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Paperback. Focusing on "Amos 'n' Andy", a nightly American radio comedy in the 1930s, this text unveils a tale of America's shifting colour line, in which two professional directors of blackface minstrel shows produced a series so complex that it won admirers ranging from ultra-racists to racial egalitarians. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APW; HBJK; HBLW; JFD; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
10th ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920924
ISBN
9780813920924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.38

Paperback. Combining Stewart's letters with Susanne K George's extensive research, this book presents a candid portrait of Elinore, the illness, disappointments, and grinding hard work that lay behind her genial public persona; the family, neighbors, and correspondents who peopled her letter-stories and shared her life. Series: Women in the West. Num Pages: Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803270428
ISBN
9780803270428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 26. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611490800
ISBN
9781611490800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
Minor Compositions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570273186
ISBN
9781570273186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. Editor(s): Goggin, Joyce; Leyda, Julia; Negra, Diane. Num Pages: 310 pages, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 272 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138998766
ISBN
9781138998766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.78

Paperback. Editor(s): Funk, Wolfgang; Gross, Florian; Huber, Irmtraud. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837617573
ISBN
9783837617573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Repeater
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910924181
ISBN
9781910924181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 line art illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMA; AVGR; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816646616
ISBN
9780816646616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Features chapters that focus on the following questions: In which literary projects can we discover a new quality of literariness? What are the terminological and methodological means to examine these literatures? How can we productively link the logics of the play of literary texts and their reception in the reading process? Editor(s): Gendolla, Peter; Schafer, Jorgen. Num Pages: 394 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9783899424935
ISBN
9783899424935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 35.95

Hardcover. The aesthetics of television concerns the medium's means of expression, its forms, conventions and 'styles', and also the content and the relationship between content and expression, as well as the relationship between programme and genre, programme and audience etc. This book aims to describe and analyse television as an aesthetic phenomenon. Editor(s): Agger, Gunhild; Jensen, Jens F. Series: Media & Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 396 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; HPN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 175 x 31. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9788773076231
ISBN
9788773076231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.43

Paperback. A field-defining collection that consolidates thinking and builds momentum in the burgeoning area of affect studies. Editor(s): Gregg, Melissa; Seigworth, Gregory J. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: JFC; JMQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347767
ISBN
9780822347767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Linking cultural studies and sociology, this collection explores the role of affect in the theorization of the social. Editor(s): Clough, Patricia Ticineto; Halley, Jean. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 40. Weight in Grams: 474. Theorizing the Social. 328 pages. Editor(s): Clough, Patricia Ticineto. Linking cultural studies and sociology, this collection explores the role of affect in the theorization of the social. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 40. Weight: 474.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339250
ISBN
9780822339250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. Series: The Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. Num Pages: 528 pages, 51. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSL; JPFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 762. Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939. Series: Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. 528 pages, 47 tables, 4 maps. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSL; JPFN; JPQB. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 32. Weight: 734.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486777
ISBN
9780801486777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.30

Paperback. This reader brings together classic works and contemporary writing on the themes and debates that have animated the field of affordable housing policy as well as the challenges in achieving the goals of policy on the ground. Editor(s): Mueller, Elizabeth; Tighe, Rosie. Num Pages: 592 pages, 29 black & white tables, 9 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFF; RGC; RP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1052.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415669382
ISBN
9780415669382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.34

Paperback. Collects the historical research and writing on African Americans in Texas. Covering the time period between 1820 and the late 1970s, this title highlights the significant role that black Texans played in the development of the state. It is suitable for those interested in the history of black Texans. Editor(s): Glasrud, Bruce A. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896726093
ISBN
9780896726093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.61

This book compiles the contributions of mental health professionals, and scholars of humanities, to offer a multifaceted perspective on the transgenerational trauma of slavery, the hardship of single parent families, the ruthlessness of anti-black racism, and the burden of poverty and social disenfranchisement on the African American individual. Editor(s): Akhtar, Salman, M.D. Num Pages: 478 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
478
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765708359
ISBN
9780765708359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 189.45

Paperback. Examines black newspapers in general and four in particular - the "Chicago Defender", the "Pittsburgh Courier", the "Black Dispatch", and the "Jackson Advocate" - and their coverage of national events. The beginnings of the black press are detailed, focusing on how they reported the anti-slavery movement, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction era. Num Pages: 205 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL3; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786426072
ISBN
9780786426072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.61

Paperback. In order to illuminate transformations in African-American urban life, this book brings together urban history, contemporary social, cultural and policy research and comparative perspectives on race, ethnicity and nationality within and across national boundaries. Editor(s): Trotter, Joe; Lewis, Earl; Hunter, Tera W. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSG; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312294656
ISBN
9780312294656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.07

Hardback. This historical and sociological analysis focuses on the African-American higher education system. Its central themes concern university structure, bureaucracy and transplantation. It also provides an analysis of all factors which have affected both African and African-American higher education. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761801757
ISBN
9780761801757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.22

Paperback. Includes the essays that focus on the problems and conflicts of doing African diaspora research from various disciplinary perspectives as well as situate, describe, and reflect on the practice of diaspora scholarship. This work intends to enlarge understanding of how the diaspora is conceived and explores possibilities for the future of its study. Editor(s): Olaniyan, Tejumola; Sweet, James H. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221919
ISBN
9780253221919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.69

Paperback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 424 pages, 44 illus. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; HBG; HBJH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144711
ISBN
9780231144711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

Paperback. How black identities were forged in New World cultures. Editor(s): Okpewho, Isidore; Davies, Carole Boyce; Mazrui, Ali A. Num Pages: 600 pages, 33 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780253214942
ISBN
9780253214942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. In this definitive study of the African diaspora in North America, Toyin Falola offers a causal history of the western dispersion of Africans and its effects on the modern world. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 454 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBJH; JFFS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464536
ISBN
9781580464536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.26

Hardback. Examines why Asia can feed its rapidly growing population, but Africa experiences famine. Editor(s): Djurfeldt, Goran; Holmen, Hans; Jirstrom, Magnus; Larsson, R. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFSF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851999982
ISBN
9780851999982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.58

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