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The Americas

Paperback. Tells the story of the author's experiences on the trail of a cultural treasure, a Mexican 'painted book' that first came into public view at Sotheby's auction house in London in 1982, nearly four hundred years after it was presumably made by Mexican artists and scribes. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 page color insert. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADSL; HB; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346142
ISBN
9780822346142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. A classic study of Zapotec women weavers and their reactions to global capitalism Num Pages: 408 pages, 22 photos, 37 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822336419
ISBN
9780822336419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. In 1892, in the broad daylight of downtown Memphis, Tennessee, a middle class woman named Alice Mitchell slashed the throat of her lover, Freda Ward, killing her instantly. Local, national, and international newspapers, medical and scientific publications, and popular fiction writers all clamoured to cover the ensuing "girl lovers" murder trial. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; GTB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326175
ISBN
9780822326175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Unlike studies of 19th-century culture that perpetuate a dichotomy of a public, male world set against a private, female world, this book shows the sometimes contradictory cultural planes on which struggles for authority unfolded in antebellum America. It also revises the terms of debate on 19th-century literature, history, and gender studies. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320425
ISBN
9780822320425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.02

Paperback. Suitable for a range of readers, including students and scholars in the fields of American literature, film, and gay studies, this book challenges widely held assumptions about postwar gay male culture and politics. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSK1; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319641
ISBN
9780822319641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. Originally produced in two volumes, and published here for the first time in one paperback volume, the first part of The Story of the Negro covers Africa and the history of slavery in the United States while the second carries the history from the Civil War to the first part of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 784 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 184 x 127 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1063.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
784
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219364
ISBN
9780812219364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.06
€ 58.27

Hardcover. The first book-length examination of the lingering political legacy of the wartime imprisonment of people of Japanese ancestry in Canada and the United States. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 1KBC; HBG; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804795746
ISBN
9780804795746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Paperback. This is a penetrating analysis of the media techniques psychological underpinnings of the right-wing American, Martin Luther Thomas and what is now called the Radical Right. The book looks at its use of the media to propagate its political and religious agenda. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; JFD; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 195.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740036
ISBN
9780804740036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.21

Paperback. Abridged edition of a diary written by Anna Rosina Gambold, a Moravian missionary to the Cherokee Editor(s): McClinton, Rowena. Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 illustration, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; BJ; HBTB; HRCX7; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 241.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Abridged
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220959
ISBN
9780803220959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604220
ISBN
9780691604220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.15
€ 42.28

Hardback. Series: The James Madison Library in American Politics. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 39. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691174242
ISBN
9780691174242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.67
€ 83.07

Paperback. Editor(s): Conrads, Margaret C. Num Pages: 136 pages, 91 illus., 90 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 281 x 17. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780615351711
ISBN
9780615351711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Sheds light on changing Asian American cultures Editor(s): Kina, Laura; Dariotis, Wei Ming. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 44 colour illustrations, 44 color illus., 17 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992259
ISBN
9780295992259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.62

Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 120 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 6452 x 15. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021618
ISBN
9780253021618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.23

Paperback. Japanese migration to Latin America began in the late nineteenth century, and today the continent is home to 1.5 million persons of Japanese descent. Combining detailed scholarship with personal histories, this title offers a study of the patterns of Japanese migration on the continent as a whole. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KL; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071447
ISBN
9780252071447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Johnson, Troy R.; Nagel, Joane; Champagne, Duane. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252066535
ISBN
9780252066535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. When the Civil War erupted, more than 1,000 Irish Americans formed the North Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry regiment, the first of the state's ethnic regiments. This book is a history of the regiment, told by Daniel Macnamara, who served as its commissary sergeant and rose to become regimental quartermaster. Series: Irish in the Civil War. Num Pages: 557 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWD; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5193 x 33. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
557
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823220564
ISBN
9780823220564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.88

Paperback. A refreshingly original look at the Politics of Race in Britain over the last 50 years, offering a valuable historical perspective on black political organisation. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135. Weight in Grams: 223.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745314600
ISBN
9780745314600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.13

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 508 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJG; HBWS2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691605036
ISBN
9780691605036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.59
€ 68.48

Paperback. How can intense religious beliefs coexist with pluralism in America? Examining the role of the religious imagination in contemporary religious practice and in some of the best-known works of American literature, this title shows how belief for its own sake has become an answer to pluralism in a secular age. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JMC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145754
ISBN
9780691145754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.69

Paperback. Despite heightened partisanship in the US Congress and constituencies split along ideological lines, congressional representatives buck their parties and seldom do precisely what voters ask. This book challenges standard explanations of legislative preferences to emphasize the role that personal influences play in representatives' voting behavior. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134598
ISBN
9780691134598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Presents the history of Anglophone political science which argues that the field's transformation shouldn't be mistaken for a case of simple progress and increasing scientific precision. This book shows that political science is deeply historically contingent, driven both by its own inherited ideas and by the history in which it has developed. Editor(s): Adcock, Robert; Bevir, Mark; Stimson, Shannon C. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBG; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128740
ISBN
9780691128740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 715 pages, 81 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 42. Weight in Grams: 990.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
715
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245013
ISBN
9780520245013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. An account of a young woman's struggle to realize her dreams while remaining true to who she was before attending Ivy League schools and receiving impressive diplomas. Num Pages: 231 pages, 16 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520223455
ISBN
9780520223455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.56

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