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Hardcover. Chronicles Helen Clay Frick's lifelong commitment to social welfare, the environment, and her purchase of many significant works of art for her private collection, the Frick Collection in New York, the University of Pittsburgh teaching collection, and the Frick Art Museum. Num Pages: 400 pages, 180 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 298 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822943419
- ISBN
- 9780822943419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.89
€ 61.89
Hardback. Throughout the Cold War, theorists argue, nuclear arms stopped war, as both sides could retaliate with "mutual assured destruction". This fact begs the question: why did the USA not strike preemptively before the USSR developed atomic arms? This text sets the case for such a preventive nuclear war. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJP; JPS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765800220
- ISBN
- 9780765800220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.50
€ 110.50
Hardback. Documents the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest: how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 484 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 17 maps, 25 tables, 41 examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2JNM; 3JB; CBX; CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257702
- ISBN
- 9780520257702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.00€ 58.19
€ 74.00
€ 58.19
Hardback. This reader contains nearly 800 excerpts of Thomas Jefferson's writing. From the glory of crafting the Declaration of Independence, through his moral struggle with slavery and the agony of losing his young wife and daughter, Jerry Holmes chronicles Jefferson's life through his own words. Editor(s): Holmes, Jerry. Num Pages: 360 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521162
- ISBN
- 9780742521162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.73
€ 97.73
board_book.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Good Night Books
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 20
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602190603
- ISBN
- 9781602190603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.44
€ 11.44
Hardcover. The first book to analyse the legal, commercial, and economic issues to arise in the Lehman Brothers litigation written by key advisers on the case. Editor(s): Faber, Dennis; Vermunt, Niels. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNPB; LNPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198755371
- ISBN
- 9780198755371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 413.01
€ 413.01
Paperback. Drawing on the records of studio personnel, independent exhibitors, moviegoers, and the motion pictures themselves, this title analyzes what was wrong - and right - with Hollywood at the end of a heralded decade, and how the industry's troubles changed the making and marketing of films in 1938 and beyond. Num Pages: 284 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271807
- ISBN
- 9780520271807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
The Landmarks of New York. An Illustrated, Comprehensive Record of New...
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel
Hardcover. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AGP; AMX; GM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 5817 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2313.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 912
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479883011
- ISBN
- 9781479883011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.63
€ 86.63
paperback. Here, Professor Blanchard examines why slavery managed to survive for more than three decades after Peru declared its independence despite anti-slavery legislation passed by the liberators at that time. The book focuses on the economics of Peruvian slavery, slave life and the abolition movement. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 272 pages, index, bibliography, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842024297
- ISBN
- 9780842024297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.11
€ 62.11
Paperback. A deeply informed yet concise and sprightly narrative traces the stories of the people, events, and developments that have shaped the Old Dominion State and also the USA. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619948
- ISBN
- 9780700619948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.89
€ 41.99
€ 39.89
Paperback. This fascinating book explores the landscape of television animation, from Bedrock to Springfield, and beyond. Addressing key themes and issues such 'class' and 'taste', as well as irony, alienation, and representations of the family. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFV; APT; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415283267
- ISBN
- 9780415283267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.87
€ 50.87
Paperback. Born to a British father and a Chinese mother, Winnifred Eaton (1875-1954) decided to capitalize on her exotic appearance. This work chronicles the sometimes desperate, sometimes canny, and always bold course of her career as a journalist, a bestselling novelist, and a Hollywood scriptwriting protegee of Carl Laemmle at Universal Studios. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 296 pages, 27 photographs. BIC Classification: 1K; BG; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073885
- ISBN
- 9780252073885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.03
€ 24.99
€ 23.03
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Natural Heritage Books Canada
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554883875
- ISBN
- 9781554883875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.74
€ 26.99
€ 23.74
Hardback. Editor(s): Flamig, Susan; Leiner, Martin. Series: Research in Peace and Reconciliation. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 1342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783525560112
- ISBN
- 9783525560112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.65€ 111.62
€ 145.65
€ 111.62
Hardcover. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKN; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634133
- ISBN
- 9780815634133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.13
€ 44.13
Hardback. An exuberant history of American dance, told through the lives of virtuoso performers who have defined the art Num Pages: 416 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300201314
- ISBN
- 9780300201314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.23
€ 36.99
€ 27.23
Hardback. In this set of essays that cover the period from 1992 to 2012, Kobena Mercer uses a diasporic model of criticism to analyze the cross-cultural aesthetic practice of African American and black British artists and to show how their refiguring of visual representations of blackness transform perceptions of race. Num Pages: 384 pages, 111 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; ACBS; HBJH; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 183 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Bilingual
- SKU
- V9780822360803
- ISBN
- 9780822360803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.86
€ 123.86
Paperback. Contends that cinema and cinematic processes had a profound significance for twentieth-century anti-capitalist Black liberation movements based in the United States. The author finds hidden within the histories and logics generated by US-based struggles against racism, sexism, and homophobia, the Black femme's invisible, affective labour. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 1K; APFA; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340256
- ISBN
- 9780822340256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.55
€ 27.99
€ 26.55
Paperback. In the Bush era Iran and North Korea were branded "rogue" states. The Obama administration has chosen instead to call the countries nuclear "outliers" and has proposed means other than regime change to bring them back into the community of nations. This book raises questions about its feasibility and its possible consequences. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPB; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408125
- ISBN
- 9781421408125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.44
€ 30.99
€ 26.44
Paperback. Work has always been central to the African American experience. Whether as slaves or freedmen, African Americans have struggled to gain economic opportunity. This title analyzes the position of African American workers in the US economy and social order over the past century and a half. Series: African American Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192598
- ISBN
- 9780813192598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.94
€ 32.94
Paperback. In The Big Truck That Went By award-winning writer Jonathan Katz ties together the two crises that continue to cripple Haiti: the aftermath of the earthquake and government corruption. Asking the hard questions about Western aid, this is a vividly told narrative of how the affluent nations can help the less fortunate in a smarter way. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JM; JFFC; JKSR; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137278975
- ISBN
- 9781137278975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.41
€ 21.99
€ 20.41
Paperback. Unforgettable photographs from Roy Stryker's Pittsburgh Photographic Library (PPL) capture the convergence of destruction and rejuvenation that is the essence of an urban renaissance all the anxiety and hope of the fifties is reflected in these poignant photographs and explained through essays and narrative." Editor(s): Schulz, Constance B.; Plattner, Steven W. Num Pages: 192 pages, frontispiece, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; AJC; HBJK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 267 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822961406
- ISBN
- 9780822961406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.71
€ 35.71
Paperback. Red wolves are shy, elusive, and misunderstood predators. In The Secret World of Red Wolves , nature writer T. DeLene Beeland shadows the US Fish and Wildlife Service's pioneering recovery programme over the course of a year to craft an intimate portrait of the red wolf, its history, and its restoration. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; PSVW7; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469626543
- ISBN
- 9781469626543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.80
€ 25.80
Hardback. Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled. This book uncovers these migrants' lifelong human capital and identifies mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, job jumping, and entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520283725
- ISBN
- 9780520283725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.97€ 73.14
€ 93.97
€ 73.14