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Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn-...
Yochelson, Bonnie, Czitrom, Daniel
Paperback. Before publishing his book How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis (1849-1914) spent his first years in the US as an immigrant and itinerant laborer, until he landed a job as a muckraking reporter. This book places Jacob Riis' images in historical context. It explores Riis' reporting and activism within the gritty specifics of Gilded Age New York. Num Pages: 296 pages, 96 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; AJB; AJCR; BGH; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 80 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226182865
- ISBN
- 9780226182865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.41
€ 23.99
€ 19.41
Paperback. Features essays and articles by Japanese visitors to the United States from many walks of life: writers and academics, bureaucrats and priests, politicians and journalists, businessmen, philanthropists, artists. Covering the period from 1878 to 1989, this title offers these visitors' perspectives on Americans and American society. Editor(s): Duus, Peter; Hasegawa, Kenji. Series: Twentieth-century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power S. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268456
- ISBN
- 9780520268456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813569451
- ISBN
- 9780813569451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.72
€ 31.99
€ 28.72
Paperback. This work argues that the dedication of the Americans to maintaining beautiful lawns is contributing to the environmental problems facing the planet. It offers strategies for creating aesthetically pleasing and ecologically sound lawns. This updated edition adds a new chapter and illustrations. Editor(s): Vernegaard, Lisa. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNC; RNP; WMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300086942
- ISBN
- 9780300086942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. Winner of the National Endowment for the Arts Award for Excellence in Design Research, the Paul Davidoff Award for an Outstanding Book in Urban Planning, the Vesta Award for Feminist Scholarship in the Arts, and an ALA Notable Book Award: a provocative critique of how American housing patterns impact private and public life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 57 photographs, 21 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMK; JFSG; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393730944
- ISBN
- 9780393730944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.78
€ 24.99
€ 21.78
Hardcover. Community colleges enroll half of the nation's undergraduates. Yet only 40 percent of entrants complete an undergraduate degree in six years. Redesigning America's Community Colleges explains how two-year colleges can increase their students' success rate quickly and at less cost, through a program of guided pathways to completion. Num Pages: 297 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 30. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674368286
- ISBN
- 9780674368286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.28
€ 47.99
€ 40.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288 272pp. This is a new updated edition to the 2008 edition in which the author takes the reader behind the scenes at the Obama White HOuse.
- Publisher
- Mercier Press Dublin
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2 Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781905483716
- ISBN
- 9781905483716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5, 4 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HRCX7; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801451393
- ISBN
- 9780801451393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Redefining the Partnership: the United States and Japan in East Asia
Hosoya, Chihiro; Shinoda, Tomohito
Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761811428
- ISBN
- 9780761811428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.10
€ 92.10
Paperback. Series: Asian American Studies Today. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFFN; JFFS; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813576367
- ISBN
- 9780813576367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Hardcover. Abraham Lincoln projects a larger-than-life image across American history owing to his role as the Great Emancipator. Yet this noble aspect of Lincoln s identity is the dimension that some historians have cast into doubt. The award-winning historian and Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo offers a vigorous defense of America s sixteenth president." Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBTS; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674286115
- ISBN
- 9780674286115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Hardcover. A highly anticipated work by one of the preeminent political theorists of the twentieth century, Wilson Carey McWilliams. Presents his most mature and most developed writings--the distillation of a distinguished career of thinking about the American experiment. Editor(s): Deneen, Patrick J.; McWilliams, Susan J. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617852
- ISBN
- 9780700617852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.73
€ 87.73
Paperback. In these 13 essays, Judith Shklar explores two themes crucial to discussions of American democracy: the tension between expansive political equality and persistent social inequality; and "redeeming" American thought for those who believe it lacks the complexity and depth of the European tradition. Editor(s): Hoffmann, Stanley (Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor, Harvard University, USA); Thompson, Dennis F. (Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy, Harvard University, USA). Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226753485
- ISBN
- 9780226753485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. Analyzing the struggle by evangelical Protestants for the mind and soul of America in the decades before the Civil War, Johnson lucidly explores the nature of the evangelical message, the conflict of ideas within the movement, and the influence of these forces-both immediate and far-reaching-on American culture. American Ways Series. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; HRCX7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566630320
- ISBN
- 9781566630320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.54
€ 16.54
Hardback. Analyzing the struggle by evangelical Protestants for the mind and soul of America in the decades before the Civil War, Johnson lucidly explores the nature of the evangelical message, the conflict of ideas within the movement, and the influence of these forces-both immediate and far-reaching-on American culture. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; HRCX7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566630313
- ISBN
- 9781566630313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.90
€ 31.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; HBJK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823268153
- ISBN
- 9780823268153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; HBJK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 169 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823268160
- ISBN
- 9780823268160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Edition
- 7th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205887590
- ISBN
- 9780205887590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 132.11
€ 132.11
Paperback. A provocative theoretical critique of representations of race in socially engaged films made since the 1960s. Num Pages: 408 pages, 22 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347019
- ISBN
- 9780822347019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.25
€ 33.25
Paperback. On the night of the 2000 presidential election, Americans watched on television as polling results divided the nation's map into red and blue states. This title debunks these and other political myths. It includes easy-to-read graphics explaining the 2008 election. It is suitable for those seeking to make sense of fractured political landscape. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 color illus. 99 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143934
- ISBN
- 9780691143934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.15
€ 21.99
€ 17.15
Paperback. No state has voted Republican more consistently or widely or for longer than Kansas. To understand red state politics, Kansas is the place. It is also the place to understand red state religion. This title tells the story of religiously motivated political activism in Kansas from territorial days to the present. Num Pages: 504 pages, 13 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; HRAM2; HRCX6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 233 x 31. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160894
- ISBN
- 9780691160894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. No state has voted Republican more consistently or widely or for longer than Kansas. To understand red state politics, Kansas is the place. It is also the place to understand red state religion. This title tells the story of religiously motivated political activism in Kansas from territorial days to the present. Num Pages: 504 pages, 13 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; HRAM2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150550
- ISBN
- 9780691150550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. The most detailed study of Soviet military-industrial espionage during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s spying aimed specifically at acquiring restricted information and materials relating to American industry, technology, and science." Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; HBG; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615551
- ISBN
- 9780700615551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.95
€ 34.95
Paperback. A study of red-baiting in Texas reveals that what began as a coalition against communism became a fierce power struggle between conservative and liberal politics. Num Pages: 418 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292758551
- ISBN
- 9780292758551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44