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Paperback. Focuses on the development of Mexican colonial painting and its relationship with European art and civilization and the contributions of its indigenous peoples. Num Pages: 176 pages, 60 colour plates & 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890133583
- ISBN
- 9780890133583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.31
€ 41.99
€ 30.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC; JFD; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226769677
- ISBN
- 9780226769677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Reveals that the globalization of American mass culture that seems unstoppable today began as early as the mid-nineteenth century. This book narrates how the circuses, amusement parks, vaudeville, mail-order catalogs, dime novels, and movies that developed after the Civil War actually doubled as agents of American cultural diplomacy abroad. Num Pages: 232 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFCA; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226007120
- ISBN
- 9780226007120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.21
€ 31.99
€ 25.21
Hardback. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 350 pages, 22 b&w illus., 9 tables,. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; 1KBB; AFKP; ASDT; AV; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022219
- ISBN
- 9780253022219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Hardback. Through historical analysis and comparisons with Germany and Japan, this book focuses on the microeconomics of corporate investment behaviour, and the macroeconomics of household saving behaviour in the US. It analyzes the factors which have influenced corporate investment since the 1980s. Editor(s): Lazonick, William; O'Sullivan, Mary. Series: Jerome Levy Economics Institute. Num Pages: 323 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPJ; 1KBB; KCLF; KFFH; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 611.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333777572
- ISBN
- 9780333777572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.31
€ 128.31
Hardcover. Secret Service highlights the many tensions that arise when undercover police and their covert methods are deployed too freely in a liberal democratic society. It will prove invaluable to readers attuned to contemporary debates about policing, national security, and civil rights in a post-9/11 world. Num Pages: 720 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 43. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802007520
- ISBN
- 9780802007520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.27
€ 101.27
The Political Economy of an Emerging Global Power: In Search of the Br...
Casanova, Lourdes, Kassum, Julian
Hardcover. Is Brazil ready to take its place among the world's leading powers? The authors examine Brazil's hard power and soft power resources, assessing the challenges the country will need to overcome in order to build its own "Brazilian dream" and project itself on the international stage. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137352354
- ISBN
- 9781137352354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardback. In the growing and dynamic economy of 19th century America, businesses sold vast quantities of goods to one another, mostly on credit. This book explains how business people solved the problem of whom to trust - how they determined who was deserving of credit, and for how much. Series: Harvard Studies in Business History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCZ; KJMV7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023406
- ISBN
- 9780674023406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.58€ 55.91
€ 60.58
€ 55.91
Paperback. Looks at how national identity is shaped, gendered, and contested through spectacle and spectatorship. The specific identity in question is that of Argentina, and the focus of this book is directed toward the years 1976 to 1983 in which the Argentine armed forces were pitted against the Argentine people. Num Pages: 328 pages, 50 b&w photographs, 14 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSJ; JPFN; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Third
- SKU
- V9780822318682
- ISBN
- 9780822318682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Based on the findings of a unique longitudinal study, this volume provides experts with unprecedented analysis of prospectively collected data following the road from childhood to early adulthood of 1,517 boys and young men from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Series: Longitudinal Research in the Social & Behavioral Sciences: an Interdisciplinary Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JKVQ2; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461428237
- ISBN
- 9781461428237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.10
€ 127.10
Paperback. IBeautifully designed with 21 color and 15 halftone illustrations, this first substantial study of Emily Dickinson's devotion to flowers and gardening seeks to join both poet and gardener in one creative personality. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 color illustrations, 12 tritone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018297
- ISBN
- 9780674018297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.06
€ 36.99
€ 31.06
Hardback. In this volume, a host of distinguished scholars examine Richard Rorty's influence on twentieth-century American pragmatism and its commitment to achieving social democracy. Editor(s): Pettegrew, John. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; CFG; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847690619
- ISBN
- 9780847690619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.30
€ 185.30
Paperback. The 1973 military coup in Chile deposed the democratically elected Salvador Allende and installed a dictatorship that terrorized the country for almost twenty years. This title examines cultural sites and representations in postdictatorship Chile - what the author calls "memory symbolics" - to uncover the impact of state-sponsored violence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JFC; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255845
- ISBN
- 9780520255845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. The obesity epidemic has a disproportionate impact on communities that are hard-hit by social and economic disadvantages. This book explores effective models for treating and preventing obesity in such communities. Editor(s): Brennan, Virginia M.; Kumanyika, Shiriki K.; Zambrana, Ruth Enid. Num Pages: 416 pages, 19, 19 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MMZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415444
- ISBN
- 9781421415444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.31
€ 109.31
paperback. This work is an introduction to the life of philosophy in the United States, as Emerson once lived it, in all its topographical ambiguity. Series: The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674669819
- ISBN
- 9780674669819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.13
€ 38.99
€ 33.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226423623
- ISBN
- 9780226423623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.49
€ 19.99
€ 17.49
Hardback. Series: Springer Studies in Work and Industry. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306431845
- ISBN
- 9780306431845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.24
€ 256.24
Paperback. The storage of hazardous, chemical, and nuclear waste is one of the most intractable problems facing the United States. This text establishes the impacts of waste facilities for a range of rural communities that have experienced alternative stages of waste-facility siting and operation process. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSF; RNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847691005
- ISBN
- 9780847691005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.34
€ 71.34
Hardcover. This latest volume in the definitive six-volume biography of Herbert Hoover tracks Hoover's life and career from 1918 to 1928 - a period defined largely by his role as United States Secretary of Commerce and leading directly to his election as the thirty-first President of the United States. Num Pages: 607 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 45. Weight in Grams: 982.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103085
- ISBN
- 9780230103085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.69
€ 131.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBH; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814755556
- ISBN
- 9780814755556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. California's northern Channel Islands have one of the longest and best preserved archaeological records in the Americas, spanning some 13,000 calendar years. Focusing on the archaeology of five sites, this book examines the archaeology and historical ecology of San Miguel Island, the westernmost and most isolated of the northern Channel Islands. Series: Perspectives in California Archaeology. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KB; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931745369
- ISBN
- 9781931745369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.07
€ 17.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 206 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385349109
- ISBN
- 9780385349109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.26
€ 16.99
€ 15.26
In Making North America, James Thompson uses the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement of 1988 and the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1994 to demonstrate that there has been an often-unrecognized impulse behind the process of North American integration - national security. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; KCLT1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646209
- ISBN
- 9781442646209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWB; YQN. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 264 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Hodder Education United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435984816
- ISBN
- 9780435984816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.06
€ 32.06