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Paperback. Why do we look at lynching photographs? What is the basis for our curiosity, rage, indignation, or revulsion? This book examines lynching photographs as a way of analyzing photography's historical role in promoting and resisting racial violence. It charts the history of lynching photographs - their meanings, uses, and controversial display. Series: Defining Moments in American Photography. Num Pages: 110 pages, 22 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AJCP; AJCR; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 205 x 5. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253322
- ISBN
- 9780520253322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Hardcover. The vision of the South American rainforest in the Spanish American novela de la selva has often been interpreted as a belated imitation of European travel literature. This book explores how writers throughout post-independence Latin America turned to the jungle as a locus for the contestation of both national and literary identity. Series: Liverpool Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781846311956
- ISBN
- 9781846311956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.17
€ 141.17
Paperback. Mema lives in a crowded urban space on the outskirts of Mexico City. Her house is a sanctuary for young homosexual men and transvestites. Mema is an AIDS educator and leader of the group. This study follows the transvestites in their daily activities, and analyzes their complicated relations. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 306 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSJ; JFSK2; JMU; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226682570
- ISBN
- 9780226682570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Hardback. In 1914 and 1915 the newly formed Federal League struggled for profits and Major League status, the established leagues battled to stop them, and the players organized baseball's first real union. The consequences of this battle would shape the business of baseball and American professional sports in general for many years to come. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; WSBG; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566638692
- ISBN
- 9781566638692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.10
€ 79.10
Paperback. Series: African American. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486427645
- ISBN
- 9780486427645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.04
€ 11.04
Paperback. The first effort to gather together into one book the wartime experiences of the populations who lived outside the dominant white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant citizenry of nineteenth-century America Editor(s): Ural, Susannah. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814785706
- ISBN
- 9780814785706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813564791
- ISBN
- 9780813564791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Hardback. Examines the orthodox split of Latin American history into colonial and modern. Editor(s): Uribe-Uran, Victor M. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 261 pages, tabs. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028738
- ISBN
- 9780842028738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.25
€ 165.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 68 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJP; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 147 x 6. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 68
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594547195
- ISBN
- 9781594547195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.68€ 49.19
€ 68.68
€ 49.19
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 282 pages, 27 halftones 6 line drawings 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JKSB; LNDC; LNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634548
- ISBN
- 9780691634548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.35€ 94.84
€ 124.35
€ 94.84
Paperback. This thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated edition of Best Easy Day Hikes Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness guides readers to the best day hiking opportunities in the Beartooth and Absaroka ranges of Montana, north and east of Yellowstone National Park. Series: Best Easy Day Hikes Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, 30 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 1KBBWY; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 7. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493008155
- ISBN
- 9781493008155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.50
€ 16.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Written by a leading authority on colonial America, this compact biography captures in a remarkably small space one of the most protean lives of American history. Series: Lives and Legacies Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195368703
- ISBN
- 9780195368703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.90
€ 17.90
Paperback. Through extensive archival research and a systematic study of sample programs from Sesame Street's first ten seasons, Morrow tells the story of Sesame Street's creation; the ideas, techniques, organization, and funding behind it; its place in public discourse; and its ultimate and unfortunate failure as an agent of commercial television reform. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16, 14 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFDT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890857
- ISBN
- 9780801890857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.90
€ 33.99
€ 28.90
Paperback. A decline in public expenditure has affected cherished national institutions and values in Costa Rica, with the blame tending to be placed on immigrant Nicaraguans. This book explores the construction of the 'other' in Costa Rican imagery and considers the role of national identification in modern societies. Series: Ohio RIS Latin America Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896802353
- ISBN
- 9780896802353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
hardcover. There has been much speculation about Castro and Cuba's future and the state of U.S.oCuban relations in the post Cold War environment. This study analyzes the forces which brought Castro to power and sustained his control. Num Pages: 284 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPFC; JPS; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819189981
- ISBN
- 9780819189981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.54
€ 145.54
Hardcover. Moving through five historic periods, this book presents the story of New Mexico's book artists and their dedication to a timeless craft. It profiles 29 presses and artists including Gustave Baumann, Willard Clark, and Linnea Gentry. It is a companion to 'Lasting Impressions' exhibition on display at the Palace of the Governors. Num Pages: 224 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; AGB; HBTB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 211 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890134795
- ISBN
- 9780890134795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.35
€ 47.99
€ 34.35
Paperback. On a hot summer day in 1876, George Armstrong Custer led the Seventh Cavalry to the famous defeat in US military history. Outnumbered and exhausted, the Seventh Cavalry lost more than half of its four hundred men, and every soldier under Custer's direct command was killed. This title takes readers to each of the important places of Custer's life. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226201474
- ISBN
- 9780226201474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.40
€ 20.99
€ 18.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780295970189
- ISBN
- 9780295970189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Parkins, David. Num Pages: 32 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; YNH; YNM; YNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 253 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Tundra Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781101918432
- ISBN
- 9781101918432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.71
€ 8.71
In Fields of Authority, Jack Lucas provides the first systematic exploration of local special purpose bodies in Ontario. Lucas uses a "policy fields" approach to explain how these local bodies in Ontario have developed from the nineteenth century to the present. Series: IPAC Series in Public Management & Governance. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; JPP; JPRB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487500184
- ISBN
- 9781487500184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.93
€ 67.93
Hardback. Presents a collection which includes important letters, speeches, interviews, press conferences, and public papers on Woodrow Wilson. This volume covers materials essential to understanding Wilson's personality, his intellectual, religious, and political development, and his careers as educator, writer, orator, and statesman. Editor(s): Link, Arthur S. Series: The Papers of Woodrow Wilson. Num Pages: 664 pages, 8pl.6ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1085.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691045528
- ISBN
- 9780691045528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.17€ 126.15
€ 168.17
€ 126.15
Paperback. Gilded Age elites defined white civilization as the triumphant achievement of exceptional people hewing to a relational ethic of strict self-discipline for the common good. This title demonstrates that between 1880 and 1940, cultural discourses of whiteness and heterosexuality fused to form a new concept of the 'normal' American. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 photo, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSK; JHMP; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822339489
- ISBN
- 9780822339489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Hardcover. Today, the world's cities are experiencing progressive tensions in urban use and structure. An opportunity for successful redevelopment has emerged in the rehabilitation of urban waterfront areas. This book examines recreation and tourism as a catalyst for such waterfront redevelopment. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations, references. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPJ; 1KBB; 1MBF; 1QSC; AMVD; JFS; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 228 x 67. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275945503
- ISBN
- 9780275945503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.64€ 79.38
€ 87.64
€ 79.38
Paperback. * Each chapter is written by a leading HRM specialist. * International in outlook. . Editor(s): Towers, Brian. Series: Human Resource Management in Action S. Num Pages: 576 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 1MBF; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631198512
- ISBN
- 9780631198512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.57
€ 57.57