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Paperback. A survey of how women have been represented and influenced by the therapeutic culture from the mid-19th century. Dana Becker examines the myth that the problems women have are medical rather than societal; personal rather than political. Num Pages: 243 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814799369
ISBN
9780814799369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.43

Num Pages: 336 pages, over 320 and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBT; JWF; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 222 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1924.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764311796
ISBN
9780764311796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.22
€ 48.75

paperback. Kammen is a major American historian, whose books have received the Bancroft and Parkman prizes. This book collects his essays on American culture, of which he is one of the major historians. Num Pages: 296 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. Very good clean copy. Covers showing v. light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031746
ISBN
9780195130911
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.49

Hardcover. Drawn from the farms and towns of Otsego and Herkimer counties, the 121st New York State Volunteer Infantry Regiment served with the Sixth Corps in the Army of the Potomac throughout the Civil War. This book chronicles the epic story of this heroic 'band of brothers'. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 592 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616459
ISBN
9780700616459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 78 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; HBJK; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 16.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
78
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883844035
ISBN
9781883844035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.67

Hardback. This text examines the process of political and social reform that Colombia has experienced in the period 1980-1990. The approach is interdisciplinary and should be of interest to political scientists, economists, sociologists, geographers and historians. Editor(s): Carbo, Eduardo Posada. Series: Latin American Studies Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333715536
ISBN
9780333715536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.68

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566636742
ISBN
9781566636742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.51

Paperback. A fresh look at the nation's formative years through the lens of the clash between Washington and Jefferson. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306824517
ISBN
9780306824517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. This is a collection essays written by F.H. Cardoso during his tenure as President of Brazil. They document the transformation of Cardoso's economic and political approach and span Cardoso's early theoretical work through his pragmatic agenda for Brazil in a rapidly changing world economy. Editor(s): Font, Mauricio A. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742508934
ISBN
9780742508934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.94

Hardback. Explores the practice and meanings of death rituals in poor urban neighborhoods on the outskirts of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. This book provides descriptions of the Day of the Dead and other religious practices. It analyzes how the rites and beliefs associated with death shape and reflect poor Oaxacans' values and social identity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 42 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCR; JFCA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136884
ISBN
9780231136884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.10
€ 81.04

Paperback. The 1960s were heady years in Argentina. The isolation of the Peron era was over, the economy was doing well, and the arts were invigorated. This book presents an examination of the 1960s as a brief historical moment when artists, institutions, and critics organized to promote an international identity for Argentina's visual arts. Translator(s): Kahn, Dr. Peter. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 432 pages, 63 illustrations (22 color/16 pg insert, 41 b&w). BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPK; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338932
ISBN
9780822338932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 31.10

Hardcover. Based on more than five years of anthropological fieldwork in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this book highlights race, class, gender and territory to argue that Brazillian hip hoppers are subjects rather than objects of history and everyday life. This is the first ethnography in English to analyze Brazilian hip hop. Num Pages: 222 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVGR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230604650
ISBN
9780230604650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Hardback. Richard Brown's window onto the soul-of Vermont. Num Pages: 144 pages, 50+ full-color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEV; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 280 x 17. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881504675
ISBN
9780881504675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.52

Hardcover. Explores the complex ideas about race, racism, and racial identity that have grown up among Afro-Brazilians in the black music scene Num Pages: 237 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVGW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814709221
ISBN
9780814709221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, 4 Tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
African American Images United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934155134
ISBN
9781934155134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hill Street Press,US United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588181015
ISBN
9781588181015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.42

Paperback. In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid 1960's, through a twist of fate and fortune, a young girl came to live with a mother and her seven children. What began as a temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens' parents and Gertrude Baniszewski turned into a crime that would haunt cops, prosecutors, and a community for decades to come. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pages photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JJPK; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 109 x 18. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
St. Martin's True Crime
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780312946999
ISBN
9780312946999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. This is a concise compendium of America's sex laws, summarizing the laws regulating personal sexual activity; revealing gaps, anachronisms, anomalies, inequalities and irrationalities; and providing an empirical basis for studies of sexual regulation. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNDA; LNF; LNM; LNT; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226675657
ISBN
9780226675657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.76

Paperback. A variety of immigrant narratives probe the dynamic process of South Asian Americanization Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
American Literatures Initiative
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439903032
ISBN
9781439903032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardback. This work aims to provide genealogists and family-history researchers with an extensive, indexed source of German surname immigrants. This entire project (covering names through to May 1869) will span the years from 1850 to the 1890s. Editor(s): Glazier, Ira A.; Filby, William P. Series: Germans to America. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; GBC; HBTG; JFFN; JPVH1; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1153.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842026666
ISBN
9780842026666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 253.81

paperback. From The Nun's Story to The Flying Nun to The Singing Nun, nuns were a major presence in the mainstream media. Sullivan discusses these images in the context of the period's seemingly unlimited potential for social change. Num Pages: 340 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HRCX8; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802037763
ISBN
9780802037763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 42.18

Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171012
ISBN
9780691171012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 33.29

Hardback. This in-depth analysis of why the US became involved in the conflict in Vietnam and how the US experience there should be judged in retrospect examines the relationship between the US doctrine of containment of communism and US foreign policy in Vietnam. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 827.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804722834
ISBN
9780804722834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.07

Paperback. Although the linking of 'ethics' and 'politics' may seem more like the ingredients for a comedian's monologue, it is a sober issue and one that affects every American. This title offers an exploration with that moment when New York became the first state to enact a general ethics law, setting standards and guidelines for behavior. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589010451
ISBN
9781589010451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.29

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