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The Americas

Paperback. A book that aims both to demystify and to reconstitute 'Hawthorne' as an object of study by rereading Hawthorne's fictions, mainly those from the early 1840's to 1860, in the context of the emergence of a distinctively middle-class personal life (the domestic emotional revolution that accompanied the industrial revolution. Num Pages: 252 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719483
ISBN
9780804719483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. The first-person narratives in this book provide a glimpse into the personal lives of fourteen Vietnamese-Americans who were devastated by war and the refugee experience but who were able to create new lives in a new cultural environment. Num Pages: 464 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718905
ISBN
9780804718905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.92

Paperback. This text examines the House of Representatives during three periods of policy innovations: the Civil War, the 1890's and the New Deal. The author asserts that critical elections create conditions in the House that enable the majority party to legislate significant policy changes. Series: Stanford Studies in the New Political History. Num Pages: 228 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804718400
ISBN
9780804718400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardcover. This text examines the concept of the "mental landscape" in American romantic literature. It contends that this landscape creates a space in the imagination that helps to form a writer's perspective. The book also explores the function of literary allusion in 19th-century American romance. Num Pages: 236 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804717939
ISBN
9780804717939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.58

Paperback. This volume looks at the technical, strategic, and human aspects of the debate that led to the decision to build the first hydrogen bomb. Based on participants experience of "Project Superbomb", and declassified papers the book explains the background to this acceleration of the nuclear arms race. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804717144
ISBN
9780804717144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Hardcover. The twelve essays in this volume re-examine a handful of perennial problems in American history from a geographical point of view. From this perspective there emerges a series of reinterpretations of the central processes that defined the American experience. Num Pages: 568 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 965.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804715751
ISBN
9780804715751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804715164
ISBN
9780804715164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

paperback. What goes into the translating of a poem? Taking as a text Pablo Neruda's prophetic sequence Alturas de Macchu Picchu (1945), the author re-creates the entire process of translation, from his first encounter with the poem to the last shaping of a phrase that may never come right in English. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804713276
ISBN
9780804713276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Meyers's book is a major study in Jacksonian democracy and in the art of analyzing political communications. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780804705066
ISBN
9780804705066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

paperback. New Criticism was the dominant literary theory of the mid-twentieth century. Since that time, schools of literary criticism have arisen in support of or in opposition to the approach advocated by the New Critics. This anthology provides an introduction, for students, to the best American poetry criticism of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Davis, Garrick. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5334 x 3404 x 22. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804011099
ISBN
9780804011099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Looks at the complexity of California's Indian civilization and the social effects of missionary control. An illustrated tour of the missions as well as a record of their impact on California history and culture, this book tells the story of the Spanish missions of California. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6147 x 4369 x 16. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804010856
ISBN
9780804010856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

paperback. Num Pages: 274 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804009553
ISBN
9780804009553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 361 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804003834
ISBN
9780804003834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardback. Using the story of George Preston Marshall's ownership of the Washington Redskins, and in particular his holdout against the integration of black players, Fight for Old DC chronicles the pivotal years when the NFL began its ascent to the top of the US's sporting interest. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 3JJ; WSBT; WSBX; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803299351
ISBN
9780803299351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Leoti L West (1851-1933) left her Iowa home to teach at a school in Washington Territory. Undertaking the two-week journey alone, the young teacher arrived in a Northwest that was still very much a pioneer territory. This book details her teaching career. Num Pages: 277 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803298583
ISBN
9780803298583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.81

Paperback. When Vicksburg fell to Union forces under General Grant in July 1863, the balance turned against the Confederacy in the trans-Appalachian theater. The Federal success along the river opened the way for advances into central and eastern Tennessee, which culminated in the bloody battle of Chickamauga and then a struggle for Chattanooga. Series: Great Campaigns of the Civil War. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803298132
ISBN
9780803298132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. Sergeant Charles Windolph was the last white survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. A six-year veteran of the Seventh Cavalry, Windolph fought in Benteen's troop on that fatal Sunday, and here he recalls the battle that wiped out Custer's command. This work is useful for students of American Western or military history. Num Pages: Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803297203
ISBN
9780803297203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. The first ethnography of the vibrant Aboriginal media community in Vancouver, Sovereign Screens uncovers the social forces shaping that community, including community media organisations and avant-garde art centres, as well as the national spaces of cultural policy and media institutions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 photographs, 1 map, 1 appendix, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBC; APFA; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803296961
ISBN
9780803296961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 photographs, 4 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; BM; RNKH1; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803296428
ISBN
9780803296428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 402 pages, 17 images, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWU; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803295858
ISBN
9780803295858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 14 photographs, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBTB; HRKT; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803295247
ISBN
9780803295247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 18 photographs, 7 illustrations, 2 maps, 2 tables, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HRKT; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803295230
ISBN
9780803295230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PSVW6; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803294981
ISBN
9780803294981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.25

Hardback. "Denise Low recovers the life and times of her grandfather, Frank Bruner (1889-1963), whose expression of Lenape identity was largely discouraged by mainstream society."--Provided by publisher. Series: American Indian Lives. Num Pages: 200 pages, 26 images, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803294936
ISBN
9780803294936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.70

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