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Hardback. This book proposes the "formless" as a way of thinking through the impasses of contemporary politics. The writing of the formless, as it can be traced in the work of Lezama Lima and the Cuban Revolution, is the point of departure in thinking through the relationship between politics and time. Series: Lit Z. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADSL; 3JJ; DSBH; HRAM2; JFSL4; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780823274079
- ISBN
- 9780823274079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.40
€ 116.40
Hardback. Why has the Hollywood sound serial received so little scholarly attention? Here, the author presents a thorough analysis based on detailed historical research, focusing on the period between 1930 and 1946, when Universal stopped their production. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; APFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898874
- ISBN
- 9780859898874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.50
€ 145.50
Paperback. This study explores the transition from slavery to freedom and what this transition meant for former slaves, former slaveowners, and the societies in which they lived. It covers areas such as Jamaica, Louisiana, Cuba, and French West Africa. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 illustrations, 4 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1KBB; 1KJC; 1KJWJ; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807848548
- ISBN
- 9780807848548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.70
€ 43.99
€ 43.70
Paperback. "The cumulative effect is overwhelming. Eleanor Roosevelt was right: Hoover's FBI was an American gestapo."-Newsweek Num Pages: 848 pages, 32 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 848
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393321289
- ISBN
- 9780393321289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.87
€ 26.99
€ 26.87
paperback. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226363189
- ISBN
- 9780226363189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.89
€ 32.99
€ 25.89
Paperback. Making the Future presents more than fifty concisely argued commentaries on U.S. politics and policies, written between 2007 and 2011. Series: City Lights Open Media. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865372
- ISBN
- 9780872865372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.18
€ 18.99
€ 18.18
Hardcover. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595589187
- ISBN
- 9781595589187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.01
€ 29.99
€ 26.01
Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBT; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 43. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- Anv
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875655871
- ISBN
- 9780875655871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.00
€ 36.99
€ 34.00
Paperback. A highly detailed, thought-provoking examination of the racial, sexual, and social complexities of Afro-Ecuadorian culture, as revealed through the annual Festival of the Kings. Series: Interp Culture New Millennium. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252079016
- ISBN
- 9780252079016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.53
€ 29.99
€ 26.53
Paperback. Focusing on the commonalties revealed in their shared language and colonial history, the author examines the work of six writers who, while artistically distinct and geographically scattered, share complex sensibilities regarding their own relationship to France and the French language. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBM; 1HFDS; 1KJH; 1KJWWM; 1KLSG; 2ADF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321439
- ISBN
- 9780822321439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833029652
- ISBN
- 9780833029652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.00
€ 22.00
Hardcover. When Atlanta enacted prohibition in 1885, it was the largest city in the US to do so. This book examines the rise of temperance sentiment among freed African Americans that made this vote possible, and the forces that resulted in its 1887 reversal well before the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution created a national prohibition in 1919. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; HBTB; HRAX; HRCX6; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804583
- ISBN
- 9780875804583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.45
€ 60.45
Paperback. Mellow offers a new way to comprehend the meaning and significance of American partisanship for our time and for the future. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23, 13 graphs, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801888168
- ISBN
- 9780801888168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.52
€ 42.52
Num Pages: 160 pages, 204 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 1KBBFV; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764340703
- ISBN
- 9780764340703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 28.60
€ 43.99
€ 28.60
Hardback. This analysis of the USA's foreign policies towards Israel questions whether Israel is of strategic value to the USA or is instead a liability. The study covers such issues as the Israeli-Arab conflict, the Suez Crisis, the invasion of Lebanon, and the influence of pro-Israeli lobbies. Translator(s): Cohen, James Alan. Series: Institute for Palestine Studies Series. Num Pages: 324 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231084925
- ISBN
- 9780231084925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.47€ 64.43
€ 83.47
€ 64.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811211666
- ISBN
- 9780811211666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.79
€ 25.99
€ 22.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896300672
- ISBN
- 9781896300672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Hardcover. John Franklin Jameson (1859-1937) was instrumental in the development of history as an academic discipline in the United States. This volume includes diary entries covering nearly all of Jameson's collegiate and graduate education and his early teaching career. It also includes letters and reports. Editor(s): Chase, John Terry; Millikan, Frank Rives. Num Pages: 392 pages, 15 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBAH; HBG; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820317137
- ISBN
- 9780820317137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.09
€ 73.09
Hardcover. Eric R. Schlereth places religious conflicts between deists and their opponents at the center of early American public life. This history recasts the origins of cultural politics in the United States by exploring how everyday Americans navigated questions of religious truth and difference in an age of emerging religious liberty. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812244939
- ISBN
- 9780812244939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.67
€ 107.67
Hardback. This study of fantasy author Robin McKinley is the first full-length, in-depth analysis of the author's works, including her award-winning books The Blue Sword (Newbery Honor, 1983) and The Hero and the Crown (Newbery Medal, 1985). Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810858190
- ISBN
- 9780810858190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.64
€ 100.64
Hardcover. Editor(s): Clarke, Diane J. Num Pages: 154 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613241776
- ISBN
- 9781613241776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.70€ 117.66
€ 171.70
€ 117.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816630110
- ISBN
- 9780816630110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.52
€ 29.99
€ 26.52
Paperback. The author portrays the more than three decades of conflict in Vietnam from the first rumblings of rebellion against French colonialists to the American intervention and eventual withdrawal. The narrative covers each aspect of the war, from the military and economic to the political. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195125016
- ISBN
- 9780195125016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.27
€ 35.27
Three of the most collectible lines of vintage dinnerware are throughly explored in this major work written by expert collectors. 592 color photographs and detailed measured drawings appear along with extensive analysis of the shapes, marks, production methods, and decorations. Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors. Num Pages: 288 pages, 428 color and 164 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 288 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1740.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764311482
- ISBN
- 9780764311482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 32.57
€ 49.99
€ 32.57