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"Retelling the life of her grandmother, Sandra Scofield examines the life of a plainswoman during the twentieth-century"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 825.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896729414
ISBN
9780896729414
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.54

A memoir of home, nature, and change in the American West, Light in the Trees makes cultural and environmental topics personal through a narrator's travels between past and present, rural and urban. Growing up on a mountain foothill in western Washington, Gail Folkins offers a small-town viewpoint of the Pacific Northwest. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BM; RN; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 825.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896729513
ISBN
9780896729513
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.60

Sir Francis Bernard (1712-1779) was the royal governor of colonial Massachusetts from 1760 to 1769. His letters and other incidental papers provide insight into the personalities and bitter controversies agitating Boston in the pre-Revolutionary period. This book includes his letters. Editor(s): Nicolson, Colin. Num Pages: 570 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1538.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Colonial Society of Massachusetts United States
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979466212
ISBN
9780979466212
Condition: New

€ 50.06
€ 46.80

Clay County, Arkansas, was a flatland at the outset of the twentieth century. Into this primitive society came Paul Pfeiffer who bought large tracts of land, set up tenant farmers, and reigned for nearly 50 years as a beneficent landlord. This book records the gratitude of families who remember with appreciation loans made to acquire equipment. Num Pages: 224 pages, 49 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Butler Centre for Arkansas Studies United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780980089769
ISBN
9780980089769
Condition: New

€ 44.77

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137006592
ISBN
9781137006592
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.04

Hardcover. The politicians and pastors who revised the Texas social studies standards made worldwide headlines. Politics and the History Curriculum sets the debate over the Texas standards within a broad context of politics, religion, media, and education, providing a clear analysis of these events and recommendations for teachers and policy makers. Editor(s): Erekson, Keith A. Num Pages: 243 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137008930
ISBN
9781137008930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.41
€ 45.44

Paperback. This volume analyzes how higher education responses to sociopolitical and economic influences affect gender equality at the nation-state and university levels in the European Union and the United States. Editor(s): Sagaria, Mary Ann Danowitz. Series: Issues in Higher Education. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFE; JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137033734
ISBN
9781137033734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.41
€ 44.79

Hardcover. Toward a North American Legal System is a collection of scholarship that looks at a timely issue in public policy. Two decades after NAFTA, the team assembled by James T. McHugh works through both philosophical and practical questions related to a possibly more integrated legal system on the North American continent. Editor(s): McHugh, James T. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; LNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137269492
ISBN
9781137269492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.03

Hardcover. Leading historians provide new insights into the founding generation's views on the place of public education in America. This volume explores enduring themes, such as gender, race, religion, and central vs. local control, in seven essays of the 1790s on how to implement public education in the new USA. The original essays are included as well. Editor(s): Justice, Benjamin. Series: Historical Studies in Education. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; JNA; JNB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137271013
ISBN
9781137271013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.41
€ 46.12

Hardcover. Eleven essays by historians and sociologists examine cancer research and treatment as everyday practice in post-war Europe and North America. These are not stories of inevitable medical progress and obstacles overcome, but of historical contingencies, cultural differences, hope, and often disappointed expectations. Editor(s): Timmermann, Carsten; Toon, Elizabeth. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBTB; MBGR; MBS; MBX; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137272072
ISBN
9781137272072
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.53

Hardcover. This collection of ground-breaking articles examines problems romance presents in the American Western. Looking a range of films, this book offers readers important and challenging insights into the complicated nature of love and the versatile frontier narrative that address key social, political, and ethical components of the Western genre. Editor(s): Matheson, Sue. Num Pages: 259 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; APT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137272935
ISBN
9781137272935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardcover. Varied perspectives on the development of planetary science and exploration during the Space Age. Editor(s): Launius, Roger D. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 390 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137273161
ISBN
9781137273161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.31

