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The Americas

Paperback. A comprehensive survey discuses the genre's major subjects and issues, citing the works of such contributors as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and Miguel Calder n while discussing how their achievements reflect current movements as well as the politics, society, and art of their periods. Original. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, 178 illustrations, 45 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500203569
ISBN
9780500203569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.16

Paperback. During most of this century, American health policy has emphasized caring for acute conditions rather than preventing and managing chronic illness. This book explains why this has been so and offers a forceful argument for fundamental change in national health care priorities. It discusses ideas about illness and health care. Num Pages: 192 pages, 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 45.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201514
ISBN
9780520201514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.94

Paperback. This is a study of nationalism in Argentina, a fundamentalist movement pledged to violence and a dictatorship that came to a head with the notorious "disappearances" of the 1970s. This radical right-wing movement has left its mark on almost every part of Argentinian society. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JPFN; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203525
ISBN
9780520203525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Including over 60 short stories, poems, speeches, and articles, this anthology collects together Mexican American writings about the US war in Southeast Asia. It analyzes the antiwar movement, the Catholic Church, traditional Mexican American groups, and a feminist consciousness among Chicanas. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 337 pages, 1 b/w photo, 3 line figures. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KLS; 2ABM; DQ; JFSL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
337
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520214057
ISBN
9780520214057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.77

Paperback. An account of family and community life that describes the moral imagination with which Flathead Indian people weave together historical and personal loss, American Indian identity, and social responsibility. It locates Flathead depression in the culturally organized experiences of an oppressed people. Num Pages: 265 pages, 3 line drawings, 3 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHM; JMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520214460
ISBN
9780520214460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.28

paperback. An examination of how the automobile has ravaged America's cities and landscape in the 20th century together with a strategy for reversing America's automobile dependency. Num Pages: 440 pages, 23 black-and-white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMVD; HBJK; HBLW; KCN; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520216204
ISBN
9780520216204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.68

Paperback. The US has experienced a dramatic increase in births to unmarried women - from 4 per cent of births in 1950, with most of the babies then adopted, to more than 30 per cent. This book analyses this radical change in family formation to compare and contrast the lives of these mothers of varying ages and economic circumstances. Num Pages: 483 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520218307
ISBN
9780520218307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.94

Paperback. This study of colonial memory asks the question, how do once-colonized people remember the colonial period? Drawing on an ethnography of the social practices of remembering and forgetting in one community in Madagascar, the book develops a practice-based approach to social memory. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 378 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; 1K; GTB; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228467
ISBN
9780520228467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.42

Paperback. Based on in-depth reporting from five major cities, this book looks backward at the historical context of family homelessness, as well as forward at what needs to be done to alleviate this widespread, although often hidden, poverty. It is suitable for anyone who wants to know what is happening to the millions of families living in poverty. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520292673
ISBN
9780520292673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.45

Paperback. During World War II, Japan was vilified by America as our hated enemy in the East. As the Cold War heated up, however, the US government decided to make Japan its bulwark against communism in Asia. This work charts the remarkable reversal from hated enemy to valuable ally that occurred in the two decades after the war. Num Pages: 408 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057470
ISBN
9780674057470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.00

paperback. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674524163
ISBN
9780674524163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.53

Hardcover. The first part of a three-volume study, this work examines early Russian-American relations between the American Revolutionary War and the purchase of Alaska. The author argues that these early contacts were more extensive, important and congenial than has been reported before. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700604388
ISBN
9780700604388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.86

paperback. Examines the role rhetorical theory played in the development of educational segregation. This book considers the NAACPs development of a series of graduate school cases to challenge Plessy, analyzes the Brown decision itself, assesses the state response to Brown, and critiques the two Supreme Court decisions implementing the Brown decision. Editor(s): Rountree, Clarke. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JNK; LNT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739114599
ISBN
9780739114599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.56

Paperback. Section 106 is a critical section of an obscure law, the National Preservation Act. It has saved thousands of historic sites, archaeological sites, buildings, and neighborhoods across the country from destruction by federal projects. This title de-mythologizes Section 106, explaining its origins and its rationale. Series: Heritage Resource Management Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742502598
ISBN
9780742502598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Paperback. Explores the decade through the controversies between radicals, liberals, and conservatives. This book focuses on four main areas of contention social welfare; civil rights; foreign relations; and social order. It also examines the emergence of the New Left and the modern conservative movement. Series: Debating Twentieth-Century America. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBTB; JH; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742522138
ISBN
9780742522138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.96

Paperback. Series: American Controversies. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742551978
ISBN
9780742551978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Mohl, Raymond A.; Biles, Roger. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 182 x 27. Weight in Grams: 967.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742552357
ISBN
9780742552357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.20

paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742558618
ISBN
9780742558618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 84.93

paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742564770
ISBN
9780742564770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.88

paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press Of America United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761818267
ISBN
9780761818267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 108.71

paperback. Num Pages: 102 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
102
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761833598
ISBN
9780761833598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 267.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761834977
ISBN
9780761834977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.38

Paperback. This book will help international students navigate the academic, professional, and social issues they will encounter while attending graduate school in the United States. This book is an invaluable tool for international graduate students and for their instructors and mentors. Num Pages: 76 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNFR; JNKD; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761864127
ISBN
9780761864127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 272 x 213 x 15. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780763757854
ISBN
9780763757854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 182.09

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