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The Americas

Paperback. This volume brings together nine original essays by cultural historians. The works aim to exhibit the promise of a cultural approach to understanding the range of American experiences from the seventeenth century to the present. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 halftones, 7 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226259550
ISBN
9780226259550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.46

Hardback. Distinguished Emerson scholar Joel Myerson has selected 350 letters written between 1813 and 1880 that best represents the scope of Emerson's correspondence. Editor(s): Myerson, Joel. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102827
ISBN
9780231102827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.55

paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 201.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780929387277
ISBN
9780929387277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.53

Hardcover. This first detailed account of the Denver Anti-Chinese Riot of 1880 tells the complex story of how anti-Chinese nativism in the nineteenth century grew from a regional political issue to a full-fledged national concern. Provides a new way of understanding late nineteenth-century race relations, as well as American sectionalism. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBBWC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619191
ISBN
9780700619191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.47

Paperback. Presents the thirty-year story of students, faculty, and administrators struggling with the politics of race in higher education at U C Berkeley's prestigious law school - one of the first institutions to implement affirmative action policies and one of the first to be forced to remove them. Num Pages: 262 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFJ; JFSL; JNMN; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520233096
ISBN
9780520233096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Hardcover. Explores the roots and identities of many of America's most recognizable citizens Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Media tie-in
SKU
V9780814732649
ISBN
9780814732649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.91

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634838
ISBN
9780691634838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 625.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252061561
ISBN
9780252061561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.62

Paperback. Editor(s): Capshaw, Katharine; Duane, Anna Mae. Num Pages: 400 pages, 52. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 254 x 51. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517900274
ISBN
9781517900274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardback. Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916) was only one of a number of heroes to emerge during the Civil War, yet he holds a singular place in the American imagination. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 231 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842029285
ISBN
9780842029285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.69

Hardback. Hounds-tongue. Ragged robin. Costmary. Pennyroyal. All-heal. These plants, whose very names conjure up a bygone world, were among the great variety of flowers and herbs grown in America's colonial and early Federal gardens. This book documents fifty-six species of flowers and herbs and provides details on how they were cultivated and used. Series: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 265 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 277 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1732.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300164541
ISBN
9780300164541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. In this interdisciplinary study of Asian-white miscegenation from the late 19th to the end of the 20th century, Koshy traces the shifting gender and racial hierarchies produced by antimiscegenation laws and their role in shaping cultural norms. These laws thus turned sex acts into race acts and engendered new meanings for both. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747295
ISBN
9780804747295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.24

paperback. The Lifeway of Kathryn Jones Harrison. 288 pages, 50 illustrations. A biography of Oregon tribal leader Kathryn Jones Harrison. It recounts the Grand Rondes' resurgence from the ashes of federal policies designed to terminate their very existence. It models the survival skills of adaptability, endurance, patience, and grit coupled with the courage to stand up to confront crusading power. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KB; BG; GTB; JFSL9. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985824
ISBN
9780295985824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.72

Paperback. In this short work, Dr. Szasz takes aim at conventional psychiatry, and at the attendent system of courts, hospitals, and psychiatrists who confine patients against their will. The focal point is a Supreme Court case involving a man forcibly committed to a Florida asylum for 14 years. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; MBPK; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815605102
ISBN
9780815605102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.42

Paperback. "Jean Liedloff, an American writer, spent two and a half years in the South American jungle living with Stone Age Indians. The experience demolished her Western preconceptions of how we should live and" Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFSL9; JHBA; JHMC; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780201050714
ISBN
9780201050714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.62

hardcover. Series: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
ILR Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801439766
ISBN
9780801439766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.64

Paperback. 176 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Livingston, Martha; O'Brien, Mary. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Dimension: 164 x 115 x 14. Weight: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New Press, The
Edition
CURR
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595583284
ISBN
9781595583284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.50

paperback. Reveals how and why US corporations helped replace the Goddess of Democracy that once stood in Tiananmen Square with the Gods of Mammon and Mars that dominate China. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Encounter Books United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
V9781594031229
ISBN
9781594031229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.78

Hardcover. This biography, with its informative backmatter and splendid illustrations, gives readers an in-depth look at the Reconstruction period through the life of one of the first African-American congressmen. Illustrator(s): Tate, Don. Num Pages: 50 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 224 x 282 x 11. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802853790
ISBN
9780802853790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.44

Paperback. Challenging the conception of empowerment associated with the Black Power Movement and its political and intellectual legacies, this title contends that power can be found not only in martial resistance, but, surprisingly, where the black body has been inflicted with harm or humiliation. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 327 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740958
ISBN
9780814740958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.43

Hardcover. Explores the 'visual' in defining the kaleidoscope of American experience and American identity in the 20th century. This book covers important topics in American history: nationhood, class, politics of identity, and the visual mapping of 'others'. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405114653
ISBN
9781405114653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.03

paperback. Traces the profound transformation that took place in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s. This book examines the social networks, working relationships, and political activities of artists, intellectuals, and film workers who flocked to Hollywood from Europe and the eastern United States before and during the Second World War. Series: Culture & the Moving Image. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781566398633
ISBN
9781566398633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.78

Hardback. This complete facsimile of the 1904 edition originally published by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company to commemorate the opening of New York's first subway line has been updated with a new introduction by Brian Cudahy. From the perspective of both urban history and the history of transportation, this book is an important primary source. Num Pages: 150 pages, photographs, diagrams, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; KNGT; KNJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5193 x 7128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 783.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823213191
ISBN
9780823213191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.54

Paperback. Editor(s): Jenkins, George. Num Pages: 75 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNFF; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 8. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634832342
ISBN
9781634832342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 99.57
€ 76.71

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