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Sticks and Stones: Living with Uncertain Wars (Published in Associatio...
J. Brian Atwood, Susan J. Atwood, John Cooley...
Paperback. Bringing together scholars, politicians, and statesmen, this title examines what can be learned from the wars of the 20th century, and how that knowledge might help us. It reviews what we have learned about war and establishes benchmarks for judging whether that knowledge is being translated into changes in the behaviour of our political cultures. Editor(s): O'Malley, Padraig; Atwood, Paul L.; Peterson, Patricia R. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495357
- ISBN
- 9781558495357
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Condition: New
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
Paperback. Highlights the significance of women's work in the clothing trades of the early Republic. Drawing on diaries, letters, and material culture, this book explores the contours of working women's lives in rural New England, offering a view of their varied ranks and roles as producers and consumers, clients and crafts-women, employers and employees. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 illustrations, 8 color plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495456
- ISBN
- 9781558495456
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Condition: New
€ 38.38
€ 38.38
Paperback. In the early 19th century, Lowell, Massachusetts, was widely studied as a model for capitalist industrial development. It was one of the first cities in the US to experience the ravages of deindustrialization. This book explores how history and culture have been used to remake Lowell and how historians have played a crucial role in that process. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495470
- ISBN
- 9781558495470
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Condition: New
€ 42.51
€ 42.51
Paperback. Explores the prospects for a more humane metropolis through a series of essays and case studies that consider why and how urban places can be made greener and more amenable. This book examines topics such as urban and regional greenspaces, urban ecological restoration, social equity, and green design. Editor(s): Platt, Rutherford. Num Pages: 368 pages, 57 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495548
- ISBN
- 9781558495548
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Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. Provides an informal social history of immigrant mobility, prostitution, Jewish life in New York, police dishonesty, the "white slavery" scare of the early twentieth century, and political corruption. This book brings women's lives and problems to the forefront. Num Pages: 424 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495593
- ISBN
- 9781558495593
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Condition: New
€ 37.13
€ 37.13
Paperback. From the earliest days of public outrage over "indecent" nickelodeon shows, Americans have worried about the power of the movies. This book contains eleven essays that examine nearly a century of struggle over cinematic representations of sex, crime, violence, religion, race, and ethnicity. Editor(s): Couvares, Francis G. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495753
- ISBN
- 9781558495753
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Condition: New
€ 43.43
€ 43.43
Paperback. In 1962, the publication of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" sparked widespread public debate on the hazards of pesticide abuse for humans and their environment. This work explores how a newsmaking book enabled a single voice of warning to gain the attention of the entire country, and beyond. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 173 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495821
- ISBN
- 9781558495821
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Condition: New
€ 42.34
€ 42.34
Paperback. Born to an immigrant Philadelphia family in 1779, Stephen Decatur became at age twenty-five the youngest man ever to serve as a captain in the US Navy. Although he died prematurely, Decatur played a significant role in the shaping of the nation's identity at a time when the American people were deciding what kind of nation they would become. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495838
- ISBN
- 9781558495838
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Condition: New
€ 42.07
€ 42.07
Paperback. Throughout his life, Clarence Adams exhibited self-reliance, ambition, ingenuity, courage, and a commitment to learning - character traits often equated with the successful pursuit of the American Dream. This title talks about Adams. Editor(s): Adams, Della; Carlson, Lewis H. Num Pages: 176 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJ; BGA; JFFJ; JFSL3; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 263.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495951
- ISBN
- 9781558495951
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Condition: New
€ 35.94
€ 35.94
Paperback. Places the author's own experience within the context of the American military doctrine of "command responsibility" - the set of rules that holds individual officers directly responsible for the commission of war crimes under their authority. This work traces the evolution of this doctrine from the Civil War. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495999
- ISBN
- 9781558495999
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Condition: New
€ 38.38
€ 38.38
