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Hardcover. Narrates the story of urban America from 1950, revealing a portrait of urban transformation. This work chronicles the steady rise of urbanization, the increasing suburbanization, and the sweeping metropolitanization of the US, uncovering the forces behind these shifts and their consequences for American communities. Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, tables, figures, maps, reading guide, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631057
- ISBN
- 9780815631057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.34
€ 45.34
Paperback. Dana Polan considers what made Julia Child s TV show, The French Chef, so popular during its original broadcast and such enduring influences on American cooking, American television, and American culture since then. Series: Spin Offs. Num Pages: 312 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348726
- ISBN
- 9780822348726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
Germans to America (Series II), July 1843-December 1845: Lists of Pass...
. Ed(S): Glazier, Ira A.; Filby, William P.
hardcover. Each volume in this series contains transcriptions of passenger lists containing German surnames for ships entering all US ports beginning in 1843. Lists are arranged by date of ship arrival and are indexed by passenger names. This volume covers the period from July 1843 to December 1845. Editor(s): Glazier, Ira A.; Filby, William P. Series: Germans to America. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; GBC; HBTG; JFFN; JPVH1; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 37. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780842050821
- ISBN
- 9780842050821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.29
€ 251.29
Paperback. Covers the design, development and operation of USN aircraft carriers built prior to World War II, including their aircraft and weaponry. This book also explains their various successes and losses such as the first carrier vs carrier battle at Midway; the battle of the Coral Sea; the battle of the Philippine Sea; and the Operation Torch landings. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 43 b/w illustrations, 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 183 x 4. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841768908
- ISBN
- 9781841768908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.29
€ 20.99
€ 17.29
Paperback. 9/11 Culture serves as a useful introduction to the complexities of American culture in the wake of the September 11th attacks. Written in an accessible language, 9/11 Culture constructs a number of common-sense approaches for the study of all of the works of art high, low, and in-between. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405173711
- ISBN
- 9781405173711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.64
€ 33.64
Series: Blazer Lectures. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPQB; KJW; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Edition
- 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813145136
- ISBN
- 9780813145136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.55
€ 27.55
Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 29 images, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144643
- ISBN
- 9780231144643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.60€ 80.20
€ 104.60
€ 80.20
Hardback. A comprehensive atlas of the Great Plains. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 Illustrations, 312 maps, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KB; GBG; RGL; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2032.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803215368
- ISBN
- 9780803215368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.16
€ 51.16
Paperback. Editor(s): Elena, Alberto; Lopez, Marina Diaz. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 175 x 17. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903364833
- ISBN
- 9781903364833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.67
€ 37.99
€ 27.67
The Nightly News Nightmare. Media Coverage of U.S. Presidential Electi...
Farnsworth, Stephen J.; Lichter, S. Robert
Hardback. Num Pages: 246 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442200678
- ISBN
- 9781442200678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.47
€ 171.47
hardcover. Features twelve essays on southern indigence between the World Wars, which share a conviction that poverty is not just a dilemma of the marketplace but also a cultural and political construction. This volume shows that those who work to eradicate poverty can hesitate to cross the line of race, gender, memory, or tradition in pursuit of their goal. Editor(s): Godden, Richard; Crawford, Martin. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 b&w photos, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJG; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780820327082
- ISBN
- 9780820327082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.11
€ 65.11
paperback. Series: Borderlines. Num Pages: 416 pages, 5 figures, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; RGCP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816631902
- ISBN
- 9780816631902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.09
€ 27.99
€ 26.09
Hardback. Written as a character study, Young Hamilton, explores the first twenty-six years of Alexander Hamilton's life and is designed to reveal how Hamilton's early years shaped him into the statesman he became. Num Pages: 497 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 497
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823217892
- ISBN
- 9780823217892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.47
€ 124.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JP; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 186 x 260 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634846202
- ISBN
- 9781634846202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 242.47€ 178.75
€ 242.47
€ 178.75
Paperback. Like the canaries that alerted miners to a poisonous atmosphere, issues of race point to underlying problems in society that ultimately affect everyone, not just minorities. In this work, Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres propose a way to confront race in the 21st century. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFFJ; JFSL; JPA; JPH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010840
- ISBN
- 9780674010840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.02
€ 36.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Presents an interpretive overview of Italian American literary history. This book develops a perspective variously historical, philosophical, and cultural by which American writers of Italian descent can be read, increasing the discursive power of an ethnic literature that has received too little serious critical attention. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; DSK; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822317395
- ISBN
- 9780822317395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780684848099
- ISBN
- 9780684848099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.46
€ 25.46
Num Pages: 126 pages, 285 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 279 x 11. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764334115
- ISBN
- 9780764334115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.44
€ 31.99
€ 21.44
Hardcover. Editor(s): Glowacki, Donna; Keuren, Scott Van. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps, plans. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816503988
- ISBN
- 9780816503988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.77
€ 94.77
Paperback. The United States is rapidly changing from a country monochromatically divided between black and white into a multiethnic society. This title helps us to understand America's racial future by revealing the complex relationships among integration, racial attitudes, and neighborhood life. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 maps, 43 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226626635
- ISBN
- 9780226626635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.08
€ 32.99
€ 26.08
Hardback. This study concerns a pivotal but unexamined surge in frontier violence that engulfed the eastern forests of eighteenth-century Brazil. It focuses on social, cultural, and racial relations among settlers, slaves, and native peoples accused of cannibalism. Num Pages: 432 pages, 14 tables, 5 figures, 26 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751803
- ISBN
- 9780804751803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.38
€ 140.38
Hardback. The Blackfriars Theatre, founded in 1940, was one of New York's first Off-Broadway playhouses. It was unique in another way: it was the only professional level theatre in the United States under Roman Catholic auspices. This book examines the efforts of the Blackfriars staff to meld theatre and religion between 1940 and 1972. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AN; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810834170
- ISBN
- 9780810834170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.72
€ 112.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Laine, Elias O.; Nielson, Roger L. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNSP; LNJ; UDBG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 225 x 6. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613249871
- ISBN
- 9781613249871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.68€ 52.45
€ 73.68
€ 52.45
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460. How the Best in America Came to be. 256 pages. From ending slavery and Jim Crow laws to the creation of national parks, the American progressive movement has made huge strides in the promotion of broad-based economic prosperity, social justice, the environment, and other areas. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 25. Weight: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470395110
- ISBN
- 9780470395110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.79
€ 34.99
€ 29.79