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The Americas

hardcover. Charles Brockden Brown's Revolution and the Birth of American Gothic illuminates the social and political influences on the nation's first professional novelist and reveals the surprising origins of one of American literature's most popular and enduring genres. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812237863
ISBN
9780812237863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.21

paperback. Reveals how many of our customs and wedding rituals were the product of sophisticated advertising campaigns, merchandising promotions, and entrepreneurial innovations. The businesses and entrepreneurs, from jewelers to bridal consultants and caterers, set the stage for today's multibillion-dollar industry. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220452
ISBN
9780812220452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.10

hardcover. This book reinterprets how and when presidents use unilateral power, arguing that these orders are used not only to press the president's agenda, but also to share power with Congress and facilitate the work of government. Series: Studies in the Modern Presidency. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799973
ISBN
9780804799973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.88

hardcover. Envisioning America is a revealing ethnographic portrait of how naturalized Chinese in Southern California have pursued the democratic ideals of participation through political empowerment and community recognition despite impediments to their full inclusion as American citizens. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804762410
ISBN
9780804762410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.13

Paperback. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253023056
ISBN
9780253023056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.91

paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 68 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; HBTB; WSBX; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021625
ISBN
9780253021625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253020604
ISBN
9780253020604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.82

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662537
ISBN
9781855662537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.26

paperback. Examines the key role that the spatial construct (embodied by the Monroe Doctrine) of the western hemisphere played in enabling and effacing U.S. empire. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334965
ISBN
9780822334965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.95

paperback. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JJG; BJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816673063
ISBN
9780816673063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.04

Paperback. An accessible, engaging examination of Lillian Gilbreth, whose research in efficiency and human factors changed the way factories are run, how domestic tasks are completed, and how consumers are "sold" on a product Series: Lives of American Women. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Westview Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813347639
ISBN
9780813347639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.58

Paperback. The poems in Nikky Finney's new collection sustain a sensitive and intense dialogue with emblematic figures and events in African American life: from civil rights matriarch Rosa Parks to former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, from a brazen girl strung out on lightning to a terrified woman abandoned on a rooftop during Hurricane Katrina. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 160 x 8. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810152168
ISBN
9780810152168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. This work examines a decade of Sino-American relations. David Lampton explores the reasons why the Sino-American relationship is so difficult for both nations to manage and suggests ways it can be more effectively conducted in the future. Num Pages: 510 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234628
ISBN
9780520234628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

hardcover. Adopting the metaphor of foxes and hedgehogs that Isaiah Berlin used to describe opposite types of thinkers, this title provides an original approach to understanding the development of English and Spanish America over the past 500 years. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520083165
ISBN
9780520083165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.64
€ 48.20

hardcover. American Justice 2015 is the indispensable guide to the fourteen most controversial and divisive cases decided by the Supreme Court in the 2014-15 term, touching on issues such as as free speech, race and equality, religious freedom, privacy, the fate of Obamacare, and gay marriage. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAS; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780812248067
ISBN
9780812248067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 28.09

paperback. An incredible, breathtaking true adventure of Alaskan dog-racing and of the mesmerising Arctic landscape Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; BG; WSN; WSZ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Orion mass market paperback
Condition
New
SKU
9780575400085
ISBN
9780575400085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

paperback. Offers a corrective to existing historiography on the Caribbean, that focuses on developments in Afro-Cuban religious culture to demonstrate that traditional Caribbean cultural practices are steeped in the same history that produced modernity and represent complex hybrid formations. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HRA; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328421
ISBN
9780822328421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

hardcover. This is a perfect resource for students interested in the Revolutionary War, the birth of the new nation, and the actual opinions and words of those involved. Series: Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313320835
ISBN
9780313320835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.81

Paperback. In the COMBAT AIRCRAFT series. Covering the exploits of the B-24 in the south-west Pacific during World War II. Includes 30 original artworks and, black and white scale drawings of all major variants. With text relating the personal experiences of the crews in the battle over the Pacific. Series: Osprey Combat Aircraft. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 b&w and 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QSP; HB; JWL; JWM; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855327818
ISBN
9781855327818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

Paperback. For the British, New Orleans was an unfortunate sideshow. For the Americans, it was the one major, unequivocal land victory of the War of 1812. This lively account describes a campaign of intrigue, muddle, and accident, featuring a cast of colorful characters, led by a future U.S. president. 90 illustrations. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80ill.(10col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 185 x 9. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855323605
ISBN
9781855323605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.39

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