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hardcover. Born in 1877 on the British Columbia frontier, Constance Lindsay Skinner died in New York City in 1939, a successful and prolific writer. In contrast to her reputation in the United States, she remains virtually unknown in the country of her birth. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 701.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802036780
ISBN
9780802036780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

Paperback. No other book offers such a comprehensive brief history of the Maryland and Virginia colonies and their place within the emerging British Empire. Series: Regional Perspectives on Early America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16, 13 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405568
ISBN
9781421405568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

Hardcover. George Washington used his Mount Vernon estate to preserve the memory of events that had created a new nation. This book constitutes a chronicle of the Washington estate's ascent to the status of national shrine, and offers evidence of Mount Vernon's role in helping forge American national identity. Editor(s): Lee, Jean B. Num Pages: 304 pages, 48 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925141
ISBN
9780813925141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

Hardcover. In the Texas Republic, Spanish law came to be seen as more equitable than English common law in certain areas, especially womens rights, and some Spanish traditions were adopted into Texas law. This title explores the evolution of Castilian law during the Spanish Reconquest and how those laws came to the New World and Texas. Num Pages: 217 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBBSX; LAZ; LNS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896725607
ISBN
9780896725607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Third
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493028832
ISBN
9781493028832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.10

Paperback. Investigates why key Chicana/o writers, including Americo Paredes, Rolando Hinojosa, Oscar Acosta, Miguel Mendez, and Virginia Grise, from the 1950s to the present day, have persistently referenced Asian people and places in the course of articulating their political ideas. Series: Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States. Num Pages: 168 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813577166
ISBN
9780813577166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. Performance art was finally recognized as an art form in its own right in the 1970s. This work situates feminist performance art in the US and Canada in the social context of the feminist movement. Highlighting the important contributions of women artists, it shows that artists drew from feminist politics to create works. Num Pages: 304 pages, 78 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; AFKP; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773530669
ISBN
9780773530669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.45

Hardcover. This engaging biography brings light to the life, art, and extraordinary contributions of Olive Rush (1873 1966), artist, illustrator, muralist, Native American art educator, and social reformer." Num Pages: 292 pages, 95 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JH; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 235 x 2. Weight in Grams: 1778.
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890136201
ISBN
9780890136201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.68

Paperback. Presents a cultural history of the African American women who performed in variety shows - chorus lines, burlesque revues, cabaret acts, and the like - between 1890 and 1945. This book describes the strange phenomenon of blackface performances by women, both black and white, and considers how black expressive artists navigated racial segregation. Num Pages: 360 pages, 49 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; ASZH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341574
ISBN
9780822341574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Since the 1990s, gay and lesbian civil rights organizations have increasingly focused on the right of same-sex couples to marry, which represents a major change from earlier activists' rejection of the institution. This title explores this shift and its connections to the transformation of the US from a welfare state to a neo-liberal one. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226895291
ISBN
9780226895291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Jay Winik brings to life in gripping detail the year 1944, which determined the outcome of World War II and put more pressure than any other on an ailing yet determined President Roosevelt. Num Pages: 656 pages, 1x16pg b 6 b&w chap opener photos; 7 b&w maps thru-out. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 679.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501125362
ISBN
9781501125362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; JPHF; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816670383
ISBN
9780816670383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 66 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
66
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590337059
ISBN
9781590337059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822312208
ISBN
9780822312208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.18

Paperback. Examining the powerful drive that leads men and women literally to shed their skins gubarand--in mind and body--to cross the boundary of sex, Prosser argues that sex change is, at best, a narrative--thus transsexuals make for adept and absorbing authors. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 31 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109352
ISBN
9780231109352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

Paperback. A photographic guide that traces the evolution of University of Chicago's campus architecture from the university's founding in 1890 to its plans for the twenty-first century. It features the work of architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Ives Cobb, Holabird & Roche, Eero Saarinen, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Netsch, and, Cesar Pelli. Num Pages: 186 pages, 100 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AMG; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226046808
ISBN
9780226046808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; WSD; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Triumph Books United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600789748
ISBN
9781600789748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.48

Hardback. This collection of critical essays attempts to construct a comprehensive portrait of Vidal's writings and to determine why his work has been underestimated. It includes an interview with Vidal in which he discusses his career and his troubled relationship with literary reviewers. Editor(s): Parini, Jay, Ph.D. Num Pages: 321 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072083
ISBN
9780231072083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43
€ 90.24

Paperback. Distinguished poet and novelist Jay Parini presents some of his best writings-both classic and previously unpublished works-on topics ranging from baseball to Frost and Emerson to the culture of creative writing. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780231110716
ISBN
9780231110716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

Hardback. A comprehensive study of American poetry from colonial times to the present day, which features a wealth of views and reviews by contemporary American literary critics. The poets discussed range from Longfellow and Poe to Ginsberg and Plath. Editor(s): Parini, Jay, Ph.D.; Millier, Brett Candlish. Num Pages: 894 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1407.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
894
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231078368
ISBN
9780231078368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.42
€ 57.30

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