The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations. Editor(s): Johnson, Randal; Stam, Robert. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 491 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680. Series: Film and Culture Series. 491 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Johnson, Randal; Stam, Robert. From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- third edition
- Number of pages
- 491
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102674
- ISBN
- 9780231102674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.72
€ 45.99
€ 32.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Treece, David. Series: Babel Guides to Literature in English Translation. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADPB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Boulevard Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899460700
- ISBN
- 9781899460700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00€ 14.13
€ 15.00
€ 14.13
Paperback. Based on more than five years of anthropological fieldwork in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this book highlights race, class, gender and territory to argue that Brazilian hip hoppers are subjects rather than objects of history and everyday life. This is the first ethnography in English to analyze Brazilian hip hop Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVGR; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230120716
- ISBN
- 9780230120716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 37.25
€ 46.99
€ 37.25
Hardback. Brazilian Politics offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary politics of South Americas largest democracy. Accessibly written for students, the book traces the major trends in Brazils political development and analyses the main challenges facing the country today. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745633602
- ISBN
- 9780745633602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.74
€ 70.74
Paperback. Brazilian Politics offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary politics of South Americas largest democracy. Accessibly written for students, the book traces the major trends in Brazils political development and analyses the main challenges facing the country today. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745633619
- ISBN
- 9780745633619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.26
€ 25.26
Paperback. Covering more than one hundred years of history, this multidisciplinary collection of essays illuminates the important links between citizenship, national belonging, and popular music in Brazil. Editor(s): Avelar, Idelber; Dunn, Christopher. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528. 376 pages, 22 photographs. Editor(s): Avelar, Idelber; Dunn, Christopher. Explores the vital connections between popular music and citizenship in Brazil. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVG; JFC. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight: 528.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349068
- ISBN
- 9780822349068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.10
€ 34.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JKVK; JPZ; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 37. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781253878
- ISBN
- 9781781253878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.19
€ 23.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPZ; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Updated Olympics ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608465897
- ISBN
- 9781608465897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.68
€ 18.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. The Yanomami and Kayapo, two indigenous groups of the Amazon rainforest, have become internationally known through their dramatic and highly publicized encounters with 'civilization'. This title examines the relationship of the Kayapo and Yanomami to Brazilian society and the wider world. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983622
- ISBN
- 9780295983622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.10
€ 34.99
€ 31.10
Hardback. Brazil's Steel City presents a social history of the National Steel Company (CSN), Brazil's foremost state-owned company and largest industrial enterprise in the mid-twentieth century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 tables, 5 figures, 20 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJ; HBJK; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804771689
- ISBN
- 9780804771689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.62
€ 91.62
Paperback. A clear-headed, deeply researched, and convincing critique of the Warren Commission's investigation into the murder of President John F. Kennedy and its deliberate attempt to deceive the public with its "lone gunman" finding. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619399
- ISBN
- 9780700619399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.83
€ 31.99
€ 28.83
Hardback. Circa 1960, artists working at the margins of the international art world breached the frame of canvas painting and ruptured the institutional frame of art. This title shows how artists and critics in Brazil and Japan brought modern painting to a point of crisis that paved the way for the radical experiments of the 1960s generation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 b/w scattered, 24 color on 16 page insert. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282438
- ISBN
- 9780520282438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.71€ 49.62
€ 63.71
€ 49.62
Paperback. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JKSR; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated, Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277540
- ISBN
- 9780520277540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. A frank and funny account of how Ed copes when his misbehaving 13 year old niece, Tiffany, moves into his Manhattan life. This is a book about growing up, families, parenting and about having no idea what to do next. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BG; JFSP2; VFXC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222. Keywords: "An Uncle's Memoir" 310pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KNW0010038
- ISBN
- 9781416511175
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 8.99€ 4.99
€ 8.99
€ 4.99
The story of Walter White's transformation from chemistry teacher to drug lord has captured the imagination of television viewers around the world. This collection of essays sets the series in the context of American culture, analysing its reinvention of classic themes in literature. Editor(s): Wanat, Matt; Engel, Leonard. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826356833
- ISBN
- 9780826356833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.41
€ 72.41
Paperback. The first book to transform school choice from an abstract policy issue into a question of basic personal freedom--and indeed, for minority children at the bottom of the social ladder, into a question of survival. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 184 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594030581
- ISBN
- 9781594030581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.24
€ 18.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 75 black & white halftones, 75 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 190. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493030606
- ISBN
- 9781493030606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.14
€ 25.14
Paperback. Includes fifteen papers taken from a project undertaken by the Oceans Management Research Network that examines carefully the nature of Arctic environmental evolution and sustainability. This title attempts to define the nature of competing demands and assess their impact on the environment. Editor(s): Berkes, Fikret; Diduck, Alan; Fast, Helen; Huebert, Rob; Manseau, Micheline. Num Pages: 416 pages, 42 tables & 28 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBCW; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press Canada
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552381595
- ISBN
- 9781552381595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.10
€ 58.10
Paperback. The story of neophyte outdoorsman Edwards's seven months as a caretaker of the Dutch Henry Ranch, a wilderness homestead in Oregon's Klamath Mountains Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; BM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226531
- ISBN
- 9780803226531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.82
€ 17.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. The Regulator Rebellion of 1766-71 pitted thousands of farmers against political and economic elites who opposed the Regulators' proposed reforms. This work delves deeply into the world and ideology of free rural colonists, examining the rebellion's economic, religious and political roots. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807849996
- ISBN
- 9780807849996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.91
€ 50.91
paperback. Introduces us to the violent, secret world of domestic abuse that cops must not only navigate, but which some also perpetrate. The author draws on lessons learned on the job to make powerful arguments for drug decriminalization, abolition of the death penalty, and radically revised approaches to prostitution and gun control. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW1; JKV; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Avalon Publishing Group United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560258551
- ISBN
- 9781560258551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.69
€ 19.99
€ 18.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; BGB; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143130000
- ISBN
- 9780143130000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.05
€ 23.99
€ 18.05
Hardcover. Clean copy in good dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson Publishers Nashville
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Special ed.
- SKU
- KEX0222404
- ISBN
- 9780785260462
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Illuminates the extraordinary power of organized crime at the center of legitimate society Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVM; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814743089
- ISBN
- 9780814743089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.49
€ 85.49