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Paperback. Traces Arsenio Rodriguez's early career in Cuba, his influence on Cuban and Latin popular music in the 1940s, his struggle for recognition at the height of mambo-mania in the 1950s, and his importance to Puerto Rican and Cuban communities in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Series: Studies in Latin American and Caribbean Music Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 5 tables, 18 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; ASD; AVGE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592133864
ISBN
9781592133864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. The Student's Guide to European Integration is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the political, economic and legal aspects of the European Union. Fully up to date and jargon--free, the volume provides students with a clear overview of the history and institutional structure of the EU. Editor(s): Fernandez Garcia, Jorge Juan; Clayton, Jess; Hobley, Christopher. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 175 x 29. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745629803
ISBN
9780745629803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.09

Hardback. Many of American journalism's best-known and most cherished stories are exaggerated, dubious, or apocryphal. They are media-driven myths. In this book, the author confronts and dismantles prominent media-driven myths, describing how they can feed stereotypes, distort understanding about the news media, and deflect blame from policymakers. Num Pages: 368 pages, 27 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291270
ISBN
9780520291270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 72.77

Paperback. Did the Washington Post bring down Richard Nixon by reporting on the Watergate scandal? Did a cryptic remark by Walter Cronkite effectively end the Vietnam War? This book describes how myths like these can feed stereotypes, deflect blame from policymakers, and overstate the power and influence of the news media. Num Pages: 381 pages, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291294
ISBN
9780520291294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. .
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119218685
ISBN
9781119218685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.52

Paperback. The Welsh Fairy Book is a beautifully written collection of fairy tales and folk stories, first printed by the University of Wales Press in 1952. Illustrator(s): Pogany, Willy. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; JFHF; YFJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 214 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708312575
ISBN
9780708312575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.17

Paperback. Series: Dover Children's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrationsmusic. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; FQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486417110
ISBN
9780486417110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.69

Hardcover. Communications, philosophy, film and video, digital culture: media studies straddles an astounding array of fields and disciplines and produces a vocabulary that is in equal parts rigorous and intuitive. This title defines what this hybrid area aims to do, exploring our language for dealing with the qualities and modes of contemporary media. Editor(s): Mitchell, W. J. T.; Hansen, Mark B. N. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: GBC; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532547
ISBN
9780226532547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.82
€ 80.32

Hardcover. Features three essays that engage with the extraordinary Occupy Wall Street movement that has swept across the world, examining everything from self-immolations in the Middle East to the G8 crackdown in Chicago to the many protest signs still visible worldwide. Series: TRIOS. Num Pages: 168 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: JFD; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226042602
ISBN
9780226042602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.52
€ 52.52

Paperback. Features three essays that engage the extraordinary Occupy movement that has swept across the world, examining everything from self-immolations in the Middle East to the G8 crackdown in Chicago to the many protest signs still visible worldwide. Series: TRIOS. Num Pages: 168 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: JFD; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226042749
ISBN
9780226042749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.39

Paperback. Communications, philosophy, film and video, digital culture: media studies straddles an astounding array of fields and disciplines and produces a vocabulary that is in equal parts rigorous and intuitive. This title defines what this hybrid area aims to do, exploring our language for dealing with the qualities and modes of contemporary media. Editor(s): Mitchell, W. J. T.; Hansen, Mark B. N. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: GBC; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532554
ISBN
9780226532554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. In this companion volume to "Iconology", the author investigates pictures - the concrete, representational objects in which images appear. Focusing on popular and television coverage of the Gulf War, he examines the capacity of visual images to awaken/stifle public debate, emotion and violence. Num Pages: 462 pages, 79 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; APFA; APT; GTE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532325
ISBN
9780226532325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.61

Paperback. A fascinating evocation of life on the Settle-Carlisle railway during the days of steam Num Pages: 112 pages, 39 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; JFHF; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 237 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553213
ISBN
9781781553213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.50

Hardcover. Forensic archaeology is mostly defined as the use of archaeological methods and principles within a legal context. However, such a definition only covers one aspect of forensic archaeology and misses the full potential this discipline has to offer. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: HDW; JKVF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 256 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1214.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118745984
ISBN
9781118745984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.17

Paperback. This study explores the patterns of international conflict and co-operation in four geographical subsystems: the Horn of Africa, the Persian/Arabian Gulf, the South Asian subcontinent and south-east Asia. Each area is scrutinized in terms of its individual dynamics over a period of time. Num Pages: 338 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JPR; JPS; RGCP; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780231078610
ISBN
9780231078610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Hardback. Embracing an approach to emotions that can generally be characterized as cognitive, Turski examines what it takes in the interrelation of conceptual, historical, psychological, and sociological factors for sustaining a coherent picture of emotions in relation to certain fundamental human features: Series: Series in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821410752
ISBN
9780821410752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.69

Paperback. A thoroughly updated and expanded edition of Lovell's classic account of the violence that has wracked Guatemala, from its roots in the colonial past to its aftermath in the twenty-first century Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 221 pages, 27 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292721838
ISBN
9780292721838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Hardback. Plato's "Republic", Hobbes' "Leviathan", and Marx's "Communist Manifesto" are universally acknowledged classics of Western political thought. But how strong are the core arguments on which they base their visions of the good society that they want to bring into being? This book shows where and why they fail. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144764
ISBN
9780691144764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. Series: Viewpoints. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910021743
ISBN
9781910021743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. This volume collects W.E.B. Du Bois' sociological writings from 1898 to 1910. The selections include discussion on the conception of sociology and sociological research, especially as a tool in the struggle for racial justice along with an assessment of race relations before and after World War II. Series: Heritage of Sociology S. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167602
ISBN
9780226167602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

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