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The Americas

Paperback. Pursuing the social and historical contexts of a particularly unfinished theatrical genre, this book demonstrates Broadway's ability to bridge seemingly insoluble tensions in soceity - from economic and political anxiety surrounding WWII to generational conflict and youth counterculture to corporate America and the "me" generation. Series: Theater in the Americas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809326679
ISBN
9780809326679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.26

Paperback. A biography of the flamboyantly uninhibited early-20th-century author, poet, and playwright. Theatre historian Robert A. Schanke mines lost archival materials and interviews with de Acosta's intimates to correct established myths and construct an account of her life and loves on Broadway and in Hollywood. Series: Theater in the Americas. Num Pages: 272 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809325795
ISBN
9780809325795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.26

Paperback. Series: Mulicultural Education Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFC; EBA; JNFR; JNSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807755129
ISBN
9780807755129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.95

paperback. A crucial study of the education of African Canadian children as it reflects their citizenship and lives in their chosen country. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL3; JNA; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773548084
ISBN
9780773548084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.94

Paperback. In this text, Richard P. Thiel tells the tale of his ten years at the centre of efforts to track and protect the recovery of wolves in Northern Wisconsin. The book conveys the wonder, frustrations, humour and hard work of field biologists, as well as the politics that accompanies their profession. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w photographs, 21 line drawings, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; PSVP; RNKH; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299174743
ISBN
9780299174743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.30

Paperback. When an artist dies we face two great losses: the person and the work he did not live to do. This book is a moving collaboration by some of America's most eloquent writers, who supply wry, raging, sorrowful, and buoyant accounts of artist friends and lovers struck down by AIDS. Editor(s): White, Edmund. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGB; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299170745
ISBN
9780299170745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.30

Paperback. Considering Thoreau as a serious, committed scientist, this book offers an alternative understanding of his accomplishment and the place of science in American literature. It shows how Thoreau's experience reveals the interaction between Romanticism and the dynamic, law-seeking science of its day. Series: Science & literature series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299147440
ISBN
9780299147440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.80

Paperback. A complete ethnography of an Afro-American community in the USA. Set in a town in the Deep South, it describes how the people struggled to build families, develop capital, and create a community "after freedom", almost three-quarters of a century after emancipation. Series: New Directions in Anthropological Writing S. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299137847
ISBN
9780299137847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.02

Paperback. Argues that confrontation with major paradigms of world history has marked African and Latin American history during the last quarter-century and that the process has dramatically restructured historical and theoretical understanding of peasantries, labour and the capitalist world system. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLC; 1KLS; HBAH; JHBL; JHM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299136840
ISBN
9780299136840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.62

Paperback. A reference for those who intend to introduce practices to reduce and prevent crime. It forms part of a series of tools developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to support countries in implementing the rule of law and the development of crime prevention and criminal justice reform. Series: Criminal Justice Handbook Series. Num Pages: 126 pages, colour line drawings, colour tables, figures, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 1KJ; JKVC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 295 x 208 x 13. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
United Nations United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9789211302691
ISBN
9789211302691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 247 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Academica Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936320844
ISBN
9781936320844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFHC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Trine Day United States
Edition
Second Edition, Second edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936296040
ISBN
9781936296040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.30

Hardcover. Author Jonathan Davis was born in Evansville, Indiana. In the early autumn of 1993, he made the acquaintance of Marie Barrow when they both worked on a documentary concerning the Barrow Gang. From that time until her passing in early 1999, Marie and Jonathan worked on several Barrow-related projects, including this manuscript. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 171 x 32. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stephen F. Austin University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936205127
ISBN
9781936205127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Paperback. Worried about the effect of oil on Alaska, Governor Jay Hammond had a simple yet revolutionary idea: let citizens have a direct stake. This book describes, with brutal honesty, the birth of the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, which has been paid to each resident every year since 1982. Editor(s): Moss, Todd. Num Pages: 135 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBBWK; KCM; LNCR; PHDY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Centre for Global Development United States
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933286709
ISBN
9781933286709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.04

Paperback. With a chapter dealing with the Canadian battles in Belgium during the First World War, this title examines the terrible battles fought in the Ypres Salient, including the Canadians' first battle at 2nd Ypres in April 1915 and the epic battle of Passchendaele in October-November 1917. It is illustrated with photographs and colour maps. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour & b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1DFG; 1KBC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies Canada
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926804026
ISBN
9781926804026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; GTC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625341747
ISBN
9781625341747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625341549
ISBN
9781625341549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 39.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AVGP; KNTF; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625340122
ISBN
9781625340122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.54

Paperback. This book captured the soul of the city in The Galveston That Was and as a result, inspired a major and successful effort to restore Galveston's historic architectural treasures. Many of the buildings pictured in the book have since been restored, and the pace of demolition slowed dramatically after the book's initial publication. Series: Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; AJC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623492472
ISBN
9781623492472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.29

Paperback. United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey describes her mode as elegiac. Although the loss of her murdered mother informs each work, Trethewey's range of forms and subjects is far reaching. This is a collection of interviews with the Pulitzer Prize winner and United States Poet Laureate. Editor(s): Hall, Joan Wylie. Series: Literary Conversations Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617039515
ISBN
9781617039515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

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