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Paperback. Legendary for a combination of spiritual power, beauty, charisma, showmanship, intimidation, and shrewd business sense, Marie Leveau also was known for her kindness and charity. This book explores social, political, and legal setting in which the lives of Laveau's African and European ancestors became intertwined in nineteenth-century New Orleans. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BGH; HRKT; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032146
- ISBN
- 9780813032146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.60
€ 27.99
€ 25.60
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814752524
- ISBN
- 9780814752524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. Drawing on legal records and other archival documents, Jonathan Swainger considers the growth and development of the ostensibly apolitical Department of Justice in the eleven years after the union of 1867. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPH; JPQB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774807937
- ISBN
- 9780774807937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Pantesh, Collin V. Num Pages: 81 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 133 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 81
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600213885
- ISBN
- 9781600213885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 163.61€ 112.30
€ 163.61
€ 112.30
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 434 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691601618
- ISBN
- 9780691601618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.14€ 54.95
€ 71.14
€ 54.95
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594036408
- ISBN
- 9781594036408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.71
€ 29.99
€ 27.71
Paperback. The Battle of Antietam, waged on September 17, 1862, marked the bloodiest single day's fighting in American history. Five days later, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. This book brings you face-to-face as never before with the people and events that shaped this epic event. Series: Touring History. Num Pages: 96 pages, 71 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493012961
- ISBN
- 9781493012961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.27
€ 14.99
€ 13.27
Advancing the Ball: Race, Reformation, And The Quest For Equal Coachin...
Duru, N. Jeremi; Dungy, Tony
paperback. Series: Law and Current Events Masters. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; LAQ; WSD; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Usa United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199896257
- ISBN
- 9780199896257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.78
€ 51.78
Paperback. In its exploration of how spaces become places, The Spaces between Buildings invites readers to see anew the spaces they encounter every day and often take for granted. Series: Center Books on Space, Place and Time. Num Pages: 240 pages, 52, 52 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMA; AMG; AMK; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801863318
- ISBN
- 9780801863318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.01
€ 38.99
€ 33.01
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 color illustrations; 50 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AMVD; HBJK; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 180 x 25. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823273577
- ISBN
- 9780823273577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.16
€ 95.16
Paperback. The objective of this collection is to look at Afro-American young men within their full social and community context. The book consists of 19 chapters in four sections focusing on the structural conditions, parenting, education and social identity of young black men. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819191151
- ISBN
- 9780819191151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.23
€ 81.23
Paperback. A collection of one hundred recipes that showcase the best from New Mexico's home kitchens. It includes such recipes as: green and red chile stews, albondigas (meatballs), carne adovada (pork braised in red chile), polio con arroz (chicken simmered with rice), chile rellenos, spring quelites (wild spinach), chicos (dried corn), and more. Num Pages: 220 pages, 15 b/w & 9 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 214 x 12. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135426
- ISBN
- 9780890135426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.01
€ 41.99
€ 30.01
Paperback. A collection of essays by leading scholars, exploring how justices are influenced by the distinctive features of courts as institutions and their place in the political system. They consider such factors as the influence of jurisprudence, the dynamics of coalition building and the effects of social movements. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 line drawings, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; LNAA; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109558
- ISBN
- 9780226109558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Reconstructs how Iberian, indigenous, and African beliefs fused to create a syncretic religious culture in Brazil. Focusing on sorcery, this title argues that European traditions of witchcraft combined with practices of Indians and African slaves to form a Brazilian set of beliefs that became central to the lives of the people in the colony. Translator(s): Whitty, Diane Grosklaus. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 374 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702363
- ISBN
- 9780292702363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.00
€ 38.99
€ 35.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Millegan, Kris. Num Pages: 720 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; JFSV1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Trine Day United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 710
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780975290606
- ISBN
- 9780975290606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.21
€ 26.99
€ 25.21
paperback. Can the peoples of the Brazilian Forest survive in the modern era? Should we even consider such survival a priority? Num Pages: 176 pages, 7 photos/1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTF; JFC; JFSL9; JHM; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745312484
- ISBN
- 9780745312484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.60
€ 37.99
€ 29.60
Hardcover. Community colleges enroll half of the nation's undergraduates. Yet only 40 percent of entrants complete an undergraduate degree in six years. Redesigning America's Community Colleges explains how two-year colleges can increase their students' success rate quickly and at less cost, through a program of guided pathways to completion. Num Pages: 297 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 30. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674368286
- ISBN
- 9780674368286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.16
€ 47.99
€ 40.16
Paperback. In the early twentieth century, a group of elite Eastern-coast women turned to the American Southwest in search of an alternative to European-derived concepts of culture. This book provides a narrative of the growing influence that this network of women had on the Native American art market to investigate the social construction of value. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AB; ACBK; GTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822326182
- ISBN
- 9780822326182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
More Than Opium: An Anthropological Approach to Latin American and Car...
Boudewijnse, Barbara; Droogers, Andre; Kamste...
hardcover. In this diverse collection, the authors address the expansion of Pentecostalism; the gender dimension; the analysis of discourse and practice; the power dimension; comparisons with similar, competing groups; the urban/rural comparison; and the contribution of Pentecostalism to the resolution of social problems. Series: Studies in Evangelicalism. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; HRCC96; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810833906
- ISBN
- 9780810833906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.00
€ 144.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Bouthillier, Guy; Clouthier, Edouard; Cloutier, Edouard. Num Pages: 205 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Baraka Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926824048
- ISBN
- 9781926824048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.13
€ 20.99
€ 19.13
Hardback. The figure of Julius Caesar has loomed large in the United States since its very beginning, admired and evoked as a gateway to knowledge of politics, war, and even national life. This title examines Caesar's place in modern American culture and investigates how his use has intensified in periods of political crisis. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QDAR; HBJK; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582. 320 pages, Illustrations. The figure of Julius Caesar has loomed large in the United States since its very beginning, admired and evoked as a gateway to knowledge of politics, war, and even national life. This title examines Caesar's place in modern American culture and investigates how his use has intensified in periods of political crisis. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QDAR; HBJK; HBLA1. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 25. Weight: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273917
- ISBN
- 9780520273917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.77
€ 45.99
€ 32.77
On June 6, 1912, an unforgettable natural event occurred: the largest volcanic eruption on Earth during the twentieth century. In size comparable to Indonesia's Krakatau (Krakatoa) in 1883, one must go back 2,000 years to the north island of New Zealand to find as large a release of rhyolite magma. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 277 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- George F. Thompson United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938086038
- ISBN
- 9781938086038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 45.14
€ 51.99
€ 45.14
Hardcover. Set in the first decade of modern Israel's existence, this volume offers an insightful look at the changing relationship of American Jews and the reborn Jewish nation/state. Series: Modern Jewish History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 photographs, glossary,notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630517
- ISBN
- 9780815630517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.22
€ 43.22
Paperback. The first narrative history of the neglected but essential period of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights era. Num Pages: 600 pages, 60 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157894
- ISBN
- 9780691157894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81