The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. North America is more a political and an economic invention than a place people call home. This book studies the patterns of contact, exchange, conflict, and disavowal among cultures that span the borders of Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226005522
- ISBN
- 9780226005522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.55
€ 36.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. A story of adventure and aspiration in the high peaks that makes a vivid case for the importance of mountains to American national identity. Num Pages: 448 pages, 65 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; RGBS; RGR; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393353761
- ISBN
- 9780393353761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.12
€ 19.99
€ 18.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; KCF; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665473
- ISBN
- 9781552665473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.13
€ 21.99
€ 20.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Published for the Centre for Canadian Studies, Mount Allison University. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 280. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773508866
- ISBN
- 9780773508866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.55
€ 41.55
paperback. The 1914-1915 strike at Atlanta's Fulton Mills was an important episode in the development of the New South. In this account, Clifford Kuhn demonstrates how its story sheds light on the industrialization, urbanization, and modernization of the region. He draws on a wide range of sources. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 illustrations, 1 table, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; KND; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807849736
- ISBN
- 9780807849736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.26
€ 51.26
Paperback. Stanley Cavell explores a genre, which he calls "the melodrama of the unknown woman," through close readings of four melodramas he finds definitive of the genre: "Letter from an Unknown Woman", "Gaslight", "Now Voyager", and "Stella Dallas". Num Pages: 272 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226098166
- ISBN
- 9780226098166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.35
€ 30.99
€ 24.35
Paperback. Analyses the challenges feminists face as they seek to engage with new spaces of participatory democracy in Latin America. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745334592
- ISBN
- 9780745334592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.88
€ 36.99
€ 28.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 284 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226404820
- ISBN
- 9780226404820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.42
€ 45.99
€ 35.42
Paperback. Shows that sports films tackle socially constructed identities such as class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender. In addition to discussing the genre's recurring dramatic tropes, this book looks at the social and cinematic impacts of real-life sports figures from Jackie Robinson and Babe Didrikson Zaharias to Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780252073540
- ISBN
- 9780252073540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Hardcover. Here, scholars address and critique the entire sweep of American political history. Focusing upon the major policy issues in politics and the major social forces shaping politics, these essays chronicle and evaluate the evolution of American politics and society over two and a quarter centuries. Editor(s): Shafer, Byron E.; Badger, Anthony J. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700611386
- ISBN
- 9780700611386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Paperback. Deftly blending sociological theory of organizations with archival research, interviews with nonprofit leaders, and original survey data, this book investigates the rise of new workplace fundraisers alongside the United Way, identifying why competition has occurred and delineating its consequences for donors, nonprofits, and recipients. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754491
- ISBN
- 9780804754491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.72
€ 27.99
€ 25.72
Paperback. Presents a story of race riots, shrinking swimsuits, and conspicuous leisure. This title relates how, over the years, pools have served as asylums for the urban poor, leisure resorts for the masses, and private clubs for middle-class suburbanites. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; WSSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871270
- ISBN
- 9780807871270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.70
€ 37.70
Paperback. Contested Spaces of Early America is a wide-ranging, eclectic volume that seeks to reconcile the parallel histories and historiographies of European and Indian spaces created throughout the hemisphere during the colonial era. Editor(s): Barr, Juliana; Countryman, Edward. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 444 pages, 29 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1K; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL; RGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223996
- ISBN
- 9780812223996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.21
€ 50.99
€ 46.21
Hardcover. In the 1960s, University of Cincinnati radiologist Eugene Saenger infamously conducted human experiments on patients with advanced cancer to examine how total body radiation could treat the disease. Using the Saenger case as a means to reconsider cold war medical trials, this book examines the tensions at the heart of clinical studies of the time. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; MBDC; MBGR; MBX; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226465319
- ISBN
- 9780226465319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.75
€ 63.75
Paperback. This work brings together a selection of the author's articles, written over a period of 20 years, observing the place of alcohol in American culture. The text also contains several ethnographic studies of bars in San Diego and a study of court-mandated programmes for drink drivers. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFH1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299149345
- ISBN
- 9780299149345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.26
€ 32.26
Contested Ground: Comparative Frontiers on the Northern and Southern E...
Thomas E. Sheridan Donna J. Guy
Paperback. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816518609
- ISBN
- 9780816518609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.02
€ 39.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Cotton, James P. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607411185
- ISBN
- 9781607411185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.92€ 43.97
€ 60.92
€ 43.97
Paperback. Editor(s): McGraw, William R. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612099132
- ISBN
- 9781612099132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.18€ 43.07
€ 61.18
€ 43.07
Hardback. With essays on US history ranging from American Revolution to the dawn of the twenty-first century, this volume illuminates struggles waged over freedom and citizenship throughout the American past. It demonstrates how opposition to the expansion of democracy has shaped the American tradition as much as movements for social and political change. Editor(s): Sinha, Manisha; Von Eschen, Penny. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141109
- ISBN
- 9780231141109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23€ 49.48
€ 63.23
€ 49.48
Paperback. Contested Constitutionalism is a critique of Canadian democracy, judicial power, and the place of Quebec and Aboriginal peoples within the federation, all of which have been altered by the Charter s introduction in 1982. Editor(s): Kelly, James B.; Manfredi, Christopher P. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774816755
- ISBN
- 9780774816755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.72
€ 44.99
€ 39.72
paperback. This work looks at ethical and moral questions surrounding certain economic "commodities" such as body parts and babies. It argues that commodification should remain incomplete, with some contested things being bought and sold only under strict regulation. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; LNCB; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674007161
- ISBN
- 9780674007161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.52€ 46.95
€ 50.52
€ 46.95
Paperback. This text argues that each branch of government has the right to interpret the Constitution and that no branch has the final authority - a theory known as "departmental review". Through study of the war powers and abortion debates, Burgess puts the case for the practice of departmental review. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMA; JPA; JPHC; JW; LND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700606290
- ISBN
- 9780700606290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.33
€ 34.33
Hardcover. Most Americans view the judiciary as the ultimate authority in constitutional questions. The author of this book, however, sees things differently - arguing that each branch of government has the right to interpret the Constitution, a theory known as "departmental review". Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPQB; LND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700605224
- ISBN
- 9780700605224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.19
€ 41.19
Paperback. Contentious Spirits explores the central role of religion, particularly Protestant Christianity, in Korean American history during the first half of the twentieth century in Hawai'i and California. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HRAX; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804769297
- ISBN
- 9780804769297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.98
€ 31.99
€ 28.98