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Paperback. Correspondence between a Japanese couple separated in different internment camps in the US during WWII reveals the human side of this tragic and shameful episode in US history. Early chapters detail their lives in Japan, their arrival in Seattle in 1919, and their lives in the US up until 1941. Inc Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 316 pages, 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295976457
ISBN
9780295976457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.90

Paperback. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295972749
ISBN
9780295972749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.90

Paperback. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 140 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; HBJK; JFCA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 273.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295971605
ISBN
9780295971605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. An informative--and beautiful--exploration of the life and history of a city through its maps. Editor(s): Krieger, Alex; Cobb, David. Num Pages: 292 pages, 100 colour and 137 b&w illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; RGS; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 292 x 305 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262611732
ISBN
9780262611732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.97

Hardback. Series: Nonfictions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; APFA; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178907
ISBN
9780231178907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN; JKVP; JKVQ; LNFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231177320
ISBN
9780231177320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172202
ISBN
9780231172202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.81

Hardback. Beginning with the precolonial land-use practice of Native Americans and concluding with twenty-first century concerns over our global ecological crisis, this book addresses issues such as preservation of wilderness, expulsion of native peoples from national parks, and population growth, and considers formative forces of gender, race, and class. Series: Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures. Num Pages: 504 pages, 43 black and white figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140348
ISBN
9780231140348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Hardback. Aiming to provide a corrective to the rhetoric of suspicion and fear surrounding discussions of Muslims in the United States, this book emphasizes Muslims' continuing impact on American society and culture. It also includes records from the large-scale migrations of the 1880s; and racial, ethnic, and religious trends of the 1960s. Editor(s): Curtis, Edward E., IV. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139564
ISBN
9780231139564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.25

Hardback. Reflects the history of Jazz and explores race and class and how they defined the material and psychic divides of a city. This book conveys the drama and artistry of the music of various artists as well as the personal hardships many of them endured. It explores the music's richness through political, social, and philosophical contexts. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136822
ISBN
9780231136822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.83

Hardback. Compiling a portrait that's both fascinating and deliciously fun, Gastropolis explores the endlessly evolving relationship between New Yorkers and food. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136532
ISBN
9780231136532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.19

Paperback. For more than a quarter century, William Logan has delivered clear-eyed and razor-sharp assessments of contemporary and classic poetry. Combining the sensibilities of poet and critic, Logan vividly conveys what he finds most memorable and most damning in a poet's work. Poets discussed include Shakespeare, Whitman, Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Rita Dove, Seamus Heaney, and Czeslaw Milosz. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136396
ISBN
9780231136396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.03

Hardback. Provides legal, social and political contexts for various cases, showing how the law has evolved over time. This book examines the court's view concerning its constitutional power to respond to an economic emergency during the Great Depression. It outlines cases in which the judges ruled on the government's role in legislating morals and morality. Num Pages: 864 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1312.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
864
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136327
ISBN
9780231136327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.33

Hardback. This book explores the role of the Cold War in shifting the center of gravity in American politics sharply to the right in the years immediately following World War II. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231133562
ISBN
9780231133562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.39

Paperback. Produced in consultation with the City's Parks and Recreation department and the New York Tree Trust, this book is a reference to the stories of New York metropolitan area's trees, complete with photographs, tree silhouettes, leaf and fruit morphologies and informative explanatory texts. Num Pages: 240 pages, full color throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 95 x 17. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128353
ISBN
9780231128353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.92

Hardback. The marine Eocene-Oligocene transition of 34 million years ago was a critical turning point in Earth's climatic history, when the warm, high-diversity 'greenhouse' world of the early Eocene ceded to the glacial, 'icehouse' conditions of the early Oligocene. This book surveys the advances in stratigraphic and paleontological research. Editor(s): Prothero, Donald R.; Ivany, Linda C.; Nesbitt, Elizabeth A. Num Pages: 560 pages, 186 line, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127165
ISBN
9780231127165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.91

Paperback. Considers the reasons behind the limited success of welfare-reform initiatives and offers evidence-based recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness of welfare policy. Drawing on ethnographic studies of Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Kenosha, Wisconsin, this work aims to clarify the role of social capital for both individuals and institutions. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126519
ISBN
9780231126519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.49

Hardback. Presenting an historical overview of major developments, this is a comprehensive A-to-Z guide to major Asian American writers and their works. It covers Canadian and US writers with cultural and ethnic origins in East Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific Islands. It includes a bibliography at the end. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126205
ISBN
9780231126205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.59

Hardback. Sarah Pike offers a sympathetic yet critical treatment of religious practices often marginalised yet soaring in popularity, from their 19th century roots to their full flowering in the 1960s counterculture to today. Series: Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAX; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231124027
ISBN
9780231124027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.90

hardcover. A history of the Religious Society of Friends. This book provides an introduction to its beliefs and practices; and a picture of the culture and controversies of the Friends. It reflects the group's diversity in the wake of the sectarian splintering of the nineteenth century. It also examines commonalities among American Friends. Series: Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123624
ISBN
9780231123624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.06

Hardback. Tracks television's growth into a convergent technology, a global industry, a social catalyst, a viable art form, and a complex and dynamic reflection of the American mind and character. This book also look at the Digital Era and the forms of instantaneous communication that continue to change America's social, political, and economic landscape. Series: Columbia Histories of Modern American Life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 75 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121644
ISBN
9780231121644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.98

Paperback. Segal analyzes Asian immigration to the U.S., including immigrants' reasons for leaving their countries, their attraction to the U.S., the issues they face in contemporary U.S. society, and the history of public attitudes and policy toward them. Num Pages: 480 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231120838
ISBN
9780231120838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.61

Paperback. Many urban residents, especially persons of colour, are or have been involved in the juvenile and/or criminal justice system. This volume discusses correctional supervision and the needs of individuals. It aims to address the strengths of individuals and how can they can be capitalized on. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JKSN; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231120418
ISBN
9780231120418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.26

paperback. This collection challenges our ideas about male emotion. Through readings of works by Thoreau, Lowell and W.E.B. Du Bois, and of 20th century authors such as Hemingway and Kerouac, this book questions the persistence of the emotionally alienated male in narratives of white middle-class masculinity. Editor(s): Shamir, Milette; Travis, Jennifer. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231120357
ISBN
9780231120357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.32

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