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Paperback. A portrait of the intimate way in which violence pulls lives apart, of an American family caught on the stage of Middle East politics, and of the moral choices required in seeking justice. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 202 pages, 17 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPN; BM; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609544
ISBN
9780815609544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.41

Hardback. A fascinating account of the avant-garde photo-based arts from the early Soviet Union, featuring many previously unpublished images Num Pages: 240 pages, 148 color + 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; AJ; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 232 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1374.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300207682
ISBN
9780300207682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.80

Paperback. Providing an insight into the mind of one of the leading intellectuals of the modern age, this title chronicles the cultural, moral, and political journeys of this renowned critic and artist at the height of her powers. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241954461
ISBN
9780241954461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. A selection from Susan Sontag's diaries (from 1947-1963) that takes us from early adolescence though to when Sontag was in her early thirties. It is an honest self-portrait which is also a revealing account of an artist and critic being born. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141045191
ISBN
9780141045191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. An entertaining cultural history of the American family vacation during the height of its popularity from 1945 to 1973. Reveals the ways in which the ritual of the family road trip, for most middle-class Americans became a way of defining what it meant to be (and become) American. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617593
ISBN
9780700617593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 45 halftones. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBSM; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFFC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168838
ISBN
9780691168838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.77

Hardcover. Num Pages: 271 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; DN; DSB; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; JPQB; JPS; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 585. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821412688
ISBN
9780821412688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

Paperback. Presents a portrait of Karimpur, an Indian village, as it has changed over a sixty-year period. Using cultural documents such as songs and stories, as well as data on household budgets and farming practices, this title examines what it means to be poor or rich, female or male. Num Pages: 319 pages, 21 b&w illustrations, 10 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520084070
ISBN
9780520084070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.80

Num Pages: 176 pages, 100 b&w, 200 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTW; JPQ; JWKW; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1186. How the U.S. Government Misled Itself and Its People into Believing They Could Survive a Nuclear Attack. 176 pages, 100 b&w, 200 colour. Lays bare the buried truths of America's family fallout shelter obsession. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTW; JPQ; JWKW; JWMN. Dimension: 264 x 235 x 24. Weight: 1186.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pointed Leaf Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982358573
ISBN
9780982358573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.83
€ 51.59

Hardback. This analysis of the causes of racial and ethnic conflict in American cities between 1877-1914 presents evidence that suggests that the explanation for ethnic unrest is to be found in competition processes. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720281
ISBN
9780804720281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.55

Paperback. George Gallup's polling techniques achieved fame when he predicted that Franklin D Roosevelt would be reelected president in 1936. This work traces Gallup's intellectual and methodological developments, examining his comprehensive approach to market research. It takes a look at the film industry's use of opinion polling in the 1930s and '40s. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF; KJSM; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121330
ISBN
9780231121330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. Published in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition of the American painter's fifty-year career, this book reassesses De Forest's art-historical position, placing him in a national rather than solely West Coast context. Num Pages: 200 pages, 185 color images, 25 black/white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; ACXJ; AGB; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 216 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520292208
ISBN
9780520292208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.17
€ 39.44

Paperback. Yugoslavia was well positioned at the end of the cold war to make a successful transition to a market economy and westernization. Yet two years later, the country had ceased to exist, and devastating local wars were being waged to create new states. Num Pages: 556 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; HBW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 848.
Publisher
Brookings Institution United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815795131
ISBN
9780815795131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.68

Paperback. This study analyzes policy-making in a non-democratic authoritarian country, explaining the history of Chinese market reforms from 1979 to the present. Drawing on interviews with high-level Chinese officials, it pieces together detailed histories of economic reform policy decisions. Series: California Series on Social Choice & Political Economy. Num Pages: 412 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPQB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520077072
ISBN
9780520077072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.02

Paperback. Recreates a time when World War III seemed imminent. This book explores a central dimension of American culture and politics - the postwar preoccupation with captivity. It reveals how 'menticide', the calculated destruction of individual autonomy, struck many Americans as a more immediate danger than nuclear annihilation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257313
ISBN
9780520257313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.40

Hardback. Above all, Goodman shows that novels of manners are central to American literature, and that these novels speak in a large cultural way about who and what composes America. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801868245
ISBN
9780801868245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.36
€ 47.61

hardcover. Explores the complicated history of the suffrage movement in New York State by delving into the stories of women who opposed the expansion of voting rights to women. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; JFSJ1; JPHF; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252037474
ISBN
9780252037474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.02

Hardback. The only children's biography of Elsa Schiaparelli--one of the world's most influential fashion designers. Num Pages: 56 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; 5AL; YNA; YNH; YNK; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 269 x 263 x 16. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Abrams
Condition
New
SKU
V9781419716423
ISBN
9781419716423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.71

Hardcover.
Publisher
Loose Chippings Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907991004
ISBN
9781907991004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.15

Paperback. Provides an understanding of gender relations and their significance in social and institutional transformations. This work offers a comparison of East Central European gender relations with those of western welfare states. It examines how states and political-economic processes are gendered, and how states and markets regulate gender relations. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJPR; JFSJ; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048949
ISBN
9780691048949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.80

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