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Paperback. Num Pages: 195 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 211 x 15. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604567724
ISBN
9781604567724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 99.60
€ 68.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
revised and expanded edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159739
ISBN
9780231159739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
revised and expanded edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159722
ISBN
9780231159722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.76

Paperback. Faced with fascism, communism, and the 1956 Revolution, Csaba Teglas responded with ingenuity and hope. This memoir is the personal story of his youth, told from the point of view of a man with sons of his own. He found in America the freedom for which he had been searching, but he has raised his American sons to remain proud of their heritage. Series: Eastern European Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, 31 b&w illustrations, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1KBB; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 10. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585446407
ISBN
9781585446407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.48

Num Pages: 128 pages, 191 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 285 x 17. Weight in Grams: 990.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764340253
ISBN
9780764340253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 25.08

Hardcover. A lively chronicle of the 1960s through the surprisingly close and incredibly contentious friendship of its two most colorful characters. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 35. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393088717
ISBN
9780393088717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.03

Paperback. A lively chronicle of the 1960s through the surprisingly close and incredibly contentious friendship of its two most colorful characters. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; BGL; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393353020
ISBN
9780393353020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.33

paperback. This study aims to be an accessible and comprehensive account of the role Ohio women have assumed in the history of the state, and a narrative of their hardships and the victories that have been won over 200 years. Series: Ohio Bicentennial S. Num Pages: 253 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5436 x 3556 x 458. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780821413913
ISBN
9780821413913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.85

Hardback. Bubbles and Bonanzas is the first detailed study of British investments and investors in Mexico in the first four decades after independence. Costeloe gives economic history a human face that offers fascinating detail and new information about the origins and scope of British interest in independent Mexico. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBCM; 3JH; KCL; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739151198
ISBN
9780739151198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.26

Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566638067
ISBN
9781566638067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.29

Paperback. This timely assessment of the evolution of masculine culture will be welcomed and debated by social and intellectual historians for years to come. Series: Gender Relations in the American Experience. Num Pages: 424 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFP; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407647
ISBN
9781421407647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.75

Paperback. Tropicalia was a watershed cultural movement in Brazil. This title shows how the tropicalists appropriated and parodied cultural practices in order to expose the fissure between their nation's idealized image as a tropical "garden" and the daily brutality visited upon its citizens. Num Pages: 276 pages, 12 colour and 18 b&w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 237 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807849767
ISBN
9780807849767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.92

Paperback. A behind-the-scenes look at the life of the most extraordinary martial artist of all time Bruce Lee. Num Pages: 200 pages, 176 colour and black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJP; APB; APFB; BGF; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 281 x 17. Weight in Grams: 932.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804847810
ISBN
9780804847810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wordware Publishing Inc. United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556226984
ISBN
9781556226984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.40

Paperback. From its founding in the late 1880s through the 1950s, Brownsville was a white, predominantly Jewish, working class neighbourhood. During the 1960s however the area became stigmatized as a black and Latino ghetto. This study focuses on the challenges of neighbourhood co-operation. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 333 pages, 28 halftones, 3 maps, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
333
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226684475
ISBN
9780226684475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Hardcover. Examines the role that brownfields redevelopment is playing and can play in our quest for sustainability, focusing on efforts in the US and Canada. This book looks at how brownfields are used as spaces for developing an array of residential, recreational, and employment-oriented projects that have breathed new life into the urban environment. Editor(s): Sousa, Christopher de. Series Editor(s): Tiesdell, Steven. Series: Current Research in Urban & Regional Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; RGC; RNF; RNU; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780080453583
ISBN
9780080453583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.71

paperback. In this book, the author traces the evolution of the community's political activism in education during the Chicano Movement era of the early 1970s. He identifies the implications of this struggle for Mexican Americans and for public education. It is aimed at those interested in public school policy, and scholars of Mexican American history. Series: University of Houston Series in Mexican American Studies. Num Pages: 298 pages, 9 b&w photos, 6 tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJPL; HBTB; JNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Texas A&M University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585444939
ISBN
9781585444939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.66