Paperback. Cutting, a form of self-mutilation, is a growing problem in United States, especially among adolescent females. This book discusses clinical and theoretical aspects of cutting and then applies these insights to several memoirs and novels. It also focuses on the pedagogical dynamics of cutting. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JNKS; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496156
- ISBN
- 9781558496156
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Condition: New
€ 44.71
€ 44.71
Paperback. Revaels how Boston's weekly "Gay Community News" was "the center of the universe" during the late 1970s. This memoir captures the heady atmosphere of the times. It is also the authors personal story, of growing up in a political movement; and of her deepening relationships with charismatic, talented, and sometimes utterly weird coworkers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGBA; JFSK; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496217
- ISBN
- 9781558496217
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Condition: New
€ 33.35
€ 33.35
Paperback. Why don't we read novels as if they were histories and histories as if they were novels? Postmodern theorists have argued that since history is a narrative art, it must be understood as a form of narrative representation analogous to fiction. This work reconsiders the relationship between history and fiction in the context of postmodernism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBAH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496279
- ISBN
- 9781558496279
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Condition: New
€ 46.57
€ 46.57
Paperback. Details not only how such writers as James Fenimore Cooper and Henry Rowe Schoolcraft forecast the inevitable demise of Indian-white sympathy, but also how authors like Lydia Maria Child and William Apess insisted that a language of feeling could be used to create shared community or defend American Indian sovereignty. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBF; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496316
- ISBN
- 9781558496316
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Condition: New
€ 41.99
€ 41.99
Paperback. Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany systematically destroyed an estimated 100 million books throughout occupied Europe, an act that was inextricably bound up with the murder of 6 million Jews. This book examines this bleak chapter in the history of printing, reading, censorship, and libraries. It also includes an annotated bibliography. Editor(s): Rose, Jonathan. Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 432 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496439
- ISBN
- 9781558496439
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Condition: New
€ 43.43
€ 43.43
Paperback. An exploration of the outburst of cultural exuberance that swept African America during the late 1930s. It chronicles the triumphs of black Americans and shows how they shaped American music, sports, and dance of the 1930s and beyond. It also shows how they emboldened ordinary African Americans to push for greater recognition and civil liberties. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JJG; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496637
- ISBN
- 9781558496637
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Condition: New
€ 42.18
€ 42.18
Paperback. During the mid-1790s, citizens of the newly formed US became embroiled in a divisive debate over a proposed commercial treaty with Great Britain. This book argues that the debate over the ratification of the Jay Treaty represented more than a clash over foreign policy between pro-treaty Federalists and anti-treaty Jeffersonian Republicans. Series: Political Development of the American Nation: Studies in Politics and History. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- Studies in Politics and History series
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496699
- ISBN
- 9781558496699
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Condition: New
€ 44.37
€ 44.37
Paperback. Presents Emily Dickinson as one of America's great thinkers. This book weaves together many strands in Dickinson's intellectual culture - philosophy, lexicography, religion, experimental science, the female Bildungsroman - and shows how she developed a lyricized and conversational hermeneutics suited to rethinking the discourses of her time. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496842
- ISBN
- 9781558496842
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Condition: New
€ 44.19
€ 44.19
Paperback. Offers an examination of how scientists have been portrayed in American culture. This work examines the stereotypes assigned to scientists for what they tell us about America's pride in its technological achievements as well as our prejudices about certain 'suspect' kinds of scientific investigation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558497030
- ISBN
- 9781558497030
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Condition: New
€ 47.45
€ 47.45
Paperback. The May 1970 killings at Kent State often stand as an epitaph to a decade of protest, after which the principal story becomes the resurgence of the right. This title challenges this paradigm by examining three protest movements: the movement against nuclear energy; the nuclear weapons freeze movement; and, the Central American solidarity movement. Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JJP; HBJK; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- Culture, Politics, and Cold War series
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558497122
- ISBN
- 9781558497122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.91
€ 46.91