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Paperback. A New Nation of Goods highlights the significant role of provincial artisans in four crafts in the northeastern United States-chairmaking, clockmaking, portrait painting, and book publishing-to explain the shift from preindustrial society to an entirely new configuration of work, commodities, and culture. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 color, 107 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFCD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1026.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222005
ISBN
9780812222005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. Facing an economic crisis in the 1980s, the Hollywood moved to control the ancillary markets of videotape, video disk and pay-cable. The studios found themselves targeted for acquisition by global media and communications companies. This book examines the transformation that took Hollywood from the production of theatrical film to media software. Series: History of the American Cinema S. Num Pages: 585 pages, 187 b/w photographs, 34 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; APF; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 177 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1028. Hollywood Under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980-1989. Series: History of the American Cinema S. 585 pages, 185 b&w photographs, 38 tables. Facing an economic crisis in the 1980s, the Hollywood moved to control the ancillary markets of videotape, video disk and pay-cable. The studios found themselves targeted for acquisition by global media and communications companies. This book examines the transformation that took Hollywood from the production of theatrical film to media software. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; APF; KNTC. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 27. Weight: 1028.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
585
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232662
ISBN
9780520232662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 36.34

Hardback. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439913451
ISBN
9781439913451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.82

Paperback. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439913468
ISBN
9781439913468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118952269
ISBN
9781118952269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.09

Paperback. Suitable for those interested in cultural studies, film and video studies, American studies, twentieth century history, German studies, rhetoric, and sexuality studies, this book investigates the influence of images of Nazism on debates about sexuality that are central to contemporary American political rhetoric. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; GTE; JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822326939
ISBN
9780822326939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 colour plates, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781501704451
ISBN
9781501704451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

Hardback. Analyzing novels such as The Sheltering Sky, Fahrenheit 451, and Peyton Place, Evan Brier reveals how novelists and the book trade positioned their works as antidotes to mid-twentieth-century mass culture, even as new partnerships between publishers and mass-culture institutions contributed to the success of these writings. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812242072
ISBN
9780812242072
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Hardback. Offers an account of a French woman's impressions of America in the late nineteenth century that reveals an unusual cross-cultural journey through fin de siecle Paris, Chicago, and New York. This translation includes an introductory essay that situates the author's account in the larger context of European visitors to Chicago in the 1890s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 22 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252035135
ISBN
9780252035135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.77

Paperback. Argues for participatory democracy without dependence on abstract metaphysical foundations, and stresses the relationship among democracy and civil society, civic education and culture. This book is divided into sections including 'American Theory: Democracy, Liberalism, and Rights' and 'American Practice: Leadership, Citizenship, and Censorship'. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050249
ISBN
9780691050249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 46.81

Paperback. Paul Green was winner of a Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1927 and helped bring southern writing to the attention of the world. This volume features Green's drama and fiction, with texts of three plays and six short stories. His life is also outlined and examined by Laurence Avery. Series: Chapel Hill Books. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustration, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DNF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0228250
ISBN
9780807847084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

paperback. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; JFSL3; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816697304
ISBN
9780816697304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.03

Paperback. Offers a narrative that tells the stories of all people in the United States. Num Pages: 960 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 205 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1524.
Publisher
Cengage Learning, Inc United States
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
10th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781285430843
ISBN
9781285430843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 115.63

Hardback. Series: Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 645.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801437984
ISBN
9780801437984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.94

paperback. Is there a more democratic way of making appointments to Canada s Senate? Helen Forsey argues they should be appointed by common citizens not politicians. " Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB; JPA; JPHV; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552667248
ISBN
9781552667248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.56

Paperback. A guide to Los Angeles that offers an assortment of alternatives to LA's usual tourist destinations. It documents 115 little-known sites in the City of Angels where struggles related to race, class, gender, and sexuality have occurred. It shows how power operates in the shaping of places, and how it remains embedded in the landscape. Num Pages: 328 pages, 91 color illustrations, 67 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 540. 328 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. A guide to Los Angeles that offers an assortment of alternatives to LA's usual tourist destinations. It documents 115 little-known sites in the City of Angels where struggles related to race, class, gender, and sexuality have occurred. It shows how power operates in the shaping of places, and how it remains embedded in the landscape. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTM. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight: 540.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270817
ISBN
9780520270817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.43

Paperback. Packed with details on more than 200 breweries, this book offers actual and armchair travelers alike a handbook that includes: Agnew's exclusive choices on which beers to try at each location; entries on every brewery's history and philosophy; and information on tours, tasting rooms and attached pubs, and dining options and other amenities. Series: Heartland Foodways. Num Pages: 232 pages, 174 color photographs, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBXD2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 15. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252078279
ISBN
9780252078279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Tackles the pressing question of how Canadian engagement with globalization can be marshaled to advance rather than impair human security, ecological integrity, and social emancipation. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFS; JPA; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774814898
ISBN
9780774814898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

Paperback. In the years following its near-bankruptcy in 1976 until the end of the 1980s, New York City came to epitomize the debt-driven of the Reagan era. This book asks why a city with a large minority population and a long tradition of liberalism elected a conservative mayor who promoted real-estate development and belittled minority activists. Series: City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 tables 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691036731
ISBN
9780691036731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.05
€ 55.14

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 525 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWMV3; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 307 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1250.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764350757
ISBN
9780764350757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 28.26

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