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Paperback. In River of Hope, Omar S. Valerio-Jimenez examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 photos, 10 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532. Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands. 384 pages, 19 photographs, 10 tables, 3 maps. Examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the Lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JFSL; JHMC. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351856
- ISBN
- 9780822351856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.13
€ 41.99
€ 37.13
Hardcover. This is the 11th part in a series of volumes containing the papers of George Washington. This particular volume contains correspondence, orders and other documents from August to October 1777, one of the most militarily active periods of America's Revolutionary War. Series: Papers of George Washington. Num Pages: 730 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1197.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 730
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920269
- ISBN
- 9780813920269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.85
€ 128.85
Paperback. Focusing on the most notorious fashion of the 1940s, Zoot Suit traces its enigmatic career during World War II and after, as it spread from Harlem across the United States and around the world. In so doing, this book offers a new perspective on youth culture and the politics of style. Num Pages: 248 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223033
- ISBN
- 9780812223033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Hardcover. The twentieth century witnessed the rise of the United States as the preeminent player on the world stage. Henry L Stimson was among those individuals responsible for the American ascension in the arena of foreign policy. Series: Biographies in American Foreign Policy. Num Pages: 222 pages, photograph, chronology, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842026314
- ISBN
- 9780842026314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.98
€ 166.98
Hardcover. The 2010 Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare, as its detractors like to call it) is a sweeping reform to the US health care system. Why has the United States been so continually divided on this issue? The author offers an explanation in the form of an engaging and in-depth look at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226348032
- ISBN
- 9780226348032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dafina United States
- Edition
- 4th Revised, Updated ed.
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780758292414
- ISBN
- 9780758292414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.18
€ 19.99
€ 19.18
Paperback. Series: Multicultural Education Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNC; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Teachers' College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807754528
- ISBN
- 9780807754528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.05
€ 40.05
Hardback. Charts how the cartographies of American literature as an institutional category have varied. Arguing that American literature was consolidated as a distinctively nationalist entity only in the wake of the U S Civil War, this title identifies this formation as extending until the beginning of the Reagan presidency in 1981. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136134
- ISBN
- 9780691136134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18€ 50.62
€ 64.18
€ 50.62
Hardcover. Arguing that our laws are skewed to benefit entrenched homeowners, at the expense of newcomers and lower-income households, this book advocates both for libertarian ideals and for social justice - an unusual and revealing combination. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPRB; LNKW; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110502
- ISBN
- 9780230110502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Paperback. Losing to Win:The 1996 Elections and American Politics advances their groundbreaking research to electoral politics and continues their penetrating discussions of divided government, independent candidates, party platform, 'outsiderism', and campaign strategies. Series: Studies in American Political Institutions and Public Policy. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847684069
- ISBN
- 9780847684069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.72
€ 60.72
Hardback. Presents John C. Calhoun's theory of the concurrent majority as a rare example of an American political theory resting on classical assumptions about human nature and political life. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPA; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700623341
- ISBN
- 9780700623341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.35
€ 71.35
Paperback. A history of the meaning of property, this text aims to uncover in American legal writing a competing vision of property which has existed alongside the traditional conception. It argues that property has also been understood as propriety, a method for creating and maintaining an organized society. Num Pages: 486 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; KFFR; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226013541
- ISBN
- 9780226013541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.92
€ 51.99
€ 40.92
Paperback. Improving the educational success of the children of Mexican immigrants is crucial to the future prospects of these children as well as to the American population at large. This book documents how various aspects of these children's lives help or hinder their learning in elementary school. Num Pages: 184 pages, 21 tables, 14 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804755238
- ISBN
- 9780804755238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.07
€ 25.99
€ 24.07
America's Forgotten Founders, second edition (Lives of the Founders)
Gregg Ii, Dr. Gary L., Hall, Mark David
Paperback. Editor(s): Gregg, Gary L., II; Hall, Mark David. Series: Lives of the Founders. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBWF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610170239
- ISBN
- 9781610170239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.69
€ 20.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595341426
- ISBN
- 9781595341426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.44
€ 19.99
€ 18.44
Hardcover. This text offers an interpretation of the life's work of acclaimed St. Lucian poet, Derek Walcott. It discusses his unique approach to myth, identity, and aesthetics. What emerges is the picture of an epic poet with remarkable gifts working to impart the distinctive wisdom of Caribbean culture. Num Pages: 400 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813018829
- ISBN
- 9780813018829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardback. Offers a different understanding of American literary realism that draws on neuroscience and cognitive psychology. This work explores the connections among the aesthetic, emotion, consciousness, and the body in readings that illuminate lesser-known works such as "Elsie Venner" and that resuscitate classics such as "The Yellow Wallpaper." Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025127
- ISBN
- 9780674025127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.13€ 65.50
€ 71.13
€ 65.50
Paperback. This stunning work illuminates today's black experience through the voices of our most transformative and powerful African American poets. Editor(s): Warr, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages, 75 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCP; DCQ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393352733
- ISBN
- 9780393352733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.01
€ 25.01
Hardback. In this account of the American philosophical tradition, Roger Ward explores the work of key thinkers through an innovative and counterintuitive lens: religious conversion. From Jonathan Edwards to Cornel West, Ward threads the history of American thought into an extended, multivalent encounter with the religious experience. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 13. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823223138
- ISBN
- 9780823223138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.92
€ 105.92
Hardcover. Editor(s): Brooks, Roger L. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNH; TQSR3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634830768
- ISBN
- 9781634830768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.38€ 145.07
€ 191.38
€ 145.07
paperback. A story of tribal nation building in the modern era. It treats nation-building projects as nothing new to the Choctaws of southeastern Oklahoma, who have responded to a number of hard-hitting assaults on Choctaw sovereignty and nationhood by rebuilding their tribal nation. Series: North American Indian Prose Award Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 1KBBS; GTB; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803224902
- ISBN
- 9780803224902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.05
€ 26.99
€ 25.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSG; U. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403997104
- ISBN
- 9781403997104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Paperback. Theorizes the cultural reactions - within the realms of visual arts, literature, and the social sciences - to the oppression of the Chilean dictatorship. This title considers the importance of Walter Benjamin for the theoretical self-understanding of the Latin American intellectual left. Translator(s): Richard, Nelly; Tandeciarz, Silvia R. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; DS; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3556 x 6. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333395
- ISBN
- 9780822333395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.00€ 25.38
€ 28.00
€ 25.38
Paperback. Series: Food Lovers' Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; WTH; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762792023
- ISBN
- 9780762792023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.98
€ 18.99
€ 15.98