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The Americas

In the postwar era, producers and consumers of cinema began to demand more freedom to make and view movies that accurately portrayed the complexities of real life. This work details the battles, fought largely in New York City, to secure "freedom of the screen" for film audiences. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 553.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124292
ISBN
9780813124292
Condition: New

€ 37.51

Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0007836
ISBN
9780140215199
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Hardcover. Series: Historical Tours. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBE; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 19.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
GPP Travel United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780762757411
ISBN
9780762757411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.39

Paperback. Explores the relationship between race, knowledge, and violence that underpins U.S. modernity. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351054
ISBN
9780822351054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.22

Hardcover. In the spring of 1915, Chicagoans elected the city's first black alderman, Oscar DePriest. This book tells the history of three generations of African American activists - the ministers, professionals, labor leaders, clubwomen, and entrepreneurs - who transformed twentieth-century urban politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226135908
ISBN
9780226135908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.27
€ 46.80

Hardcover. Freedom's Dawn is the first book devoted exclusively to John Brown during the six weeks between his arrest and execution. Louis A. DeCaro traces Brown's evolution from prisoner to convicted felon, to a prophetic figure, and then martyr, finally examining the rise of his legacy. Num Pages: 476 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442236721
ISBN
9781442236721
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.23

hardcover. Unearths an unexpected bloom of liberty in an ex-slave's journal Num Pages: 219 pages, 8 figures/1 table/ 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; BJ; HBTS; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814705100
ISBN
9780814705100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Yacovone, Donald. Num Pages: 570 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556525216
ISBN
9781556525216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.91

Paperback. An essential book for students and teachers written by two of the Caribbean's leading historians. Num Pages: 312 pages, maps, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QSC; 5AN; JFC; YQH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 275 x 221 x 13. Weight in Grams: 804.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521435451
ISBN
9780521435451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.95

Paperback. Evaluating changes in liberal political theory and jurisprudence, particularly American liberalism after WWII, this book argues that the expansion of rights for adults has come at a high and generally unnoticed cost. It documents the indifference of liberal theorists and jurists to what were long deemed core elements of children's welfare. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPB; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134703
ISBN
9780691134703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.45

Paperback. Utilizes Brown's life to illuminate the concept of freedom as it developed in the United States in the early national and antebellum years Num Pages: 219 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479825233
ISBN
9781479825233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.06

Paperback. A biography of Richard Allen, founder of the first major African-American church and the leading black activist of the early American republic. It describes Allen's continually evolving life and thought, setting both in the context of his times. Num Pages: 359 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBJK; HRCC95; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
359
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758571
ISBN
9780814758571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.44

Hardback. Congress established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands - more commonly known as the Freedmen's Bureau - in March 1865. Upon its creation this temporary federal agency assumed the Herculean task of overseeing the transition from slavery to freedom in the war-torn South. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823232116
ISBN
9780823232116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816698134
ISBN
9780816698134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.09

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFC; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691612263
ISBN
9780691612263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.44

Paperback. A road book about travel and the lure of migration. A drive along Route 66 from Oklahoma through New Mexico and Arizona to the promised land of California. A country obsessed with change and itself, fragmenting into pieces as the drift of manifest prosperity stalls on the coast. Num Pages: 196 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 172 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638225
ISBN
9781902638225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.18

Hardback. Editor(s): Emmett, Lillian. Num Pages: 111 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS; KCLT; KNG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633214224
ISBN
9781633214224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.86
€ 130.67

Hardback. Editor(s): McIntyre, Leland; Donaldson, Forrest. Num Pages: 119 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
119
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619424180
ISBN
9781619424180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.99
€ 113.56

Paperback. Fremont's report documents the opening of the West even as it offers a firsthand look at the making of the American myth Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 photograph, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271357
ISBN
9780803271357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Hardback. A survey of the Getty Museum's 17th- and 18th-century French textiles. The book includes lists of artists and weavers, date and place of manufacture, and materials and techniques used. Also included is an accompanying commentary. Num Pages: 208 pages, 55 colour and 146 b&w illustrations, 1 colour fold-out. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; AC; AFWH; GBC; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 306 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1288.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892363797
ISBN
9780892363797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.91
€ 70.31

Hardcover. The peopling of French Canada across the 17th and 18th centuries is the focus of this book. Using archival material it traces the precise origins of individual immigrants, describing them by gender, class, occupation, region, religion, age, and date of departure. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 409 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; JFC; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
409
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674323155
ISBN
9780674323155
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.03
€ 83.46

Paperback. What everyone can learn from the best of Chess Life's amateur games. Num Pages: 224 pages, More than 300 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Chess Information & Research Center United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781889323251
ISBN
9781889323251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812983357
ISBN
9780812983357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

Hardcover. Editor(s): Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick. Series: Aquatic Ecology. Num Pages: 1066 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSAF; PSPF; PSTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 285 x 52. Weight in Grams: 3168.
Publisher
Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780123858764
ISBN
9780123858764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 212.24

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