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The Americas
Paperback. Wing Chung Ng captures the fascinating story of the city's Chinese in their search for identity. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations, maps, tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBCB; 3JJP; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774807333
- ISBN
- 9780774807333
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.23
€ 40.99
€ 40.23
Paperback. Is there a crisis in Canadian health care? This book provides a concise introduction to the fundamentals of health care in Canada and examine various ideas for reforming the system sensibly. Num Pages: 120 pages, figures, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 204.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774810166
- ISBN
- 9780774810166
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.90
€ 25.99
€ 23.90
Paperback. Goes beyond the dichotomies of "pro" and "anti" environmentalism to tell the stories of the women who seek to maintain resource use in rural places. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSJ1; RNA; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774810180
- ISBN
- 9780774810180
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.91
€ 40.99
€ 35.91
Paperback. Covering all agricultural regions and a wide variety of commodity production and farming systems, this comprehensive survey synthesizes twenty years of research on climate change and Canadian agriculture. Editor(s): Wall, Ellen; Smit, Barry; Wandel, Johanna. Series: Sustainability & the Environment. Num Pages: 288 pages, approx. 10 b/w photos, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; KNAC; RBP; RNU; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813945
- ISBN
- 9780774813945
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.99
€ 40.99
€ 39.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801456664
- ISBN
- 9780801456664
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.63
€ 38.99
€ 37.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14, 8 black & white halftones, 1 tables, 5 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478864
- ISBN
- 9780801478864
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press Ithaca
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487682
- ISBN
- 9780801487682
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.54
€ 34.99
€ 31.54
Paperback. Reveals how both immigrant European and modern Native communities and individuals use oral and written narratives to define and centre themselves in time and space. This work provides a fresh understanding of Western literature and culture, and encourages a reconsideration of the formation and modern character of the American West. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218338
- ISBN
- 9780803218338
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.77
€ 36.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. Presents the story of the battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812, wherein, despite the odds, the Americans managed to thwart the British, the world's strongest naval power. This title explores the immediacy and immensity of the British threat, the bloody reality of naval warfare, and the consequences of the American victory against odds. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map, 1 image. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803227941
- ISBN
- 9780803227941
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.61
€ 20.99
€ 20.61
Paperback. An exploration of the myth and the reality of the creation of Yellowstone National Park and how these ideas reflect the history and culture of the Gilded Age Num Pages: 146 pages, 28 illustrations, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBBWD; 1KBBWM; 1KBBWY; HBTB; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234734
- ISBN
- 9780803234734
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.34
€ 17.99
€ 17.34
Paperback. This is a history of the California prison movement from 1950 to 1980, highlighting the role that prison reading and writing played in the creation of radical inmate ideology in those years. Editor(s): Cummins, Eric. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804722322
- ISBN
- 9780804722322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.00
€ 36.99
€ 36.00
Paperback. This book is a highly original study of transnationalism among immigrants from the county of Taishan, from which, until 1965, a high percentage of the Chinese in the United States originated. The author vividly depicts the continuing ties between Taishanese remaining in China and their kinsmen seeking their fortune in "Gold Mountain." Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804746878
- ISBN
- 9780804746878
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.17
€ 29.99
€ 27.17
Hardback. In the closing months of the Bush administration, bewildered Americans overwhelmingly responded to its disastrous domestic and foreign policies with a single question: How did this happen? This work explores the administration's key players to explain what happened - and why. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758185
- ISBN
- 9780804758185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.09
€ 36.99
€ 31.09
Hardback. This book provides a translation from the Nahuatl (or Aztec) of two sets of historical annals written by Mexican indigenous people from the Tlaxcala-Puebla region in the late seventeenth century; the introduction and notes make the works accessible to the modern reader. Editor(s): Townsend, Camilla. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763790
- ISBN
- 9780804763790
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Condition: New
€ 80.56
€ 80.56
Paperback. A wickedly funny history of America in its most memorable images Num Pages: 251 pages, 202 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; HBJK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720158
- ISBN
- 9780814720158
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.12
€ 42.99
€ 38.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Stearns, Peter N.; Lewis, Jan. Num Pages: 486 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814780886
- ISBN
- 9780814780886
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816645596
- ISBN
- 9780816645596
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.17
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€ 27.17
Paperback. Shows how the Indian peasants played a crucial role in the battle against colonialism and in the political clashes of the early republican period. With its focus on Cuzco, the former capital of the Inca Empire, this book highlights the promises and frustrations of a critical period whose long shadow remains cast on modern Peru. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLSR; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322931
- ISBN
- 9780822322931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.27
€ 32.99
€ 31.27
Paperback. Theorizes the cultural reactions - within the realms of visual arts, literature, and the social sciences - to the oppression of the Chilean dictatorship. This title considers the importance of Walter Benjamin for the theoretical self-understanding of the Latin American intellectual left. Translator(s): Richard, Nelly; Tandeciarz, Silvia R. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; DS; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3556 x 6. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333395
- ISBN
- 9780822333395
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Providing a re-assessement of the cause of Bolivia's 1952 revolution, this book argues that the revolution had deeper roots in the indigenous struggles for land and justice that swept through Bolivia during the first half of the twentieth century. It demonstrates that rural indigenous activists helped shape populist projects of 1930s and 1940s. Num Pages: 416 pages, 26 b&w photos, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; HBTV; JFC; JFSL9; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340676
- ISBN
- 9780822340676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Containing a wealth of new scholarship and rare primary documents, The Black Jacobins Reader provides a comprehensive analysis of C. L. R. James's classic history of the Haitian Revolution. Editor(s): Forsdick, Charles; Hogsbjerg, Christian. Series: The C. L. R. James Archives. Num Pages: 464 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KJH; 3JF; 3JH; DSR; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361848
- ISBN
- 9780822361848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.74
€ 126.74
Hardback. As Fee demonstrates, not simply in its formation but throughout its history the School of Hygiene served as a crucible for the forces shaping the public health profession as a whole. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421100
- ISBN
- 9781421421100
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.83
€ 40.99
€ 33.83
Paperback. A comprehensive account of the presence of alternative medicine in American society. Beginning with the basic premises of alternative medicine, it examines the clinical, economic, and political realities of the broad range of alternative care options and practices in the United States. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566396783
- ISBN
- 9781566396783
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.73
€ 36.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Explores the world of second-generation Indian American youth to learn how they manage the contradictions of gender roles and sexuality, how they handle their "model minority" status and expectations for class mobility in a society that still racializes everyone in terms of black or white. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GTB; JFCA; JFSL1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566399272
- ISBN
- 9781566399272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.45
€ 31.99
€ 30.45