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Paperback. Traces public housing's history in Chicago from its New Deal roots through mayor Richard M Daley's Plan for Transformation. In the process, the author chronicles the Chicago Housing Authority's own transformation from the city's most progressive government agency to its largest slumlord. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 28 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226360867
ISBN
9780226360867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. The cultural and industrial reconstruction of the South, explored through a major figure in early black music Num Pages: 216 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGK; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252075452
ISBN
9780252075452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Get your mojo working as you take a musical trip from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago's gritty South Side and points beyond with Blues For Dummies, an insightful, toe-tappin', music lovers' guide to the blues. Num Pages: 372 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 192 x 21. Weight in Grams: 752.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
372
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764550805
ISBN
9780764550805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGJ; AVGK; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
1st Vintage Books Ed
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679771265
ISBN
9780679771265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Greensmith, Bill; Camarigg, Mark; Rowe, Mike. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 496 pages, 80 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGK; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 255 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1032.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252080999
ISBN
9780252080999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Editor(s): Pate, Alexs D.; Fletcher, Pamela R.; Powell, Otis J. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873519731
ISBN
9780873519731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.49

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

€ 36.99
€ 28.68

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

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

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

€ 38.61

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.96

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

€ 73.61

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

€ 33.11

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

€ 101.61

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

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
€ 27.03

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
€ 33.36

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

€ 27.99
€ 24.11

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
€ 17.65

Paperback. Bodies in Doubt breaks new ground in examining the historical roots of modern attitudes about intersex in the United States and will interest scholars and researchers in disability studies, social history, gender studies, and the history of medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; MBDC; MBX; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405834
ISBN
9781421405834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.50

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

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

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

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

€ 36.99
€ 26.47

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

€ 94.93
€ 72.21

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