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The Americas

Paperback. "A splendid read, at once disturbing and illuminating."-Gramophone Num Pages: 624 pages, 32 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st ptg.
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393330557
ISBN
9780393330557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.15

Paperback. Here, 16 scholars from Europe and the USA offer essays on topics such as the "Child ballads" in their British and American forms; aspects of the oral literatures of France, Ireland, Scandinavia, ancient Greece, modern Egypt and medieval England as well as recent literary ballads and popular songs. Series: English Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; AVGH; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060463
ISBN
9780674060463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 143 pages, 406 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBJK; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
143
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764331664
ISBN
9780764331664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. Despite the importance of the First World War years, this period has not been documented adequately in histories of Chicago. In Chicago Transformed: World War I and the Windy City, Joseph Gustaitis fills this gap in the historical record, covering the important wartime events, developments, movements, and people that helped shaped Chicago. Num Pages: 328 pages, 101 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809334988
ISBN
9780809334988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 239 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBJK; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764333385
ISBN
9780764333385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 27.48

Paperback. Comprises of original monographs, handbills, trial records, newspaper articles, and official reports that deal with piracy in and involving the Americas in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This title annotates and explains these records in order to clarify the era's historical, legal, literary, and nautical references. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194765
ISBN
9781845194765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845196172
ISBN
9781845196172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.74

Paperback. A concise history of how the US has used nuclear weapons to dominate the world. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745324944
ISBN
9780745324944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 112 pages, Black and white photographs throughout + 16 colour pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; WBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Permuted Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781682612583
ISBN
9781682612583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ASD; AVGR; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195334067
ISBN
9780195334067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.32

Paperback. Excavating the reality behind the myth, this work delves into the exploits and ego that defined Wild Bill Hickok, a notorious character of the Wild West, and shows how the man was overtaken by his own legend. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615230
ISBN
9780700615230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 35 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764347078
ISBN
9780764347078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.42

Hardcover. Past studies have discussed antebellum and early national sentimental literature by and about women as a retreat from, or criticism of, the burgeoning market. This work examines how this literature actually helped to bring market behaviours into maturity. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JF; 3JH; DSBB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820324340
ISBN
9780820324340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.33

Hardcover. Explores how strategies of performance shaped American responses to modernity. By examining a variety of early American authors and cultural figures, from Joseph Fichtelberg shows how early Americans created and resisted a dangerously liberating new world Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; AN; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472070947
ISBN
9780472070947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.29

Hardback. This account challenges the conventional wisdom that America's prison crisis is of comparatively recent vintage, showing instead how a racial and punitive system of control emerged from the ashes of a progressive ideal. Series: Reconfiguring American Political History. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413228
ISBN
9781421413228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.59

Paperback. Tracing Fred Astaire's life from his birth in Omaha to his death in his late eighties in Hollywood, this book discusses his early days with his talented and outspoken sister Adele, his gifts as a singer, and his many movie dance partners, among them Rita Hayworth, Eleanor Powell, Cyd Charisse, and Betty Hutton. Series: Icons of America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASDT; AVGM; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300158441
ISBN
9780300158441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.22

Paperback. A fascinating historical study of the decline of salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 25 photos, 8 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; KNAF; RNF; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780295981147
ISBN
9780295981147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JHBL; JPP; KCF; LNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501705755
ISBN
9781501705755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.15

Paperback. The role the South has played in contemporary conservatism is perhaps the most consequential political phenomenon of the second half of the twentieth century. This work focuses on the formative period between the end of the Second World War and the Nixon years. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300151237
ISBN
9780300151237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.36

Paperback. "Synthesizing an enormous amount of secondary source material, this book is a stunning achievement.. This book would make an ideal classroom text and should be read by anyone interested in the history of childhood."-Choice Num Pages: 232 pages, 26 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812218077
ISBN
9780812218077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KLCM; BGH; HBJK; JP; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Trinity University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595347886
ISBN
9781595347886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.93

Paperback.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348719
ISBN
9780822348719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.74

Num Pages: 500 pages, 400+ b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 238 x 41. Weight in Grams: 3082.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764314070
ISBN
9780764314070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.68
€ 59.97

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 263 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1412.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606600764
ISBN
9781606600764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.71

Hardcover. Editor(s): Pellicane, Joseph D. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCG; KFFD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621005124
ISBN
9781621005124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.05
€ 111.99

Paperback. In the 1960s, Mississippi was the heart of white southern resistance to the civil-rights movement. This work shows how Mississippi leaders strategically accommodated themselves to the demands of civil-rights activists and the federal government seeking to end Jim Crow, and in so doing contributed to a vibrant conservative countermovement. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 26 halftones. 6 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBS; HBJ; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140940
ISBN
9780691140940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.45

Paperback. Bernard Berenson: Formation and Heritage explores the intellectual world of Berenson (1865-1959), who put the connoisseurship of Renaissance art on a firm footing at the turn of the twentieth century. Essays explore his relationships with various cultural figures including William James, Jean Paul Richter, Katherine Dunham, and many others. Series: Villa I Tatti Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACND; BGA; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674427853
ISBN
9780674427853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Caruso, Joseph. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 186 x 13. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604565720
ISBN
9781604565720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 33.81

Hardcover. Editor(s): Caruso, Joseph. Num Pages: 199 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 186 x 18. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600213489
ISBN
9781600213489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.59
€ 78.26

Hardback. A detailed description of sexual practices and bonds among Latino males in Guadalajara, Mexico using a combination of ethnographic techniques and participant observations. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231096928
ISBN
9780231096928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764324536
ISBN
9780764324536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.88

Hardcover. What can we learn when we follow people over the years and across the course of their professional lives? This book asks this question specifically about scientists and answers it here by tracking fifty-five physicists through different stages of their careers at a variety of universities across the country. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 line drawing, 29 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327617
ISBN
9780226327617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 126 colour photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 264 x 12. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764351167
ISBN
9780764351167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.71

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811711692
ISBN
9780811711692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811716215
ISBN
9780811716215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.85

Hardcover. Lives of Chang and Eng: Siam's Twins in Nineteenth-Century America Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFG; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 243 x 19. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469618302
ISBN
9781469618302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.33

Hardcover. In the mid-19th century, various groups formed north of the border to invade Mexico. They were called filibusters. The Mexican government saw these invasions as a threat to sovereignty. In this book, Joseph A. Stout focuses on the more elusive members of these groups. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875652580
ISBN
9780875652580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875654386
ISBN
9780875654386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.35

hardcover. An examination of why acceptance into America's most prestigious colleges remains beyond the reach of most students except those from high-income professional families. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 1. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804756372
ISBN
9780804756372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.04

Paperback. An examination of why acceptance into America's most prestigious colleges remains beyond the reach of most students except those from high-income professional families. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756389
ISBN
9780804756389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.52