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The Americas
Hardback. This volume considers African-American education in the 21st century through the lens of the Chicago School Tradition, at the University of Chicago. Editor(s): Allen, Walter R.; Spencer, Margaret Beale; O'Connor, Carla. Series: Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research Policy and Praxis. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762308293
- ISBN
- 9780762308293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.78
€ 140.78
Paperback. Investigates the origins of contemporary African American Vernacular English (AAVE), one of the oldest, yet unsolved, questions in sociolinguistics. This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of tense and aspect as manifested in recorded conversations with 101 former slaves and their descendants. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, 48. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1KJ; 2ABM; CFB; CFFD; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212669
- ISBN
- 9780631212669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.65
€ 74.65
Hardback. African American Faces of the Civil War makes an important contribution to a comparatively understudied aspect of the war and provides a fascinating look into lives that helped shape America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 77, 77 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AJCP; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406251
- ISBN
- 9781421406251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.73
€ 36.99
€ 30.73
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dafina United States
- Edition
- 4th Revised, Updated ed.
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780758292414
- ISBN
- 9780758292414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.64
€ 18.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. Presenting a study of African American healing, this work sheds light on a variety of folk practices and traces their development from the time of slavery through the Great Migrations. Through conversations with black Americans, it demonstrates how herbs, charms, and rituals continue folk healing performances. Num Pages: 189 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFHF; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814757321
- ISBN
- 9780814757321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Culled from the records of the National Register of Historic Places, a roster of all types of significant properties across the United States, African American Historic Places includes over 800 places in 42 states and two U.S. territories that have played a role in black American history. Editor(s): Savage, Beth L. Num Pages: 624 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL3; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 179 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471143451
- ISBN
- 9780471143451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.79
€ 62.79
Paperback. Offers perspectives on black history - its scholarship and pedagogy, scholars and interpreters, and evolution as a profession. This book discusses various issues and themes for understanding and analyzing African American history, the 20th century black historical enterprise, and the teaching of African American history for the 21st century. Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252077012
- ISBN
- 9780252077012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. A collection of approximately forty portraits with mini biographies of Maryland's extraordinary African American men and women. It includes luminaries such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, "Baby Joe" Gans, Leon Day, Lillie Carroll Jackson, and Thurgood Marshall. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Maryland Historical Society United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780938420699
- ISBN
- 9780938420699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.18
€ 24.99
€ 22.18
Paperback. Analyzing the behavior of African American state legislators in multiple legislative sessions across five states, Haynie has compiled a wealth of valuable data that reveals the dynamics and effectiveness of black participation in the legislative process. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 176 pages, six figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPH; JPQ; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106450
- ISBN
- 9780231106450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Between 20 and 25 luminaries are profiled. Each entry consists of (a) a short biography, focusing on national accomplishments, (b) at least one major paper, speech, or other professional item such as a workshop format, and (c) an annotated bibliography. Editor(s): Wilkin, Binnie Tate. Series: Children's Literature Association Centennial Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; GL; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810851566
- ISBN
- 9780810851566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.89
€ 128.89
Paperback. Documents the central texts and arguments in African American literary theory from the 1920s to now Editor(s): Napier, Winston. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758106
- ISBN
- 9780814758106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.32
€ 43.99
€ 38.32
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.; Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks. Series: The African American History Reference Series. Num Pages: 7588 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BK; GBCB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 410 x 165. Weight in Grams: 17360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 7584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199920778
- ISBN
- 9780199920778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 1,684.53
€ 1,684.53
Hardback. The first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Reagan revolution on African-American political life. The book also critically assesses the Clinton administration's record on race and the Democratic party response to affirmative action, welfare, and other aspects of the African-American political agenda. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 544 pages, 80 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL3; JPH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 860. Fine copy
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KST0009592
- ISBN
- 9780231104180
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. The first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Reagan revolution on African-American political life. The book also critically assesses the Clinton administration's record on race and the Democratic party response to affirmative action, welfare, and other aspects of the African-American political agenda. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 544 pages, 80 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL3; JPH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 860. Fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- KST0009591
- ISBN
- 9780231104180
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. The first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Reagan revolution on African-American political life. The book also critically assesses the Clinton administration's record on race and the Democratic party response to affirmative action, welfare, and other aspects of the African-American political agenda. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 544 pages, 80 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFC; JFSL3; JPH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104197
- ISBN
- 9780231104197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.78
€ 43.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. Offers a provocative historical and philosophical treatment of the religious life of African Americans. Glaude argues that the phrase "African American religion" is meaningful only insofar as it singles out the distinctive ways religion has been leveraged by African Americans to respond to different racial regimes in the United States. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195182897
- ISBN
- 9780195182897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.67
€ 14.99
€ 13.67
Paperback. Offers a view of African American religious history from Africa and early America through Reconstruction to the rise of black nationalism, civil rights, and the black theology. This work includes documents, such as personal narratives, sermons, letters, protest pamphlets, early denominational histories, and theological statements. Editor(s): Sernett, Milton C. Series: C.Eric Lincoln Series on the Black Experience. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAX; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324492
- ISBN
- 9780822324492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 490 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822309260
- ISBN
- 9780822309260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.82
€ 34.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Focuses on black migration and Latino immigration, examining tensions and alliances that emerged between African Americans and other groups. Exploring the challenges of residential segregation and deindustrialization, this book also tackles such topics as the real estate industry's discriminatory practices. Editor(s): Kusmer, Kenneth L.; Trotter, Joe. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 512 pages, 5 line drawings, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSG; JFSL3. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226465104
- ISBN
- 9780226465104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Hardback. A guide to resources for use with K-12 students, this selective volume lists substantial, easily accessible resources on African American visual artists. In total, 639 resources, referencing 1,174 individual artists are annotated and include works about the artists as well as the contexts in which the African American artist is situated. Series: Global Art Resource Guides. Num Pages: 350 pages, Global art resource guides. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACB; GBCR; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837225
- ISBN
- 9780810837225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.87
€ 118.87
Paperback. Compelling and enlightening, this collection of primary source documents allows twenty-first century students to direct dial key figures in African-American history. It includes concise and perceptive commentary along with engaging suggestions for discussion and project work. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444339413
- ISBN
- 9781444339413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.97
€ 50.99
€ 50.97
Paperback. Including more than 50 documents that span the history of slavery in America, African American Voices chronicles the widely varied experience of African American slaves. Editor(s): Mintz, Steven. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405182676
- ISBN
- 9781405182676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.89
€ 40.99
€ 40.89
Paperback. The third in a major new series of books based on the remarkable NMAAHC photography archive. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGC; AJCR; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 182 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- GILES
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907804489
- ISBN
- 9781907804489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.17
€ 15.99
€ 12.17
Hardback. Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. This title argues that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789965
- ISBN
- 9780226789965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49