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The Americas

Paperback. Charts the development of the teen movie from a marketing category to a genre obsessed with smart answers to its own past. This title discusses the evolution of themes like the Mean Girl and the loss of virginity. It demonstrates how teen films and TV series deal with the tragic and comic undersides of the American dream. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
191
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845111847
ISBN
9781845111847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.84

Hardcover. Using the story of cinchona bark, and drawing on extensive archival research, Matthew Crawford shows how indigenous healers, labourers, merchants, colonial officials, and creole elites contested European science and thwarted imperial reform by asserting their authority to speak for the natural world. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 Illusrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3JD; 3JF; HBLL; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822944522
ISBN
9780822944522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFR; JFSG; KCU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 150. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837631111
ISBN
9783837631111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.46
€ 42.44

Paperback. A behind-the-scenes glimpse at Edward S Curtis and his associates' anthropological research during the first decades of the twentieth century as they used words and pictures to document the traditional cultures of Native Americans in the western United States Editor(s): Gidley, Mick. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803234680
ISBN
9780803234680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardback. This Reader provides substantial extracts from the core texts in the field of American social and political thought. The aim is to demonstrate the rich intellectual tradition of the United States and to facilitate a better understanding of American society and politics through the reproduction of key texts from a wide variety of thinkers. Editor(s): Hess, Dr. Andreas. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 976.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748615285
ISBN
9780748615285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.49
€ 147.36

Multiple-component retail product. The essential resource for religions of the Caribbean Editor(s): Taylor, Patrick; Case, Frederick Ivor. Num Pages: 1192 pages, 17 color photographs, 33 black and white photographs, 5 line drawings, 1 map, 30. BIC Classification: 1KJ; GBC; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 224 x 83. Weight in Grams: 3758.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
640
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252037238
ISBN
9780252037238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 272.18

Pamphlet. Num Pages: colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KBC; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 228 x 2. Weight in Grams: 38.
Publisher
Harbour Publishing Canada
Publication date
2011
Edition
Pmplt
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550175134
ISBN
9781550175134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AJB; AJC; ASZP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 256 x 18. Weight in Grams: 828.
Publisher
The New Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620971857
ISBN
9781620971857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.02

Paperback. The attempt to repress a majority of its own population backfired on the Confederate States of America as the disenfranchised demanded to be counted and considered in the great struggle over slavery, emancipation, democracy, and nationhood. This title presents the story of this epic political battle. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064218
ISBN
9780674064218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.44

Paperback. Describes the ways that prisons shape and infiltrate the lives of women with husbands, fiances, and boyfriends on the inside. This book shows that with social welfare weakened, prisons are the most powerful public institutions available to women struggling to overcome untreated social ills and sustain relationships with marginalized men. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 halftones, 6 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBK; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114637
ISBN
9780226114637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Hardback. Ever since the 1960s when he was a young priest in Mississippi, Bernard Law has witnessed and participated in many of the struggles and events that have shaped American and Church history. This text presents a portrait of one of the most respected and influential leaders of the Catholic Church. Editor(s): Cessario, Romanus. Series: Religion, Politics & Society in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; HRCC7; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739103401
ISBN
9780739103401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.16

Paperback. The first book to detail the history and the vast social implications of the Viagra phenomenon Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK5; KNDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814752111
ISBN
9780814752111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Hardback. Darwin's Bards is a comprehensive study of how poets have responded to the ideas of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639403
ISBN
9780748639403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.03

Paperback. A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1940s America: fiction and non-fiction (specifically newspapers and magazines), music and radio, film and theatre, serious and popular visual arts, and case studies of influential texts and practitioners of the decade. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624133
ISBN
9780748624133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Hardback. Presents a theory of party identification, the central concept in the study of voting. Challenging the traditional idea that voters identify with a political party out of blind emotional attachment, this book explains why party identification in contemporary American politics and enables voters to make coherent policy choices. Num Pages: 160 pages, 11 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 371.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154145
ISBN
9780691154145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.33
€ 82.56

Paperback. Reveals the power and complexity of the music at the heart of collective rituals across Lowland South America Editor(s): Hill, Jonathan David; Chaumeil, Jean-Pierre. Num Pages: 440 pages, 26 illustrations, 1 map, 2 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; AVRN; HRLF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220928
ISBN
9780803220928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Paperback. .
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570915505
ISBN
9781570915505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Hardback. This first major study of Thomas Jefferson's reputation in nearly fifty years is concerned with Jefferson and history both as something Jefferson made and something that he sought to shape. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624997
ISBN
9780748624997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Beacon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807088845
ISBN
9780807088845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.86

Paperback. With what effects, Rice asks, did humankind exploit and then alter the landscape and the quality of the river's waters? Equal parts environmental, Native American, and colonial history, Nature and History in the Potomac Country is a useful and innovative study of the Potomac River, its valley, and its people. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; WNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421513
ISBN
9781421421513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.64

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