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Paperback. Features case studies of movements in Colombia, Guatemala, and Brazil that weigh the degree of success achieved by indigenous leaders in influencing national agendas when governments display ambivalent attitudes about strengthening ethnic diversity. This book addresses the double binds of indigenous organizing and 'working within the system'. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL9; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292791411
- ISBN
- 9780292791411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1KBCO; AGC; WCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 240 x 14. Weight in Grams: 994. In the Art Gallery of Ontario. 128 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBCO; AGC; WCW. Dimension: 280 x 240 x 14. Weight: 998.
- Publisher
- Paul Holberton Publishing
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903470824
- ISBN
- 9781903470824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.39
€ 61.39
Paperback. An ethnographic case study of sex tourism in the Dominican Republic, showing how the sex trade is linked to economic and cultural globalization Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJD; JFFS; JFMX; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332978
- ISBN
- 9780822332978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.48
€ 29.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. All Julia Scheeres ever wanted was to have a normal, happy family. But, when her fanatical mother decides they should all move to rural Indiana, Julia's life begins to unravel. In the blistering heat of the isolating community, Julia and her adopted brother David struggle together through adolescence. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJD; BG; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KLN0017966
- ISBN
- 9780099493433
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. Katherine C. Mooney recaptures the sights, sensations, and illusions of America's first mass spectator sport. Her central characters are not the elite white owners of slaves and thoroughbreds but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who called themselves race horse men and made the racetrack run--until Jim Crow drove them from their jobs. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674281424
- ISBN
- 9780674281424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Hardback. Examines the links between beauty and politics in the Anglophone Caribbean Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719088674
- ISBN
- 9780719088674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.51
€ 149.51
Paperback. 'Try this tequila oil, Hugito. Just as the alcohol hits your stomach, the chilli will as well and blow it back into your brain. It will take your head off.' Explorer Hugh Thomson takes on Mexico. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753826942
- ISBN
- 9780753826942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JPVH1; LNDC; LNHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168128
- ISBN
- 9780691168128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.32
€ 36.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. What is jazz? What is gained - and what is lost - when various communities close ranks around a particular definition of this quintessentially American music? This book features writers who look beyond the canon of acknowledged jazz greats and address some of the big questions facing jazz today. Editor(s): Ake, David; Garrett, Charles Hiroshi; Goldmark, Daniel. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 5 tables, 4 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426. The Music and Its Boundaries. 312 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Ake, David; Garrett, Charles Hiroshi; Goldmark, Daniel. What is jazz? What is gained - and what is lost - when various communities close ranks around a particular definition of this quintessentially American music? This book features writers who look beyond the canon of acknowledged jazz greats and address some of the big questions facing jazz today. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 19. Weight: 426.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271043
- ISBN
- 9780520271043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.91
€ 41.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 4KLR; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 215 x 297 x 8. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471876462
- ISBN
- 9781471876462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.74
€ 14.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. How can America be so powerful and yet so innocent? How can a nation so clever at business and selling its products overseas be so oblivious to how outsiders regard it? This book explains to Americans what the world really thinks of their nation and why, and to non-Americans why America is the way it is. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and yellowing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KOC0017836
- ISBN
- 9780747563952
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Great Depression had turned the American dream into a bitter tragedy. That's when Elsie and Homer's epic adventure began .. A journey of a thousand miles. With an alligator on the back seat. And John Steinbeck as a passenger. This is a tale where everything is true,except the bits that are made up. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJG; BM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008154240
- ISBN
- 9780008154240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.19
€ 10.99
€ 9.19
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807853825
- ISBN
- 9780807853825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.88
€ 76.88
Paperback. 250 selected addresses to discover the beauty and diversity of the city of New York - day and night. Illustrator(s): Aseyn. Num Pages: 144 pages, 90 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 211 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Hachette Livre Editions Du Chene
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782812315336
- ISBN
- 9782812315336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.41
€ 20.99
€ 19.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; AJB; AJCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 203. .
- Publisher
- Steidl
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783869309033
- ISBN
- 9783869309033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.65
€ 26.99
€ 23.65
Paperback. Hell Itself invites readers of the Emerging Civil War Series to join the author in the Wilderness-one of the most storied battlefields of the entire Civil War. Series: Emerging Civil War Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 images and maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 176 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Savas Beatie
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611213157
- ISBN
- 9781611213157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.17
€ 17.99
€ 17.17
Paperback. The history of masonry in america through gorgeous illustrations and rich prose. Num Pages: 262 pages, 180 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFSV1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 208 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814783023
- ISBN
- 9780814783023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. Interweaves the minute-by-minute story of an accident at a missile silo in rural Arkansas, where a single crew struggled to prevent the explosion of the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the United States, with a historical narrative that spans more than fifty years. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141037912
- ISBN
- 9780141037912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Hardcover. Presents more than sixty graphically bold American quilts from the Pilgrim/Roy Collection, one of the finest and largest collections of quilts in the world. This text also sheds light on the social and cultural history of the quilts as well as the practices and aspirations of their mostly anonymous makers, who created such works of beauty. Num Pages: 144 pages, 83 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFW; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1014.
- Publisher
- MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878468249
- ISBN
- 9780878468249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.64
€ 46.99
€ 41.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801443138
- ISBN
- 9780801443138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.36
€ 33.36
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408845912
- ISBN
- 9781408845912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Hardback. Aggressive policing and draconian sentencing have disproportionately imprisoned millions of African Americans for drug-related offenses. Michael Javen Fortner shows that in the 1970s these punitive policies toward addicts and pushers enjoyed the support of many working-class and middle-class blacks, angry about the chaos in their own neighborhoods. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; JFSL; JFSL3; JPA; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674743991
- ISBN
- 9780674743991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.96
€ 41.99
€ 34.96
Paperback. The best modern short fiction by Cuban writers are arranged by region to illuminate this country for travelers. Many stories appear in English for the first time. Contributors include Reinaldo Arenas, Alejo Carpentier, Gullermo Cabrera Infante, Christina Garcia, Pedro Juan Gutierrez, Jose Lezama Lima, and Achy Obejas, among others. Editor(s): Bardach, Ann Louise. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADSL; FYB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 125 x 19. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Publisher
- Whereabouts Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883513115
- ISBN
- 9781883513115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.23
€ 15.99
€ 15.23
Paperback. Brings together notes and essays of the author. This book includes are autobiographical vignettes from childhood and youth describing the gamut of human emotion, from childhood fear to adult nostalgia in the re-creation of the past. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; BG; DN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571170760
- ISBN
- 9780571170760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.37
€ 26.99
€ 18.37