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The Americas
Hardcover. In the mid- to late 1940s, a group of young men rattled the psychiatric establishment by beaming a public spotlight on the squalid conditions and brutality in our nation's mental hospitals and training schools for people with psychiatric and intellectual disabilities. This book presents the extraordinary efforts of these courageous men. Series: Critical Perspectives on Disability. Num Pages: 584 pages, 50 black-&-white illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBTB; HBWQ; JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609155
- ISBN
- 9780815609155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.24
€ 44.99
€ 42.24
Despite its remoteness, Kentucky emerged as a prime site for theatrical activity in the "Wild West" of the 1790s and beyond. This work is a social and architectural history of Kentucky's theatres, paying special attention to the actors who performed in them and the audiences who saw it all. Num Pages: 192 pages, 45 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; AMGC; AN; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121628
- ISBN
- 9780813121628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.77
€ 39.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ANC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559360623
- ISBN
- 9781559360623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.14
€ 17.14
Hardback. Provocatively capturing the controversy and sentiments surrounding this period of political imbalance, Actors on Red Alert explores the repercussions of the 1940s blacklist through career interviews with five prominent actors and actresses. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 198 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APB; HBJK; HBLW; JPVN; JPVR; KNTC; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836495
- ISBN
- 9780810836495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.67
€ 89.67
Hardback. Examining how nineteenth-century Black women writers engaged radical reform, sentiment and their various readerships Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252034749
- ISBN
- 9780252034749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.06
€ 130.06
Hardback. Series: Latin American Landscapes. Num Pages: 256 pages, 27 haltones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GM; HBT; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816532018
- ISBN
- 9780816532018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Paperback. The liberal political origins of work-welfare programmes and issues of conflicting goals is documented in this text. With examples derived from Great Britain and America, the incorporation of liberal requirements and private market forces in providing opportunities for the unemployed is discussed. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFFA; JKSB; JPQB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780226436227
- ISBN
- 9780226436227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.45
€ 52.45
Paperback. Series: Commerce & Mass Culture. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816631575
- ISBN
- 9780816631575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.07
€ 33.07
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gibson, Patricia M.; Turner, Alex B. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 183 x 14. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613244531
- ISBN
- 9781613244531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.91€ 130.39
€ 193.91
€ 130.39
Paperback. In Acting White, two of America's leading scholars of race and the law, Devon Carbado and Mitu Gulati, argue that that racial judgments are based not just on phenotypic skin color differences but on performative differences-how a person conforms to behavior stereotypically associated with a certain race. Num Pages: 212 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JFSL1; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190229214
- ISBN
- 9780190229214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.29
€ 33.99
€ 32.29
Paperback. Examines how notions of Jewishness have been conveyed in a range of television, stage, and film productions, since the end of World War II. Beginning in 1947, this book draws on a different discipline of performance studies to explore the ever-changing relationship between Jews and mainstream American culture. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; APF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069088
- ISBN
- 9780472069088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.62
€ 35.62
Hardback. This volume contains a series of close readings of the central works of gay male drama, as written by American and English playwrights. The plays discussed reflect the transformation of gay men in 20th-century British and American societies. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 393 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075107
- ISBN
- 9780231075107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.75
€ 139.75
Paperback. Taking as his starting point African-American autobiography, Crispin Sartwell argues that there is a fundamental elusiveness to white identity. This theory is based on the concept that whiteness defines itself as normative, marking "other" identity as "racial" or "ethnic" deviations. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226735276
- ISBN
- 9780226735276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.21
€ 43.21
Paperback. How men communicate with each other on stage when no women are present and what it tells us about power and gender" Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSG; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472065721
- ISBN
- 9780472065721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.10
€ 42.10
Hardcover. Editor(s): Alexander, Derrick; Harper, Alvin J. Num Pages: 345 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNS; LNTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 261 x 182 x 27. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619422940
- ISBN
- 9781619422940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 331.76€ 220.83
€ 331.76
€ 220.83
Paperback. as well as a popular reference work for scholars, students, and lay readers. Num Pages: 504 pages, 196, 138 black & white halftones, 58 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 254 x 36. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- a
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801865671
- ISBN
- 9780801865671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.88
€ 59.88
Paperback. An irreverent trip through American culture by a critic who "cracks jokes as easily as one would crack walnut shells" (Washington Post). Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393349405
- ISBN
- 9780393349405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.26
€ 31.26
Hardcover. Illustrates how the divided spheres of Civil War experience created social and political conflict far removed from the better-known battlefields of the war. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814729199
- ISBN
- 9780814729199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Across the Continent: Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and the Making of Am...
. Ed(S): Seefeldt, Douglas; Hantman, Jeffrey ...
paperback. An obscure undertaking in its time, the Lewis and Clark expedition grew in the American imagination, acquiring an almost mythic stature. This book presents an examination of the explorers' world and the complicated ways in which it relates to ours. It contains essays that look at the global geopolitics that provided the context for the expedition. Editor(s): Seefeldt, Douglas; Hantman, Jeffrey L.; Onuf, Peter S. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925950
- ISBN
- 9780813925950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.15
€ 35.15
Across the Continent: Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and the Making of Am...
Edited By Douglas Seefeldt, Jeffrey L. Hantma...
Hardcover. Across the Continent is an examination of Lewis and Clark's expedition. Essays look at the global politics that provided the context for the expedition and at the interest in science that grew from it and justified its undertaking. It considers the legacies of it on Native Americans and the control of the expansion of the American Empire. Editor(s): Seefeldt, Douglas; Hantman, Jeffrey L.; Onuf, Peter S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; JPSL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Charlottesville
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923130
- ISBN
- 9780813923130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.52
€ 60.52
Paperback. Includes case studies that examine the intricacies of relations between the generations in a broad range of immigrant groups - from Latin America, Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa - and gives a sense of what everyday life is like in immigrant families. Editor(s): Foner, Nancy. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727713
- ISBN
- 9780814727713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.52
€ 46.52
Paperback. Features essays that offer fresh perspectives on Aboriginal literatures. This anthology illustrates the diverse but interconnecting knowledges of Aboriginal scholars and creative writers. It includes a mixture of critical voices: traditional academic writing, memoir, drama, poetry. It also addresses issues of form, genre, and linguistics. Editor(s): Depasquale, Paul; Eigenbrod, Renate; LaRocque, Emma. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBC; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551117263
- ISBN
- 9781551117263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.84€ 50.47
€ 64.84
€ 50.47
Paperback. Supplying archaeological and oceanographic evidence to support this assertion, this book dismantles the old paradigm while persuasively linking Clovis technology with the culture of the Solutrean people who occupied France and Spain more than 20,000 years ago. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 b/w photographs, 74 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1K; 3B; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275782
- ISBN
- 9780520275782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.03
€ 50.03
Paperback. In "Acorns and Bitter Roots," Timothy C. Messner establishes starch grain analysis in the temperate climates of eastern North America using the Delaware River Watershed as a case study for furthering scholarly understanding of the relationship between native people and their biophysical environment in the Woodland Period. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HDD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 184 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356491
- ISBN
- 9780817356491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.16
€ 36.16