Series: Post*45. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JMG; DSA; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 289 x 2. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804799058
- ISBN
- 9780804799058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Hardback. Where will the water come from to sustain the great desert cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix? This book explores the past, present, and future of water in the West. It explains why America built the dam that made Lake Powell and others like it and then allowed its citizens to become dependent on their benefits, which were temporary. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; RNFD; TNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254770
- ISBN
- 9780520254770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.69
€ 52.99
€ 37.69
Paperback. Where will the water come from to sustain the great desert cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix? This title explores the water in the West, and explains why America built the dam that made Lake Powell and others like it and then allowed its citizens to become dependent on their benefits, which were always temporary. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; RNFD; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268029
- ISBN
- 9780520268029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.28
€ 27.99
€ 21.28