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In 1907, the author, poet, essayist, and folk art historian Eliza Calvert Hall (1856-1935) published "Aunt Jane of Kentucky", a collection of stories about rural life infused with the spirit and gentle good humor. The book and several sequels achieved wide popularity. This work tells the story of this remarkable Kentucky woman. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124704
- ISBN
- 9780813124704
Condition: New
€ 49.31
€ 49.31
Paperback. Elizabeth Bishop dedicated her poetry to telling 'what really happened'. This book presents her biography that pieces together the story of Bishop's life and traces the writing of her poems. Num Pages: 602 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 602
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203457
- ISBN
- 9780520203457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.74
€ 52.74
Paperback. Features the 20th century American poet's work. This book explores Elizabeth Bishop's poetry, from her early days at Vassar College to her last great poems in Geography III and the later uncollected poems. It draws on psychoanalytic and poststructuralist theory. It connects the poems with their process of composition. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474402361
- ISBN
- 9781474402361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.54
€ 40.99
€ 36.54
Paperback. This study charts the evolution of Bishop's poetry, aided by newly discovered diaries, previously unpublished work and early drafts. It focuses on the poet's 20-year residence in Brazil, and attempts to provide a new understanding of Bishop's treatment of love, sex and gender. Num Pages: 306 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231076630
- ISBN
- 9780231076630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. Examining the shift between American immigrant policy between 1924 and 1964, Ellis Island Nation traces the emergence of "contributionism," the belief that the newcomers from eastern and southern Europe contributed important cultural and economic benefits to American society. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223385
- ISBN
- 9780812223385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, 450 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; ACXD; AFC; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 369 x 314 x 56. Weight in Grams: 4078.
- Publisher
- Cahiers d'Art
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782851171900
- ISBN
- 9782851171900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 327.93€ 286.42
€ 327.93
€ 286.42
Paperback. Series: Critical Interventions. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JFSL; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 193 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138654440
- ISBN
- 9781138654440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Paperback. Elsie Clews Parsons was a pioneering feminist, eminent anthropologist and ardent social critic who challenged Americans to develop flexible and dynamic gender, family and social arrangements. This biography examines the connections linking Parsons' intellectual commitments to her life experience. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 538 pages, 52 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226139081
- ISBN
- 9780226139081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.81
€ 40.99
€ 31.81
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813932880
- ISBN
- 9780813932880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.56
€ 80.56
hardcover. Shows how the modern Caribbean authors deploy their historical imagination in order to assess and re-evaluate the elusive and often conflicted origins of their own modernity like the Enlightenment and the Age of Revolution in the Caribbean. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813929798
- ISBN
- 9780813929798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.02
€ 78.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 147 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 184 x 260 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620817667
- ISBN
- 9781620817667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.48€ 162.20
€ 238.48
€ 162.20
hardcover. A penetrating analysis of the multiple dimensions of presidential leadership in wartime Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199860937
- ISBN
- 9780199860937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 8.29
€ 24.99
€ 8.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: 92 pages, 39 colour, 44 b&w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGN; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 288 x 14. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- cannibal Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789492081551
- ISBN
- 9789492081551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 46.25
€ 52.99
€ 46.25
Paperback. The hardcover spent months as a #1 national bestseller with over 820,000 copies in print. Now it's in paperback and promises to be an even bigger success! Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 108 x 174 x 25. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780425091036
- ISBN
- 9780425091036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. This text explains why Elvis Presley is an enduring image in American popular culture. It demonstrates the power of pictures in visual culture and reveals much about American attitudes toward religion, sex, race and celebrity, and the construction of American identity in the late 20th century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 67 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613373
- ISBN
- 9780700613373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Hardback. The Emancipation Proclamation is responsible both for Lincoln's being hailed as the Great Emancipator and for his being pilloried by those who consider his once-radical effort at emancipation insufficient. Holzer examines the impact of Lincoln's announcement at the moment of its creation, and then as its meaning has changed over time. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064409
- ISBN
- 9780674064409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.33
€ 47.99
€ 40.33
Hardcover. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; JHM; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023951
- ISBN
- 9780884023951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.53€ 59.97
€ 65.53
€ 59.97
Paperback. The overseas basing of troops has been a central pillar of American military strategy since World War II - and a controversial one. This book provides a historical and comparative context needed to understand what is at stake in overseas basing. It gives case studies of American bases in Japan, Italy, Turkey, the Philippines, and Spain. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134635
- ISBN
- 9780691134635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
paperback. 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning history of America's four-decade-long road to war in Vietnam. Num Pages: 864 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Publisher
- Presidio Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375756474
- ISBN
- 9780375756474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.92
€ 26.92
Paperback. "A useful and readable account of the ways in which the poor were regulated by the emergent disciplinary power of the modern state."-William and Mary Quarterly Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218480
- ISBN
- 9780812218480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87