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paperback. This book traces the intertwined histories of disaster experts-specialists in predicting the unpredictable and managing the unmanageable-revealing how their interdisciplinary research and practices over the past century have shaped modern America. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; GPQD; JFFC; RNR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222463
ISBN
9780812222463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

paperback. Michael L. Ondaatje examines the ideas and arguments of prominent black conservative thinkers during the past three decades, charting the evolution of black conservative thought in relation to key debates on affirmative action, welfare, and education. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPFM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222043
ISBN
9780812222043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

paperback. With vigour and insight, Crow elders tell their favorite stories of the exploits of memorable leaders from years past in The Way of the Warrior. This collection of stories teaches readers about traditional Crow leaders and their world. It shows that the values that guided and inspired the Crow people in the past remain meaningful for them today. Editor(s): Bauerle, Phenocia. Translator(s): Coyote, Henry Old; Coyote, Barney Old. Num Pages: 133 pages, 8 photographs, map, figure, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3887 x 9. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
133
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803262300
ISBN
9780803262300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.38

paperback. Series: Anthropology of Contemporary Issues. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484124
ISBN
9780801484124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Num Pages: 128 pages, 341 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WMPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 794. Cape Cod and the Islands. 128 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WMPC. Dimension: 243 x 212 x 17. Weight: 800.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764340550
ISBN
9780764340550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.42

hardcover. This book is a history of the complex relations between scientific advisors, primarily physicists, and U.S. presidents in their role as decision makers about nuclear weapons and military strategy. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPHL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 625.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739665
ISBN
9780804739665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.52

hardcover. This book analyzes the relationship between the many and the few in the formation of a republican polity. It studies the case of Buenos Aires in the 1860s and 1870s, when the inauguration of a new national order in Argentina entailed a radical change, by exploring the different forms of participation of the people in the public life of the city. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739436
ISBN
9780804739436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.36

hardcover. This book is a history of the conflict-ridden privatization of communal land in the pueblo of Papantla, a Mexican Indian village transformed by the fast growth of vanilla production and exports in the second half of the 19th century. Num Pages: 408 pages, 71 tables, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KFFR; KJVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804739399
ISBN
9780804739399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.27

hardcover. This is a comprehensive guide to the federal Endangered Species Act, the primary U.S. law aimed at protecting species of animals and plants from human threats to their survival. The Act protects not only threatened and endangered animals and plants, but their habitats as well. Num Pages: 312 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 1KBB; LNKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 573.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738422
ISBN
9780804738422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Hardback. Through a series of careful, historicized readings of works by a range of authors, this book relates both the what and the how of representation to specific theories of embodiment emerging during the early period of medical history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737739
ISBN
9780804737739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

hardcover. A history of the Mixtec Indians of southern Mexico, this book focuses on several dozen Mixtec communities in the region of Oaxaca during the period from about 1540 to 1750. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804737562
ISBN
9780804737562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.45

hardcover. Between 1560 and 1620, a thousand or more people left the town of Brihuega in Spain to migrate to New Spain (now Mexico), where nearly all of them settled in Puebla de los Angeles. This text examines the transference of social, economic and cultural patterns within the early modern Hispanic world. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 line diagram 6 maps 9 genealogical tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804736633
ISBN
9780804736633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

hardcover. Examining repartimiento production of cochineal, a dyestuff produced exclusively by Oaxacan Indians and representing Mexico's most valued export after silver, this study shows that Indians produced cochineal for the market voluntarily because it provided them with needed income. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 tables, 15 graphs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735124
ISBN
9780804735124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.98

hardcover. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732086
ISBN
9780804732086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.52

Paperback. Presents the most important uses of plants by early inhabitants of California, as well as methods of preparing the plants for use. This title deals with the subjects such as the Indian method of leaching acorn meal so it could be eaten, the medicinal value of Yerba Mansa, the use of other plants for making baskets, rope, and clothing, and more. Series: California Natural History Guides. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PST; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 120 x 6. Weight in Grams: 22.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1962
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
6th Printing
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520000728
ISBN
9780520000728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. This resource provides information on a popular literary genre - the 20th century American short story. It contains articles on stories that share a particular theme, and over 100 pieces on individual writers and their work. There are also articles on promising new writers entering the scene. Editor(s): Gelfant, Blanche H. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
952
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110990
ISBN
9780231110990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816635740
ISBN
9780816635740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

paperback. Joao Jose Reis draws on hundreds of police and trial records in which Africans, despite obvious intimidation, spoke out about their cultural, social, economic, religious, and domestic lives in Salvador. Translator(s): Brakel, Arthur. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBTS; HBTV; JFSR2; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801852503
ISBN
9780801852503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.45

paperback. Weaves together a series of narratives about environmental history in British Columbia's Chilcotin Plateau. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 maps, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBJK; HDD; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774813778
ISBN
9780774813778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Hardcover. Num Pages: 2096 pages, 2051 illustrations, 934 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ACXD; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 240 x 292. Weight in Grams: 12900.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Skira Italy
Edition
Slp
Number of pages
2096
Condition
New
SKU
V9788861300729
ISBN
9788861300729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 236.85
€ 215.72

Paperback. Challenges the dominant legal history of American Indians and their tribes - a history that concedes far too much power to the laws and courts of the 'conqueror'. This book makes an urgent call for the advancement of tribal sovereignty and of tribal court systems that are based on Indian culture and values. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFCX; JFSL9; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520208940
ISBN
9780520208940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.55

hardcover. This is biography of Agoston Haraszthy, an immigrant who apart from his efforts to establish a wine industry in California, holds other important distinctions: he was the first Hungarian to permanently settle in the United States and author of only the second Hungarian-language book about the USA. Num Pages: 596 pages, 36 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; TVSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
596
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731454
ISBN
9780804731454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.23

hardcover. Phantom Communities reconsiders the status of the simulacrum-sometimes defined as a copy of a copy, but more rigorously defined as a copy that subverts the legitimacy and authority of its model-in light of recent debates in literature, art, philosophy, and cultural studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730716
ISBN
9780804730716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.47

hardcover. Focusing on the lives and work of women teachers in two rural California counties from 1850 to 1950, Country Schoolwomen explores the social context of teaching, seeking to understand what teaching meant to women teachers, what it provided them, and how it shaped their categories of experience. Num Pages: 356 pages, 19 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804730044
ISBN
9780804730044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

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