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Hardback. Michelle D. Commander traces how black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa through speculative literature and film and travel to cultural heritage sites as means to create a sense of homecoming, belonging, and connection with their ancestors, spiritual realm, and Africa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822363118
ISBN
9780822363118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.75

Paperback. Michelle D. Commander traces how black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa through speculative literature and film and travel to cultural heritage sites as means to create a sense of homecoming, belonging, and connection with their ancestors, spiritual realm, and Africa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363231
ISBN
9780822363231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Two-thirds of Africans, both free and enslaved, who came to the Americas from 1500 to 1870 came to Spanish America and Brazil. Yet Afro-Latin Americans have been excluded from narratives of their hemisphere's history. George Reid Andrews redresses this omission by making visible the lives and labors of black Latin Americans in the New World. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBAH; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737594
ISBN
9780674737594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.96

Hardback. Editor(s): McKnight, Kathryn Joy; Garofalo, Leo J. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
Translation
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624664014
ISBN
9781624664014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081446
ISBN
9780252081446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252039935
ISBN
9780252039935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.74

Paperback. Explores the role of African Americans in the Pentecostal Church from 1906-2006 Editor(s): Yong, Amos; Alexander, Estrelda Y. Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 271 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRCC2; HRCC96; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814797310
ISBN
9780814797310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Looks at the mutual influence of and relationships between members of the African and Asian diasporas in the Americas. From the history of Japanese jazz composers to the popularity of black/Asian "buddy films" like "Rush Hour", this work talks about the shifting meaning of race in America in the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Raphael-Hernandez, Heike; Steen, Shannon. Num Pages: 342 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814775813
ISBN
9780814775813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. An up to date look at Black beauty and fashion blogs and what it is to be an Afropolitan. Num Pages: 205 pages, 17 diagrams and maps; 37 photos and images. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Books of Africa Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993503610
ISBN
9780993503610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. Leading Political Thinkers About the World, the U.S. and Themselves. 200 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Dimension: 151 x 209 x 14. Weight: 326.
Format
Paperback
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9783866493643
ISBN
9783866493643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.62

hardcover. Editor(s): Romero, Elmer. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JKSF; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers, Inc United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634853439
ISBN
9781634853439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.62
€ 134.54

Paperback. The politics of legitimacy is central to international relations. When states perceive an international organization as legitimate, they defer to it, associate themselves with it, and invoke its symbols. Examining the United Nations Security Council, this book demonstrates how legitimacy is created, used, and contested in international relations. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPSN1; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138343
ISBN
9780691138343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Hardback. Art as we know it is dramatically changing, but popular and critical responses lag behind. This title describes how art and architecture are being transformed in the age of Google. It provides an original theory of art and architecture in the age of global networks. Series: Point: Essays on Architecture. Num Pages: 136 pages, 39 color illus. 1 halftone. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150444
ISBN
9780691150444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

Hardcover. Investigates the ways in which the events in Derry on 30th January 1972 have found representation in photography, film, theatre, poetry, television documentary, art installations, murals, music, commemorative events, legal discourse, eyewitness testimony, and pressure-group campaigns. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
152
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184257
ISBN
9781859184257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813584263
ISBN
9780813584263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JPVH1; LNDC; LNHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168128
ISBN
9780691168128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159966
ISBN
9780691159966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JNR; VSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
InterVarsity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780830844609
ISBN
9780830844609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Drawn from top criminologists in the US and UK, each of the contributors applies criminological theory to the question of how best to reintegrate ex-offenders into the community, giving voice to the ex prisoner in a way that is rarely heard in criminological research or policy debates around resettlement. Editor(s): Maruna, Shadd; Immarigeon, Russ. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVQ1; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843920571
ISBN
9781843920571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.35

hardcover. After Empire offers a new analysis of how Chinese thinkers constructed a modern constitutional state in place of the age-old imperial state at the turn of the twentieth century, and the revolutionary processes thereby engendered. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 669.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804778688
ISBN
9780804778688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.23

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