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The Americas
Paperback. Considering the singular experience of the African American writer, this title argues that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures, even as it adapted and transformed the cultural traditions and religions of Africa and the African diaspora along the way. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789972
- ISBN
- 9780226789972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.88
€ 36.99
€ 28.88
Num Pages: 192 pages, 514 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1244.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764331442
- ISBN
- 9780764331442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.18
€ 48.99
€ 32.18
Paperback. Considers fragments of experience recorded in oral histories and newspapers as well as those produced in twentieth-century novels, films, and television that reveal how the black body in pain functions as a rhetorical device and as political strategy. This book investigates America's love-hate relationship with black bodies in pain. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926810
- ISBN
- 9780813926810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.53
€ 32.53
Hardback. Provides a textbook overview of the past, present, and future of African Americans in US media. Brings together work from a variety of disciplines to provide the fullest understanding of this complex relationship to date. Series: Media and Minorities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640341
- ISBN
- 9780745640341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810861060
- ISBN
- 9780810861060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.32
€ 56.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810861053
- ISBN
- 9780810861053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.14
€ 96.14
Paperback. An Anthology. 404 pages. Editor(s): Glasrud, Bruce A.; Braithwaite, Charles A. Describes the part African Americans played in the frontier army and as homesteaders, community builders, and activists. This title tells of the struggle for civil rights and against Jim Crow, and examines African American cultural growth and contributions as well as economic and political aspects of black life on the Great Plains. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226678
- ISBN
- 9780803226678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. A landmark account of the background, motivations, and experiences of African Canadian volunteers in America's Civil War. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History Series. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBWJ; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774827461
- ISBN
- 9780774827461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
paperback. African immigration to North America has been increasing. This title focuses on new understandings and insights concerning the presence and relevance of African immigrant religious communities in the US. It describes key social and historical aspects of African immigrant religion in the US and builds a conceptual framework for theory and analysis. Editor(s): Olupona, Jacob K.; Gemignani, Regina. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HRA; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814762127
- ISBN
- 9780814762127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Hardback. African Independence is a dynamic discussion of how Africa shapes world events today. Tukufu Zuberi weaves interview excerpts and stories from many Africans he has met-from refugees to heads of state-with key events in African history to show the importance of understanding Africa today. Num Pages: 210 pages, 54 black & white halftones, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; JPS; RGCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442216419
- ISBN
- 9781442216419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.78
€ 51.78
paperback. Allan D. Austin explores via portraits, documents, maps and texts, the lives of 50 sub-Saharan non-peasant Muslim Africans caught in the American slave trade between 1730 and 1860. Num Pages: 216 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415912709
- ISBN
- 9780415912709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
Hardcover. Editor(s): Obiakor, Festus E.; Gordon, Jacob U. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GPS; JNK; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 187 x 15. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590336830
- ISBN
- 9781590336830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61€ 55.92
€ 79.61
€ 55.92
Paperback. Bringing together canonical philosophical texts from African, African--American, Afro--Caribbean, and Black European thinkers, this major new anthology is designed to serve both as a textbook and as the authoritative reference volume in Africana philosophical and cultural studies. Editor(s): Eze, Emmanuel Chukwudi. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 512 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; 1KBB; HPD; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 29. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203384
- ISBN
- 9780631203384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 52.96
€ 53.99
€ 52.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195189421
- ISBN
- 9780195189421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.37
€ 59.37
Paperback. In the OXFORD HISTORY OF ART series, this book discusses folk and decorative arts alongside fine art produced by African-Americans throughout the nineteenth century. It also explores more recent issues in art and politics - the Civil Rights era and Black Nationalism in the 1960s and 70s and the emergence of new black artists in the 1980s and 90s. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour plates, halftones, line drawings and maps throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBK; ACV; ACX; AFTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192842138
- ISBN
- 9780192842138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.77
€ 36.99
€ 32.77
Paperback. Describes socialization beliefs and practices within an African-American church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Num Pages: 242 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340. Good, clean copy. Top page edge marked, remains in good condition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KSG0006419
- ISBN
- 9780521003452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Advances the study of pioneering black dancers by providing biographical and historical information on a group of artists who worked during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s to legitimize dance of the African diaspora. This title sets these seminal artists and their innovations in the contexts of African-American culture and American modern dance. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; ASD; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252072611
- ISBN
- 9780252072611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.39
€ 27.99
€ 26.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 188 x 18. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590335666
- ISBN
- 9781590335666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61€ 61.19
€ 79.61
€ 61.19
Paperback. Offering a portrait of leadership, conflict, and obstacles, this volume assesses the political alliances that brought black mayors to office as well as the accomplishments and challenges that marked their careers. It includes the profiles of Carl B Stokes (Cleveland), Richard G Hatcher (Gary), and 'Dutch' Morial (New Orleans). Editor(s): Colburn, David R. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780252072604
- ISBN
- 9780252072604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
paperback. A collection of interviews with 17 of the foremost African-American philosophers cover issues such as Black existentialism, racism, Black women philosophers within the academy, affirmative action and the conceptual parameters of African-American philosophy. Editor(s): Yancy, George. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415921008
- ISBN
- 9780415921008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.74
€ 69.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Harrison, Ira E.; Harrison, Faye V. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 232 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252067365
- ISBN
- 9780252067365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Hardback. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBCR; HBJK; HBW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810872349
- ISBN
- 9780810872349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.00
€ 163.00
Paperback. A revised and expanded edition of a groundbreaking text Editor(s): Holloway, Joseph E. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 448 pages, 18 b&w photos, 2 figures, 2 maps, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217493
- ISBN
- 9780253217493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. This text presents a reference point for today's discussions about ever-present language varieties, Ebonics, and education, offering important reminders about the subtleties and power of racial and cultural predjudice. The introduction places the work in its sociolinguistic context. Editor(s): Turner, Lorenzo D. Series: Southern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 1KBBFS; 2AB; 2H; 2ZP; CFB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570034527
- ISBN
- 9781570034527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.14
€ 36.14