The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. Written from foster mothers' perspectives, this book voices the often painful experiences of contemporary US foster mothers as they struggle to mother and care-work in the face of exploitative social relations with the state. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814793473
- ISBN
- 9780814793473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.60
€ 42.60
Paperback. In her memoir His Bright Light, the author opened her heart to share the story of the loss of her beloved son. In this book, she shows us how she transformed that pain into a campaign of service that enriched her life beyond what she could imagine. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BM; JFFB; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552165440
- ISBN
- 9780552165440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. Series: Captured World History. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; YQH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 234 x 260 x 5. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Compass Point Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780756554422
- ISBN
- 9780756554422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.86
€ 10.99
€ 9.86
Paperback. A tour de force. . . . No one has ever written a book on the Declaration quite like this one. Gordon Wood, New York Review of Books" Num Pages: 320 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631490446
- ISBN
- 9781631490446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.49
€ 18.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. Modern Moves examines the movement of social dances between black and white cultural groups and immigrant and migrant communities during the early twentieth century. It focuses on Manhattan, a Black Atlantic capital into which diverse people and dances flowed and intermingled, and out of which new dances were marketed globally. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ASD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199779222
- ISBN
- 9780199779222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.69
€ 60.69
Hardcover. Editor(s): Becker, Danielle M. Num Pages: 174 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617618888
- ISBN
- 9781617618888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.73€ 94.40
€ 132.73
€ 94.40
Paperback. Presents a conceptual framework for understanding the development of improvised dance in late 20th-century America. This book also offers an understanding of the 'freedom' of improvisational dance. It is suitable for those interested in dance history and criticism, and for interdisciplinary audiences in the fields of American and cultural studies. Num Pages: 186 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472050840
- ISBN
- 9780472050840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.38
€ 38.38
Hardback. Using archival documents and newly collected oral histories, this book shows that musical diplomacy had vastly different meanings for its various participants, including government officials, musicians, concert promoters, and audiences. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 b/w photos, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AVG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284135
- ISBN
- 9780520284135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.84
€ 89.84
Hardcover. Follmi travelled far and wide to witness the celebrations, landscapes, rituals and traditions of cultures all over the world, discovering new ways of seeing as he sought to understand and capture through photography the connections linking the people to their ancestral lands. This book deals with his work. Num Pages: 288 pages, 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500518229
- ISBN
- 9780500518229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.80
€ 11.99
€ 5.80
Paperback. The Power of Race in Cuba analyzes racial ideologies that negate the existence of racism and their effect on racial progress, racial attitudes and activism through the lens of Cuba. This work gives a nuanced portrait of black identity and draws from the many black spaces, both formal and informal to highlight black consciousness on the island. Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPA; JPF; JPFN; JPHL. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190632304
- ISBN
- 9780190632304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.34
€ 59.34
Hardcover. Editor(s): Vesser, Danielle B. Num Pages: 86 pages, graphs, charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKG; JNM; LA; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 86
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611225297
- ISBN
- 9781611225297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.73€ 94.08
€ 132.73
€ 94.08
Num Pages: 191 pages, 96 color & 46 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSBX; WSSN7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1438.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764341823
- ISBN
- 9780764341823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 32.16
€ 47.99
€ 32.16
Paperback. In 1996, an older woman in Lima, Peru - part of a group of women street sweepers protesting the privatization of the city's cleaning services - stripped to the waist in full view of the crowd that surrounded her. This title analyzes the ramifications of this act within the city's conflicted history and across its class divisions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226280981
- ISBN
- 9780226280981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.81
€ 45.81
Based on documents found principally in the Soviet archives recently opened to the public, "Stumbling Its Way through Mexico" is an invitation to rethink the history of Communism in Mexico and Latin America." Translator(s): Gellert, Peter. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 529.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317362
- ISBN
- 9780817317362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.74
€ 50.74
Hardback. Sets the Italian-American political confrontation within the context of the two countries' cultural perceptions of each other, different war experiences, and ideas about participatory democracy and peace. This book highlights the impact of American ideology and sense of mission in the world. Translator(s): Shugaar, Antony. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 276 pages, 2 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674028241
- ISBN
- 9780674028241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.03€ 67.47
€ 72.03
€ 67.47
Paperback. Traces the diplomatic maneuverings and political drama of national unification in nineteenth-century Germany and Italy. This book demonstrates that Germany's and Italy's 'founding fathers' were constrained by two different pre-unification patterns of institutional development. It offers a broader theory of federalism's origins. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136493
- ISBN
- 9780691136493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.31
€ 58.31
Paperback. military policy from the end of the Cold War through the beginning of the Obama presidency provides a clear picture of why the United States is militarily powerful but "otherwise insecure." Num Pages: 256 pages, 17, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894398
- ISBN
- 9780801894398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.24
€ 42.24
Hardback. military policy from the end of the Cold War through the beginning of the Obama presidency provides a clear picture of why the United States is militarily powerful but "otherwise insecure." Num Pages: 256 pages, 17, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894381
- ISBN
- 9780801894381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.66€ 59.86
€ 60.66
€ 59.86
Pamphlet. Num Pages: 50+ colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; GBC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 118 x 2. Weight in Grams: 38.
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing Canada
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Pmplt
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550175899
- ISBN
- 9781550175899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.16
€ 9.16
Paperback. Author reconstructs the unwritten, taboo history of the Guatemalan civil war, focusing on the peasants who picked coffee, supported guerrilla movements of the 1970s and 1980s, and suffered the most when the military government retaliated with violence. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 14 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 171 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333685
- ISBN
- 9780822333685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.28
€ 36.28