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Paperback. Presents a heartwarming account of dynamic relationships and outcomes involving a therapist, his therapy animals, and his patients, gathered from almost two decades of ongoing practice. It is a narrative of Dr. Aubrey H. Fine's experiences and his growing respect for the power of the animals' effects on his patients and himself. Series: New Direction in the Human-Animal Bond. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFZ; MMH; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537669
- ISBN
- 9781557537669
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Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. An analysis of the Pequot War (1636-1637), a pivotal event in New England colonial history. After years of peace, Puritan settlers mounted a brutal assault on the Pequot Indians of Connecticut. This book refutes claims that the settlers acted defensively to counter a Pequot conspiracy. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558490307
- ISBN
- 9781558490307
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.78
€ 31.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. Offering an introduction to the field of archaeology, the authors use a single case study to demonstrate the power of their interdisciplinary approach, and create a fresh portrait of 19th-century domestic life in the company-owned boarding-houses of the Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. Num Pages: 128 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HD; JHM; WTHH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558490352
- ISBN
- 9781558490352
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Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. A collection of readings that explore the role of black style in American culture. While each essay focuses on a different aspect of African-American culture, together they seek to reveal a set of creative principles, techniques and practices - a cultural aesthetic - that is consistent. Editor(s): Caponi, Gena Dagel. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558491830
- ISBN
- 9781558491830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Technologies of Landscape: From Reaping to Recycling
Paul Brassley, James Dickinson, Jacob Wamberg...
Paperback. Drawing on evidence from Europe and America, and from the Renaissance to the present day, the contributors to this volume reconceive of the relationship between technology and landscape as a product of cultural interactions, and as a process embedded in narrative, or time. Editor(s): Nye, David E. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558492295
- ISBN
- 9781558492295
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.78
€ 31.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. In this volume, 11 scholars explore the role of ethnic food in American culture, with a particular focus on women. They argue that ethnic cooking represents both a source of sustenance and a complex form of communication. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558492868
- ISBN
- 9781558492868
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Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
Paperback. In the rural America of the past, a woman's reputation was sometimes made by her cherry pie - of her chocolate layer cake, or her biscuits. This work shows how cooking evolved during the 20th century as new challenges arose to replace the old. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1; WBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558493339
- ISBN
- 9781558493339
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.78
€ 31.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. This volume, edited by two of McKenzie's former students, brings together a wide range of his writings on bibliography, the book trade and the "sociology of texts". Editor(s): McDonald. Peter D. (Fellow, St Hugh's College, University of Oxford); Suarez S.J., Michael F. (Fordham University, USA). Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558493360
- ISBN
- 9781558493360
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Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. This examination of hunting in contemporary America uses interviews, opinion surveys and demographic statistics to analyze the meanings that people attach to hunting; who hunts, how they compare socially and politically with non-hunters, and how they see themselves and are seen by others. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFZ; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558493841
- ISBN
- 9781558493841
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.78
€ 31.99
€ 31.78
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495456
- ISBN
- 9781558495456
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Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495593
- ISBN
- 9781558495593
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Condition: New
€ 30.54
€ 30.54
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495753
- ISBN
- 9781558495753
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Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495999
- ISBN
- 9781558495999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.78
€ 31.99
€ 31.78
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496217
- ISBN
- 9781558496217
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Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496439
- ISBN
- 9781558496439
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Condition: New
€ 36.78
€ 36.78
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496637
- ISBN
- 9781558496637
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Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Brings to life the influenza epidemic of 1918 by tracing its path through the town of Norwood, Massachusetts. This close analysis of one town's struggle illuminates how even well-intentioned elite groups may adopt and implement strategies that can exacerb Num Pages: 192 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558498129
- ISBN
- 9781558498129
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.78
€ 31.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. Chronicles the rise of an emerging musical and cultural moment rooted in today's global, networked communications infrastructure. Based on interviews with prominent DJs, attorneys, and music industry executives, this book argues that battles over sampling Series: Science/technology/culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558498297
- ISBN
- 9781558498297
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Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
Paperback. Examines the representation of African American culture in mainstream art museums from the 1920s to the 2000s Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558498754
- ISBN
- 9781558498754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.52
€ 35.52
Paperback. Essays that place literary journalism in an international context Editor(s): Bak, John S.; Reynolds, Bill. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558498778
- ISBN
- 9781558498778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28