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Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, 50+ b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BTM; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Ronsdale Press Canada
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780921870333
ISBN
9780921870333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. Essays recovering the forgotten and downplayed histories of blacks in Central America, demonstrating the centrality of African Americans to the region s history from the earliest colonial times to the present. Editor(s): Gudmundson, Lowell; Wolfe, Justin. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 photographs, 14 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822348030
ISBN
9780822348030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.17

Paperback. Explores the works of leading black and Jewish writers from the 1950s to the 1980s. Series Editor(s): Gelpi, Albert (Stanford University, California); Posnock, Ross. Series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004244
ISBN
9780521635752
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. The Black-Jewish conflict in the US, without effective strategies for intervention, can only be expected to worsen. This volume suggests a psychoanalytic approach to addressing and resolving the issues causing the conflict, such as feelings of powerlessness and economic marginalization. Editor(s): Helmreich, Alan; Marcus, Paul R. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JFSR1; JHMP; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275956660
ISBN
9780275956660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.21

Paperback. Shows that America's history of racial oppression has had a deep and fundamental effect on the religious beliefs and practices of blacks and whites across America Series: Religion and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCM; JFFJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814722763
ISBN
9780814722763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.47

Hardback. The radical black left has largely disappeared from the struggle for equality and justice. Michael Dawson examines the causes and consequences, and argues that the conventional left has failed to take race seriously as a force in reshaping American institutions and civil society. Black politics needs to find its way back to its radical roots. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJK; JFSL3; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 212 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057685
ISBN
9780674057685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.30

paperback. This title emhasizes the complexities inherent in one distinct white ethnic group's involvement in America's racial dilemma. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJ; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814726815
ISBN
9780814726815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.24

hardcover. This revised work adds 15 years to the life stories of the African Americans whose opportunities were dramatically changed by a nationally prominent educational opportunity programme that provided scholarships for disadvantaged people of colour to attend the same boarding schools as wealthy whites. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSL3; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742516205
ISBN
9780742516205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.74

Paperback. This revised work adds 15 years to the life stories of the African Americans whose opportunities were dramatically changed by a nationally prominent educational opportunity programme that provided scholarships for disadvantaged people of colour to attend the same boarding schools as wealthy whites. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSL3; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742516212
ISBN
9780742516212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.95

Paperback. Helps you meet Blackwater USA, the private army that the US government has hired to operate in international war zones and on American oil. Its contacts run from military and intelligence agencies to the upper echelons of the White House; it has a military base, a fleet of aircraft and 20,000 troops. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846686528
ISBN
9781846686528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.09

Paperback. Discusses the national and transnational implications of local developments in two sugar mill communities in Cuba. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 416 pages, 35 photographs, 3 tables, 3 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345428
ISBN
9780822345428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811716727
ISBN
9780811716727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.83

Paperback. In an America where the rich and fortunate have free rein to do as they please, can the ideal of liberty and justice for all be anything but an empty slogan? This title describes how these ordinary people conceive of citizenship, how they acquire and exercise power, and how religious ideas and institutions contribute to their successes. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JPA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156651
ISBN
9780691156651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.71

Paperback. Documents an exhibition that examines Brazil from the perspective of blindness as a critical category Num Pages: 148 pages, 50 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACXJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Krannert Art Museum,US United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883015466
ISBN
9781883015466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.20

Hardback. By the end of World War II, the very concept of landing blind therefore had disappeared from the trade literature, a victim of human limitations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23, 14 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; TBX; TRP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884498
ISBN
9780801884498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.96
€ 47.45

Paperback. Stretching from the years immediately after World War II to the spy operations of the Clinton administration, the authors present extraordinary revelations about undersea conflict between the US and British submarines and the Soviet fleet in an unseen intelligence war. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPSH; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099409984
ISBN
9780099409984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.49

Paperback. Examines the role of intellectuals in foreign policymaking. This work recounts the history of the development of ideas about strategy and foreign policy during a critical period in American history: the era of the nuclear standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133874
ISBN
9780691133874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. Traces the long history of American efforts to thwart terrorism, from World War II to the Munich Games hostage-taking to the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993. Num Pages: 428 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465092826
ISBN
9780465092826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. Blind Tom was the stage name of Thomas Greene Wiggins, a blind black pianist born into slavery in 1849. In this focused, consequential study, Southall reformulates the debate surrounding Blind Tom and expands its dimensions significantly. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AVH; BGF; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810845459
ISBN
9780810845459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.22

Paperback. During the 2004 presidential election, Congress and the president remade the post-World War II national security infrastructure in less than five months, creating the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC).. Num Pages: 282 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612348230
ISBN
9781612348230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.07

hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustriert.
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612346151
ISBN
9781612346151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.35

Paperback. A must for any black high school or college student. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; VSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Derrydale Press United States
Edition
4 Rev ed
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568330808
ISBN
9781568330808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.75

hardcover. This is a full-length study of one of the major political figures of 20th-century America, Hiram Johnson (1876-1945). Johnson fought for decades against U.S. involvement in foreign affairs, and from his deathbed voted in 1945 against American entry into the United Nations. Num Pages: 456 pages, 45 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 841.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804720816
ISBN
9780804720816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.62

Paperback. Seligman's careful and evenhanded account will be essential to understanding that the "flight" of whites to the suburbs was the eventual result of a series of responses to transformations in Chicago's physical and social landscape, occurring one block at a time. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 halftones, 8 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226746654
ISBN
9780226746654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.89

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