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Hardback. Probes the ideological assumptions underlying the transfer of body parts, the social significance of donors' deaths, and the medico-scientific desires surrounding complex forms of body repair. This book considers the experimental realm, in which nonhuman species and artificial devices present further opportunities for recovery and for controversy. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBZ; JHMC; MNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138383
- ISBN
- 9780231138383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.21€ 71.22
€ 93.21
€ 71.22
Paperback. Examines social representations of the fat body. This work questions discursive constructions of fatness while analyzing the politics and power of corpulence and addressing the absence of fat people in media representations of the body. Editor(s): Braziel, Jana Evans; LeBesco, Kathleen. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 black-and-white photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520225855
- ISBN
- 9780520225855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. Series: Contemporary North American Poetry Series. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609383039
- ISBN
- 9781609383039
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Condition: New
€ 50.04€ 46.80
€ 50.04
€ 46.80
Paperback. Unpacks the politics and processes of commemoration Num Pages: 335 pages, 30 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBWN; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814725184
- ISBN
- 9780814725184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.49
€ 36.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. Charts the development of the concept of "character" in the fictional genres, social reform movements, and political cultures of the United States from the mid-nineteenth to the early-twentieth century Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814741313
- ISBN
- 9780814741313
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.65
€ 36.99
€ 33.65
Paperback. Since the 1980s, tattooing has emerged anew in the United States as a widely appealing cultural, artistic, and social form. This title explains how elite tattooists, magazine editors, and leaders of tattoo organizations have downplayed the working-class roots of tattooing in order to make it more palatable for middle-class consumption. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFY; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324676
- ISBN
- 9780822324676
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.04
€ 30.99
€ 28.04
Paperback. Bodies of Belief argues that the paradoxical evolution of the Baptist religion, specifically in Pennsylvania and Virginia, was simultaneously egalitarian and hierarchical, democratic and conservative. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221824
- ISBN
- 9780812221824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.07
€ 38.07
Paperback. The colorful story of California's official Gold Rush town available in an accessible new format Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press United States
- Edition
- New edition, New format
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874178562
- ISBN
- 9780874178562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.54
€ 30.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BGX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590305683
- ISBN
- 9781590305683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.82
€ 20.99
€ 17.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 159 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 579.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307460639
- ISBN
- 9780307460639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.37
€ 26.99
€ 24.37
Num Pages: 272 pages, 100 Colour Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 262 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1186.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307461384
- ISBN
- 9780307461384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.72
€ 36.99
€ 33.72
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550175462
- ISBN
- 9781550175462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Growing up in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, the author discovers the music of Bob Dylan as a young teenager. Almost half a century later, now a distinguished professor of American history, he revisits Dylan's work with the critical skills of a scholar and the passion of a fan. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099549291
- ISBN
- 9780099549291
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. A glimpse into the life of a priest-politician who saw advocacy of human rights as his call Num Pages: 432 pages, 24 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HRCC7; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823233052
- ISBN
- 9780823233052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.67
€ 34.99
€ 30.67
hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages, 24 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HRCC7; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823233045
- ISBN
- 9780823233045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.14
€ 103.14
Paperback. A history of small craft used from the earliest times, when water was the only highway, to the 20th century's recreational use of motor boats on the waterways of the Adirondacks. Num Pages: 344 pages, 250 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; TRL; WSSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 210 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815603740
- ISBN
- 9780815603740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.51
€ 38.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. Now available for the first time in paperback, Boats Against the Current offers a brilliant portrait of a society in the midst of change, expansion, and reflection about its own future and past. Written by one of our leading intellectual historians, it makes a major contribution to our understanding of the emergence of modern American culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742522503
- ISBN
- 9780742522503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.45
€ 74.45
Paperback. This title presents stories, poems, and essays by such authors as Annie Dillard, Peter Matthiessen, John Hersey, Rick Bass, and Robert Silverberg. Editor(s): Seybold, David. Num Pages: 321 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DQ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Avalon Travel Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871136770
- ISBN
- 9780871136770
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Condition: New
€ 16.19
€ 16.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WSSN7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 6452 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1361.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781439912829
- ISBN
- 9781439912829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.23
€ 37.23
Paperback. A descendant of one of the pioneer boarding house families, Wanda Landrey searched the Big Thicket to find survivors of the boarding house era and to collect their stories and recipes. Num Pages: 216 pages, 43 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574410549
- ISBN
- 9781574410549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.36
€ 20.99
€ 19.36
Paperback. Looks at the strong emotional history of Indian boarding school experiences in the first half of the 20th century. This book focuses on the letters - written by parents, children, and school officials at Haskell Institute in Kansas and the Flandreau School in South Dakota - that show how profoundly families were affected by their experiences. Series: North American Indian Prose Award Series. Num Pages: 154 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803264052
- ISBN
- 9780803264052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.49
€ 19.99
€ 19.49
Paperback. Revised version of the author's dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810128385
- ISBN
- 9780810128385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.51
€ 38.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. Relating the blues to American social and literary history and to Afro-American expressive culture, Baker offers the basis for a broader study of American culture at its vernacular level. He shows how the "blues voice" and its economic undertones are both central to the American narrative and characteristic of the Afro-American way of telling it. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2ABM; AV; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226035383
- ISBN
- 9780226035383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.38
€ 35.99
€ 28.38
Hardcover. Scholarly arguments about the blues have failed to acknowledge that in the post-war era the blues had spread far beyond the borders of the United States. As Christian O'Connell shows in Blues, How Do You Do? Paul Oliver's largely neglected scholarship - and the unique transatlantic cultural context it provides - is vital to understanding the blues. Num Pages: 296 pages, 39 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; AVGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472072675
- ISBN
- 9780472072675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.37€ 85.11
€ 94.37
€ 85.11