The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. The first book to look beyond the brutal events toward the broad implications of Matt Shepard's story. Loffreda shows how the politics of sexuality unfolds in a remote and sparsely populated area of the country. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; JFFE; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118590
- ISBN
- 9780231118590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.60
€ 25.99
€ 19.60
Paperback. Arguing that critical reporting in South America can be better understood as watchdog journalism than as investigative reporting of the American or European variety, this text examines the country's historical absence of a critical press and discusses the evolution of journalistic culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSC; 1KLSR; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119757
- ISBN
- 9780231119757
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.03
€ 43.99
€ 31.03
Hardback. Are today's radical Islamic groups restoring Islam to an earlier model of religiously inspired politics, as they claim, or are they introducing striking innovations? A leading scholar of the Muslim world investigates these issues in the context of the broad reaches of Muslim history. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; HRH; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120388
- ISBN
- 9780231120388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.80
€ 118.84
€ 89.80
Paperback. Are today's radical Islamic groups restoring Islam to an earlier model of religiously inspired politics, as they claim, or are they introducing striking innovations? A leading scholar of the Muslim world investigates these issues in the context of the broad reaches of Muslim history. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; HRH; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120395
- ISBN
- 9780231120395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. A memoir of a life in exile. Anca Vlasopolos recounts her life's journey from Romania to Paris and Brussels, then on to the United States. She writes about the peculiar attributes of displacement in the comtemporary world; the ambiguous identities, and the nostalgia for places dimly recalled. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121309
- ISBN
- 9780231121309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.48
€ 59.42
€ 46.48
Paperback. American progressives - those middle-class citizens who support fundamental change in American life - have always presented a mystery. This work investigates the lives of such reformers as Charles and Mary Beard and Wesley Clair, to investigate their influences and inspiration. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBK; JPA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121477
- ISBN
- 9780231121477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.89
€ 43.99
€ 30.89
Paperback. Explores how the family stories entered the popular imagination and shaped collective dreams in the postwar years and into the 1950s. This book also provides access to a vibrant conversation among white and black Americans about the boundaries between public life and family matters, and the meanings of race and ethnicity. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231121712
- ISBN
- 9780231121712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. A survey of foreign news coverage by the American media. Num Pages: 272 pages, no illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122412
- ISBN
- 9780231122412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.46
€ 48.46
Hardback. This book examines major sports, both professional and intercollegiate, from baseball, football, and basketball to golf, tennis, stock car racing, and extreme sports, to explain how sports became a multibillion-dollar industry as well as a major influence on and reflection of American society. Jay also shows how sports have helped shape racial, gender, national, and class identities. Series: Columbia Histories of Modern American Life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBT; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231125345
- ISBN
- 9780231125345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.01€ 76.79
€ 101.01
€ 76.79
Paperback. Since the late 1980s, Brazilians of Japanese descent have been 'return' migrating to Japan as unskilled foreign workers. This book illuminates how cultural encounters caused by transnational migration can reinforce local ethnic identities and nationalist discourses. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231128391
- ISBN
- 9780231128391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. Illustrates how ethnographic research itself can become a tool for activism. This book features ten studies that present activist groups across US - from transgender activists in New York City, to South Asian teenagers in Silicon Valley, to evangelical Christians and Palestinian Americans. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128513
- ISBN
- 9780231128513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. This brief history acts as an introduction to the inter-related themes of race, ethnicity and immigration in American history. It spans the years 1600 to 2000, exploring the historical roots of contemporary identity politics. Editor(s): Bayor, Ronald H. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129404
- ISBN
- 9780231129404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.71€ 84.61
€ 111.71
€ 84.61
Paperback. This brief history acts as an introduction to the inter-related themes of race, ethnicity and immigration in American history. It spans the years 1600 to 2000, exploring the historical roots of contemporary identity politics. Editor(s): Bayor, Ronald H. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780231129411
- ISBN
- 9780231129411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. This work offers a testament to the writers who spoke for a generation of gay men in the time between the Stonewall Riots and AIDS. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 5SG; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130516
- ISBN
- 9780231130516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Focusing on the Catholic intellectual critique of modernity during the period immediately before and after the turn of the twentieth century, this book examines how the Catholic Church attempted to retain its identity in an age of pluralism. It shows a Church fundamentally united on major issues. Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231131865
- ISBN
- 9780231131865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.33€ 82.87
€ 109.33
€ 82.87
Hardback. This timely book is a comprehensive treatise on the constitutional and legal history behind the power of the modern state to police its citizens. Dubber explores the roots of the power to police-the most expansive and least limitable of governmental powers-by focusing on its most obvious and problematic manifestation: criminal law. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132060
- ISBN
- 9780231132060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.80
€ 118.84
€ 89.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- third edition
- Number of pages
- 864
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133289
- ISBN
- 9780231133289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.54€ 111.47
€ 148.54
€ 111.47
Hardback. Examines what the United States can do to help prevent climate devastation. This title explores advances made by climate scientists and addresses the various political and economic issues associated with global warming, including the practicality of reducing emissions from automobiles, and the efficacy of taxing energy consumption. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNPG; THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137102
- ISBN
- 9780231137102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.12
€ 104.58
€ 79.12
Hardback. Captures Columbia's rich intellectual legacy. This work also captures the spirit of a great university through the gifted men and women who have worked, taught, and studied at Columbia. It includes stories of struggle and breakthrough, searching and discovery, and tradition and transformation. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore. Num Pages: 685 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HBJK; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 206 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 685
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231138840
- ISBN
- 9780231138840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.73
€ 54.99
€ 39.73
Hardback. Argues for a more harmonious and rational approach to our relationship with insects, one that does not harm our environment. Beginning with the early techniques of colonial farmers and ending with the modern use of chemical insecticides, this book shows how America's war on insects mirrors its continual struggle with nature and technology. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TBX; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231139427
- ISBN
- 9780231139427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139656
- ISBN
- 9780231139656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93
Hardback. Covers the 2000 Bush-Gore and 2004 Bush-Kerry debates, including innovations in format and press coverage, and incorporates research into the analysis of televised debates since 1960. This book describes production in painstaking detail, from the selection of questioners to camera angles, from makeup to lighting and set design. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141048
- ISBN
- 9780231141048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 80.00
€ 104.58
€ 80.00
Hardback. Demonstrates how documentary serves as a cultural laboratory in the thought and practice of American democracy. This book places iconic images and the work of celebrated filmmakers next to overlooked and rediscovered productions and proves the pliability of documentary's function for American popular intelligence. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, 113 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JPQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142069
- ISBN
- 9780231142069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.33€ 82.87
€ 109.33
€ 82.87
Laid Off, Laid Low: Political and Economic Consequences of Employment ...
Professor Of Sociology Katherine Newman (Ed.)
Hardback. Tackles the relationship between the privatization of risk, and focuses on - health care and health insurance; employment insecurity and labor markets; pensions, assets, and social security; the pharmaceuticals industry; and natural disasters and homeland security. Editor(s): Newman, Katherine S. Series: Columbia / SSRC Book (Privatization of Risk). Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146043
- ISBN
- 9780231146043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.68€ 56.67
€ 73.68
€ 56.67