Paperback. The first narrative history in 25 years of the landmark Supreme Court case that outlawed school segregation in America and its aftermath. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, numerous halftones, 2 maps, 4 line drawings, 7 tables and 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFJ; JFSL; JN; JPVH1; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195156324
ISBN
9780195156324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.20

paperback. Examines the role rhetorical theory played in the development of educational segregation. This book considers the NAACPs development of a series of graduate school cases to challenge Plessy, analyzes the Brown decision itself, assesses the state response to Brown, and critiques the two Supreme Court decisions implementing the Brown decision. Editor(s): Rountree, Clarke. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JNK; LNT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739114599
ISBN
9780739114599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
abridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195307634
ISBN
9780195307634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.34

Paperback. Since 1993, metaphorical language has permeated mainstream media reporting on the United States' growing Latino population. In this book, the author reveals how metaphorical language portrays Latinos as invaders, outsiders, burdens, parasites, diseases, animals, and weeds. Num Pages: 424 pages, 2 figures, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292777675
ISBN
9780292777675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.16

Hardcover. This is a narrative restaurant cookbook with 75 recipes that elevate and freshen traditional Southern/soul dishes by infusing the food with Bay Area freshness and focus on ingredients. Num Pages: 224 pages, more than 80 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452122342
ISBN
9781452122342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.86

Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; JHBD; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 219 x 25. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
The New Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620971154
ISBN
9781620971154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.16

Paperback. Examines the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago. The author reveals how the two populations arrived in Chicago in the midst of social and economic change and, in spite of declining industrial employment and massive urban renewal projects, managed to carve out a geographic and racial place in Chicago. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 18 halftones, 9 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226212845
ISBN
9780226212845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.78

Hardcover. As African American populations grew and white communities declined throughout the 1960s and '70s, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans migrated to the city, adding a complex layer to local racial dynamics, this book provides history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in the postwar era. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 9 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244259
ISBN
9780226244259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.33

paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJP; JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1.
SKU
V9780801476525
ISBN
9780801476525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Hardback. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; MFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479808175
ISBN
9781479808175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.20

Paperback. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; MFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479894864
ISBN
9781479894864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Paperback. Tells the story of Georgia's rich folk pottery tradition - the historical forces that shaped it and the families and individual artisans who continue to keep it alive. This book provides discussions of the folk potters' contributions to Georgia life and their place in southern society. Num Pages: 375 pages, 167 b&w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; AFP; AFTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 206 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820332208
ISBN
9780820332208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 40.77

Paperback. Considers the political expression of rap artists within the historical tradition of black nationalism. Interweaving songs and personal interviews with hip-hop artists and activists, Cheney links late 20th-century hip-hop nationalists with their 19th-century spiritual forebears. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814716137
ISBN
9780814716137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.89

Hardcover. The arrival of English settlers in the American Southeast in 1670 brought the British and the Native Americans into contact both with foreign peoples and with unfamiliar gender systems. Michelle LeMaster addresses the question of how differing cultural attitudes toward gender influenced Anglo-Indian relations in the colonial Southeast. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932415
ISBN
9780813932415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

Hardback. Presents a literary friendship, preserved in letters. Editor(s): Pfeiffer, Kathleen. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252035401
ISBN
9780252035401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.24

paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781479874477
ISBN
9781479874477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.50

Paperback. This follow-up to the bestselling Paris Street Style explores the iconic fashion sense of New York's hippest borough Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Abrams
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781419717956
ISBN
9781419717956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.86

Paperback. A colorful celebration of New York's wonderfully diverse and popular borough. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393330021
ISBN
9780393330021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.77

Hardback. In 1939, the author was assigned to write an article on Brooklyn for a special issue of "Fortune". Crossing the borough from the brownstone heights over the Brooklyn Bridge and out through backstreet neighborhoods like Flatbush, he captured in 10,000 words, the essence of a place and its people. This book celebrates the essence of Brooklyn. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 199 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823224920
ISBN
9780823224920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.76

Hardback. Series: Chef's Table. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; WBA; WBN; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 50.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762786350
ISBN
9780762786350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. From Bedford-Stuyvesant to Williamsburg, Brooklyn's historic names are emblems of American culture and history. Talking about the stories behind the landmarks, this book deals with the borough's textured past. It also tells the tales of the poets, philosophers, baseball heroes, diplomats, warriors, and saints who have left their imprint. Num Pages: 214 pages, 9 maps, 94 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GBGP; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814799468
ISBN
9780814799468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.26

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 color illustrations; 50 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AMVD; HBJK; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 180 x 25. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823273577
ISBN
9780823273577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226811154
ISBN
9780226811154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29