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paperback. When Joseph Smith announced his revelation that plural marriage was essential to attaining the highest level of eternal salvation, he introduced what became the most notorious aspect of Mormon culture. This title offers a look at the long-term interaction between belief and the practice of polygamy, or plural marriage, among the Latter-day Saints. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19 photographs; 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWU; HRLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075605
- ISBN
- 9780252075605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Sklar, Kathryn Kish; Schuler, Anya; Strasser, Susan; Schuler, Anja. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFK; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484698
- ISBN
- 9780801484698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.40
€ 45.40
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
€ 100.66€ 76.79
€ 100.66
€ 76.79
Paperback. A celebration of contemporary American fiction. It explores how estrangement from America has shaped the fiction of a literary generation. In breaking down the divisions among standard categories of race, religion, ethnicity, and gender, it identifies shared core concerns, values, and techniques among seemingly disparate and unconnected writers. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252070570
- ISBN
- 9780252070570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hollywood in the Neighborhood: Historical Case Studies of Local Movieg...
Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley (Ed.)
Paperback. Presents a picture of how movies entered the American heartland. This book examines the social and cultural changes this form of entertainment brought to towns from Gastonia, North Carolina to Placerville, California, and from Norfolk, Virginia to rural Ontario and beyond. Editor(s): Fuller-Seeley, Kathryn H. Num Pages: 290 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520249738
- ISBN
- 9780520249738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. In this social history of the cinema during the silent-film era, Kathryn H. Fuller charts the gradual homogenization of a diverse American movie audience as itinerant shows gave way first to nickelodeon theatres and then to more luxurious picture palaces. Num Pages: 272 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; HBT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920825
- ISBN
- 9780813920825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.12
€ 36.12
Num Pages: 128 pages, 191 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 285 x 17. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764340253
- ISBN
- 9780764340253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.12
€ 37.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Why do so many poor American youth continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? This title offers a look at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides the study of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFFA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446. Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage. 308 pages, Illustrations. Why do so many poor American youth continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? This title offers a look at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides the study of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFFA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Dimension: 150 x 229 x 20. Weight: 430.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271463
- ISBN
- 9780520271463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Documents the trading relationship in the eighteenth century between the Creek Indians and the Anglo-American peoples who settled in what is now the southeastern US. This book is the first to examine extensively the Creek side of this trade, especially the impact of commercial hunting on all aspects of Indian society. Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 13 images; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; JFSL9; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218567
- ISBN
- 9780803218567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.82
€ 23.99
€ 21.82
Hardback. American women who have participated in politics, the Civil Rights movement, environmental protection, religious tolerance, and many other issues here express their convictions. The contributors range from Abigail Adams and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Alice Walker and Betty Friedan. Num Pages: 664 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFK; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 43. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411857
- ISBN
- 9780815411857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.12
€ 40.99
€ 36.12
Paperback. Nine essays explore how gardeners and gardens molded Edmonton's social, cultural, and physical landscape. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120486
- ISBN
- 9781772120486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.14
€ 40.99
€ 29.14
Hardcover. This monumental new book is the first to celebrate the greatest and most iconic paintings of one of the largest, most important, and most beloved museums in the world. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1,100 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 348 x 53. Weight in Grams: 4028.
- Publisher
- Skira Rizzoli
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847846597
- ISBN
- 9780847846597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.06€ 55.39
€ 71.06
€ 55.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1529.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813931579
- ISBN
- 9780813931579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.91
€ 116.91
Paperback. For tourists and long-time residents, and for anyone interested in the Civil War or public art, Testament to Union is a wonderful guide to these tangible connections to the nation's past and an era when public monuments packed powerful messages. Num Pages: 208 pages, 96, 95 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; AMGD; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890956
- ISBN
- 9780801890956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.82
€ 36.82
Hardback. Kathryn Allamong Jacob's engaging account shows how the "kingearned his crown through cookery and conversation and how this son of wealth and privilege helped to create a questionable profession in a city that then, as now, rested on power and influence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801893971
- ISBN
- 9780801893971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.41
€ 49.99
€ 41.41
Hardback. For tourists and long-time residents, and for anyone interested in the Civil War or public art, Testament to Union is a wonderful guide to these tangible connections to the nation's past and an era when public monuments packed powerful messages. Num Pages: 208 pages, 96, 95 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFK; AMGD; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KEX0212629
- ISBN
- 9780801858611
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. For tourists and long-time residents, and for anyone interested in the Civil War or public art, Testament to Union is a wonderful guide to these tangible connections to the nation's past and an era when public monuments packed powerful messages. Num Pages: 208 pages, 96, 95 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFK; AMGD; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KEX0212628
- ISBN
- 9780801858611
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Analyzes the political processes and historical context that led to the enactment of state-level education accountability policies across the country. This title situates education accountability movement in the context of public administration research, emphasizing the relationships among equity, accountability, and intergovernmental relations. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 236 pages, 4 figures, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JPP. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589017672
- ISBN
- 9781589017672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Paperback. In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, this title presents fifty of the Library's most prized treasures. It features works ranging from recently acquired items from living authors and poets to some of the most famous, rare, and notorious books in history. Editor(s): James, Kathryn. Series: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 61 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; DSBB; GBCR; GLMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 212 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300196429
- ISBN
- 9780300196429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.82
€ 23.99
€ 17.82
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JF; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810018045
- ISBN
- 9783810018045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.06
€ 70.06
Hardback. Provides an introduciton to some of the diverse religious practices, traditions, and expressions in the United States and focuses on how teenagers view their particular religious faith - or lack of it - what they believe, what conflicts they encounter, and how they relate to others whose religions differ from theirs. Series: It Happened to Me. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YNR. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 257 x 187 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810855083
- ISBN
- 9780810855083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.35
€ 81.35
Paperback. Race Policy and Multiracial Americans looks at the impact of multiracial people on race policies-where they lag behind the growing numbers of multiracial people in the USA and how they can be used to promote racial justice. This much-needed book is essential reading for anyone interested in race relations and social justice. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447316503
- ISBN
- 9781447316503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.75
€ 34.99
€ 33.75
hardcover. Focusing on the lives and work of women teachers in two rural California counties from 1850 to 1950, Country Schoolwomen explores the social context of teaching, seeking to understand what teaching meant to women teachers, what it provided them, and how it shaped their categories of experience. Num Pages: 356 pages, 19 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804730044
- ISBN
- 9780804730044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.91
€ 81.91
Hardback. Garrett and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is a vivid account of Garrett's twenty-six-year reign. Num Pages: 416 pages, 29, 28 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 1KBBNH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422206
- ISBN
- 9781421422206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.92€ 47.03
€ 50.92
€ 47.03