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Paperback. Early Photography and the Making of African American Identity. 408 pages, 71 photographs. Editor(s): Wallace, Maurice O.; Smith, Shawn Michelle. Brings to light the wide-ranging practices of early African American photography, as well as the effects of photography on racialized thinking. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 29. Weight: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350859
- ISBN
- 9780822350859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.43
€ 29.43
Hardback. Many artists and scholars were forced to migrate from Nazi Germany. Their story is twofold, of impoverishment for the countries the musicians left behind and enrichment for the United States. The latter is the focus of this collection, which approaches the subject from diverse perspectives. Editor(s): Brinkmann, Reinhold; Wolff, Christoph. Series: Roth Family Foundation Music in America Book. Num Pages: 386 pages, 7 music examples , 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; AV; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214132
- ISBN
- 9780520214132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.37€ 56.82
€ 72.37
€ 56.82
Paperback. Afro-Cuban music evolved into one of the great musical traditions of the 20th century. This volume provides a comprehensive history of mainstream Cuban music, examining the music of all its eras from the perspective of two seminal trumpet players: Felix Chappottin and Alfredo Chocolate Armenteros. Num Pages: 304 pages, musical examples, bibliography, index, footnotes. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AVGE; AVH; AVRN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810846807
- ISBN
- 9780810846807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.88
€ 93.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 112 Colour Photographs, 4 Black and White Photographs, 43 Black and White Illustrations,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583947975
- ISBN
- 9781583947975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.43
€ 21.99
€ 21.43
The Service Sector: Productivity and Growth. Proceedings of the Intern...
. Ed(S): Felli, Ernesto; Rosati, F. C.; Tria,...
Paperback. This work presents two groups of papers: an analysis of the interdependence among the service and the industrial sectors of the economy; and contributions mainly concerned with the problem of the possible differences in productivity among market services and manufacturing industries. Editor(s): Felli, Ernesto; Rosati, F. C.; Tria, Giovanni. Series: Contributions to Economics. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1QFE; KCC; KND; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Physica-Verlag GmbH & Co Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783790808759
- ISBN
- 9783790808759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.14
€ 69.14
Looks at the multi-faceted nature of New Orleans, a city replete with contradictions. Featuring 22 full-color two-page-spread maps, this title plumbs the depths of this major tourist destination, pivotal scene of American history and culture and, most recently, site of monumental disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. Num Pages: 176 pages, 39 color illustrations, 7 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274037
- ISBN
- 9780520274037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.38
€ 40.99
€ 29.38
Paperback. Editor(s): Nilsson, John D. Num Pages: 102 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVF1; LNFX3; LNFX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607418030
- ISBN
- 9781607418030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.36€ 51.68
€ 72.36
€ 51.68
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Edition
- First Trade
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554887965
- ISBN
- 9781554887965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.64
€ 35.64
Hardcover. Since Roe versus Wade, abortion has been a continually divisive political issue in the United States. This title looks beyond simplistic cultural or religious explanations to find out why abortion politics and policies differ so dramatically in these otherwise similar countries. It argues that political institutions are the key. Num Pages: 336 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KB; LAM; LNDC; LNTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226313429
- ISBN
- 9780226313429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.73€ 110.19
€ 130.73
€ 110.19
Hardback. Examines contact stories from indigenous and newcomer populations from New Zealand and throughout North America. Focusing on misunderstandings embedded in the stories of "first contacts" and these narratives' contemporary relevance, production, and performance, this book introduces different tools for understanding the genre. Editor(s): Lutz, John Sutton. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774812627
- ISBN
- 9780774812627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.66
€ 112.66
Hardcover. Bringing together core selections from and analysis of material documenting the uneasy collaboration between Herbert and Eisenhower, this collection incisively uses primary sources to illuminate the 1952 Republican nomination fight, the second Hoover Commission, and other key episodes during the Eisenhower presidency. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137334084
- ISBN
- 9781137334084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 57 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; JFHF; VXQ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764339431
- ISBN
- 9780764339431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.67
€ 20.99
€ 15.67
Hardcover. The 2008 US presidential election was a 'global event.' Across the world, countries felt they had a major stake in this election. This study investigates the perception of the candidates, the issues, and the importance of the 2008 election from abroad and discovers that these shared perceptions amount to a 'world view'. Editor(s): Maass, Matthias. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPHF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618688
- ISBN
- 9780230618688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. Gives an account of nationalism and the politics of turning immigrants into citizens and Americans. This work takes you through controversies over citizenship for blacks and the rights of aliens at the nation's founding, and also examines the interplay of ideas and institutions in the Americanization movement in the 1910s and 1920s. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133966
- ISBN
- 9780691133966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.45
€ 45.99
€ 33.45
Paperback. Presented with an introduction by John Lukacs, the letters in this volume reveal new dimensions in George Kennan's thinking about America and its future and illuminate the political-and spiritual-philosophies that both authors shared as they wrote about a world transformed by war and the clash of ideologies that defined the twentieth century. Editor(s): Lukacs, John R. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTW; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222715
- ISBN
- 9780812222715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
paperback. To study the settlement process of undocumented migrants, this work examines one of Houston's Maya communities, the approximately 900 Maya from a township in the Department of Totonicapan, Guatemala. It traces this Maya community from its genesis in 1978 to the complex effects of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 tables, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCG; JFFN; JFSL9; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566392570
- ISBN
- 9781566392570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.62
€ 34.99
€ 31.62
Hardback. The Technical Imagination explores how technology entered the popular imagination in the Argentina of the 1920s and 1930s and how its products helped to shape modern thinking at all levels of Argentine society. Translator(s): Callahan, Xavier. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735421
- ISBN
- 9780804735421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.44
€ 87.44
Hardcover. Editor(s): Wilson, Jack L. Num Pages: 460 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 189 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1076.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617289651
- ISBN
- 9781617289651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 342.00€ 232.44
€ 342.00
€ 232.44
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489853
- ISBN
- 9780801489853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.71
€ 50.71
Hardback. In the introduction to this collection of essays, the editor discusses the background and critical reception of "The Crying of Lot 49". Further essays provide an examination of the novel within its literary, historical and scientific contexts. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Patrick. Series Editor(s): Elliot, Emory (University of California, Riverside). Series: The American Novel. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 318 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521381635
- ISBN
- 9780521381635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.76
€ 96.76
Paperback. Explores the manner in which Americans have discussed and practiced their patriotism. This volume examines the use of patriotic language and symbols in building unity in the early republic, rebuilding the nation after the Civil War, and sustaining loyalty in an increasingly diverse society. Editor(s): Bodnar, John. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 halftones 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691043968
- ISBN
- 9780691043968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.53€ 42.10
€ 52.53
€ 42.10
Paperback. This work is an analysis of America's military role in Vietnam. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 4 Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190365
- ISBN
- 9780813190365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.51
€ 33.51
Hardback. This book analyzes in a comparative perspective the causes, the modalities and the prospects of political changes in three regions: Southern Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia. Editor(s): Ethier, Diane. Series: Macmillan International Political Economy S. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DS; 1FM; 1KLC; 1KLS; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333521281
- ISBN
- 9780333521281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Paperback. The American Civil War helped to isolate Catholics further from the rest of American society. The service of Catholic soldiers in the Union Army did not eradicate nativism or anti-Catholicism because so many other Catholic northerners prominently opposed the war and emancipation. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823268863
- ISBN
- 9780823268863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.13
€ 41.99
€ 37.13