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The Americas
Paperback. Words of a Century presents an anthology of the top 100 speeches of the twentieth-century. The selections were determined in a nationwide survey of communication scholars, based on rhetorical artistry and historical impact. Reprinted in full, these authoritative texts are preceded by headnotes that place the speeches into historical context. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 193 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1078.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195168051
- ISBN
- 9780195168051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 141.40
€ 141.40
Paperback. An introduction to the time-honoured tradition of Basque dancing. The Basques have managed to preserve a rich variety of folk dances, with the music, steps and costumes different from one village to the next. This text examines the dances, their origins and their journey to the USA with settlers. Num Pages: 120 pages, 25 b&w photographs, 10 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; ASDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781886609037
- ISBN
- 9781886609037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.80
€ 11.80
Paperback. Argues that confrontation with major paradigms of world history has marked African and Latin American history during the last quarter-century and that the process has dramatically restructured historical and theoretical understanding of peasantries, labour and the capitalist world system. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLC; 1KLS; HBAH; JHBL; JHM; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299136840
- ISBN
- 9780299136840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.39
€ 34.39
Paperback. A memoir by acclaimed educator and leader Gwendolyn Calvert Baker exploring her life and work Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472052370
- ISBN
- 9780472052370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.47
€ 29.47
Paperback. The first book to tell the story of country music in Detroit Num Pages: 338 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; AVGL; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472052011
- ISBN
- 9780472052011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.50
€ 35.50
Paperback. Presents Emily Dickinson as one of America's great thinkers. This book weaves together many strands in Dickinson's intellectual culture - philosophy, lexicography, religion, experimental science, the female Bildungsroman - and shows how she developed a lyricized and conversational hermeneutics suited to rethinking the discourses of her time. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496842
- ISBN
- 9781558496842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.16
€ 43.16
Paperback. This historic novel about blackface minstrels explores below the surface. Eric Lott, writing for African American Review, described it as "A novel of ideas devoted to exploring the complex fate of black and white Americans caught, as ever, in a racial history they can neither surmount nor escape". Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DNF; FV; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558492707
- ISBN
- 9781558492707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.86
€ 38.86
Hardcover. Num Pages: 500 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557289896
- ISBN
- 9781557289896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.77
€ 58.77
Paperback. Packed with amazing details about life in the Old West, these colorful escapades are once again available to a new generation of readers. Num Pages: 394 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874808346
- ISBN
- 9780874808346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.91
€ 25.99
€ 23.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; RNK; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816522590
- ISBN
- 9780816522590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.89
€ 25.99
€ 22.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816519286
- ISBN
- 9780816519286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.75
€ 21.99
€ 19.75
Hardcover. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700605026
- ISBN
- 9780700605026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.43
€ 74.43
Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 figures, 32 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472119141
- ISBN
- 9780472119141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Hardcover. Focuses on the critical role that women artists have played in the evolution of the American avant-garde. Drawing upon broadly conceptualized notions of collage aesthetics and performance art, this work may appeal to those interested in the cultural history of the avant-garde and the role that feminist experimental artists have played in it. Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472117185
- ISBN
- 9780472117185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.76
€ 96.76
Hardcover. A multidisciplinary approach that offers practical policy prescriptions Series: Studies in International Economics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 figures, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; KCLT; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472113583
- ISBN
- 9780472113583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.13
€ 114.13
Hardcover. Major figures explore important issues of intellectual freedom Editor(s): Hollingsworth, Peggy J. Num Pages: 200 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HP; JN; JPVH; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472111794
- ISBN
- 9780472111794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.08
€ 74.08
Hardcover. A memoir by acclaimed educator and leader Gwendolyn Calvert Baker exploring her life and work Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472072378
- ISBN
- 9780472072378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.94
€ 62.94
Hardcover. The place of performance in unifying an urban LGBT population of diverse Latin American descent Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance. Num Pages: 257 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFSK1; JFSK2; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472071395
- ISBN
- 9780472071395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.18
€ 97.18
Paperback. Since her suicide, fascination with the poet Sylvia Plath has never waned. Plath has been the subject of a novel ("Wintering", by Kate Moses), a feature film ("Sylvia", starring Gwyneth Paltrow), and a film documentary. This book provides an assessment of Plath's life and work, offering essays by leading critics and scholars. Editor(s): Helle, Anita. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 colour illustrations, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069279
- ISBN
- 9780472069279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44
Paperback. With discussions of Edward Albee's famous plays, such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and "Three Tall Women", as well as his lesser known works, this guide reveals the heart of his drama, highlighting the themes of sex, death, loneliness, and time that have occupied the playwright during his almost fifty years in the theater. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069194
- ISBN
- 9780472069194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.47
€ 28.47