The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Charlottesville
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917795
- ISBN
- 9780813917795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.95
€ 46.95
Writing Himself into History : Oscar Micheaux, His Silent Films, and H...
Bowser, Pearl, Spence, Professor Louise
Paperback. Legendary black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux made more than 40 "race pictures" - films for and about African Americans - and also penned seven novels. Focusing on the first decade of his career, this text analyzes both his films and novels and places his work within its social and cultural context. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFB; BGF; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813528038
- ISBN
- 9780813528038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.39
€ 50.39
paperback. A powerful anthology documenting the thoughts and experiences of those waiting to die Editor(s): Mulvey-Roberts, Marie. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 458. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252070990
- ISBN
- 9780252070990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.46
€ 23.99
€ 22.46
Hardcover. A collection of newly commissioned critical essays that reads across and between New Yorker departments, from sports writing to short stories, cartoons to reporters at large, poetry to annals of business. It offers multiple perspectives on American writing and periodical culture at specific moments in 20th century history. Editor(s): Green, Fiona. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748682492
- ISBN
- 9780748682492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.46€ 99.72
€ 103.46
€ 99.72
Paperback. Although these women were encouraged by the democratic ideals implicit in such concepts, they were equally discouraged by lingering prejudices about their applicability to women. Num Pages: 326 pages, 8, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894015
- ISBN
- 9780801894015
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.69
€ 37.99
€ 31.69
Paperback. How is American history written? Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alan Taylor answers this question in this collection of his essays from The New Republic, where he explores the writing of early American history. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219104
- ISBN
- 9780812219104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.18
€ 33.99
€ 31.18
Paperback. Taking an original approach to American literature, this book examines nineteenth-century writing from a different angle: that of deafness, which he shows to have surprising importance in identity formation. It is a useful reading for students of American literature and culture, deaf studies, and disability studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSK; JFFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858103
- ISBN
- 9780807858103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.83
€ 39.83
Paperback. Uncovers the connections between the Chicago school of sociology - exemplified by William Thomas, Robert Park and Robert Redfield - and the great Chicago novelists of the 1930s, Nelson Algren, Richard Wright and James T. Farrell, all of whom integrated sociological theories into their own work. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231081290
- ISBN
- 9780231081290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.82
€ 49.82
Hardcover. Based on a short course the author gives for the American Chemical Society, the book provides the necessary insights, strategies, and examples on how to write a patent so it is not rejected by the United States Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) or does not have invalid claims. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CBWT; LNRD; PN; TBY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470497401
- ISBN
- 9780470497401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.40
€ 102.40
Paperback. Lessons learned from the Beat Generation on becoming a writer--one interview, road trip, page, and (occasional) drink at a time. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826520159
- ISBN
- 9780826520159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.26
€ 52.26
Hardback. As both Americans and expatriates, these writers gained a unique perspective on American culture, particularly in terms of gender roles, national identity, artistic self-conception, mobility, and global culture. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407401
- ISBN
- 9781421407401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.08€ 57.07
€ 62.08
€ 57.07
Paperback. Editor(s): Atkins, Douglas G.; Johnson, Michael L. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 180 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700602834
- ISBN
- 9780700602834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.40
€ 34.40
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- A reader's companion
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813575971
- ISBN
- 9780813575971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.98
€ 49.98
Hardback. This collection of essays offers a wide-ranging examination of the place of AIDS in gay activism, literature, film, news reporting and gay culture. The contributors stress the connection between language and moral responsibility. Editor(s): Murphy, Timothy F.; Poirier, Suzanne. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078641
- ISBN
- 9780231078641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.76€ 80.88
€ 105.76
€ 80.88
Paperback. Writing Against Time explores the twentieth-century literary effort to create an image that will never get old. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804770828
- ISBN
- 9780804770828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.02
€ 31.99
€ 29.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Jain, Jasbir; Agarwal, Supriya. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120736108
- ISBN
- 9788120736108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 18.97
€ 27.99
€ 18.97
Hardback. A-Z entries detail the lives, works, and critical reception of more than 70 American writers of the 19th century. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 183 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313321405
- ISBN
- 9780313321405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.07€ 77.34
€ 85.07
€ 77.34
paperback. Presenting an analysis of the American literary history, this work offers important insights into the practices, beliefs, and values that shaped the discipline. It reveals the forces, both inside and outside the academy, that propelled the rise of American literary history and persist as influences on the work of practitioners of the field. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807857205
- ISBN
- 9780807857205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.65
€ 39.65
Paperback. Gilbert uses the pages of the Partisan Review--the foremost periodical of America's literary left--to trace the development of literary radicalism from its pre-World War I Bohemian birth through the Depression and the Red Decade to the return to traditional values during Cold War. Series: Morningside Books. Num Pages: 303 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231082556
- ISBN
- 9780231082556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.96
€ 45.96
Hardcover. This work explores the tradition of representing coal miners in literature, poetry, drama and film, investigating the vexed relationship between activists and artists. Duke argues that miners became stock characters in an industrial morality play, robbed of individuality or humanity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; AS; DSB; KNAT; KNBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122373
- ISBN
- 9780813122373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.38
€ 39.38