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The Americas
hardcover. Chronicles the growth and development of the union movement in Major League Baseball and the key role of the press and public opinion in the players' successes and failures in labour-management relations. Swanson focuses on the most turbulent years, 1966 to 1981. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBS; KNSP; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803255234
- ISBN
- 9780803255234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.07
€ 30.99
€ 28.07
Hardback. Focuses on what many believe to be the most exciting postseason series in baseball history: the 1995 Division Series between the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners. This book chronicles the earlier struggles of both teams during the 1980s, their mid-1990s resurgence and the effects of Seattle's victory. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 black-&-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; WSBT; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813546629
- ISBN
- 9780813546629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.06
€ 35.99
€ 32.06
Paperback. Baseball's Greatest Season recovers the memory of the one and only time when the championship of the US pastime resided in the nation's capital. No season in the history of baseball has matched 1924 for excitement and emotional investment by fans. Num Pages: 232 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558494879
- ISBN
- 9781558494879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.01
€ 41.01
Paperback. Series: Game Changers. Num Pages: 240 pages, 61 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 203. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493019465
- ISBN
- 9781493019465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.01
€ 25.99
€ 24.01
Paperback. Defies conventional wisdom to explain why the unanimous Supreme Court opinion authored by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, which gave rise to Major League Baseball's exemption from antitrust law, was correct given the circumstances of the time. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNCH; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252079757
- ISBN
- 9780252079757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.56
€ 47.56
Paperback. Playing in the storied Mexican League (an AAA affiliate of major league baseball), the "Tecos" had home parks on both sides of the US-Mexico border, in Laredo, Texas and in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. This book tells the story of the rise and demise of this team. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 halftones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691007441
- ISBN
- 9780691007441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.80
€ 73.80
Paperback. During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. This work gives us a commentary of the growth and transformation of baseball. It shows that the game was a vital part of the lives of many a soldier and civilian - and that baseball's popularity had everything to do with surging American nationalism. Num Pages: 168 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130439
- ISBN
- 9780691130439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.40
€ 31.40
Paperback. Filled with more than 200 stories and packed with photos, The Baseball Hall of Shame: The Best of Blooperstown is the most hilarious homage to the national pastime ever assembled, and a fitting testament to the Hall's motto: "Fame and shame are part of the game." Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WH; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 18.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762778454
- ISBN
- 9780762778454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.57
€ 15.99
€ 13.57
Paperback. This detailed history of early baseball in rural Michigan focuses on the evolution of America's pastime from child's game to organized sport and challenges the notion that baseball's development was strictly an East Coast phenomenon Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472068265
- ISBN
- 9780472068265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.27
€ 25.99
€ 24.27
Paperback. Editor(s): Kuenster, Robert. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 145.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566638630
- ISBN
- 9781566638630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.22
€ 10.22
Hardcover. "Baseball and Rhetorics of Purity, "by Michael Butterworth, is an investigation into the culture and mythology of baseball, a study of its limits and failures, and an invitation to remake the game in a more democratic way. It pays special attention to baseball s role in the reconstruction of American identity after September 11, 2001." Series Editor(s): Lucaites, John Louis. Series: Rhetoric, Culture & Social Critique. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; WSJT. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317102
- ISBN
- 9780817317102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.45
€ 52.45
Paperback. How and why Americans chose baseball over its early rival, cricket, as the national pastime Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBT; WSJC; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074455
- ISBN
- 9780252074455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.69
€ 37.69
Paperback. The histories of baseball and country music run in parallel, evolving with American society through wartime, the Civil Rights movement and into the age of superstars. Don Cusic offers an analysis of their growth, looking at race, gender, class, ethnicity, business, media and celebrity. Series: A Ray & Pat Browne Book. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; HBJK; JFC; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879728588
- ISBN
- 9780879728588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.90
€ 15.99
€ 14.90
Paperback. "A savvy analysis of the game's financial problems" (Los Angeles Times), now updated throughout and featuring a new chapter on recent controversies and upheavals in the game. Selected as one of the best books of the year by Business Week. Num Pages: 320 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNSP; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465006151
- ISBN
- 9780465006151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.82
€ 25.99
€ 17.82
Paperback. After Christopher Columbus, Bartolome de las Casas is the single most important figure in the period of the Encounter, a time of conflict between Europeans and the people of the Americas following Columbus's voyages. Here Clayton provides a history of the age as told through the life of Las Casas. Editor(s): Clayton, Lawrence A. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405194280
- ISBN
- 9781405194280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.68
€ 35.68
Paperback. Editor(s): Vavere, Natasha. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (LA) ELT advanced. Dimension: 201 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Parapara Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911326045
- ISBN
- 9781911326045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.29
€ 12.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992280
- ISBN
- 9780295992280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.43
€ 35.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AFKN; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816694693
- ISBN
- 9780816694693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Cards. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; JNZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 128 x 73. Weight in Grams: 930. Fine copy
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Peterson´s Guides,U.S.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSS0000326
- ISBN
- 9780764167706
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This book examines middle-class Mexican Americans' patterns of mobility and incorporation. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804788663
- ISBN
- 9780804788663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.59
€ 37.59
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 1KLCM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 185 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375760976
- ISBN
- 9780375760976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.90
€ 19.99
€ 18.90
Paperback. Based on years of archival and ethnographic research in Venezuela's largest public housing community, this book offers an in-depth history of urban popular politics before the Bolivarian Revolution. It also provides context for understanding the democracy that emerged during the presidency of Hugo Chavez. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 black and white, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283329
- ISBN
- 9780520283329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.40
€ 42.40
paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252062889
- ISBN
- 9780252062889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74
Paperback. In this book, Gilberto Rosas draws on his in-depth ethnographic research among the members of Barrio Libre to understand why they have embraced criminality and how neoliberalism and security policies on both sides of the border have affected the youths' descent into Barrio Libre. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; GTB; JFC; JFSL9; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352372
- ISBN
- 9780822352372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.64
€ 40.64