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Hardback. Offers an examination of Asian immigration to the United States, focusing on three central questions: What causes Asian immigration to the United States? How do post-1965 Asian immigrants impact American society? How do new Asian immigrants and their children adapt to American life? Series: Polity Immigration and Society Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645025
- ISBN
- 9780745645025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.70
€ 72.70
Hardback. Drawing on archival research, this illuminating study shows how residents of all ethnicities in three colonial boomtowns used festivals to redefine wealth and present themselves as more than subjects of European power. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; ACN; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477310502
- ISBN
- 9781477310502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.31
€ 96.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; VFJX; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Quest Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780835609401
- ISBN
- 9780835609401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.74
€ 17.99
€ 16.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 398 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Phoenix Edition, 1980
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226307466
- ISBN
- 9780226307466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Hardback. Examines the politics of consumer and environmental risk regulation in the United States and Europe over the last five decades, explaining why America and Europe have often regulated a wide range of similar risks differently. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFE; LNCB3; LNKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 238 x 16. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124162
- ISBN
- 9780691124162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.05€ 42.28
€ 53.05
€ 42.28
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kelsey, Lindsay S. Num Pages: 156 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 257 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617288678
- ISBN
- 9781617288678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 240.47€ 163.84
€ 240.47
€ 163.84
Paperback. Pummeled by a century of drought, depopulation, and soil erosion, America's Great Plains are in dire straits. Frank and Deborah Popper have a solution: create a Buffalo common by returning 139,000 acres in ten states to prairie and reintroducing the buffalo that once roamed there. Num Pages: 204 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RGBC; RNKH; RPG; WNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226510965
- ISBN
- 9780226510965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.01
€ 31.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. Presents an account of the birth of modern California. This book frames the gold rush years within the larger story of the state's transformation from the quietude of a Mexican hinterland in the 1840s to the forefront of entrepreneurial capitalism by the 1890s. Num Pages: 366 pages, 275 color and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 225 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520214026
- ISBN
- 9780520214026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.40
€ 46.99
€ 33.40
Paperback. "What Moby-Dick is to whales, Brilliant Beacons is to lighthouses-a transformative account of a familiar yet mystical subject." -Laurence Bergreen, author of Columbus: The Four Voyages Num Pages: 560 pages, 112 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; TRLN; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631492501
- ISBN
- 9781631492501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.25
€ 19.99
€ 19.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Mahoney, Anita V. Num Pages: 87 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 87
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604566109
- ISBN
- 9781604566109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.11€ 43.33
€ 60.11
€ 43.33
Hardback. In Negro Soy Yo Marc D. Perry explores how Cuban raperos (black-identified rappers) in Havana craft notions of black Cuban identity and racial citizenship in the face of continuing racism and marginalization during an era in which the Cuban economy, society, and nationhood have been under constant flux. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 295 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822359852
- ISBN
- 9780822359852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.87
€ 109.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 365 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Diamond Communications United States
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780912083988
- ISBN
- 9780912083988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.13
€ 18.13
hardcover. Intensely autobiographical novels, "The Captain and the Colonel" and "Two Years - or The Way We Lived Then" are Chesnut's fictionalized accounts of the world as women experienced it in the mid-19th century Civil War South. These short, unfinished novels address a range of subjects related to women. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; FC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920580
- ISBN
- 9780813920580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.24
€ 55.24
Paperback. Bringing together canonical philosophical texts from African, African--American, Afro--Caribbean, and Black European thinkers, this major new anthology is designed to serve both as a textbook and as the authoritative reference volume in Africana philosophical and cultural studies. Editor(s): Eze, Emmanuel Chukwudi. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 512 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; 1KBB; HPD; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 29. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203384
- ISBN
- 9780631203384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 52.96
€ 53.99
€ 52.96
Paperback. Born to a British father and a Chinese mother, Winnifred Eaton (1875-1954) decided to capitalize on her exotic appearance. This work chronicles the sometimes desperate, sometimes canny, and always bold course of her career as a journalist, a bestselling novelist, and a Hollywood scriptwriting protegee of Carl Laemmle at Universal Studios. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 296 pages, 27 photographs. BIC Classification: 1K; BG; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073885
- ISBN
- 9780252073885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.91
€ 24.99
€ 22.91
Tourists may want a life uncomplicated by technology, but would they be willing to drive around in horse-drawn buggies in order to achieve it?Trollinger's answers to important questions in her fascinating study of Amish Country tourism are sure to challenge readers' understanding of this surprising cultural phenomenon. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20, 4 maps, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; JFSR; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404196
- ISBN
- 9781421404196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Paperback. Manitoba's long history of conflict, and the impact that has had on the rest of Canada, is revealed in these political biographies of the province's first eighteen premiers. Editor(s): Ferguson, Barry; Wardhaugh, Robert. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889772168
- ISBN
- 9780889772168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.20
€ 30.99
€ 26.20
Paperback. Since the 1700s, the landscape of New England has been transformed. This book examines the changes in the area, from the intensive farming through the 19th century to the reforesting of the 20th century, using the models of the land contained in Harvard University's "Fisher Museum". Series: Harvard University Forest S. Num Pages: 80 pages, 49 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; RGBL; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 6. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674003446
- ISBN
- 9780674003446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.33
€ 12.33
Paperback. Series: Difference Incorporated. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816675463
- ISBN
- 9780816675463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.40
€ 29.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. Focuses on the men who shaped the events that led to secession and the Civil War. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 186 pages, biographies, map, chronology, tables, bibliography, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028189
- ISBN
- 9780842028189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.84
€ 137.84
Hardback. This book reconstructs American consular activity in Ireland from 1790 to 1913 and elucidates the interconnectedness of America's foreign interests, Irish nationalism and British imperialism Num Pages: 320 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; JPSD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 698 299pp
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719083013
- ISBN
- 9780719083013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.84
€ 68.84
Hardback. The author is one of the most celebrated and influential American poets. A stylist of the highest order, he imbued his correspondence with the literary artistry he brought to his poetry. This title deals with his works. Editor(s): Smith, Rod; Baker, Peter; Harris, Kaplan. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 545
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520241602
- ISBN
- 9780520241602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.84€ 50.63
€ 64.84
€ 50.63
Hardcover. Editor(s): Prescott, Samuel T. Num Pages: 162 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590337042
- ISBN
- 9781590337042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.97€ 61.20
€ 78.97
€ 61.20
Paperback. Based on Theodor de Bry's 1590 edition of Thomas Hariot's book, this facsimile edition presents de Bry's engravings, based on John White's sixteenth-century watercolors, in their original hand-colored form. Accompanying the Latin facsimile is an English text. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 text & 86 facsimile illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; WCS; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926056
- ISBN
- 9780813926056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.90
€ 57.90