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Hardback. His compelling narrative gives undergraduate students of early America and the Atlantic World a revealing glimpse into this fascinating-and surprising-meeting of cultures. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10, 8 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801898549
- ISBN
- 9780801898549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.35€ 50.21
€ 53.35
€ 50.21
Hardcover. What effect has the crisis had on current ideas in development thinking? How has it affected and how will it affect economic policy and political realities in Latin America and Asia, including China and India? Will the financial collapse reinforce shifts in geopolitical power and influence, and in what form? This book deals with these questions. Editor(s): Birdsall, Nancy; Fukuyama, Francis. Series: Forum on Constructive Capitalism. Num Pages: 360 pages, 33, 33 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPB; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801899751
- ISBN
- 9780801899751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.05€ 69.32
€ 75.05
€ 69.32
Paperback. An anthology of story, legend, song, and oratory which shows the storytelling traditions of Salish-speaking peoples in the Pacific Northwest of North America. It features an array of Trickster stories centered on Coyote, Mink, and other memorable characters, and stories of the frightening Basket Ogress, and accounts of otherworldly journeys. Editor(s): Thompson, M. Terry; Egesdal, Steven M. Series: Native Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 498 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803210899
- ISBN
- 9780803210899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.54
€ 32.99
€ 29.54
Hardback. Southeastern Colorado was known as the northernmost boundary of New Spain in the sixteenth century. By the late 1800s, the region was US territory, but the majority of settlers remained Hispanic families. Bonnie J. Clark investigates the unwritten history of this unique Hispanic population. Series: Historical Archaeology of the American West. Num Pages: 176 pages, 26 illustrations, 6 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; HBJK; HD; JFSL4; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803213722
- ISBN
- 9780803213722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.39
€ 57.39
Paperback. Offers an account of the Las Vegas gambling scene that surrounded the first weekend of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. This book raises the question of whether this subculture of March Madness is a blessing or a curse - and what, finally, it all means. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803213838
- ISBN
- 9780803213838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.96
€ 20.99
€ 20.96
Hardback. Offers an account that traces the histories of the Native peoples of the American West, from their arrival thousands of years ago to the early years of the nineteenth century. This book depicts Indian country west of the Appalachians to the Pacific, with emphasis on conflict and change. Series: History of the American West. Num Pages: 631 pages, 22 photographs, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 631
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803215306
- ISBN
- 9780803215306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.49
€ 107.49
Hardback. A comparative assessment of Indian treaty negotiation and implementation focusing on the first decade following the United States-Lakota Treaty of 1868 and Treaty Six between Canada and the Plains Cree (1876). It restores Indian treaties to a central position in the investigation of Native-non-Native relations in the United States and Canada. Num Pages: 484 pages, 1 photogrpaph, maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803215894
- ISBN
- 9780803215894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardback. A biography of Lev Shternberg (1861-1927) that illuminates the development of professional anthropology in late imperial and early Soviet Russia. It explores the scholarly and political aspects of Shternberg's life and how they influenced each other. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 574 pages, 22 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: BGH; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 46. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 574
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803216037
- ISBN
- 9780803216037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.86
€ 71.86
Paperback. Analyses contemporary issues in the Amazon and the interaction between Amazonian people and external forces. This book focuses on case studies from Amazonian Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador regarding the themes of indigeneity, community making, development politics, and the transcendence of indigenous/non-indigenous divides. Editor(s): Hutchins, Frank; Wilson, Patrick C. Num Pages: 306 pages, 5 Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC; JHMP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803216129
- ISBN
- 9780803216129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.41
€ 36.99
€ 34.41
Hardback. Illuminates how the University of Chicago's innovative Action Anthropology program of ethnographic fieldwork affected the Meskwaki Indians of Iowa. Drawing on interviews and archival records, this work tells the story from the viewpoint of the Meskwaki themselves. It also assesses the impact of Action Anthropology on the Meskwaki settlement. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 574 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 574
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217324
- ISBN
- 9780803217324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.87
€ 71.87
Paperback. A fascinating exploration of the science of quotology Series: Stages. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217522
- ISBN
- 9780803217522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. Drawing on the oral histories of forty Omaha elders collected in 1992, Dance Lodges of the Omaha People provides insights into how these lodges shaped Omaha cultural identity and illustrates the adaptive abilities of the modern Omaha tribe. A new afterword by the author highlights advances in research on these unique structures since 1992. Num Pages: 214 pages, 7 figures, 18 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803217577
- ISBN
- 9780803217577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.07
€ 22.07
Paperback. Examines the shatter zone created in the colonial South through the interactions of American Indians and European colonists. This book assesses the shatter zone region as a whole and the varied ways in which Native peoples wrestled with an increasingly unstable world and worked to re-establish order. Editor(s): Ethridge, Robbie; Shuck-Hall, Sheri Marie. Num Pages: 536 pages, 1 photo, 15 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803217591
- ISBN
- 9780803217591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.93
€ 36.99
€ 33.93
Paperback. In their homelands in what is now New York state, the Iroquois have assumed a prominent role in public debate as residents of the region seek ways to resolve multibillion-dollar land claims. This work presents a study of the historical and social issues raised during the Iroquois' long struggle over disputed territorial titles. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217768
- ISBN
- 9780803217768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.62
€ 17.99
€ 17.62
Paperback. The occupation of Alcatraz Island by American Indians from November 20, 1969, through June 11, 1971, focused the attention of the world on Native Americans and helped develop pan-Indian activism. This work examines the takeover, and tells the story of those who organized the occupation and those who participated. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL9; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803217799
- ISBN
- 9780803217799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.97
€ 20.99
€ 20.97
Paperback. Documents the trading relationship in the eighteenth century between the Creek Indians and the Anglo-American peoples who settled in what is now the southeastern US. This book is the first to examine extensively the Creek side of this trade, especially the impact of commercial hunting on all aspects of Indian society. Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 13 images; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; JFSL9; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218567
- ISBN
- 9780803218567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.07
€ 22.07
paperback. Born in a small village in the Everglades in 1920, Buffalo Tiger grew up immersed in the traditional customs and language of the Miccosukees. As the modern world encroached on the Miccosukees and the Everglades shrank around them, he became an energetic and outspoken leader of the community. This is the biography of a tireless leader. Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 photographs, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJ; BGA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218857
- ISBN
- 9780803218857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.62
€ 17.99
€ 17.62
Paperback. An interdisciplinary and international collection of essays that illuminates the importance and effects of indigenous perspectives for museums. It challenges and complicates the traditionally close colonialist connections between museums and nation-states and urge more activist and energized roles for museums in the decades ahead. Editor(s): Sleeper-Smith, Susan. Num Pages: 374 pages, 14 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: GM; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803219489
- ISBN
- 9780803219489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.32
€ 36.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. An introduction to and overview of the modern era of Kansas politics and government in the context of the state's history and political cultures. It uses the prism of political cultures to interpret Kansas politics and disclose the intimate connections between the state's past and its current politics. Series: Politics & Governments of the American States Series. Num Pages: 290 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220287
- ISBN
- 9780803220287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.96
€ 76.96
paperback. Coupled with problems such as speculation, food and clothing shortages, conscription, taxation, and a focus on the protection of local interests, desertion started as a military problem and spilled over into the civilian world. This book studies desertion in the Confederate army. It confronts a question: did desertion hurt the Confederacy? Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220805
- ISBN
- 9780803220805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41