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Hardback. Sifting information from rumors and private letters, Jefferson follows events in Europe, including Bonaparte's unexpected rise to power in France, and sees the value of his tobacco crop plummet as US legislation cuts off the French market. He begins to compile a manual of parliamentary procedures for the Senate. Editor(s): Oberg, Barbara B. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 728 pages, 8 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 170 x 245 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 728
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118956
- ISBN
- 9780691118956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.17€ 126.73
€ 168.17
€ 126.73
Paperback. Describes the urban bachelor life that took shape in the late nineteenth century, when a significant population of single men migrated to American cities. This book also describe a complex subculture that continues to affect the larger meanings of manhood and manliness in American society. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 halftones, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070551
- ISBN
- 9780691070551
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Condition: New
€ 56.85€ 44.83
€ 56.85
€ 44.83
Hardcover. This intensively researched volume covers a previously neglected aspect of American history: the foreign policy perspective of the peace progressives, a bloc of dissenters in the U.S. Senate, between 1913 and 1935. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674659179
- ISBN
- 9780674659179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.39€ 77.85
€ 86.39
€ 77.85
Paperback. Focusing on commercial and social networks in the Rio de la Plata region, this book examines how Montevideo merchant elites used transimperial connections to expand their influence and how their trade offered crucial support to Montevideo's autonomist projects. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 maps, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTM; JPA; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285163
- ISBN
- 9780520285163
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Described by others as quaint and exotic, or as depraved and threatening, and as successful and exemplary, the Chinese in America have rarely been asked to describe themselves in their own words. This title provides an intimate and textured history of the Chinese in America from their arrival during the California Gold Rush to the present. Editor(s): Yung, Judy; Chang, Gordon G.; Lai, Him Mark. Num Pages: 486 pages, 52 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520243101
- ISBN
- 9780520243101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. Offers a portrait of a frequently misunderstood religious movement - neo-paganism. This book explores larger issues in the United States regarding the postmodern self, utopian communities, cultural improvisation, and contemporary spirituality. Num Pages: 314 pages, 22 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRKP; HRLK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220867
- ISBN
- 9780520220867
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.48
€ 38.99
€ 28.48
Paperback. Charting the cultural imagination of Haiti, this text argues for the recognition of both vodou rituals and narrative fictions as repositories of history. The book gives human dimensions to the 18th-century French colony and provides a template for understanding the Haiti of today. Num Pages: 362 pages, 34 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213685
- ISBN
- 9780520213685
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.61
€ 35.99
€ 26.61
Paperback. Are you writing about physical pain or mental pain? This is a book about the meanings we make out of pain. Num Pages: 354 pages, 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082762
- ISBN
- 9780520082762
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.48
€ 38.99
€ 28.48
Paperback. Focuses on the complicated relationship between the National Park Service and its policy goals of wilderness preservation and recreation. This title examines the overlapping and sometimes contradictory responsibilities of the park service and the national wilderness preservation system. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988757
- ISBN
- 9780295988757
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. Offers the analytical and critical overview of the Spanish American novel in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 color and 65 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 154 x 330. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292706705
- ISBN
- 9780292706705
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. This series of essays examines why Americans have a penchant for going to extremes in their arts, popular culture, politics, social movements and other aspects of life. The author considers historical examples but concentrates on comtemporary subjects, such as the media coverage of O.J. Simpson. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268031572
- ISBN
- 9780268031572
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.83
€ 20.99
€ 20.83
Hardcover. This volume examines Chile's political culture by considering its origin and the persistence of its "grammar", which the authors define as the ability of each member of society to function within social categories and rules. This "grammar", they believe, is what gives character to national culture. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268008406
- ISBN
- 9780268008406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.57
€ 108.57
Paperback. Focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this anthology allows students to trace the experiences of one cultural group throughout the cycle of the slave experience in the Americas. Editor(s): Falola, Toyin; Childs, Matt D. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 472 pages, 10 b&w photos, 8 figures, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1K; GTB; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217165
- ISBN
- 9780253217165
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Drawing on the resources of a DVD version of Lincoln's legal papers, this work scans a range of family woes that antebellum Americans took to the law. It also highlights the legal status of women and children in Illinois and their experiences with the law in action. Editor(s): Stowell, Daniel W. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 photographs; 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073397
- ISBN
- 9780252073397
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.88
€ 23.99
€ 21.88
Paperback. Offers a study of the Progressive movement, its reformers, their ideology, and the social circumstances they tried to change. This book contends that the persistence of class conflict in America challenged the very defining feature of Progressivism: its promise of social harmony through democratic renewal. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072697
- ISBN
- 9780252072697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Offers a view on how America began to intervene in world affairs. By proposing an economic remedy to a political problem, this book anticipates policies embodied in the Marshall Plan, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 190 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJD; 3JJ; HBT; JPSD; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231235877
- ISBN
- 9780231235877
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Paperback. Looking back to the sensational or "blood and thunder" melodramas (e.g., The Perils of Pauline, The Hazards of Helen, etc.), Singer uncovers a fundamentally modern cultural expression, one reflecting transformations in the sensory environment of the metropolis, in the experience of capitalism, in the popular imagination of gender, and in the exploitation of the thrill in popular amusement. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 97 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113298
- ISBN
- 9780231113298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations. Editor(s): Johnson, Randal; Stam, Robert. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 491 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680. Series: Film and Culture Series. 491 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Johnson, Randal; Stam, Robert. From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- third edition
- Number of pages
- 491
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102674
- ISBN
- 9780231102674
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.64
€ 46.99
€ 33.64
Paperback. Chomsky takes on the international scene since 1945, devoting particular attention to events following the collapse of the Soviet Union. He develops a forceful critique of Western government, from imperialist foreign policies to the Clinton administration's empty promises to the poor. Num Pages: 311 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPA; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101578
- ISBN
- 9780231101578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 653 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1135.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Volume 8
- Number of pages
- 653
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075169
- ISBN
- 9780231075169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.03€ 111.93
€ 148.03
€ 111.93
Paperback. Calypso music is an integral part of Trinidad's national identity. But in a nation as diverse as Trinidad, why is it that calypso has emerged as the emblematic music? This book examines conditions that have enabled calypso to be valorized, contested, and targeted as a field of cultural politics in Trinidad. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 halftones, 8 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226310602
- ISBN
- 9780226310602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Hardcover. Lauded for providing discussion of the Courts' significant decisions, this volume keeps at the forefront of the reforms and interpretations of American law. It considers issues such as post-9/11 security, the 2000 presidential election, cross burning, federalism and state sovereignty, failed Supreme Court nominations, and more. Editor(s): Hutchinson, Dennis J.; Strauss, David A.; Stone, Geoffrey R. Series: Supreme Court Review. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226269061
- ISBN
- 9780226269061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.91€ 56.98
€ 66.91
€ 56.98
Paperback. Series: American Traveler. Num Pages: 48 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; PSV; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 106 x 2. Weight in Grams: 70.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- American Traveler Press United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781558381230
- ISBN
- 9781558381230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Paperback. In the 1920s, the 'hard-boiled' stories published in "Black Mask", "Dime Detective", "Detective Fiction Weekly", and "Clues" featured a new kind of hero and soon challenged the popularity of the British mysteries. This title examines the culture that produced and supported this form of detective story through the 1940s. Num Pages: 215 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397698
- ISBN
- 9781566397698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82