The Americas
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The Americas
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€ 31.10
€ 36.99
€ 31.10
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€ 39.05
€ 46.99
€ 39.05
Paperback. This work examines African-American fiction, discussing how African-American novelists worked with the same mythic materials as their white counterparts, but inverted Anglo-American constructions. Relating the novel to history, it shows how they refuted Anglo-Americans' record of history. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916712
- ISBN
- 9780813916712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.74
€ 37.74
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
€ 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
€ 169.48
€ 169.48
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
€ 47.95
€ 47.95
Blacks, Indians, and Spaniards in the Eastern Andes: Reclaiming the Fo...
Lolita Gutierrez Brockington
paperback. Examines the province of Mizque and its colonial populations from 1550 to 1782. This book analyzes how imperial control met with resistance and how Africans, Indians, and Spaniards, and their descendants interacted with one another. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803224841
- ISBN
- 9780803224841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.90
€ 32.90
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
€ 20.09
Paperback. Windmills made life possible in the semi-arid Southwest. This book describes the work of a team of Texas-based windmill erectors in the early 1900s. It chronicles the windmillers harsh, semi-nomadic lifestyle, and their courage as they clambered about on the high-rise towers. Num Pages: 126 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896722941
- ISBN
- 9780896722941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.04
€ 20.99
€ 20.04
Blast, Corrupt, Dismantle, Erase: Contemporary North American Dystopia...
Brett Joseph Grubisic (Ed.)
Paperback. Editor(s): Grubisic, Brett Joseph; Baxter, Gisele M.; Lee, Tara. Num Pages: 450 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554589890
- ISBN
- 9781554589890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.55
€ 51.55
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
€ 35.99
€ 32.25
Hardback. Bleached Faith argues that the gravest threat to real faith in modern America comes from those who would water down religion in order to win the dubious honor of forcing it into public buildings and classrooms. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758611
- ISBN
- 9780804758611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.42
€ 27.99
€ 24.42
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
€ 24.99
€ 19.83
Paperback. This comprehensive political, military, social, and intellectual history of America's tumultuous mid-nineteenth century offers a new interpretation of how the struggle of Kansas politicians and settlers over the meaning of liberty for whites eventually led to a broadening definition of liberty that included the rights of blacks. Num Pages: 384 pages, 26 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614929
- ISBN
- 9780700614929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.72
€ 38.72
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
€ 29.99
€ 21.71
Paperback. Blessed Company: Parishes, Parsons, and Parishioners in Anglican Virginia, 1690-1776 Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC7; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469614977
- ISBN
- 9781469614977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.04
€ 72.04
Paperback. The San Antonio Missions National Historical Park is one of hundreds of religious places in America and around the world where tourists have become a familiar presence. Thomas S. Bremer explores the intersection of tourism and commerce with religion in America, using the missions and other San Antonio sites as prime examples. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22 illustrations, 3 maps, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HRCC7; HRCR; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807855805
- ISBN
- 9780807855805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.82
€ 44.82
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
€ 49.23
€ 49.23
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
€ 51.01€ 47.09
€ 51.01
€ 47.09
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
€ 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€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
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
€ 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
€ 57.42
€ 57.42
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
€ 20.99€ 20.07
€ 20.99
€ 20.07