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Paperback. Southern music has flourished as a meeting ground for the traditions of West African and European peoples in the region, leading to the evolution of various traditional folk genres, bluegrass, country, jazz, gospel, rock, blues, and southern hip-hop. This volume celebrates this essential element of southern life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 47 illustrations, 2 maps, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; GBC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859087
- ISBN
- 9780807859087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.50
€ 37.50
Paperback. This anthology seeks to revolutionize the way the Harlem Renaissance is viewed. It seeks to redress the emphasis on male writers, offering a balanced collection of writers - men and women, gay and straight, famiiar and obscure. It includes poetry, short stories, drama, essays, music and art. Editor(s): Patton, Venetria K.; Honey, Maureen. Num Pages: 544 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2ABM; ACX; AVGC6; DNF; DQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 184 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813529301
- ISBN
- 9780813529301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 43.19
€ 47.99
€ 43.19
Tells the story of who and what made Ellington's composition of a fourteen-bar choruses of rhythm and dissonance, played on the night of July 7, 1956, so compelling and how one piece of music reflected the feelings and shaped the sensibilities of the postwar generation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 107 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AVGJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813542829
- ISBN
- 9780813542829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.03
€ 49.03
Hardcover. Editor(s): Phillips, Robert A. Num Pages: 225 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 889.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press Medicine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813572222
- ISBN
- 9780813572222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Editor(s): O'Neill, Karen M.; Abs, Daniel J. van. Num Pages: 250 pages, 10 photographs, 14 maps, 11 figures, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNR; RPC; TNF; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813573779
- ISBN
- 9780813573779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.74
€ 160.74
Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; HRCX7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 491.
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826314956
- ISBN
- 9780826314956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
Paperback. Shows that although plantation slavery was a horrible reality for many Africans and their descendants in Latin America, blacks experienced many other realities in Iberian colonies. This work analyses a treatise by a seventeenth-century Muslim scholar in Morocco and argues it shaped the slave trade to Latin America. Editor(s): Landers, Jane G.; Robinson, Barry M. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826323972
- ISBN
- 9780826323972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.18
€ 45.18
Paperback. Radicalized in a brutal era of repeated violence against hard-working men and women, Mother Jones criss-crossed the country to demand higher wages and safer working conditions. This work recounts her story explaining the dramatic times through which she lived and to which she contributed so much. Series: Women's Biography Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826348104
- ISBN
- 9780826348104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.73
€ 29.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; 1KBBNS; 2ABM; CFK; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873515245
- ISBN
- 9780873515245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.52
€ 33.52
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137006592
- ISBN
- 9781137006592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.19
€ 128.19
Hardcover. The politicians and pastors who revised the Texas social studies standards made worldwide headlines. Politics and the History Curriculum sets the debate over the Texas standards within a broad context of politics, religion, media, and education, providing a clear analysis of these events and recommendations for teachers and policy makers. Editor(s): Erekson, Keith A. Num Pages: 243 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008930
- ISBN
- 9781137008930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.15
€ 52.90
€ 47.15
Hardcover. This book is the first comprehensive study of child sexual abuse in the Caribbean, exploring issues such as the ontology of childhood, links between slavery, colonialism and present-day gender-based violence, the impact of child sexual abuse on the brain and child protection after natural disasters. Editor(s): Jones, Adele D. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFFE1; JFFE2; JFSP1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137020048
- ISBN
- 9781137020048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardcover. Presents research findings and theoretical developments in the International Business field, with special emphasis on the issues of internationalization, innovation and sustainability in Latin America. Editor(s): Liberman, Leonardo; Newburry, William. Series: AIB Latin America. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; KJD; KJK; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024121
- ISBN
- 9781137024121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027979
- ISBN
- 9781137027979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.60
€ 67.60
Hardcover. Using case studies from Nigeria, Qatar, the United States, the West Indies, and others, the contributors to this volume examine aspects such as audience response, film education for children, and the impact on crime in the various studios, clubs, film festivals, NGOs, peripatetic workshops, and alternative film schools where filmmaking is taught. Editor(s): Hjort, Mette. Series: Global Cinema. Num Pages: 316 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; 1K; APFX; JNRV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032683
- ISBN
- 9781137032683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.19
€ 151.19
Paperback. This volume analyzes how higher education responses to sociopolitical and economic influences affect gender equality at the nation-state and university levels in the European Union and the United States. Editor(s): Sagaria, Mary Ann Danowitz. Series: Issues in Higher Education. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFE; JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033734
- ISBN
- 9781137033734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 46.57
€ 52.90
€ 46.57
Hardcover. The Mexican government's full-frontal attack on the powerful drugs cartels has achieved mixed results. This book considers the issue from a variety of viewpoints. The essential argument is that the organized crime is best combated by institutional reforms directed at strengthening the rule of law rather than by a heavy reliance on armed force. Editor(s): Philip, George; Berruecos, Susana. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 221 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JKVM; JPA; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137034045
- ISBN
- 9781137034045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. Toward a North American Legal System is a collection of scholarship that looks at a timely issue in public policy. Two decades after NAFTA, the team assembled by James T. McHugh works through both philosophical and practical questions related to a possibly more integrated legal system on the North American continent. Editor(s): McHugh, James T. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; LNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137269492
- ISBN
- 9781137269492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Paperback. Mario Vargas Llosa is a heterogeneous writer whose positions have often not been consistent from novel to novel, between his fictional and nonfictional work, between his literary and political commentary, and as his political commentary has proceeded over the decades. This analysis of his work reveals his insights into socio-political matters. Editor(s): De Castro, Juan E.; Birns, Nicholas. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSA; DSBH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270924
- ISBN
- 9781137270924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.06
€ 66.06
Hardcover. Leading historians provide new insights into the founding generation's views on the place of public education in America. This volume explores enduring themes, such as gender, race, religion, and central vs. local control, in seven essays of the 1790s on how to implement public education in the new USA. The original essays are included as well. Editor(s): Justice, Benjamin. Series: Historical Studies in Education. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; JNA; JNB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137271013
- ISBN
- 9781137271013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.96
€ 52.90
€ 47.96