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Hardback. The radical black left has largely disappeared from the struggle for equality and justice. Michael Dawson examines the causes and consequences, and argues that the conventional left has failed to take race seriously as a force in reshaping American institutions and civil society. Black politics needs to find its way back to its radical roots. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJK; JFSL3; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 212 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057685
ISBN
9780674057685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Paperback. In early nineteenth century the US government, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), began a systematic campaign to assimilate Indians. Featuring a comparison of US and British government attempts to assimilate problem peoples through mass elementary education, the author offers a portrait of imperialism at work in the two nations. Series: Indigenous Education. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; HBJD; JFSL9; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803224858
ISBN
9780803224858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

This work argues that living history, even if it is an incomplete depiction of the past, plays a vital role in stimulating the historical imagination. It examines how one of the most popular fields of history is portrayed, embraced, and shaped by mainstream culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; JFCA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813122403
ISBN
9780813122403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.11

Hardback. Editor(s): Boehm, Michael C. Num Pages: 103 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629485911
ISBN
9781629485911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.47
€ 130.16

Paperback. a rational examination of the politics and economics of animal welfare builds on the scientific and philosophical work done to date written with the non-welfare specialist in mind. Num Pages: 200 pages, 50 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780632050666
ISBN
9780632050666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.38

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640280
ISBN
9780691640280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, Jon P.; Bull, Michael. Series: Sensory Studies Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCR; HRLF; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350001510
ISBN
9781350001510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.69

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472569028
ISBN
9781472569028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

hardcover. Seeks to understand the composer as he exists in the American imagination and explores how Beethoven became a cultural icon Num Pages: 418 pages, 61 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC4; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 36. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253357045
ISBN
9780253357045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 black and white images. BIC Classification: JFFC1; KNDF; RNFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 246 x 36. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623170004
ISBN
9781623170004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Beacon Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807044650
ISBN
9780807044650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. .
Publisher
Beacon Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807042458
ISBN
9780807042458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.42

Paperback. A comprehensive overview of the Berber-speaking peoples. From the first appearance of humans in the Maghreb, through the rise of the formidable Berber kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania, the book traces the origins of the distinct characteristics of these disparate and segmented people. Series: Peoples of Africa S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HB; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631207672
ISBN
9780631207672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.24

Hardback. Examines how modern Jewish historians have interpreted Jewish history. This book traces the master narratives of Jewish history from the beginnings of the scholarly study of Jews and Judaism in nineteenth-century Germany; to eastern European approaches by Simon Dubnow and the interwar school of Polish-Jewish historians. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139289
ISBN
9780691139289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.06
€ 55.14

Paperback. Presents the narrative history of the Jewish people from biblical times to today. This book tells a dramatic story of change and migration deeply rooted in tradition, taking readers from the mythic wanderings of Moses to the unspeakable atrocities of the Holocaust; and from the Babylonian exile to the founding of the modern state of Israel. Translator(s): Riemer, Jeremiah. Num Pages: 440 pages, 92 halftones. 1 table. 5 maps. BIC Classification: HRJP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154978
ISBN
9780691154978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.30

Hardcover. Chronicles the integration of dog owners, a much-maligned subculture, into mainstream society by tracing the history of the legislation. This book shows how a combination of science and politics, fact and fear, altruism and self-interest led to the adoption and enforcement of legislation that became a shining success. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFZ; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557534927
ISBN
9781557534927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Written with the assistance, of those involved, including Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno, Andy Mackay and Phil Manzanera, this book gives an account of how pop art, the avant garde underground of the 1960s, and the heady slipstream of London in the sixties was transformed into the fashion cults of revivalism, nostalgia and pop futurism in the early 1970s. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ACXJ1; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571229864
ISBN
9780571229864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.35

Hardback. Michael Boyce Gillespie shifts the ways we think about black film, seeing it not as the representation of the black experience, but as the visual negotiation between film as art and the social construction of race, as well as an interdisciplinary form that enacts black visual and expressive culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362050
ISBN
9780822362050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.75

Paperback. Michael Boyce Gillespie shifts the ways we think about black film, seeing it not as the representation of the black experience, but as the visual negotiation between film as art and the social construction of race, as well as an interdisciplinary form that enacts black visual and expressive culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 269 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362265
ISBN
9780822362265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Hardback. A critical rethinking of theories of national imagination, this book offers the reading to date in English of one of modern Japan's poets and novelists, Shimazaki Toson (1872-1943). It also reveals how Toson's works influenced the production of a fluid, shifting form of national imagination that has characterized twentieth-century Japan. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBH; DSC; DSK; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129800
ISBN
9780231129800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.60

Paperback. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 222 x 14. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158756
ISBN
9780231158756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Hardback. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158749
ISBN
9780231158749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.61

Paperback. Editor(s): Boss, Michael; Maher, Eamon. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240. . New.
Publisher
Veritas Publications
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9781853906428
ISBN
9781853906428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771243543
ISBN
9788771243543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.60

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