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The Americas

Hardback. Historians, by relying on biased sources, have perpetuated the acceptance of a privileged perspective on imperial British history. Series: Critical Histories. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFC; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812234671
ISBN
9780812234671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.32

Hardcover. In the 19th century the great expeditionary photographers Chr(45) William Henry Jackson, T H O'Sullivan, and William Bell Chr(45) first photographed American western landscapes for the geological and geographical surveys. This book presents forty-three pairings documenting two periods of geologic and environmental changes. Num Pages: 238 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AJC; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 315 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1708.
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
238
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Har/DVD
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890134320
ISBN
9780890134320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.67
€ 56.87

paperback. It was Wall Street's toughest investment bank, taking risks where others feared to tread, run by testosterone-fuelled gamblers who hung a sign saying 'let's make nothing but money' over the trading floor. This book tells the outrageous story of how Wall Street's entire house of cards came crashing down. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141039596
ISBN
9780141039596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.50

Hardcover. America - A country of many contrasts. This book shows you the quick and easy way to put a little slice of America on your dinner table. Num Pages: 360 pages, 100 integrated colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 202 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1258.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718154769
ISBN
9780718154769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.61

Hardback. Editor(s): Knutson, Anne Classen; Lubin, David M.; Cozzolino, Robert. Num Pages: 320 pages, 214 color illus. 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 347 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2134.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691172699
ISBN
9780691172699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 52.88

Paperback. In December 1994, Orange County became the largest municipality in US history to become bankrupt. How can a municipal investment pool, which is supposed to be safe, lose billions of dollars? What are derivatives and how did they contribute to this tragedy? This book presents a description of the Orange County bankruptcy. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; KCC; KFFM; KJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780123903600
ISBN
9780123903600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.40

Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 58 color plates, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; ACXD9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 177. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226393957
ISBN
9780226393957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.29
€ 44.59

Paperback. For many of the 200,000 black soldiers sent to Europe with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, encounters with French civilians and colonial African troops led them to imagine a world beyond Jim Crow. This title illuminates how World War I mobilized a generation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062054
ISBN
9780674062054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.74

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479859498
ISBN
9781479859498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardback. Editor(s): Mullins, Robert; Beeler, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319320366
ISBN
9783319320366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Michener, Roger E. Num Pages: 585 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 1KBB; LAM; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 980.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc.
Number of pages
585
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
8Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865970038
ISBN
9780865970038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.98

Paperback. Thirty-five years into his research among the descendants of rebel slaves living in South American rain forest, anthropologist Richard Price encountered Tooy, living on the outskirts of Cayenne, French Guiana. Tooy is a time traveler. With a blend of storytelling and scholarship, this book recounts the journeys of these two intellectuals. Num Pages: 448 pages, 62 halftones, 1 map, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226680590
ISBN
9780226680590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 483 colour & 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; AFWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 290 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1168.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764351099
ISBN
9780764351099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 28.35

Paperback. Countless African Americans have passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and communities. It was, as Allyson Hobbs writes, a chosen exile. This history of passing explores the possibilities, challenges, and losses that racial indeterminacy presented to men and women living in a country obsessed with racial distinctions. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLL; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674659926
ISBN
9780674659926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.47

Paperback. Analyzing slavery and other forms of servitude in six non-state indigenous societies of tropical America at the time of European contact, this work offers a fresh approach to the study of slavery based on the notion of 'political economy of life'. Num Pages: 316 pages, 40 halftones in section, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292719132
ISBN
9780292719132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Highlighting the work of several food justice groups-including Community Services Unlimited, a South Los Angeles organization founded as the nonprofit arm of the Southern California Black Panther Party, this title explores the possibilities and limitations of the community-based approach, and more. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b/w line art. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JFFA; JFFJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287457
ISBN
9780520287457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Where Men Win Glory is a profoundly eloquent and affecting account of heroism - a millionaire sports star who gave it all up after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to fight for his country with the US Army in Afghanistan: only to be killed by one of his own platoon. The gripping story of the life and death of a true American hero. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; BGH; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338. The Odyssey of Pat Tillman. 400 pages, maps. Where Men Win Glory is a profoundly eloquent and affecting account of heroism - a millionaire sports star who gave it all up after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to fight for his country with the US Army in Afghanistan: only to be killed by one of his own platoon. The gripping story of the life and death of a true American hero. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; BGH; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight: 389.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848873025
ISBN
9781848873025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Portion of edition statement from book jacket. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; YNH; YNWA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 47. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062387585
ISBN
9780062387585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.06

Paperback. Deep South of America is a place of contradictions. There is the warm, open spirit of the soul food cafes, found in every town, no matter how small. There is the ruined grandeur of numberless ghostly towns, long abandoned by the industries that built them. This book is about this place. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969359
ISBN
9780241969359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Includes strategies for addressing specific Common Core standards and also provides answers to the most important questions across various content areas, including: What is academic language and how does it differ by content area? How can language-building activities support content understanding for students? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CBW; JNZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118744857
ISBN
9781118744857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.54

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