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paperback. From The Nun's Story to The Flying Nun to The Singing Nun, nuns were a major presence in the mainstream media. Sullivan discusses these images in the context of the period's seemingly unlimited potential for social change. Num Pages: 340 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HRCX8; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802037763
- ISBN
- 9780802037763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.76
€ 46.99
€ 41.76
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, 200 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AGP; AJC; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 290 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764351488
- ISBN
- 9780764351488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.32
€ 53.99
€ 35.32
Hardback. Offering innovative readings of these canonical works, this study sheds new light on Faulkner's uniquely American modernism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801879296
- ISBN
- 9780801879296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.10€ 47.03
€ 51.10
€ 47.03
Hardback. Representations of Joan of Arc have been used in the United States for the past 200 years, appearing in advertising, cartoons, popular song, art, criticism and propaganda. "Visions of the Maid" examines three pivotal films on the heroine as well as a broad array of popular culture references. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 34 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; APFA; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920757
- ISBN
- 9780813920757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.51
€ 87.51
Paperback. Explores how the family stories entered the popular imagination and shaped collective dreams in the postwar years and into the 1950s. This book also provides access to a vibrant conversation among white and black Americans about the boundaries between public life and family matters, and the meanings of race and ethnicity. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231121712
- ISBN
- 9780231121712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Explores how the family stories entered the popular imagination and shaped collective dreams in the postwar years and into the 1950s. This book also provides access to a vibrant conversation among white and black Americans about the boundaries between public life and family matters, and the meanings of race and ethnicity. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121705
- ISBN
- 9780231121705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.12
€ 104.58
€ 79.12
hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, 69. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; ACVT; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801444708
- ISBN
- 9780801444708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 52.12
€ 52.99
€ 52.12
Paperback. Visionary Film has been the dominant study of the American avant-garde cinema for twenty-five years. Now P. Adams Sitney has revised the book, adding a new chapter that brings his discussion of the principle genres and the major filmmakers up to the year 2000. Num Pages: 480 pages, 77 halftones & 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; APF; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195148862
- ISBN
- 9780195148862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.40
€ 51.99
€ 36.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Thormond, Jerrod F. Num Pages: 86 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 86
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604565157
- ISBN
- 9781604565157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.59€ 43.33
€ 60.59
€ 43.33
Paperback. Jane Iwamura examines contemporary fascination with Eastern spirituality and provides a cultural history of the representation of Asian religions in American mass media. At the heart of her study is the Oriental Monk, a non-sexual, solitary, conventionalized icon who generously and purposefully shares his wisdom with the West. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; HR; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199738618
- ISBN
- 9780199738618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.58
€ 57.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816667550
- ISBN
- 9780816667550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. That there is a 'digital divide' - which falls between those who have and can afford the latest in technological tools and those who have neither in our society - is indisputable. This title redefines the issue as it explores the cascades of that divide, which involve access, skill, political participation, as well as the obvious economics. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 figure, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; UBJ; UYZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878409990
- ISBN
- 9780878409990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.22
€ 70.22
Paperback. Traces the complex relationship between Americans, technology, and their environment as it has unfolded over the past several centuries. Virtual America identifies the connections (or lack thereof) between our individual selves, an American identity, and the geography oout there.o Num Pages: 280 pages, 38 photographs, 5 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBA; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803232785
- ISBN
- 9780803232785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
hardcover. Looks at the geographical patterns of Baptist expansion, the techniques dissenters used to gain adherents, the distinctiveness of Baptist worship, and its cultural resonances in Virginia. This book traces how the American Revolution created a new context favorable to Baptists. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; HBJK; HRCC2; HRCC92. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926797
- ISBN
- 9780813926797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardcover. Tells the tale of seven Virginians who strongly supported the Confederacy from beginning to end. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 264 pages, photographs, maps, bibliographic essay, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842050548
- ISBN
- 9780842050548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.86
€ 147.86
Paperback. Tells the tale of seven Virginians who strongly supported the Confederacy from beginning to end. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 264 pages, photographs, maps, bibliographic essay, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842050555
- ISBN
- 9780842050555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.26
€ 58.26
Hardcover. Uncovering the natural wonders of Virginia, Curtis J. Badger hikes, bikes, canoes and kayaks his way through some of the Commonwealth's best-known and least-known areas. He fishes in the James River, confronts bears on Stony Man Mountain and watches birds in the Blue Ridge. Illustrator(s): Gavrilovic, Vladimir. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 b&w illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; WSZ; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921624
- ISBN
- 9780813921624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.78
€ 29.99
€ 25.78
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photos & 26 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811713894
- ISBN
- 9780811713894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.45
€ 32.99
€ 24.45
Hardcover. An overview of the history of 126 courthouses that recounts some notable legal proceedings that took place in the courtrooms, particulary those involving societal change and the ongoing struggle for civil rights. Num Pages: 272 pages, 140 colour illustrations, 34 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AMG; HBTB; LA; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 310 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1361.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916040
- ISBN
- 9780813916040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.25
€ 52.25
Paperback. Collects twenty essays that explore the Virginia story in the Civil War era. This title examines Robert E Lee and the issues confronting his men, such as soldier morale and religious conversion. It emphasizes the wartime home front - in some cases reexamining its connection with the battlefront - or explore questions of gender, race, or religion. Editor(s): Wallenstein, Peter; Wyatt-Brown, Bertram. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928289
- ISBN
- 9780813928289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.55
€ 36.55
Paperback. Editor(s): Kierner, Cynthia A.; Treadway, Sandra Gioia. Series: Southern Women : Their Lives and Times. Num Pages: 436 pages, 34 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820342658
- ISBN
- 9780820342658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.35
€ 47.35
Hardback. Charts the resurgence of Virginia's Democratic Party in the 1980s and the Republicans' efforts to turn back the gains made by Chuck Robb and Douglas Wilder. This book closes with Democratic Tim Kaine taking the governor's seat and George Allen and Mark Warner poised to enter the 2008 presidential primaries. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 183 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742552104
- ISBN
- 9780742552104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.81
€ 93.81
Paperback. Written by one of the nation's leading environmental law firms, this handbook provides explanations of your state compliance obligations. It offers coverage of hazardous and solid waste disposal; air, water, and natural resources regulations; the state organizational structure; required permits and reports; and more. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; LNKJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1103.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Government Institutes Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865871687
- ISBN
- 9780865871687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 226.98
€ 226.98
Focuses on vital home front matters in Virginia during 1864. This title explores various aspects of the civilian experience in Virginia including transportation and communication, wartime literature, politics and the press, higher education, patriotic celebrations, and early efforts at reconstruction in Union-occupied Virginia. Editor(s): Robertson, James I.; Davis, William C. Series: Virginia at War. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813125626
- ISBN
- 9780813125626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.74
€ 42.74