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Paperback. Filling a gap in presidential history, Roosevelt's Second Act uncovers in complex detail what lay behind Roosevelt's decision to stand for an unprecedented third term, and examines the multiplicity of conflicting forces at work on him. Num Pages: 392 pages, 28 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190266288
ISBN
9780190266288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.66

Expelling the Poor argues that immigration policies in nineteenth-century New York and Massachusetts, driven by cultural prejudice against the Irish and more fundamentally by economic concerns about their poverty, laid the foundations for American immigration control. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190619213
ISBN
9780190619213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.73

Paperback. Louis P. Masur uses Abraham Lincoln's final public address in April 1865 to trace the debate over reconstruction policies from the earliest days of the Civil War. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190620097
ISBN
9780190620097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.16

Out in the Rural is the unlikely story of the Tufts-Delta Health Center, which in 1966 opened in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, to become the first rural community health center in the United States. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 244 x 23. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190624620
ISBN
9780190624620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 46.29

Paperback. The Power of Race in Cuba analyzes racial ideologies that negate the existence of racism and their effect on racial progress, racial attitudes and activism through the lens of Cuba. This work gives a nuanced portrait of black identity and draws from the many black spaces, both formal and informal to highlight black consciousness on the island. Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPA; JPF; JPFN; JPHL. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190632304
ISBN
9780190632304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.20

Paperback. Meikle explores the history of American design, from the industrialization of the 19th century and the mass production of the 'machine age' to the information-based society of the present, examining how design, consumerism, and culture connect. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, halftones and full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1D; ACV; ACXD2; ACXJ8; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842190
ISBN
9780192842190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.29

Paperback. A region-by-region introduction to life in the USA. Num Pages: 176 pages, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; EL; YQC. Category: (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780194342353
ISBN
9780194342353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.05

Paperback. Examines Black pre-Civil War culture and the slave family, detailing sexual attitudes, courtship practices and wedding ceremonies, childrearing, familial roles, language, and discipline. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Revised, Enlarg
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195025637
ISBN
9780195025637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 151.02

Hardcover. Integrating all aspects of life, from politics and law to the economy and culture, "Empire of Liberty" offers a marvelous account of this pivotal era when America took its first unsteady steps as a new and rapidly expanding nation. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 244 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1218.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195039146
ISBN
9780195039146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 44.79

Paperback. The winner of the Bancroft Prize and the Francis Parkman Prize, this book is the first detailed history of suburban life in America from its origins to the drive-in culture of today. Num Pages: 432 pages, 24 pp halftones, figures, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195049831
ISBN
9780195049831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.10

Paperback. Covering the massive emigration of some 7 million people from Ireland to the USA between 1660 and the 1900s, this focuses on the thought and behaviour of the "ordinary" Irish emigrants, Catholic and Protestant, as revealed in their personal letters, diaries, songs, and folklore. Num Pages: 704 pages, 1map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3J; HBTB; JFFN; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 978.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195051872
ISBN
9780195051872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.45

Paperback. This treatise argues that the American West serves as a testament to a dependence upon water as the "shaping force" of a region's history and development. It defines the West as a "modern hydraulic society" dependent on man-made systems of irrigation such as dams, irrigation ditches and canals. Num Pages: 416 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; KNBW; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195078060
ISBN
9780195078060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.52

Paperback. This history of Latin America during its period of independence has been revised and updated to include new material based on recently published research, as well as augmented references covering areas of special contemporary interest. The bibliography has also been updated. Num Pages: 352 pages, halftones, map. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195084023
ISBN
9780195084023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.84

Paperback. Elegantly written and meticulously researched, this book offers a major new interpretation of the Ku Klux Klan in America, placing the organization in its context of class and gender as well as race and religion. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HBTV; JFFJ; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195098365
ISBN
9780195098365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.23

Based on research and interviews with successful young African-American males and their parents, this book emphasises the unique combinations of supportive and challenging parenting practices that parents have adopted to help their sons cope and achieve in both the African-American community and mainstream white society. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSL3; JHBK; VFXC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195102192
ISBN
9780195102192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.16

Paperback. The Preacher King investigates Martin Luther King Jr.'s religious development from a precocious "PK" ("preacher's kid") in segregated Atlanta to the most influential American preacher and orator of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HRCX4; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195111323
ISBN
9780195111323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99

Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora theorizes the preeminence of voice and narration (and the consequences of their absence) in the literary and cultural performances of black women. Series: Race & American Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195116595
ISBN
9780195116595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 163.71

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
6th Edition
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195135299
ISBN
9780195135299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 176.79

Paperback. Illustrating "conversational narcissism" with sample dialogues, this book analyses the pursuit of attention in conversation - as well as in politics and celebrity culture - and demonstrates the importance of gender, class, and racial differences in competing for attention. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JMH; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195135497
ISBN
9780195135497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.20

Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195136265
ISBN
9780195136265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.12

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