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hardcover. Envisioning America is a revealing ethnographic portrait of how naturalized Chinese in Southern California have pursued the democratic ideals of participation through political empowerment and community recognition despite impediments to their full inclusion as American citizens. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804762410
ISBN
9780804762410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.13

Paperback. A focused multisited cultural analysis that reflects on the symbiotic relationship between the local, the national, and the global Series: The New Media World. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
U OF M DIGT CULT BOOKS
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472052431
ISBN
9780472052431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.74

paperback. Investigates "heritage" as an arena in which a variety of private and public actors compete for right to benefit, economically and otherwise, from controlling cultural patrimony. This book presents ethnographic case studies of archaeological sites in the Yucatan Peninsula - Chichen Itza and Chunchucmil and their surrounding modern communities. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: HD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292714809
ISBN
9780292714809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.91

Paperback. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253023056
ISBN
9780253023056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.91

hardcover. Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 294 pages, 20 charts, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1HBE; 1QDT; HBJF1; JFFS; JFSR2; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022813
ISBN
9780253022813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.19

hardcover. Num Pages: 290 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 5SG; APFA; JFD; JFSK; UBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022752
ISBN
9780253022752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.05

Hardback. Editor(s): Launay, Robert. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSR2; JNF; JNLR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022707
ISBN
9780253022707
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1FBN; BM; JFSJ1; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022530
ISBN
9780253022530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.51

hardcover. Translator(s): Slaght, Jonathan C. Num Pages: 488 pages, 36 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FP; 3JJC; JFSL9; JHMC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022059
ISBN
9780253022059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253020604
ISBN
9780253020604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.82

hardcover. Editor(s): Young, Tom. Series: Readings in African Studies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253018809
ISBN
9780253018809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.26

hardcover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216) index. Series: The Spatial Humanities. Num Pages: 236 pages, 11 b&w illus., 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1M; DSA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253018380
ISBN
9780253018380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DQ; JFSJ1; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Counterpoint United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619021792
ISBN
9781619021792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.48

paperback. Challenges prevailing assumptions regarding the notorious difficulty of curing anorexia nervosa. This title reveals how the therapies participate unwittingly in culturally dominant ideals of gender, individualism, physical fitness, and family life that have contributed to the dramatic increase in the incidence of anorexia since the 1970s. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFH; JFSJ1; MMZD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331209
ISBN
9780822331209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.33

paperback. It is considerably easier to say that modern philosophy began with Descartes than it is to define the modernity and philosophy to which Descartes gave rise. This work examines the roles of discourse and writing in Cartesian method and intuition, and the significance of graphic architectonic form in the genealogy of modern philosophy. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822317746
ISBN
9780822317746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.95

Paperback. An accessible, engaging examination of Lillian Gilbreth, whose research in efficiency and human factors changed the way factories are run, how domestic tasks are completed, and how consumers are "sold" on a product Series: Lives of American Women. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Westview Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813347639
ISBN
9780813347639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.58

Paperback. The poems in Nikky Finney's new collection sustain a sensitive and intense dialogue with emblematic figures and events in African American life: from civil rights matriarch Rosa Parks to former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, from a brazen girl strung out on lightning to a terrified woman abandoned on a rooftop during Hurricane Katrina. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 160 x 8. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810152168
ISBN
9780810152168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

paperback. Translator(s): Burton, Sir Richard Francis. Series: Dover Thrift. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FM; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486419176
ISBN
9780486419176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.24

paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 26 black & white tables, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415897983
ISBN
9780415897983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.63

paperback. Illuminates the under-appreciated role of aesthetic concepts and devices - such as metaphor, mimesis, and the sublime - in structuring the thought of political figures from Thomas Hobbes to Jacques Ranciere. This work sheds light on how modes of poetic thinking delimit the questions of unity and diversity. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337188
ISBN
9780822337188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

paperback. Offers a corrective to existing historiography on the Caribbean, that focuses on developments in Afro-Cuban religious culture to demonstrate that traditional Caribbean cultural practices are steeped in the same history that produced modernity and represent complex hybrid formations. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HRA; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328421
ISBN
9780822328421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

hardcover. This is a perfect resource for students interested in the Revolutionary War, the birth of the new nation, and the actual opinions and words of those involved. Series: Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313320835
ISBN
9780313320835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.81

Paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2010 by Praeger. Num Pages: 127 pages, 12 B&W photos. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
127
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612346298
ISBN
9781612346298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.61

Hardback. One out of three Americans is now living at or below the poverty line, according to recent studies. How did this happen? Woody Klein explores the anti-poverty programs - or lack thereof - during each successive administration, explaining how and why no president thus far has been able to end poverty. Num Pages: 248 pages, appendixes; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612341941
ISBN
9781612341941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.11

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