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Paperback. During the patron saint fiesta in the town of San Jeronimo, Peru, crowds gather at sunset awaiting the entrance of the colourful dance troupes, or comparsas. The comparsas have become a powerful way for the local people to make sense of their place in the world. This text looks at this tradition. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 294 pages, 32 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; ASDX; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226520094
- ISBN
- 9780226520094
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 41.39
€ 51.99
€ 41.39
paperback. One of the greatest soldiers of the war, Barlow rose from lieutenant to general, suffered two serious wounds in combat, and played critical roles at Antietam, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, and other battles. His letters are accounts of cunning, courage, and the burdens of command. Editor(s): Samito, Christian G. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823223244
- ISBN
- 9780823223244
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.30
€ 41.99
€ 37.30
Hardcover. Editor(s): Foster, Joelle. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCS; JPS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633217669
- ISBN
- 9781633217669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.67€ 132.17
€ 191.67
€ 132.17
Hardback. Includes Thoreau's reminiscences of his 1839 excursion with his brother John along the Concord and Merrimack rivers and all his impressions and observations entered in journals during the famous Walden sojourn. Editor(s): Sattelmeyer, Robert. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 680 pages, Ill.2M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691061863
- ISBN
- 9780691061863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.59€ 108.73
€ 142.59
€ 108.73
Paperback. The contents of this book cover marginalization and wrongful convictions, the case of Donald Marshall, the case of David Milgaard, the case of Wilbert Coffin, ending wrongful convictions, and much more. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250. Wrongful Convictions in Canada. 176 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBC; JKVP. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 10. Weight: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552662687
- ISBN
- 9781552662687
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.36
€ 25.99
€ 22.36
Paperback. Series: American Revolutionary War. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5AJ; YQH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 3. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Capstone Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781491421581
- ISBN
- 9781491421581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.14
€ 10.99
€ 10.14
An intellectual history of US national security thinking since the end of the fall of the Soviet Union, Seeing the Elephant is an attempt to see the evolving international security system and America's role in it through the eyes of more than fifty perceptive authors who have analysed key aspects of the unfolding post-Cold War drama. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971003
- ISBN
- 9781597971003
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
paperback. Series: Cultural Studies of the Americas S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816631179
- ISBN
- 9780816631179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.60
€ 29.99
€ 27.60
Hardback. In this series of essays Betsy Erkkila considers the historical and psychological dramas of blood-as marker of violence, race, sex, kinship-that have stood near the center of American literature, culture, and politics since the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238440
- ISBN
- 9780812238440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.62
€ 93.62
Hardcover. Las Vegas, New Mexico, is the subject and muse of this provocative case study of place. Num Pages: 284 pages, , colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 265 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135785
- ISBN
- 9780890135785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.53
€ 52.99
€ 38.53
En Aquel Entonces: Readings in Mexican-American History
. Ed(S): Gonzales, Manuel; Gonzales, Cynthia
paperback. An interdisciplinary anthology covering diverse aspects of the Mexican-American experience in the United States. Bringing together thirty-one of the journal articles, this collection provides students of history with a panoramic portrait of Mexicanos in the United States while at the same time introducing them to Chicana/o historiography. Editor(s): Gonzales, Manuel; Gonzales, Cynthia. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press (IPS) United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213990
- ISBN
- 9780253213990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.52
€ 32.52
Hardcover. This volume explores 25 case studies of fiscal measures that have been adopted successfully by governments in North America and Europe to reduce environmental degradation. Each study lays out an implementation issue and compares the effectiveness of the measure against its expectations. Editor(s): Gale, Robert; etc.; Barg, Stephan (Researchers, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada). Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 759. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012788
- ISBN
- 9781853832468
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. A Companion to 20th-Century America is an authoritative survey of the most important topics and themes of twentieth-century American history and historiography. Editor(s): Whitfield, Stephen J. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 584 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211006
- ISBN
- 9780631211006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.59
€ 219.59
Hardback. The first history of black slavery in the Maritimes, North to Bondage is a startling corrective to the enduring myth of Canada as a land of freedom at the end of the Underground Railroad. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774832281
- ISBN
- 9780774832281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.83
€ 105.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSG; JKV; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403960337
- ISBN
- 9781403960337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.51€ 46.44
€ 52.51
€ 46.44
Paperback. The first volume garnered such popular acclaim--and drew so many more veterans and photographs out of obscurity--that a follow-up book was called for. Like the first installment, this one assembles hundreds of photos--most of them never seen by the public before--of the artwork soldiers painted on their helicopters during the Vietnam War. Series: Stackpole Military Photo Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPG; AJC; HBWS2; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811713498
- ISBN
- 9780811713498
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.59
€ 29.99
€ 23.59
Paperback. Offers a vision of Henry James as a social critic whose later works can be read as rich with homo-erotic suggestiveness. Drawing from work in queer and feminist theory, this book argues that the most fruitful approach to James is one that ignores the elitist portrait of the formalist master. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; JFFK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321477
- ISBN
- 9780822321477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages, 29 Color Illustrations, 20 B&W Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGBA; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- George Braziller Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807600160
- ISBN
- 9780807600160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.92
€ 21.99
€ 20.92
Paperback. Takes on one of the grimmest secrets in America's national life - the history of lynching and, more generally, the public punishment of African Americans. The author shows that lynching cannot be explained away as a phenomenon peculiar to the South or as the perverse culmination of racist politics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 186 x 28. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226301389
- ISBN
- 9780226301389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.37
€ 42.99
€ 33.37
paperback. Looks at the global culture of sci-fi-- covering European, American and Asian films--to ask what it reveals about international culture and society Editor(s): Sardar, Ziauddin; Cubitt, Sean. Num Pages: 200 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; FL; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745315393
- ISBN
- 9780745315393
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.46
€ 40.99
€ 31.46
Hardback. Celebrates a cornerstone of the Yale University Art Gallery's holdings: the Charles B Benenson Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art. This bequest includes works by a veritable pantheon of modern and contemporary artists - among them Jean-Michel Basquiat, Stuart Davis, Fernand Leger, Joan Miro, James Rosenquist, and David Smith. Series: Yale University Art Gallery. Num Pages: 192 pages, 224 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; ACXD; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 247 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300184945
- ISBN
- 9780300184945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.59€ 42.10
€ 52.59
€ 42.10
Paperback. An original study of U.S. congressional elections and electoral institutions for 1872 1944 from a contemporary political science perspective" Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making. Num Pages: 171 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472035861
- ISBN
- 9780472035861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.02
€ 34.99
€ 32.02
Hardback. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 512 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; 3J; DSBD; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 40. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403960719
- ISBN
- 9781403960719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.62
€ 153.62
Paperback. Represents the changes occurring in Asian American communities and the world, changes that require a reconsideration of how the interdisciplinary field of Asian American studies is defined and taught. This anthology summarizes and defines the shape of this field, addressing topics such as transnationalism, US imperialism, racism and immigration. Editor(s): Wu, Jean Yu-Wen Shen; Chen, Thomas C. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1361.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813545752
- ISBN
- 9780813545752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.33
€ 54.33