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The Americas

Paperback. The German-born Douglas Sirk, who after a successful career in theatre and film moved to Hollywood in 1937 and directed 30 films starring actors such as Rock Hudson and Lana Turner, talks about his life and work. Series: Directors on Directors. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; APFB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Edition
Main
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571190980
ISBN
9780571190980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 21.99

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
12th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813549668
ISBN
9780813549668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. The first narrative history in 25 years of the landmark Supreme Court case that outlawed school segregation in America and its aftermath. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, numerous halftones, 2 maps, 4 line drawings, 7 tables and 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFJ; JFSL; JN; JPVH1; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195156324
ISBN
9780195156324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.11

Hardback. Examines how Charlton Heston evolved into a major American political figure. This is a chronicle of the resurgence of American conservative thought and, in particular, the birth of neoconservatism. It provides an account of how Heston propelled his personal beliefs into the political mainstream of America. Num Pages: 400 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; APF; BGF; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124087
ISBN
9780813124087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.50

Paperback. A critique of how New Deal laws (and later policies in their spirit) ostensibly written to protect women, actually subjegated them financially in the following generations. Num Pages: 384 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780195158021
ISBN
9780195158021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.70

Hardback. This collection of essays explores the emergence of economic societies in the British Isles and their development into a European, American and global reform movement in the eighteenth century. Its fourteen contributions demonstrate the intellectual horizons and international networks of this widespread and influential phenomenon. Editor(s): Stapelbroek, Koen; Marjanen, Jani. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230354173
ISBN
9780230354173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.76

Paperback. Dwight A. McBride examines the quiet way discriminatory hiring practices and racist ad campaigns seep into and reflect malevolent undertones in American culture. McBride maintains that issues of race and sexuality are often subtle and always messy, and his compelling new book does not offer simple answers. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814756867
ISBN
9780814756867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 414 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 33. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448157
ISBN
9780801448157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.33

Paperback. Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836-1919) ranks as the important American woman poet of the nineteenth-century after Emily Dickinson. This title reveals Piatt's ironic, experimental, and pushing the limits of Victorian language, the sentimental female persona, and what women's poetry could say. Editor(s): Bennett, Paula Bernat. Series: American Poetry Recovery Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072819
ISBN
9780252072819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.17

Hardback. A new look at the famous Lizzie Borden murder case and how it turned into a 19th century media spectacle. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700620715
ISBN
9780700620715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.62

Paperback. Compares the intellectual exile of men with the economic migration of women, linking the canonical male tradition to the writing of modern West Indian women Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ABM; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322634
ISBN
9780822322634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2015 by Grove Press. Num Pages: 448 pages, B&W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802125682
ISBN
9780802125682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Hardcover. Who tends to volunteer and why? What causes attract certain types of volunteers? What motivates people to volunteer? Making use of survey information to offer a detailed portrait of the volunteer in America, this work provides a resource for everyone who works with volunteers or is interested in their role in contemporary society. Series: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies. Num Pages: 680 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1078.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253349293
ISBN
9780253349293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.21

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084937
ISBN
9781844084937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.01

Paperback. Domestic Manners of the Americans is an entertaining, witty, and often scathing account of Trollope's travels in America between 1827 and 1832 and her criticisms of American manners, from vulgarity to the treatment of slaves. One of the most influential travel books of the century, it also speaks to political debates on equality in England. Editor(s): Michie, Elsie B. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 124 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199676873
ISBN
9780199676873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Hardback. This book reconstructs American consular activity in Ireland from 1790 to 1913 and elucidates the interconnectedness of America's foreign interests, Irish nationalism and British imperialism Num Pages: 320 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; JPSD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 698 299pp
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
9780719083013
ISBN
9780719083013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations, 17 tables, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226349794
ISBN
9780226349794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.10
€ 43.75

Paperback. * Provides survey of the ways in which the United States acquired, administered, and abandoned its various imperial possessions. * Offers a new interpretation of how and why America became an imperialist power. * Incorporates notions of imperialism, anti-imperialism, and geopolitics into American foreign policy decision making. Series: Problems in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781577180562
ISBN
9781577180562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vehicule Press Canada
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550652086
ISBN
9781550652086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.09

Paperback. Explains the causes and consequences of "white flight" in Atlanta and elsewhere. Seeking to understand segregationists on their own terms, this book moves past stereotypes to explore the meaning of white resistance. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones. 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG; JFSL; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133867
ISBN
9780691133867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.32

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