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Hardback. Presents readers with scholarship on public celebrations and popular culture throughout Mexican history. This book discusses aspects of Mexico's popular culture from the seventeenth century onwards. It examines a range of Mexican expression, including Corpus Christi celebrations, New Spain, stone murals, and folk theater. Editor(s): Beezley, William H.; etc.; Martin, Cheryl E. (University of Texas, El Paso, USA); French, William E. (University of British Columbia, Canada). Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 374 pages, photographs, further reading. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3J; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842024167
- ISBN
- 9780842024167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.07
€ 157.07
Hardcover. The magazine Photoplay pioneered the construction of both female stars as social types and fans as aspiring consumers in the first mass consumption society. The construction of female identity based on goods and performance in a consumer society resulted in multiple, fragmented, and unstable selves - a legacy evident in postmodern culture today. Num Pages: 310 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137433992
- ISBN
- 9781137433992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Paperback. Combines scholarship on supposedly discrete episodes in American history into a story of same-sex desire across the country and the centuries. The book shows what it means to say that sexuality has a history by pointing to experiences of love/desire that were understood in radically different ways. Num Pages: 234 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731568
- ISBN
- 9780226731568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. It presents the most comprehensive account available of perhaps the most critical mapping of space ever undertaken in BC -- the drawing of the lines that separated the tiny plots of land reserved for Native people from the rest. Series: Brenda & David McLean Canadian Studies. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBT; JFSL9; JPVH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774809016
- ISBN
- 9780774809016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Hardcover. After excluding women and African Americans from its ranks for most of its history, the New York City Police Department undertook an aggressive campaign of integration following World War II. This is the first comprehensive account of how and why the NYPD came to see integration as a highly coveted political tool, indispensable to policing. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137321930
- ISBN
- 9781137321930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Editor(s): Knollenberg, Bernhard; Sheehan, Bernard W. Num Pages: 570 pages, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974159
- ISBN
- 9780865974159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.77
€ 36.99
€ 26.77
Paperback. aeo Kepel is one of the Worlda s leading authorities on Islamic societies and movements. aeo Comparative in approach, this book examines the significance of Islam in Western Countries. aeo A new look at a topical and controversial subject; this book goes beyond the headlines. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745615585
- ISBN
- 9780745615585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.35
€ 27.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781479849208
- ISBN
- 9781479849208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
paperback. These 27 real-life case studies aim to offer the tools and techniques to help educators improve their personal and professional practices as teachers, supervisors and administrators. The cases cover a range of settings, from rural to inner city to suburban. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810844636
- ISBN
- 9780810844636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.86
€ 97.86
Hardcover. Middle East oil and Anglo-American special relations were among the most contentious issues during the Cold War. Oil is crucial to our understanding of Britain's and the USA's Cold War policies in the Middle East. This book presents an in-depth study of the issues of the period and the legacy of oil in the post Cold war era. Series: Cold War History. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBN; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 12. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968314
- ISBN
- 9780333968314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Paperback. Explores this delay in the development of the culture concept and its relation to the description of difference in late nineteenth-century America. The author weaves together the histories of American literature and anthropology. His study brings to life not only the regionalist fiction of the time but also revives a range of neglected materials. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226222646
- ISBN
- 9780226222646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
paperback. This work takes an anthropological approach to the fundamental question of what makes life worth living. It considers the issue by examining nine pairs of similarly situated individuals in the United States and Japan. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520201330
- ISBN
- 9780520201330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Practicing health educators, students, and other professionals who work with teens and young adults will discover arich selection of activities and lessons. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNU; YQNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118453032
- ISBN
- 9781118453032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.42
€ 100.42
Black Portsmouth: Three Centuries of African-American Heritage (Revisi...
Sammons, Mark J.; Cunningham, Valerie
paperback. Few people think of a rich Black heritage when they think of New England. In ' Black Portsmouth', Mark J. Sammons and Valerie Cunningham celebrate it, guiding the reader through more than three centuries of New England and Portsmouth social, political, economic, and cultural history as well as scores of personal and site-specific stories. Series: Revisiting New England S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 56 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of New Hampshire Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584652892
- ISBN
- 9781584652892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.16
€ 32.16
Paperback. Immigration is perhaps the most enduring and elemental leitmotif of America. This book presents a study of the politics and policies it has inspired, from the founders' earliest efforts to shape American identity to the struggles over Third World immigration, noncitizen rights, and illegal aliens. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088051
- ISBN
- 9780691088051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Series: Global Insecurities. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCS; JFFN; JFSL4; JFSP2; LNDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361442
- ISBN
- 9780822361442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Hardback. The first joint biography of President and Mrs. Hoover by scholars who have conducted extensive research into their lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275979966
- ISBN
- 9780275979966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.00€ 91.15
€ 101.00
€ 91.15
Hardcover. Explores culture and intellectual life in Lexington, Kentucky, at the turn of the twentieth century. This book reveals Lexington to be a city of contradictions: known as a cultural 'Athens of the West,' it also struggled with the poverty, ignorance, and bigotry characteristic of southern communities after the Civil War. Series: Thomas D. Clark Studies in Education, Public Policy and Social Change. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813125046
- ISBN
- 9780813125046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.20
€ 52.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGB; TTVC; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Wordware Publishing Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556226953
- ISBN
- 9781556226953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.57
€ 18.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. A how-to-do-it guide to living in Costa Rica. Retirement, travel & business opportunities for a new beginning. Series: Choose Retirement Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; VSB; VSR; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 21.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 10 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762781027
- ISBN
- 9780762781027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.95
€ 18.99
€ 15.95
Paperback. Pawning was a common credit mechanism in Mexico City in the 19th century. A two-tiered sector of public and private pawnbrokers provided collateral credit. This book shows how Mexican women depended on credit to run their households since the Bourbon era and how the collateral credit business of pawnbroking developed into a profitable enterprise. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269231
- ISBN
- 9780803269231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
paperback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071911
- ISBN
- 9780252071911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Landscape ecology has generated a wealth of knowledge that could enhance forest policy, but little of this knowledge has found its way into practice. This title introduces landscape ecologists to the discipline of knowledge transfer. Editor(s): Perera, Ajith H. (Ontario Forest Research Institute); Buse, Lisa J.; Crow, Thomas. Num Pages: 223 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 17 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSAF; RGBL; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 373.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387342436
- ISBN
- 9780387342436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.50
€ 193.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 288 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBJK; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 218 x 11. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764331336
- ISBN
- 9780764331336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.47
€ 31.99
€ 21.47