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Paperback. Situates dance within a larger Chicago landscape of segregated social practices. Focusing on new forms of appropriation in an era of multiculturalism, the author underscores the institutionalization of racial disparities and offers insights into the intersection of race and culture in America. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226043104
ISBN
9780226043104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; AGC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 272 x 227 x 13. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Government of British Columbia Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780771895470
ISBN
9780771895470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.47

Paperback. Drawing on interviews with key figures in Washington, this title reveals the evolution of George W Bush faith-based strategy since his campaign for the presidency through congressional votes. It shows how political rhetoric, infighting, and poor communication shipwrecked Bush's efforts to alter the way government might conduct social services. Editor(s): Jelen, Ted G. (Professor of Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA); Rozell, Mark J.; Green, J. C. Series: Religion and Politics Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589010130
ISBN
9781589010130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.03

Hardback. Drawing on interviews with key figures in Washington, this title reveals the evolution of George W Bush faith-based strategy since his campaign for the presidency through congressional votes. It shows how political rhetoric, infighting, and poor communication shipwrecked Bush's efforts to alter the way government might conduct social services. Editor(s): Rozell, Mark J.; Green, J. C.; Jelen, Ted G. (Professor of Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA). Series: Religion and Politics Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589010123
ISBN
9781589010123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 209.40

Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780897337533
ISBN
9780897337533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. In 2008, Anne fans everywhere celebrated the 100th birthday of Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables". Though Anne has always been recognised as a Canadian classic, her story is loved the world over. This book situates L M Montgomery's novel in its original historical and literary context, and discusses its timeless themes. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
University of Calgary Press Canada
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552382523
ISBN
9781552382523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.14

Hardcover. This comprehensive portrait of nineteenth-century reformer Clarina Howard Nichols uncovers the fascinating story of a complex woman and reveals her important role in women's rights, antislavery, and westward expansion. Num Pages: 344 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
First printing.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617289
ISBN
9780700617289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.35

As states continue to pursue nuclear weaponry, nuclear testing remains an important political issue in the twenty-first century. This survey examines how and why the U.S. conducted nuclear tests from 1945 through 1963 and the resulting influence on key questions from normalization and de-normalization up to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963. Num Pages: 246 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBW; JPSF; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442232006
ISBN
9781442232006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.93

Paperback. From the South's pageant queens to the importance of beauty parlors to African American communities, it is easy to see the ways beauty is enmeshed in southern culture. But as Blain Roberts shows in this incisive work, the pursuit of beauty in the South was linked to the tumultuous racial divides of the region. Num Pages: 384 pages, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JJ; JFCK; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469629865
ISBN
9781469629865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.27

Paperback. "Superbly reported and written with clarity, insight, and great skill." -Washington Post Book World Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCN; RNF; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
Revised and Updated
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393342567
ISBN
9780393342567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.18

Hardcover. A definitive biography of the aviator Bert Hall of the Lafayette Escadrille, a French fighter squadron during World War 1. Hall was variously labelled as: rogue, card cheat, forger, human cannonball, criminal, bigamist, deserter, filmmaker, author, Chinese General, arms smuggler, Foreign Legionnaire, salesman, aerial racer amd aviation pioneer. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; BGH; HBJK; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781551301
ISBN
9781781551301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.00
€ 18.29

Paperback.
Publisher
Fonthill Media LLc
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625450012
ISBN
9781625450012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.16

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, Color photos throughout, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; TTVC; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1412.
Publisher
Running Press,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762453788
ISBN
9780762453788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 27.71

Paperback. His work is a rare instance of original research told in an engaging and compelling voice. Num Pages: 432 pages, 31, 31 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; HBJK; JFC; JHB; WQH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405940
ISBN
9781421405940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.63

Paperback. "The Knowledge Seeker" tells the story of the developing Indigenous-run education movement and calls forth the urgent need to teach about Indigenous spirituality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRKT; HRLK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889774179
ISBN
9780889774179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. Through a reexamination of the earliest struggles against Jim Crow, the author exposes the fullness of African American efforts to resist the passage of segregation laws dividing trains and streetcars by race in the early Jim Crow era. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807871010
ISBN
9780807871010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.25

Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 153 x 94 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Quirk Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594747106
ISBN
9781594747106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Highlights both the decades of failure by Arkansas' government to live up to the state's motto of Regnat Populus ("The People Rule") and the positive trends of democracy. This book argues that Arkansas' political and governmental entities are sharply limited as effective instruments of "the people". Series: Politics & Governments of the American States Series. Num Pages: 499 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
499
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803261983
ISBN
9780803261983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.61

Hardcover. Blaise Cendrars, one of twentieth-century France's most gifted men of letters, came to Hollywood in 1936 for the newspaper "Paris-Soir". This book records Cendrars' experiences on Hollywood's streets and at its studios and hottest clubs. Illustrator(s): Guerin, Jean. Translator(s): White, Garrett. Num Pages: 195 pages, photograph, 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGB; KNTC; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520078079
ISBN
9780520078079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.13
€ 41.28

paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; FA; FH; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447297581
ISBN
9781447297581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Hardback. This resource provides information on a popular literary genre - the 20th-century American short story. It contains articles on stories that share a particular theme, and over 100 pieces on individual writers and their work. There are also articles on promising new writers entering the scene. Editor(s): Gelfant, Blanche H. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
952
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110983
ISBN
9780231110983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.16
€ 105.37

Paperback. This resource provides information on a popular literary genre - the 20th century American short story. It contains articles on stories that share a particular theme, and over 100 pieces on individual writers and their work. There are also articles on promising new writers entering the scene. Editor(s): Gelfant, Blanche H. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
952
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110990
ISBN
9780231110990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.56

Hardcover. Editor(s): Smith, Stephen Drury. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 211 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Press, The
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620970423
ISBN
9781620970423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.70

Hardcover. In this book, the authors propose a multilayered reading of contemporary transnational cultural manifestations in which it is possible to recognize challenges and cultural strategies that transnational Mexican communities conceive in order to claim cultural, political and social agency. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DS; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230120471
ISBN
9780230120471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.53
€ 45.49

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