Hardcover. This book makes an important contribution to the study of political communication. Its chapters analyse forms of media talk associated with contemporary political elections. Key topics include: changing forms of political interview, televised political debates, and the use of multimedia in promotional discourse. Editor(s): Tolson, Andrew; Ekstrom, Mats. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFCA; JFD; JP; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137273314
ISBN
9781137273314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.61

Hardcover. Occupying Political Science describes and analyzes the OWS movement from multiple political science perspectives rooted in the local context of lower Manhattan. Editor(s): Welty, Emily; Bolton, Matthew; Nayak, Meghana; Malone, Christopher, Jr. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JMG; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137277398
ISBN
9781137277398
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.75

Hardcover. Ranging from conceptual theater to visual poetry the New York School explored the possibilities of collaboration like no other group of American poets. New York School Collaborations gathers essays from a diverse group of scholars on the alliances and artistic co-productions of New York School poets, painters, musicians, and film-makers. Editor(s): Silverberg, Mark. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137280565
ISBN
9781137280565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.18

Hardcover. Oprah Winfrey has long promoted black issues by being involved as a producer or actor in the adaptation of works by African American writers for film. This volume evaluates Winfrey's involvement in the visual interpretation of African American literary texts using film, music, black masculinity, black feminist, and cultural theory. Editor(s): Green, Tara T. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137282453
ISBN
9781137282453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.89

Hardcover. This collection uses Theodore Roosevelt to form a fresh approach to the history of US and European relations, arguing that the best place to look for the origins of the modern transatlantic relationship is in Roosevelt's life and career. Editor(s): Krabbendam, Hans; Thompson, John M. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137286482
ISBN
9781137286482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

Hardcover. Contributors argue that the last hundred years have seen the way Europe imagines Natives shifting from exoticism to outright fantasy, mirroring the changing European perception of America itself. Editor(s): Mackay, James; Stirrup, David. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 265 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137288813
ISBN
9781137288813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Hardcover. This volume moves beyond Cold War deterrence theory to show the many ways in which deterrence is applicable to contemporary security: in space, in cyberspace, and against non-state actors. It also examines the role of nuclear deterrence in the twenty-first century and reaches surprising conclusions. Editor(s): Lowther, Adam B. Num Pages: 259 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137289797
ISBN
9781137289797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.35

Hardcover. Islamophobia in America offers new perspectives on prejudice against Muslims, which has become increasingly widespread in the USA in the past decade. The contributors document the history of anti-Islamic sentiment in American culture, the scope of organized anti-Muslim propaganda, and the institutionalization of this kind of intolerance. Editor(s): Ernst, Carl W. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM9; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137290069
ISBN
9781137290069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.74

Hardcover. A collection of essays that explores magical realism as a momentary interruption of realism in US ethnic literature, showing how these moments of magic realism serve to memorialize, address, and redress traumatic ethnic histories. Editor(s): Sandin, Lyn di Iorio; Perez, Richard. Num Pages: 289 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137293299
ISBN
9781137293299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.59

Hardcover. Adding nuance to a global debate, esteemed scholars from Europe and North and Latin America portray the attempts in Chicano literature to provide answers to the environmental crisis. Diverse ecocritical perspectives add new meaning to the novels, short stories, drama, poetry, films, and documentaries analyzed in this timely and engaged collection. Editor(s): Martin-Junquera, Imelda. Num Pages: 249 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 2AB; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137293602
ISBN
9781137293602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.03

Hardcover. Recent upheavals in the Middle East are challenging long-held assumptions about the dynamics between the United States, the Arab world, and Israel. In Pathways to Peace, today's leading experts explain these changes in the region and their positive implications for the prospect of a sustained peace between Israel and the Arab World. Editor(s): Kurtzer, Daniel C. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPSD; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 243 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137304797
ISBN
9781137304797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.59

Hardcover. By analyzing the negotiation of femininities and masculinities within contemporary Hollywood cinema, Postfeminism and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema presents diverse interrogations of popular cinema and illustrates the need for a renewed scholarly focus on contemporary film production. Editor(s): Gwynne, Joel; Muller, Nadine. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFN; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137306838
ISBN
9781137306838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.91

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