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Paperback. In an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evacuations, and field exercises. This title investigates the fundamentally theatrical nature of these Cold War civil defense exercises. Num Pages: 432 pages, 58 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JWKW; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822339700
- ISBN
- 9780822339700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.61
€ 41.99
€ 37.61
Stages of Life: Transcultural Performance and Identity in U.S. Latina ...
Sandoval-Sánchez, Alberto, Sternbach, Nancy ...
Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816518296
- ISBN
- 9780816518296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.00
€ 40.00
Paperback. Series: Jack & Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 70 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; AN; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 813. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477308202
- ISBN
- 9781477308202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.81
€ 32.99
€ 29.81
Paperback. Offers a part gossipy narrative, part behind-the-scenes glimpse into the New York theatre culture, and part polemic on how mainstream artists co-opt the work of marginal artists. This book uses the suspicions of copyright infringement to initiate a larger conversation on how AIDS and gay experience are represented in American art and commerce. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFD; JFSK; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Durham, North Carolina
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322641
- ISBN
- 9780822322641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Staging and Stagers in Modern Jewish Palestine: The Creation of Festiv...
Sitton, Shoshana, Shavit, Yaacov
Hardcover. This case study describes the work of the people responsible for creating festive lore and its system of ceremonies and festivities - an inseparable part of every culture. Translator(s): Naor, Chaya. Series: Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814328453
- ISBN
- 9780814328453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.14
€ 56.14
Hardback. A study of the television dramas about government corruption that became hugely popular in the mid-1990s and their reflection of China's post-Socialist anxieties. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFDT; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774826310
- ISBN
- 9780774826310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.49
€ 107.49
Paperback. Beginning in the 1950s, the theory of modernization emerged as the dominant paradigm of sconomic, social, and political development within the America foreign policy establishment. This collection of essays attempts to shed fresh light on the global forces that shaped the Cold War and its legacies. Editor(s): Engerman, David C.; etc.; Gilma, Nils (Postgraduate Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, USA); Haefele, Mark H. (Assistant Professor of History, Fordham University, USA). Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; GTF; JPA; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558493704
- ISBN
- 9781558493704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.18
€ 42.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Schlehe, Judith; Uike-Bormann, Michiko; Oesterle, Carolyn; Hochbruck, Wolfgang. Num Pages: 274 pages, 29 b/w & 3 colour illus. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 20. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837614817
- ISBN
- 9783837614817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.72
€ 45.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Discusses how Chinese conceptions of nationalism were affected by the "discovery" of Hawaii as a centre of the Pacific, the Philippine revolution against the United States, and the relationship between nationality and ethnicity made apparent by the Boer War in South Africa. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; GTB; HBJF; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328674
- ISBN
- 9780822328674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.32
€ 36.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. Staging Words, Performing Worlds presents new perspectives on Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, and Venezuela and their theater by theorizing how, through performance, nation can be "re-imagined" and reconstructed. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611482782
- ISBN
- 9781611482782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.71
€ 144.71
Paperback. Perhaps the most easily recognizable military helmet of the 20th century is the German Stahlhelm. In this revised and expanded edition of the text, Floyd R. Tubbs and Robert W. Clawson identify and classify the Stahlhelm and relate its history, designs, features and uses. Num Pages: 104 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW; JWM; JWTU; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kent State Univ Pr
- Edition
- Rev Exp Su
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873386777
- ISBN
- 9780873386777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.54
€ 24.54
Paperback. Drawing on oral histories and a close study of daily life in rural Guyana, the author chronicles the complex struggles of the citizens of Guyana to form a unified national culture against the pulls of ethnic, racial, religious, and class identities. Num Pages: 343 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSG; JFC; JFSL3; JHM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822311195
- ISBN
- 9780822311195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.32
€ 36.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Alland, Sandra; Barokka, Khairani; Sluman, Daniel. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 10. .
- Publisher
- Nine Arches Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911027195
- ISBN
- 9781911027195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. The news story of the year: an explosive expose of how British military intelligence really works, from the inside. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; BT; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862788438
- ISBN
- 9780862788438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.57
€ 13.99
€ 12.57
Paperback. Stalin was once described - by Hitler - as "half beast, half giant". How did a man once regarded by his rivals as intellectually inferior come to achieve near-divine status as dictator of the largest country in the world? This biography argues that the key to understanding the enigma of Stalin lies in his unadulterated political ambition. Series: Profiles in Power. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582784796
- ISBN
- 9780582784796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.74
€ 69.74
Hardback. Translation and expansion of: Togliatti e Stalin; published in Italian in 1997 and updated in 2007. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804774321
- ISBN
- 9780804774321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.04
€ 82.04
Paperback. "To my mind, the most significant single scholarly contribution made to date, anywhere, to the history of Soviet power."-George F. Kennan Num Pages: 752 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; JPFC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 728
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393308693
- ISBN
- 9780393308693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.43
€ 47.99
€ 40.43
Paperback. Covers the famed Russian rocket launchers of World War II. Translator(s): Force, Edward. Num Pages: 48 pages, b/w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JWM; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 210 x 3. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887406690
- ISBN
- 9780887406690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, over 470 b/w photos, 16 color aircraft profiles. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 240 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764304767
- ISBN
- 9780764304767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.37€ 49.51
€ 64.37
€ 49.51
Hardcover. Provides a history of the Soviet partisan movement, a people's army of irregulars fighting behind enemy lines. This work describes it as a social phenomenon and reveals how its members were both transformed by the crucible of war. It shows that people who suddenly had the autonomy to act on their own came to rethink the Stalinist regime. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614806
- ISBN
- 9780700614806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42