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The Americas
Paperback. Series: American Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816621439
- ISBN
- 9780816621439
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
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Paperback. Series: American Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816619870
- ISBN
- 9780816619870
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€ 27.99€ 26.39
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Paperback. Makes a powerful case for the enduring importance of cities in American life Num Pages: 287 pages, 55 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5004 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799963
- ISBN
- 9780814799963
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
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Paperback. Examines the ways in which questions of immigrant rights engage broader issues of identity, including gender, race, and sexuality Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799925
- ISBN
- 9780814799925
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€ 33.99€ 30.71
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Paperback. A fascinating retelling of the most famous court case in American history. Editor(s): Balkin, Jack M. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799864
- ISBN
- 9780814799864
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Condition: New
€ 36.75
€ 36.75
Paperback. An analysis of intercultural couples in the US Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799796
- ISBN
- 9780814799796
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. Investigates the mystique of the ballpark Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WSBV; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799772
- ISBN
- 9780814799772
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
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Paperback. The Indian American community is one of the fastest growing immigrant communities in the US. Its members are marked by a high degree of training as medical doctors, engineers, scientists, and university professors. This title explores how these highly skilled professionals have been inserted into the racial dynamics of American society. Series: Qualitative Studies in Psychology. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFS; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799598
- ISBN
- 9780814799598
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
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Paperback. Provides an account of life behind bars in a controversial new type of prison facility: the private prison. These for-profit prisons are becoming increasingly popular as state budgets get tighter. This book provides a look inside one of these private prisons as told through the eyes of an inmate, K.C. Carceral, who has been in the prison system. Editor(s): Bernard, Thomas J. Series: Alternative Criminology. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799550
- ISBN
- 9780814799550
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
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Paperback. From Bedford-Stuyvesant to Williamsburg, Brooklyn's historic names are emblems of American culture and history. Talking about the stories behind the landmarks, this book deals with the borough's textured past. It also tells the tales of the poets, philosophers, baseball heroes, diplomats, warriors, and saints who have left their imprint. Num Pages: 214 pages, 9 maps, 94 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GBGP; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799468
- ISBN
- 9780814799468
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.69
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Paperback. A survey of how women have been represented and influenced by the therapeutic culture from the mid-19th century. Dana Becker examines the myth that the problems women have are medical rather than societal; personal rather than political. Num Pages: 243 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799369
- ISBN
- 9780814799369
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. Drawing on interviews with over 100 young men and women, and five years of research, the author explores the fast-paced world of kids and their cars. She reveals a world where cars have incredible significance for kids, as a means of transportation and thereby freedom to come and go, as status symbols and as a means to express their identities. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSP2; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799314
- ISBN
- 9780814799314
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Condition: New
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paperback. Looks at how the belief in abduction by extraterrestrials is constituted by and through popular discourse and the images provided by print, film, and television. This work contends that the abduction phenomenon is symptomatic of a period during which people have come to feel divested of the ability to know what is true about themselves. Num Pages: 247 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFCX; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799222
- ISBN
- 9780814799222
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
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Paperback. This work argues that common law works far better than commonly understood. It contends that while the system can and does produce "wrong" results, it is very difficult for it to make flatly irrational decisions. It explains why common law may be more necessary than ever. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 265 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780814799161
- ISBN
- 9780814799161
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
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Paperback. With Jackie in a pill-box hat and Marilyn crooning to the president, the 1960s opened with women hovering at the fringes of the public imagination - and ended with a feminist movement that outpaced anything NASA could concoct. A compelling story, but did it really happen that way? Yes and no, argue Lauri Umansky and Avital Bloch. Editor(s): Bloch, Avital H.; Umansky, Lauri. Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 342 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799109
- ISBN
- 9780814799109
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Discusses the enduring legacy of Holocaust restitution litigation, which is already being used as a model for obtaining justice for historical wrongs on both the domestic and international stage Num Pages: 411 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814799048
- ISBN
- 9780814799048
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
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Paperback. An ethnographic study of faith-based poverty relief programs in 30 congregations in the rural south. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JFFA; JHMP; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799024
- ISBN
- 9780814799024
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
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Paperback. Explores the interaction of race and law enforcement in the controversial area of hate crime. Bell includes in her work the experiences of detectives who are women, Black, Latino, and Asian American, exploring the impact of the racial identity of both the hate crime victim and the officers' handling of bias crimes. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 227 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JKSW1; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814798980
- ISBN
- 9780814798980
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. The author demonstrates that in 19th and 20th centuries and contrary to popular belief, the Deaf community defended its use of sign language as a distinctive form of communication, thus forming a collective Deaf consciousness, identity, and political organization. Num Pages: 230 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNSC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798942
- ISBN
- 9780814798942
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. In this first comparative analysis of men's and women's prisons, Dana Britton identifies the factors that influence the genderization of the American workplace, a process that often leaves women in lower-paying jobs with less prestige and responsibility. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JKVP1; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798843
- ISBN
- 9780814798843
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
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