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Hardback. A Poverty of Rights examines the history of poor people's citizenship in Rio from the 1920s through the 1960s, the 20th-century period that most critically shaped urban development, social inequality, and the meaning of law and rights in modern Brazil. Num Pages: 488 pages, 14 tables, 3 figures, 5 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804752909
ISBN
9780804752909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.91

Paperback. Athens, Georgia, seems the quintessential southern university town, its geography chiseled over geologic time by its lifeblood. This title pays attention to Athens' natural and built environments and their coevolution into one of the modern South's most dynamic small cities. Series: Wormsloe Foundation Publication. Num Pages: 320 pages, 186 b&w & 50 colour photos, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
A Wormsloe Foundation Publication
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820330440
ISBN
9780820330440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.18

Paperback. Describes our nation's changing population and examines through a demographic lens some of our most pressing contemporary challenges, ranging from poverty and economic inequality to racial tensions and health disparities. Series: Sociology in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 296 pages, 52. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520278196
ISBN
9780520278196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; WJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816672325
ISBN
9780816672325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.07

Hardcover. A critical examination of the turbulent early political career and the controversial military service of Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, an Illinois Whig, Republican politician, and Northern political general who rose to distinction as a member of the Union high command during the Civil War. Num Pages: 416 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873387668
ISBN
9780873387668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Paperback. A survey of the empowering poetry of politically active women in El Salvador, South Africa, and the United States. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1KBB; 1KLCS; DSB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472065639
ISBN
9780472065639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.03

Paperback. A collection of case studies examining specific incidents of silence and the impasses it creates in the poetic and academic landscape. It looks at the issue of professionalism, in both poetic practice and the academy, which has become the caretaker of much of modern and contemporary poetry and their competing values. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817351984
ISBN
9780817351984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.66

Paperback. A story of how Title IX revolutionized American sports. This book chronicles both the law's successes and failures - the exciting opportunities for women as well as the commercial and recruiting pressures of modern-day athletics. It provides the first history of the law's evolution since its passage in 1972. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128856
ISBN
9780691128856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.72

Paperback. Alaska has always attracted people from varied backgrounds. This book introduces us to five women who settled in Fairbanks between 1903 and 1923 and who typify the disparate population that has long enriched Alaska. Num Pages: 120 pages, 74 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Alaska Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602230644
ISBN
9781602230644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.73

Paperback. Accompanying a year-long exhibition at the University of Kentucky Art Museum, this work explores the distinctiveness of southern landscape painting from the early 19th century through to the 1940s. Num Pages: 84 pages, 31 colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JH; 3JJ; AFC; AGC; AGN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 241 x 10. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882007172
ISBN
9781882007172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.86

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; APF; AVGM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226301808
ISBN
9780226301808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.02

hardcover. Turkey Run became Indiana's second state park in 1916. Within its boundaries lie some of the more rugged and stunning landscapes to be found in Indiana. A Place Called Turkey Run captures the majesty and mystique of the park in text and hundreds of full-colour images. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; WN; WTH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Purdue University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557537560
ISBN
9781557537560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 37.99

Hardcover. Many of the main currents of American life have flowed through Northampton, a town situated on the banks of the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts. To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the founding of Northampton, "A Place Called Paradise" brings together a broad range of writing on the city's rich heritage. Num Pages: 544 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1016.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558494855
ISBN
9781558494855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.18

paperback. This work is an introduction to the life of philosophy in the United States, as Emerson once lived it, in all its topographical ambiguity. Series: The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0036030
ISBN
9780674669819
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774803922
ISBN
9780774803922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99

Hardback. There is no more powerful symbol in American political life than the presidency, and the image of presidential power has had no less profound an impact on American fiction. This book illuminates the fundamental concern with democratic sovereignty that informs the literary works of the twentieth century. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136950
ISBN
9780691136950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 190 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816504268
ISBN
9780816504268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.35

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 525 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWMV3; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 307 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1250.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764350757
ISBN
9780764350757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 27.48

Paperback. In the years following its near-bankruptcy in 1976 until the end of the 1980s, New York City came to epitomize the debt-driven of the Reagan era. This book asks why a city with a large minority population and a long tradition of liberalism elected a conservative mayor who promoted real-estate development and belittled minority activists. Series: City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 tables 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691036731
ISBN
9780691036731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.30

Paperback. Tackles the pressing question of how Canadian engagement with globalization can be marshaled to advance rather than impair human security, ecological integrity, and social emancipation. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFS; JPA; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774814898
ISBN
9780774814898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.14