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The Americas
Hardcover. Approaches John Ashbery's critically neglected poetry with an ear to his use of the supremely elastic pronoun "you" and an eye toward his construction of his books as books. This book argues the poet has been paying increasingly keen and affectionate attention to his readers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329734
- ISBN
- 9780820329734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.60
€ 66.60
Hardback. The first study ever published to closely examine all of Adams's political writings, from his youth to his long retirement, John Adams's Republic should appeal to everyone who seeks to know more about America's first major political theorist. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 263 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1208.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419220
- ISBN
- 9781421419220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Paperback. An examination of the political thought of John Adams. The author seeks to reconstruct the contours and influences of Adams's mental universe, the ideas he challenged, the problems he considered central to constitution-making, and the methods of his reasoning. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700611812
- ISBN
- 9780700611812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.65
€ 51.65
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171531
- ISBN
- 9780691171531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.14
€ 50.14
Paperback. Joe Batory's career as a superintendent provides many examples of effective leadership. In this revealing portrait, he addresses the complexities of public education, the special qualities of the people who work inside schools and the propaganda that surrounds them. Num Pages: 112 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810847187
- ISBN
- 9780810847187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.96
€ 53.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 150 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 1951.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780692397138
- ISBN
- 9780692397138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.50
€ 55.50
Hardback. Few books explore in such a comprehensive fashion the political, economic, ideological, diplomatic, and technological dimensions of this defining moment in world history. Num Pages: 448 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897696
- ISBN
- 9780801897696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.67
€ 54.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; JPW; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- PM Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629631196
- ISBN
- 9781629631196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.16
€ 37.99
€ 27.16
hardcover. Juxtaposing a discussion of state policy with ideas of race and citizenship in Canadian civil society, Carmela K. Patrias shows how minority activists were able to bring national attention to racist employment discrimination during the Second World War and obtain official condemnation of such discrimination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442642362
- ISBN
- 9781442642362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.76
€ 83.76
paperback. Juxtaposing a discussion of state policy with ideas of race and citizenship in Canadian civil society, Carmela K. Patrias shows how minority activists were able to bring national attention to racist employment discrimination during the Second World War and obtain official condemnation of such discrimination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611283
- ISBN
- 9781442611283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.42
€ 43.42
Paperback. The correspondence between Joaquim Nabuco, the leading Brazilian abolitionist, and Charles Harris Allen, secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society, and other British abolitionists reveals a partnership to internationalize the struggle to abolish slavery. This collection of letters provides an insight into the evolution of Nabuco's thinking on slavery. Editor(s): Bethell, Leslie; Carvalho, Murilo De. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Institute of Latin American Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900039956
- ISBN
- 9781900039956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.52
€ 36.99
€ 35.52
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
€ 24.99
€ 19.92
Paperback. Provides a polychromatic exposition of New Mexico's traditional roadside memorials, descansos, as an art form. This work aims to capture the artistic attributes of these decorative crosses while preserving their religious and cultural integrity. Num Pages: 80 pages, 37 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 267 x 9. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fresco Fine Art Publications LLC
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976252399
- ISBN
- 9780976252399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
paperback. An intimate biography of Joan Chittister, Benedictine nun and writer, a leading voice for spiritual renewal, a prophetic advocate of peace and justice, and a champion of the role of women in the church and in the world. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGX; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392. Very good clean copy showing some light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Orbis Books New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0024850
- ISBN
- 9781626981980
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 21 colour, 2 b& w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; ACXJ; AFKB; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783863357665
- ISBN
- 9783863357665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.14
€ 32.14
Paperback. Jimi Hendrix: Soundscapes offers fascinating new insight into Hendrix's resounding talent and the way he exploited the physical places and noise around him to create his distinct, innovative sound. Series: Reaktion Books - Reverb. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780235301
- ISBN
- 9781780235301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.40
€ 28.40
paperback. In this remarkable and entertaining book, John Perry gets to the heart of Hendrix's unique talent, guiding the reader through each song on the album, writing about his live performances and talking to peers and contemporaries. Part of a new series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 122 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780826415714
- ISBN
- 9780826415714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.25
€ 14.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. Jim W Corder will be remembered by students and colleagues at Texas Christian University for his writing, teaching, and original thinking. His numerous publications include "Lost in West Texas" (1988), "Chronicle of a Small Town" (1989), and "Yonder: Life on the Far Side of Change" (1992). Editor(s): Baumlin, James S.; Knickerbocker, Eric. Num Pages: 160 pages, 27 photographs & sketches by the author. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BM; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Moon City Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913785065
- ISBN
- 9780913785065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.63
€ 15.99
€ 15.63
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Skira Rizzoli
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847847167
- ISBN
- 9780847847167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.32
€ 65.32
Paperback. How do we balance the desire for tales of exceptional accomplishment with the need for painful doses of reality? How hard do we work to remember our past or to forget it? These are some of the questions that Jonathan Scott Holloway addresses in this exploration of race memory from the dawn of the modern civil rights era to the present. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469626413
- ISBN
- 9781469626413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.76
€ 52.76
Paperback. "Jim Crow New York" provides readers with both scholarly analysis and access to a series of extraordinary documents, including extensive excerpts from the resonant speeches made at New York's 1821 constitutional convention and additional documents which recover a diversity of voices. Editor(s): Gellman, David Nathaniel; Quigley, David. Num Pages: 353 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814731505
- ISBN
- 9780814731505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.59
€ 51.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356712
- ISBN
- 9780817356712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.61
€ 46.61
Paperback. The term "Jim Crow" has had multiple meanings and a dark and complex past. This book provides readers with primary source materials from 1828 to 1980 that reveal how the Jim Crow era affects how historians practice their craft. It is organized into five sections, each of which focuses on a different historical period in the story of Jim Crow. Editor(s): Lewis, Catherine M.; Lewis, J. Richard. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557288950
- ISBN
- 9781557288950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.67
€ 29.67
Hardcover. Timothy Isaiah "Longhair Jim" Courtright operated on both sides of the law and became a legend in his lifetime and after his death. Robert K. DeArment deconstructs the myth of Longhair Jim and reconstructs the gunfighter as a real human being, complex, flawed, often courageous, usually both honorable and dishonorable. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 b&w photgraphs, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652924
- ISBN
- 9780875652924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.38
€ 25.99
€ 24.38