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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. This book examines the cultural, social, and historical affinities between the Francophone Caribbean and the American South, considering figures as diverse as Barack Obama, Frantz Fanon, Miles Davis, James Brown, Edouard Glissant, William Faulkner, Maryse Conde and Lafcadio Hearn. Editor(s): Munro, Martin; Britton, Celia. Series: Francophone Postcolonial Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 1KJ; AB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846317538
ISBN
9781846317538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.45

Paperback. This is the study of a major change in American middle-class emotional culture. It took place between the end of World War I and the 1950s. Becoming a "cool" character meant adopting an air of nonchalance, an emotional mantle, to shield the whole personality from embarrassing excess. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM; JMH; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814779965
ISBN
9780814779965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199351817
ISBN
9780199351817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.20

Paperback. This book guides the reader through recent and established theories as well as introducing a number of previously neglected themes, films and texts. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619238
ISBN
9780748619238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.54

Hardback. This is the rollicking, never-before-published memoir of a fascinating African American woman with an uncanny knack for being in the right place in the most interesting times. Actress, dancer, model, literary critic, psychologist, and free-spirited provocateur, Anita Reynolds was, as her Parisian friends nicknamed her, an American Cocktail. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BM; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073050
ISBN
9780674073050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBCR; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 864.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560729617
ISBN
9781560729617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.87
€ 71.61

Paperback. Traces both the history of civil rights and black power politics as well as the history of suburbanization and home-owner politics. This work shows that racial inequities in both New Deal and Great Society liberalism precipitated local struggles over land, jobs, taxes, and race within postwar metropolitan development. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 halftones. 8 tables. 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691124865
ISBN
9780691124865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.78

Hardcover. Examining the work of such artists as Mark Rothko, Max Weber, and Ruth Weisberg, this title reveals the different ways these artists responded to the Great Immigration, the Depression, the Holocaust, the founding of the state of Israel, and the rise of feminism. It is suitable for those interested in modern American art and Jewish studies. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 290 pages, 77 black-&-white illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630678
ISBN
9780815630678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.07

Paperback. The first comprehensive guide to identifying and interpreting items such as buttons, clasps, buckles, combs, and other items of personal adornment in early American museum collections and archaeological sites. Series: American Association for State & Local History. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCK; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759105898
ISBN
9780759105898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.51

Hardback. The first comprehensive guide to identifying and interpreting items such as buttons, clasps, buckles, combs, and other items of personal adornment in early American museum collections and archaeological sites. Series: American Association for State & Local History. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: JFCK; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 214 x 16. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759105881
ISBN
9780759105881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.43

Paperback. Visual texts demonstrate the contested terms of American identity. This book offers an account of how photography and the sciences of biological racialism joined forces in the nineteenth century to offer an idea of what Americans look like - or 'should' look like. Num Pages: 302 pages, 60 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AJ; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691004785
ISBN
9780691004785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.69

Paperback. Examines representations of Arabs, Islam and the Near East in nineteenth-century American culture Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJK; JFC; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814745182
ISBN
9780814745182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. This text examines the links between persistent poverty among blacks in the United States and the unparalleled degree of deliberate segregration that they experience in American cities. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 line illustration, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674018211
ISBN
9780674018211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Challenges cliches about race and gender while looking at current debates about multiculturalism and difference while simultaneously exposing the ways in which white racial supremacy has been reconfigured since the institutional demise of segregation Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315919
ISBN
9780822315919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Situates dance within a larger Chicago landscape of segregated social practices. Focusing on new forms of appropriation in an era of multiculturalism, the author underscores the institutionalization of racial disparities and offers insights into the intersection of race and culture in America. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226043104
ISBN
9780226043104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 33 halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226313665
ISBN
9780226313665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 426 pages, 11 black & white tables, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTK; JFSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415537605
ISBN
9780415537605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.00

Paperback. America's Four Gods is an unprecedented investigation into what average Americans think about God. Utilizing survey data and in-depth interviews, Froese and Bader demonstrate how Americans have four distinct conceptions of God and how these different Gods lie at the heart of the major social, moral, and political divisions in our country. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRAX; HRLM; JFSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
Updated Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190248857
ISBN
9780190248857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.87

Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; JFSL3; JPFF; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813140773
ISBN
9780813140773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.07

Paperback. History of advertising using paper dolls from 1890s to First World War in America. Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors. Num Pages: 160 pages, 508 color photos. BIC Classification: AFH; JFCA; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764307027
ISBN
9780764307027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.12

Hardback. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815634805
ISBN
9780815634805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.36

Hardcover. Shows how the issues confronted America in the late twentieth century have roots in the fifties, some apparent at the time, others only in retrospect: civil rights, environmentalism, the counterculture, and "movements" on behalf of women, Chicanos, and Native Americans. This book is useful for instructors of American history survey courses. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 black-&-white photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631033
ISBN
9780815631033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.91

Paperback. Shows how the issues confronted America in the late twentieth century have roots in the fifties, some apparent at the time, others only in retrospect: civil rights, environmentalism, the counterculture, and "movements" on behalf of women, Chicanos, and Native Americans. This book is useful for instructors of American history survey courses. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 black-&-white photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631286
ISBN
9780815631286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 30 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB; JFSG; KNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 185 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Urban Land Institute
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874203639
ISBN
9780874203639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.42

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