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hardcover. Provides a full and balanced portrait of Fulgencio Batista. The author describes Batista's rise to power as part of a revolutionary movement and the intrigues and dangers that surrounded him. This volume focuses on Batista's role as a revolutionary leader from 1933 to 1934 and his image as a strongman in the years between 1934 and 1939. Num Pages: 432 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813537016
- ISBN
- 9780813537016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.72
€ 52.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 130 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; PST; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811734936
- ISBN
- 9780811734936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.18
€ 31.99
€ 24.18
Hardcover. Editor(s): Irwin, Len G.; Macias, Raymond. Num Pages: 164 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619426788
- ISBN
- 9781619426788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.74€ 114.28
€ 165.74
€ 114.28
Hardback. The book covers the gamut of inter-ethnic experiences throughout the Portuguese-speaking world, from the sixteenth century to the present day, integrating history, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, literary, and cultural studies. Editor(s): Bethencourt, Francisco; Pearce, Adrian. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 380 pages, 12 halftones, tables, and graphs. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 1FMNT; 1HFG; 1KLSB; HBJ; HBTR; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265246
- ISBN
- 9780197265246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.55€ 56.12
€ 87.55
€ 56.12
Paperback. Demonstrates that every Republican president since Dwight D Eisenhower worked to build his party into a more durable political organization while every Democratic president refused to do the same. This book offers insights into presidential behavior, party organizational change, and modern American political development. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHL; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136936
- ISBN
- 9780691136936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.45
€ 45.99
€ 33.45
Hardback. A history of Fordham University that traces the evolution of the institution from St. John' College, a small diocesan college founded by Bishop John Hughes in 1841, to one of the major Jesuit and Catholic universities in the United States. Num Pages: 536 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; JNKS; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823271511
- ISBN
- 9780823271511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.92
€ 62.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 307.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403946775
- ISBN
- 9781403946775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Quest Books,U.S. United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780835609098
- ISBN
- 9780835609098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.39
€ 18.99
€ 17.39
Paperback. A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after World War II. However, as this book reveals, images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, horrific and amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts. Num Pages: 282 pages, 38 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZW; DSBF; DSBH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226005393
- ISBN
- 9780226005393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.64
€ 35.99
€ 28.64
Hardback. Written over a 25-year span, these essays explore the ways in which the rural, regional, political, and cultural history of colonial and nineteenth-century Mexico has been approached by scholars. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804768603
- ISBN
- 9780804768603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.40
€ 170.40
Hardcover. Editor(s): Merrill, Robert. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJP; JPH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633213630
- ISBN
- 9781633213630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.42€ 131.49
€ 191.42
€ 131.49
Paperback. Since the Civil War, whites and blacks have struggled over the meanings and uses of the Southern past. This title argues that these battles are ultimately about who has the power to determine what we remember of the past, and whether that remembrance will honor all Southerners or only select groups. Num Pages: 432 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027213
- ISBN
- 9780674027213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.73
€ 35.99
€ 30.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 150 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Frederick Fell United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780883910269
- ISBN
- 9780883910269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.89
€ 17.99
€ 17.89
Hardcover. Class, Crime and International Film Noir argues that, in its postwar, classical phase, this dark variant of the crime film was not just an American phenomenon. Rather, these seedy tales with their doomed heroes and heroines were popular all over the world including France, Britain, Italy and Japan. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137290137
- ISBN
- 9781137290137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This volume explores some of the critical reconfigurations of the Union as wrought by the Civil War and offer insights into public memory of what the conflict signified. Editor(s): Morgan, Iwan W.; Davies, Philip John. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336477
- ISBN
- 9781137336477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Focuses on the means employed by former slaves in Charleston, South Carolina to adjust to their status as a free people and to battle attempts by whites to regain control over them. This study attempts to understand how the freedmen saw themselves in the new order and to shed light on their hopes and aspirations. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216090
- ISBN
- 9780253216090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.87
€ 21.99
€ 21.87
Paperback. 1972. A plane has crashed in the Andes mountains. The passengers are hopelessly lost in one of the most isolated places on earth. Almost three months later, two of the survivors, emaciated and frozen, reach the authorities and lead a rescue team to the remaining fourteen passengers. The rescue team are shocked when they reach the crash-site. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3JJPL; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099574521
- ISBN
- 9780099574521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.56
€ 12.99
€ 11.56
Paperback. Offers a view of African American religious history from Africa and early America through Reconstruction to the rise of black nationalism, civil rights, and the black theology. This work includes documents, such as personal narratives, sermons, letters, protest pamphlets, early denominational histories, and theological statements. Editor(s): Sernett, Milton C. Series: C.Eric Lincoln Series on the Black Experience. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAX; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324492
- ISBN
- 9780822324492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. The Cincinnati tri-state area (Ohio, Indiana, & Kentucky) offers many creepy and ghostly locations to explore! Take your place upon a throne in a haunted castle in Loveland, Ohio and get a glimpse of a hidden underground church in Utopia, Ohio. Check out Num Pages: 256 pages, 57 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764328992
- ISBN
- 9780764328992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.11
€ 18.99
€ 14.11
Fierce Feminine Divinities of Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, Ka...
Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba
Hardcover. Responding to a growing interest in fierce feminine archetypes and syncretic religions, Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba offers a study of the origin and worship of four feminine deities across cultures and continents: the Slavic Baba Yaga, the Hindu goddess Kali, the Brazilian Pombagira, and the Mexican Santa Muerte. Num Pages: 204 pages, 41 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KL; HRL; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543547
- ISBN
- 9781137543547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.50
€ 100.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679287
- ISBN
- 9780816679287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.24
€ 29.99
€ 27.24
Paperback. Attempting to define the exotic, this text focuses on the shifting relations between popular portrayals of exotic "others" and the practice of anthropology, seeking to cast light on gender, race and the public sphere in America's history. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 462 pages, 20 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226472645
- ISBN
- 9780226472645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
€ 40.99
€ 31.48
Paperback. Series: Food Lovers' Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WTH; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 26.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762786428
- ISBN
- 9780762786428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.22
€ 21.99
€ 18.22
Hardcover. Editor(s): Morales, Cristina N. Num Pages: 216 pages, tables & graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608760909
- ISBN
- 9781608760909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.11€ 162.79
€ 238.11
€ 162.79