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The Americas

Paperback. A social and cultural history of African American arts activity in Los Angeles between the Second World War and the 1992 riots. Num Pages: 384 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; AB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346791
ISBN
9780822346791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.53

Paperback. An account of the conquest of the Itzas which details the layers of political intrigue and action that characterised every aspect of the conquest and its aftermath. Jones offers a comprehensive reconstruction of an independent Maya kingdom which reveals much about neighbouring lowland Maya groups with whom the Itzas interacted, often violently. Num Pages: 596 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
596
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735223
ISBN
9780804735223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.23

Hardback. This book identifies the forces behind the explosive growth in Asian American literature. It charts its emergence and explores both the unique place of Asian Americans in American culture and what that place says about the way Americanness is defined. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734004
ISBN
9780804734004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.01
€ 112.70

Hardcover. Focusing on women of the counterculture, this book describes how gender was perceived within the movement, with women taking on much of the responsibility for sustaining communes. It examines the lives of younger runaways and daughters who shared the lifestyle. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 illustrations, 8 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616336
ISBN
9780700616336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.53

Paperback. Series: African American. Num Pages: 151 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 191.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486452722
ISBN
9780486452722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.83

Paperback. Series: Native American. Num Pages: 248 pages, 460 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486257778
ISBN
9780486257778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.59

Paperback. Series: Native American. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486220376
ISBN
9780486220376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.88

Hardcover. Num Pages: 1016 pages, 171 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; ACQ; AFKB; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 188 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1619.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022228
ISBN
9780268022228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.64

Hardcover. Lacking DJ but not obvious if called for. Original cloth. Some minor shelf wear to edges, but overall remains good to very good. Previous owner's signature to ffep. Good clean copy.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1945
Publisher
Victor Gollancz
Edition
First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0001413
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 18.00

Paperback. For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'. Some said he was a Russian arms dealer, others a pop star from Eastern Europe. But the truth was even more unlikely: he was a twenty-one year old graduate student who had a plan that would one day make him richer than anyone could possibly imagine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; BG; BTC; WDMC; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Arrow London
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0006914
ISBN
9780099490999
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This fourth edition of David Grant Noble's indispensable guide to archaeological ruins of the American Southwest includes updated text and newly opened archaeological sites. Filled with photos of ruins, petroglyphs, and artifacts, as well as maps, this is a guide every traveler needs when exploring the Southwest. Num Pages: 304 pages, 51 black & white halftones, 84 colour illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HDD; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing
Edition
Fourth Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589799370
ISBN
9781589799370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.50

Paperback. Series: World War II Collection. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Regnery Publishing Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Original
SKU
V9781621574255
ISBN
9781621574255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.15

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
163
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803266148
ISBN
9780803266148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.26

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ouellette, Laurie. Series: Keywords. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 5182. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479883653
ISBN
9781479883653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.68

Hardcover. A contribution to the study necessary to understand the place of this small but distinct group of artefacts in the context of the 19th century. The book provides a set of photographs and measured drawings of Shaker furniture for both study and reproduction. Num Pages: 288 pages, 71 drawings, 254 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 307 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870232756
ISBN
9780870232756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99

Paperback. How can students best understand the ideas that animate US foreign policy decisions and the processes that facilitate them? How can they come to terms with the motivations that guide these decision makers? This text identifies three value orientations - security, economic, and community - that fundamentally shape US foreign policy choices. Num Pages: 536 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Edition
1 Rev ed
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933116624
ISBN
9781933116624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 182.40

Paperback. Tells the story of a visionary leader who refuses to be limited by America's history and determines instead to change it. His plan for change is the expression of a movement for justice: a movement that has swept forward with the collective energy of great leaders like Martin Luther King, Robert F Kennedy, and Lyndon B Johnson. Series: BlackAmber Inspirations. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 115 x 17. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906413231
ISBN
9781906413231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.62

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 black & white line drawings, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSH; JPV; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781501700736
ISBN
9781501700736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.23

Paperback. Where the River Ends examines the response of the Cucapa people of Mexico's northwest coast to the state's claim that they are not "indigenous enough" to merit the special fishing rights which would allow them to subsist during environmental crisis. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL9; RNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354451
ISBN
9780822354451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.39

Paperback. The story, based on extensive individual interviews, of the women's swing bands that toured extensively during World War II and after -- a kind of "League of their Own" for jazz. Num Pages: 424 pages, 45 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; AVGF; AVH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328179
ISBN
9780822328179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Paperback. This work explores the cultural and social developments of the USA during the 1970s and offers a survey of both 1970s popular culture and political, economic, and military developments. Central to the text is the belief that the 1970s were a time of betrayal and loss for the USA. Num Pages: 264 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JJPL; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629986
ISBN
9780815629986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.87

Paperback. Introduces lives and world of a poor urban neighborhood in Santiago in Chile. Tracing relations and lives between 1999 and 2010, this book explores how the moral and political subjects imagined and asserted by poverty and mental health policies and reparations for human rights violations are refracted through relational modes and their boundaries. Num Pages: 298 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JHM; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272101
ISBN
9780520272101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. The text of Equiano's narrative presented here is that of the 1789 first edition. Editor(s): Sollors, Werner. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1KBB; BGA; HBJH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393974942
ISBN
9780393974942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.21

Paperback. From prehistory right up to the present-a classic, comprehensive, and superbly readable guide to the panoramic saga of Texas history. Num Pages: 792 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 224 x 58. Weight in Grams: 928.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hachette Books United States
Edition
Updated ed.
Number of pages
792
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306809422
ISBN
9780306809422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.82

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