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Paperback. Diaspora studies have tended to privilege urban landscapes over rural ones, wanting to avoid the racial homogeneity, conservatism, and xenophobia usually associated with the latter. This book examines the work of various writers to show how it expresses the appeal that rural and wilderness spaces can hold for the diasporic imagination. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926391
- ISBN
- 9780813926391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.94
€ 35.94
Paperback. Examines the ways in which easterners who travelled West during the California gold rush of 1849-51 obtained, assessed, and used information. This book follows several gold rush companies across the country, gleaning from their letters and diaries a sense of how they obtained information and evaluated its constantly changing sources. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 443.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218277
- ISBN
- 9780803218277
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Hardback. Throughout his writings, Michael Novak has urged America to adopt a tripartite system of democratic capitalism that would nourish the values and virtues on which free societies depend. These essays are an introduction to Novak's portrait of democratic capitalism. Editor(s): Younkins, Edward W. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511705
- ISBN
- 9780742511705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.38
€ 181.38
Paperback. 296 pages. The Ayahuasca diaries is a vine-entangled tale of shamans, jungles, psychedelic substances, a broken-hearted poker player, a few pretty girls (and a couple who aren't) and several dark temples where smoking and spitting are encouraged .. if only to ease access into the spirit world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLS; WTL. Dimension: 237 x 139 x 23. Weight: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Jacana Media
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770097612
- ISBN
- 9781770097612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.53
€ 20.99
€ 19.53
Paperback. Offers students with an integrated framework for understanding the US criminal justice system with an interdisciplinary approach and thematic focus. This book is incorporated to highlight the intersection between criminal law and key social issues. It includes case excerpts and detailed case summaries that highlight principles of criminal law. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 205 x 19. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412977890
- ISBN
- 9781412977890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 179.94
€ 179.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSU; 3JJG; BGH; JFSL4; JPFF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845197896
- ISBN
- 9781845197896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.87
€ 37.99
€ 33.87
Paperback. In the wake of the King assassination and subsequent uprisings, Black Public Affairs Television emerged. Devorah Heitner tells its story, analyzing the production, reception, and content of its early groundbreaking programs. Num Pages: 208 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFDT; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354246
- ISBN
- 9780822354246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Soccer is the world's favorite pastime, a passion for billions around the globe. In the United States, however, the sport is a distant also-ran behind football, baseball, and hockey. Why is America an exception? This book takes the reader on a tour of America's sports culture, connecting it with other fundamental American exceptionalisms. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JH; WSJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074474
- ISBN
- 9780691074474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.69
€ 52.99
€ 37.69
Paperback. Great Escapes: Selective guides for travelers who want to find quick trips and getaways within a specific locale. They take away the drudgery of sifting through online and printed travel info by listing only the most worthwhile events, activities, and places to stay and eat. Series: Great Escapes. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black-and-white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881507836
- ISBN
- 9780881507836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Hardcover. Explores US women's sport through historical "points of change": particular products or trends that dramatically influenced both women's participation in sport and cultural responses to women athletes. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 31 black and white photographs, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252038167
- ISBN
- 9780252038167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.93
€ 132.93
Paperback. A controversial examination of the Jewish "success story" in American that questions notions of identity, assimilation, and ethnicity. Editor(s): Fried, Albert. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DQ; JFCX; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102353
- ISBN
- 9780231102353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.41
€ 54.99
€ 39.41
Paperback. Demonstrating the linkages between law and risk, these essays tackle some difficult topics, including dangerous offenders, sex offender notification, drug courts, genetic research, pesticide use, child pornography, and tobacco advertising. Series: Legal Dimensions S. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LATC; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780774811927
- ISBN
- 9780774811927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. This book presents investigations of several constructed floors, built during the 600 to 800 years of site formation in the Archaic period (ca. 8000u2000 BCE), the crucial timespan in Mesoamerican prehistory when people were transitioning from full-blown dependency on wild resources to the use of domesticated crops. Editor(s): Voorhies, Barbara. Series: Monograph. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938770029
- ISBN
- 9781938770029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.82
€ 59.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBSH; WMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 254 x 15. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591866398
- ISBN
- 9781591866398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.01
€ 26.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. Shows how youth integrate the history of social movement activism of the 1960s, popular culture strategies like hip-hop and spoken word, as well as their experiences in the contemporary urban landscape, to mobilize their peers Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFSL1; JFSP2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 325 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814717172
- ISBN
- 9780814717172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479880430
- ISBN
- 9781479880430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.40
€ 29.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. Presents studies attempting to define and dissect American humor for students and scholars. Editor(s): Walker, Nancy A. Series: American Visions: Readings in American Culture. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842026871
- ISBN
- 9780842026871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.08
€ 155.08
Paperback. When the United States goes to war, the nation's attention focuses on the president. This title reveals that even in politically sensitive wartime environments, individual members of Congress frequently propose legislation, hold investigative hearings, and engage in national policy debates in the public sphere. Series: Chicago Series on International and Domestic Institutions. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 halftones, 20 line drawings, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL; JPS; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226453569
- ISBN
- 9780226453569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.53
€ 42.99
€ 33.53
Paperback. In 1931, nine black youths were charged with raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. Despite meager and contradictory evidence, all nine were found guilty and eight were sentenced to death. This book explores how this case has embedded itself into the fabric of American memory and become a lens for perceptions of race and class. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140476
- ISBN
- 9780691140476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Col.ill.M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 745.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Pelican Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781565540149
- ISBN
- 9781565540149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.02
€ 24.99
€ 24.02
Paperback. The amount, issue content, and ideological direction of policy depend on the joint actions of policy entrepreneurs, especially presidents, legislators, and interest groups. This makes policymaking in each issue area and time period distinct and undermines unchanging models of policymaking. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JPA; JPH; JPP; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199967841
- ISBN
- 9780199967841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.20
€ 68.20
Hardback. 'A timely account and analysis of the lived reality .. of West Indians who now tenant the Caribbean Diaspora in Britain.' Professor Rex Nettleford, University W Indies Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFC; JFSL3; JHBA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745317632
- ISBN
- 9780745317632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.40€ 83.91
€ 100.40
€ 83.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; G; WDKX; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- OverTime Books
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897277645
- ISBN
- 9781897277645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.60
€ 16.99
€ 12.60
Hardcover. Drawing on legal cases, legal debates, and fiction including works by James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, and Charles Chesnutt, thsi book investigates changing notions of responsibility and agency in nineteenth-century America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; LA; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691011998
- ISBN
- 9780691011998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.67€ 82.87
€ 108.67
€ 82.87