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Paperback. An exploration of the cultural legacy left by African slaves in the Caribbean and Latin America Num Pages: 270 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814738184
- ISBN
- 9780814738184
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.24
€ 29.99
€ 27.24
Paperback. Examines the diasporic and transnational aspects of Asian-American literature and engages works of prose and poetry as aesthetic articulations of the fluid transnational identities formed by Asian-American writers. Editor(s): Lim, Shirley; Gamber, John Blair; Sohn, Stephen Hong; Valentino, Gina. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134519
- ISBN
- 9781592134519
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.62
€ 34.99
€ 31.62
hardcover. In the American imagination, Asian Americans are considered an immigrant success story. Vivian Louie challenges the idea that race and class do not matter. Though most Chinese immigrants see higher education as a safeguard against racial discrimination, Louie finds that class differences do indeed shape the students' different paths to college. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804749848
- ISBN
- 9780804749848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.65
€ 134.65
Hardcover. Editor(s): Henrickson, Jazmin; O'Connell, Lillian. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621000532
- ISBN
- 9781621000532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 291.27€ 197.23
€ 291.27
€ 197.23
Paperback. In the modern Congress, one of the highest hurdles for major bills or nominations is gaining the sixty votes necessary to shut off a filibuster in the Senate. But this wasn't always the case. This title shows that filibustering is a game with slippery rules in which legislators who think fast and try hard can triumph over superior numbers. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 51 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226449654
- ISBN
- 9780226449654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.01
€ 36.99
€ 30.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Gereffi, Gary; Wyman, Donald L. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 434 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KL; HBTK; KCZ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691606743
- ISBN
- 9780691606743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.34€ 59.41
€ 76.34
€ 59.41
Hardcover. Interpretations of the background to the Cuban diaspora - a political revolution and the subsequent radical transformation of the society and economy towards socialism - are politicised and highly contested. The Miami-based Cuban diaspora has had extraordinary success in putting its case high on the US political agenda.. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KJC; JFSL4; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430. Memory, Politics, and Nation Among Cubans in Spain. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. 240 pages. Interpretations of the background to the Cuban diaspora - a political revolution and the subsequent radical transformation of the society and economy towards socialism - are politicised and highly contested. The Miami-based Cuban diaspora has had extraordinary success in putting its case high on the US political agenda. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KJC; JFSL4; JHM. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 18. Weight: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452450
- ISBN
- 9780857452450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.47
€ 162.47
Hardback. Presenting an international comparison of segregation patterns of immigrants and policy reactions at local and state level, this book sets out to give an insight into the European experience with ethnic segregation in metropolitan areas. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBC; JFSL1; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348542
- ISBN
- 9780792348542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.05
€ 132.05
Paperback. Los Angeles has attracted intense attention as a 'world city' characterized by multiculturalism and globalization. This work highlights the role African Americans and Japanese Americans played in the social and political struggles that remade twentieth-century Los Angeles. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146188
- ISBN
- 9780691146188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.85€ 42.10
€ 52.85
€ 42.10
Paperback. The War for Independence promised liberty, the opportunity for a better life, and the excitement of the battlefield. It also brought disappointment, misery, and mourning. This book presents essays that investigate the diverse experiences of Americans from North to South, coast to backcountry, and white townsfolk to African American slaves. Editor(s): Resch, John; Sargent, Walter. Num Pages: 326 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806143
- ISBN
- 9780875806143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.40
€ 28.40
Paperback. Describes the formation of a masculine ideology in the decades prior to the war, and shows how it thrived - on the job, and through union politics. This title provides a context for our ideas of postwar masculinity and whiteness and finally returns the men of the home front to our reckoning of the Greatest Generation and the New Deal era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044194
- ISBN
- 9780226044194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.01
€ 36.99
€ 30.01
Num Pages: 270 pages, over 40 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764324307
- ISBN
- 9780764324307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.19
€ 42.99
€ 28.19
Hardcover. This is a critical study of the public diplomacy activities of China and Taiwan in Central America. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPCW; 1KLC; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137480095
- ISBN
- 9781137480095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Yamamura, Kozo; Streek, Wolfgang. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JPA; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488207
- ISBN
- 9780801488207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.22
€ 42.99
€ 38.22
paperback. Birds of Arizona is a field guide to the 180 most common and sought-after species in the state. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed illustrations, this informative guide makes it easy to identify birds in your backyard, favorite parks, and wildlife areas. Series: Falcon Field Guide Series. Num Pages: 104 pages, colour illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WNCB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 104 x 13. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Falcon Guides United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762774166
- ISBN
- 9780762774166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.86
€ 18.99
€ 15.86
Hardcover. Editor(s): Libermann, Keith A. Num Pages: 145 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606923573
- ISBN
- 9781606923573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.66€ 86.88
€ 125.66
€ 86.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gibbs Smith
- Edition
- Updated ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781423636656
- ISBN
- 9781423636656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.88
€ 26.88
Hardcover. The Moche people who inhabited the north coast of Peru between approximately 100 and 800 AD created the most elaborate system of iconographic representation of any ancient Peruvian culture. This book raises the analysis of Moche iconography to a level through a study of visual representations of rituals involving sex, death, and sacrifice. Num Pages: 272 pages, 259 b&w illus., 24 color photos in 16 page section. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 188 x 24. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292712799
- ISBN
- 9780292712799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Economic Imperatives and Ethical Values in Global Business: The South ...
S. Prakash Sethi~Oliver F. Williams
Hardcover. Intends to learn from the experience of the Sullivan Principles, and interpret how this experience might be translated into developing 'rules of the game' and 'codes of business ethics' as large multinational corporations continue to confront the issues of human rights. Num Pages: 423 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1KBB; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Dublin, Ireland
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792378938
- ISBN
- 9780792378938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.60
€ 137.60
Hardback. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610483544
- ISBN
- 9781610483544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.54
€ 112.54
Paperback. A study of post-slavery literatures in the Americas. Examining major novels from 1880 to the 1970s, the author shows how fiction from different nations shares what he calls textual simultaneity in revealing parallel narrative anxieties about genealogy, narrative authority and racial difference. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919775
- ISBN
- 9780813919775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.24
€ 36.24
Paperback. As a young anthropologist, the author undertook fieldwork in Jamaica, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. This title presents a summation of his work in the region and is a reminder of how anthropology allows people to explore the deep truths that history may leave unexamined. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSL3; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066212
- ISBN
- 9780674066212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.11
€ 34.99
€ 30.11
paperback. Presents translations of texts by Latin American women playwrights, and performance artists, together with essays about their work. Editor(s): Taylor, Diana; Constantino, Roselyn. Num Pages: 464 pages, 58 b&w photos, 19 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ABM; DD; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822332404
- ISBN
- 9780822332404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.30
€ 41.99
€ 37.30
The Islam/West Debate. Documents from the World Debate on Terrorism, U...
. Ed(S): Blankenhorn, David; Filali-Ansary, A...
Paperback. In 2002, sixty prominent American intellectuals released an open letter defending the use of military force against al-Qa'ida. The letter sparked an impassioned international debate. This volume chronicles that debate and includes contributions from both sides of the political spectrum in America and the Middle East-and even from al-Qa'ida. Editor(s): Blankenhorn, David; Filali-Ansary, Abdou; Mneimneh, Hassan I.; Roberts, Alex. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742550070
- ISBN
- 9780742550070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.23
€ 68.23