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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSG; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 115 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226761992
- ISBN
- 9780226761992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
€ 40.99
€ 31.48
Painting the Maple: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Construction of Ca...
Veronica Strong-Boag (Ed.)
Paperback. Gathering insights from numerous fields about the construction of Canada, this provocative volume illuminates the challenges that lie ahead for all Canadians who aspire to create a better future. Editor(s): Strong-Boag, Veronica; Grace, Sherrill; Anderson, Joan M.; Eisenberg, Avigail. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774806930
- ISBN
- 9780774806930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.00
€ 40.99
€ 36.00
Drawing from legal and extralegal discourse but focusing on imaginative literature, this book examines representations of, responses to, and arguments for and against the death penalty in the United States over the long nineteenth century. It creates a generative dialogue between artistic relics and legal history. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413327
- ISBN
- 9781421413327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Hardcover. Series: A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935850
- ISBN
- 9780813935850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of Asian American participation in US politics. This book covers historical and cultural context, political behavior and attitudes, interest groups and parties, elected officials, and public policies that have an important impact on Asian Americans. Series: US Minority Politics Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634463
- ISBN
- 9780745634463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.24
€ 72.24
Paperback. Looks at the legal and cultural implications of bequests that crossed the color line. This book examines high-court decisions in the antebellum South that involved wills in which white male planters bequeathed property, freedom, or both to women of color and their mixed-race children. Series: Studies in the Legal History of the South. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3; LNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820332512
- ISBN
- 9780820332512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.01
€ 41.01
Paperback. From December 1811 to February 1812, massive earthquakes shook the middle Mississippi Valley, collapsing homes, snapping large trees midtrunk, and briefly but dramatically reversing the flow of the continent's mightiest river. This book reminds the major environmental disaster, demonstrating how events that have been long forgotten, and more. Num Pages: 472 pages, 22 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226273754
- ISBN
- 9780226273754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.93
€ 34.99
€ 27.93
Scholars of liberalism, the American founding, and the American presidency will find Fatovic's reasoned arguments against the conventional wisdom enlightening. Series: The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801893629
- ISBN
- 9780801893629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.71
€ 75.71
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBLC1; JFSL4; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 522
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640549
- ISBN
- 9780691640549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 282.96
€ 282.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 26 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615902
- ISBN
- 9780700615902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Paperback. Examines the emergence of private, work-based benefits; the uniquely American pursuit of "social insurance"; the influence of race and gender on the health care debate; and the confrontation between reformers and powerful economic and health interests. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119519
- ISBN
- 9780691119519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.51
€ 52.99
€ 37.51
paperback. What ever happened to civil debate? Where has all this moralizing come from? And what harm has this new level of attack caused to democracy in America? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719756
- ISBN
- 9780814719756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.24
€ 29.99
€ 27.24
Hardback. This collection of twelve essays is based on the premise that a better understanding of the economic development process can be gained by studying the history of those countries that have experienced long-term economic success, in this case the United States during the 19th century. Editor(s): Weiss, Thomas; Schaefer, Donald. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720847
- ISBN
- 9780804720847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.09
€ 95.09
Paperback. This volume is an interdisciplinary guide to the Treaties of the Six Nations and their league. It provides a description of the earliest recorded treaties and an alphabetical list of persons involved in Iroquois treaty making. Editor(s): Jennings, Francis; et al. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 maps, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHM; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815626503
- ISBN
- 9780815626503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. This edited collection by scholars of both history and anthropology re-examines the concepts of resistance and the effect of neoliberalism from the 1980s to the present day comparing Brazil and Mexico, two of the largest countries in Latin America. Editor(s): Gledhill, John; Schell, Patience A. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSB; HBJK; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351870
- ISBN
- 9780822351870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.30
€ 41.99
€ 37.30
Paperback. In her second Dos Caminos cookbook, Chef Ivy Stark cooks tacos 24/7- here are more than 100 fresh yet traditional takes on tacos from Dos Caminos restaurants. Num Pages: 280 pages, 75 color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WBA; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 201 x 17. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781581573190
- ISBN
- 9781581573190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.67
€ 21.67
Hardback. Moves toward an examination of the institutions, theories, and social networks of scholars as never before, maintaining a healthy scepticism toward anthropologists' views of their own methods and theories Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243958
- ISBN
- 9780803243958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.77
€ 70.77
Paperback. Series: Cheap Bastard. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- GPP Travel United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762750221
- ISBN
- 9780762750221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.46
€ 16.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. Focusing upon Hollywood's portrayal of Asian races, this study describes how social taboos concerning Orientals helped to perpetuate social and racial inequality in the USA. The author's discussion covers early silent films, later classics such as "Shanghai Express" and the recurring geisha movies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; APFA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520084957
- ISBN
- 9780520084957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.52
€ 35.99
€ 26.52
Paperback. An eloquent and provocative autobiography of an activist in the 1960s civil rights movement Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JFSL3; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976594
- ISBN
- 9780295976594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.41
€ 42.99
€ 38.41
Paperback. Series: AAR Academy Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, 7 figs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCM; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780788501661
- ISBN
- 9780788501661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.00
€ 61.00
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781419708565
- ISBN
- 9781419708565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.38
€ 17.99
€ 17.38
Paperback. Features how the "dark continent" of blues and jazz provided Hollywood with a resonant resource to construct and negotiate the boundaries of American cultural identity. This book contains new work on blackface minstrelsy in early sound movies, racial representation and censorship, torch singers and torch songs, burlesque and strippers, and more. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; APFA; AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252072352
- ISBN
- 9780252072352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.17
€ 24.99
€ 23.17
hardcover. Purchase for Profit will be important for those studying public policy in any of the areas in which public-private partnerships are now being adopted. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442651203
- ISBN
- 9781442651203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.36
€ 74.36