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Paperback. Hollywood, Interrupted is a sometimes frightening, occasionally sad, and frequently hysterical odyssey into the darkest realms of showbiz pathology, the endless stream of meltdowns and flameouts, and the inexplicable behavior on the part of show business personalities. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
394
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471706243
ISBN
9780471706243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.83

Hardcover. For the first time, this book tells the 'lost' story of the 1930s Western. Written from a concern to understand Western films primarily as products of Hollywood's studio system, it recovers the context in which Westerns were produced, exhibited and viewed in the 1930s. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 halftones, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896931
ISBN
9780859896931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.79

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199943548
ISBN
9780199943548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the US film industry had overtaken aeronautics and car industries to become one of the highest exporters of American products. This work provides both a political history of Hollywood and a reflection on the relationship between cinema and politics in America since 1900. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844571369
ISBN
9781844571369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.67

Paperback. Fully revised, updated, and extended, the fifth edition of Hollywood s America provides an important compilation of interpretive essays and primary documents that allows students to read films as cultural artifacts within the contexts of actual past events. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
5th Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118976494
ISBN
9781118976494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 53.77

Hardback. From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring the American screen. This title tells the story of Breen's ascent to power and the widespread effects of his reign. Num Pages: 440 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; APFA; BGF; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143585
ISBN
9780231143585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.49
€ 78.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; APF; JFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143592
ISBN
9780231143592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.02

Hardback. This book introduces the relationship between the American government and the American film industry during the Cold War. Num Pages: 352 pages, 42 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; APFA; JPS; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625239
ISBN
9780748625239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.37
€ 122.73

Paperback. This book introduces the relationship between the American government and the American film industry during the Cold War. Num Pages: 352 pages, 42 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625246
ISBN
9780748625246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.07

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813587431
ISBN
9780813587431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.07

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813587448
ISBN
9780813587448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.87

Paperback. The roles of ethnicity and cultural identity in the films of Italian American film directors Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078071
ISBN
9780252078071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.14

Paperback. Provides an insightful take on modern American cinema's relations with, and influence on Reagan, Clinton, and Bush administrations. The author tells the story of the corporate take-over of the movies in the 1970s, and the subsequent transformation of Hollywood into the dominant force in the global media industry. Series: Cinema and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; APF; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845111038
ISBN
9781845111038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. Discusses the enduring legacy of Holocaust restitution litigation, which is already being used as a model for obtaining justice for historical wrongs on both the domestic and international stage Num Pages: 411 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
411
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814799048
ISBN
9780814799048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Paperback. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686. The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. 300 pages, 24ill. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520063297
ISBN
9780520063297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.04

Paperback. Examines the intersections of social marginality, morality, and magic in contemporary Brazil by analyzing the beliefs and religious practices related to the Afro-Brazilian spirit entity Pomba Gira. This title provides an intimate account of the intricate relationship between Pomba Gira and one of her devotees, Nazare da Silva. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRQ; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Pap/DVD
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262652
ISBN
9780520262652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 34.64

Paperback. What can today's influx of Evangelical leadership tell us about Christianity and society at large? Num Pages: 208 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814752357
ISBN
9780814752357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.12

Hardcover. Shows how Quakers forged a paradoxical sense of their place in the world as militant warriors fighting for peace. The author argues that during the turbulent Age of Revolution and Reaction, the Religious Society of Friends forged a "holy nation," a transnational community of like-minded believers committed to divine law and to one another. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HRCC97. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226255767
ISBN
9780226255767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.49

paperback. Presents translations of texts by Latin American women playwrights, and performance artists, together with essays about their work. Editor(s): Taylor, Diana; Constantino, Roselyn. Num Pages: 464 pages, 58 b&w photos, 19 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ABM; DD; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822332404
ISBN
9780822332404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.45

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 300 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 246 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1208.
Publisher
The Heard Museum United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934351768
ISBN
9780934351768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.14
€ 47.63

Paperback. An ethnography about 'Japan outside of Japan' - specifically, how Japanese families on corporate re-assignment in the United States recreate their homeland within domestic spaces Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822336228
ISBN
9780822336228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.15

Paperback. Filipino Americans, who experience life in the United States as immigrants, colonized nationals, and racial minorities, are one of our largest immigrant groups. This title investigates how Filipino women and men are transformed through the experience of migration, and how they in turn remake the social world around them. Num Pages: 282 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; GTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400. Filipino American Lives across Cultures, Communities, and Countries. 282 pages, 3 tables. Filipino Americans, who experience life in the United States as immigrants, colonized nationals, and racial minorities, are one of our largest immigrant groups. This title investigates how Filipino women and men are transformed through the experience of migration, and how they in turn remake the social world around them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; GTB; JFSL. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520235274
ISBN
9780520235274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 100 black & white halftones, 155 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 254. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493018468
ISBN
9781493018468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.01

Hardback. This perspective allows a unique view of the development of an industrial society not just from the ground up but from the hearth up. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12, 10 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTK; TBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413563
ISBN
9781421413563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.44

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