The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. Details the growth of the European Fur trade in North America and how it drew the Native Americans who lived in the Great Lakes region, notably the Huron, Dakota, Sauk and Fox, Miami and Shawnee tribes into the colonial European Wars. Illustrator(s): Smith, Jonathan. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 187 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849084598
- ISBN
- 9781849084598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.15
€ 17.99
€ 13.15
Paperback. Why do we look at lynching photographs? What is the basis for our curiosity, rage, indignation, or revulsion? This book examines lynching photographs as a way of analyzing photography's historical role in promoting and resisting racial violence. It charts the history of lynching photographs - their meanings, uses, and controversial display. Series: Defining Moments in American Photography. Num Pages: 110 pages, 22 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AJCP; AJCR; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 205 x 5. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253322
- ISBN
- 9780520253322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. This book describes the extraordinary potential that exists in youth mentoring relationships, and discloses the ways in which nonparent adults are uniquely positioned to encourage adolescent development. Yet the book also exposes a rarely acknowledged risk: unsuccessful relationships can actually harm at-risk youth. Series: The Family & Public Policy. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016118
- ISBN
- 9780674016118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.23€ 48.12
€ 52.23
€ 48.12
Paperback. Uses an ethnographic example of ritual violence to illuminate cultural expression more widely and thereby reformulate anthropological and historical approaches to warfare and violence. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 b&w photos, and 4 photo color insert. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HRLK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329886
- ISBN
- 9780822329886
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. A study of the organization, life and meaning of the "Nation of Islam" and, by extension, all Black Nationalist movements. This work dispels the common conception that the movement functioned primarily for political purposes. Num Pages: 368 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRH; JFSL3; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226218533
- ISBN
- 9780226218533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.82
€ 31.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Drawing on surveys of public attitudes and analyses of more than 40 years of television and news-magazine stories on poverty, this book demonstrates how public opposition to welfare is fed by a potent combination of racial stereotypes and misinformation about the true nature of America's poor. Series: Studies in Communication, Media & Public Opinion. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 line drawings, 32 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFA; JFSL1; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293653
- ISBN
- 9780226293653
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
Paperback. A critical moment in the Civil War, the Battle of Shiloh has been the subject of many books. However, none has told the story of Shiloh as Timothy Smith does in this volume, the first comprehensive history of the two-day battle in April 1862 - a battle so fluid and confusing that its true nature has eluded a clear narrative telling until now. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 606 pages, 30 illustrations, 20 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 606
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780700623471
- ISBN
- 9780700623471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.35
€ 36.99
€ 34.35
Paperback. Helps you meet Blackwater USA, the private army that the US government has hired to operate in international war zones and on American oil. Its contacts run from military and intelligence agencies to the upper echelons of the White House; it has a military base, a fleet of aircraft and 20,000 troops. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846686528
- ISBN
- 9781846686528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.61
€ 15.99
€ 11.61
Paperback. Henry Kissinger claimed that, because of the Watergate crisis, he could do nothing to stop the Greek colonels' coup on the island of Cyprus in 1975. This book argues that the coup was, in fact, no failure of American foreign policy, but the realization of a long-term Washington plot. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPS; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860647376
- ISBN
- 9781860647376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.05
€ 38.05
Paperback. Living in the U.S.A., has for many years provided the sojourner with just the information and advice needed to deal with the expected and the unexpected. Now, under Davies' skilled editorship, this sixth edition continues in that tradition. Living in the U.S.A. Editor(s): Davies, Jef. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; VSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436. 248 pages. Editor(s): Davies, Jef. Living in the U.S.A., has for many years provided the sojourner with just the information and advice needed to deal with the expected and the unexpected. Now, under Davies' skilled editorship, this sixth edition continues in that tradition. Living in the U.S.A. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; VSW. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931930192
- ISBN
- 9781931930192
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. The author was the long-time editor of "Field and Stream" magazine and helped to establish both the Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. This title takes his classic work on the Cheyenne Indians and condenses it into 240 fully-illustrated pages of his writings. Editor(s): Fitzgerald, Joseph A. Num Pages: 240 pages, full colour and black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933316604
- ISBN
- 9781933316604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.37
€ 32.99
€ 30.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 188 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACXJ; AGH; JFCA; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Cernunnos France
- Edition
- Bilingual Edition: English & Spanish ed.
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782374950419
- ISBN
- 9782374950419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.46
€ 24.99
€ 18.46
Paperback. First published in 1974, Fogel and Engerman's groundbreaking book reexamined the economic foundations of American slavery, marking "the start of a new period of slavery scholarship and some searching revisions of a national tradition" (C. Vann Woodward, New York Review of Books). Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393312188
- ISBN
- 9780393312188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.01
€ 23.99
€ 21.01
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 41. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253280299
- ISBN
- 9780253280299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.10
€ 25.99
€ 24.10
Paperback. This translation of a major work in Mexican anthropology argues that Mesoamerican civilization is an ongoing and undeniable force in contemporary Mexican life. Translator(s): Dennis, Philip A. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292708433
- ISBN
- 9780292708433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230106611
- ISBN
- 9780230106611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.07
€ 19.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. The most complete history of birth control ever written. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSJ1; JHBD; JPQB; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- SKU
- V9780252074592
- ISBN
- 9780252074592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. Reveals how professional magicians shaped the early history of cinema. This book focuses on the work of the professional illusionists who actually made magic with moving pictures between 1895 and 1929. It combines film and theatre history to uncover the evidence of the exchanges between magic and filmmaking in the United States and France. Num Pages: 200 pages, 27 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; ASZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252076978
- ISBN
- 9780252076978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292717084
- ISBN
- 9780292717084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.44
€ 31.99
€ 28.44
Hardback. Powerfully evoking the unquenchable American spirit of exploration, award-winning photographer Dan Winters chronicles the final launches of Discovery, Endeavour, and Atlantis in this stunning photographic tribute to America's space shuttle program Num Pages: 90 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 311 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Firsttion ed.
- SKU
- V9780292739635
- ISBN
- 9780292739635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.29
€ 52.29