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Hardcover. Editor(s): Des Forges, Roger; Minglu, Gao; Chiao-mei, Liu; Saussy, Haun. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages, colour & b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: GT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947143
ISBN
9781933947143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.26

Paperback. Eleven experts provide a complete, objective assessment of mara gang violence in Central America Num Pages: 332 pages, 1 figure, 7 charts, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; JFFE; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292729285
ISBN
9780292729285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. "Holt greatly extends and deepens our understanding of the emancipation experience when, for just over a century, the people of Jamaica struggled to achieve their own vision of freedom and autonomy against powerful conservative forces." -- David Barry Gaspar. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture. Num Pages: 552 pages, 25ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KJWJ; 3JH; 3JJ; JFF; JFSL1; JHBL; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 231 x 41. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
552
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801842917
ISBN
9780801842917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.80

hardcover. Series: Suffolk Records Society. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Monthly Review Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853459606
ISBN
9780853459606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.42

paperback. Series: Cornerstone Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Monthly Review Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853459613
ISBN
9780853459613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. The untold story of Ireland's role, from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1x8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340637876
ISBN
9780340637876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.72

hardcover. These 15 essays engage topics from architecture to politics and from fast food to film, aiming to reveal the problems and potential of postmodern cultural criticism. It looks at the value and limits of postmodernist approaches to present-day society and culture. Editor(s): Carmichael, Thomas; Lee, Alison. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780875802510
ISBN
9780875802510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.61

Hardcover. From high school cafeterias to the floor of Congress, from "The Daily Show" to every comments section on the internet, insult is a truly universal and ubiquitous cultural practice with a long and earthy history. This title deals with the subject of insult. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114774
ISBN
9780226114774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.44
€ 77.43

Paperback. From high school cafeterias to the floor of Congress, from "The Daily Show" to every comments section on the internet, insult is a truly universal and ubiquitous cultural practice with a long and earthy history. This title deals with the subject of insult. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114781
ISBN
9780226114781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.49

Paperback. For subsistence farmers in eastern Kentucky, wealthy horse owners in the central Bluegrass, and tobacco growers in Western Kentucky, land was, and continues to be, one of the commonwealth's greatest sources of economic growth. This work prepares readers for a new era. Num Pages: 152 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; HBTB; JFC; KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 213.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190525
ISBN
9780813190525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.85

Hardback. Accounts of the international relations of Central America have been dominated by the role of the United States and Great Britain. The role of France in Central America has largely been overshadowed by the other great powers. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 244 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JPS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842027922
ISBN
9780842027922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.46

Paperback. 'Toward a Geography of Art' offers essays that examine the intricacies of accounting for the geographical dimension of art history during the early modern period in Europe, Latin America and Asia. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
488
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226133126
ISBN
9780226133126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.86

Paperback. Psychoanalytic theory has traditionally taken sexual difference to be the fundamental organizing principle of human subjectivity. This book contests that assumption, arguing that other forms of difference - particularly race - are equally important to the formation of identity. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSL; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329619
ISBN
9780822329619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. The history of six centuries of weeping Britons. A comprehensive debunking of the myth of the British 'stiff upper lip', from medieval mystics to Margaret Thatcher Num Pages: 456 pages, 30 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JF. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199676064
ISBN
9780199676064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.27

Hardback. The history of six centuries of weeping Britons. A comprehensive debunking of the myth of the British 'stiff upper lip', from medieval mystics to Margaret Thatcher. Num Pages: 456 pages, 30 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 271 x 33. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199676057
ISBN
9780199676057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.99

Paperback. Conventional wisdom holds that television was a co-conspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, that it was a facilitator to the blacklist and handmaiden to McCarthyism. This work argues that, through the influence of television, America actually became a more open and tolerant place. Num Pages: 320 pages, 43 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
Edition
Revised
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129534
ISBN
9780231129534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. This book explores the four-year interval between 1930 and 1934, a time when censorship was lax and Hollywood made the most of it. Doherty chronicles how the freewheeling films of an unrestricted Hollywood inform the culture of America in the 1930s. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, 67 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640. Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934. Series: Film and Culture Series. 400 pages, 67 photos. This book explores the four-year interval between 1930 and 1934, a time when censorship was lax and Hollywood made the most of it. Doherty chronicles how the freewheeling films of an unrestricted Hollywood inform the culture of America in the 1930s. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; JFC. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight: 748.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110952
ISBN
9780231110952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.88

Hardback. From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring the American screen. This title tells the story of Breen's ascent to power and the widespread effects of his reign. Num Pages: 440 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; APFA; BGF; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143585
ISBN
9780231143585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.78
€ 78.05

Hardback. Is opium a vile curse on society, a blessed medicine from God, or possibly both? This fresh history offers surprising new insights. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16-page black & white section. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 784.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300175325
ISBN
9780300175325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.82

paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 71. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801480904
ISBN
9780801480904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.82

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