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The Americas

Paperback. Soon after Alexander Gardner's "Photographic Sketch Book" was published, in 1866, it became the Civil War's best-known visual record and helped define how viewers would come to know the war. This study of a pivotal American historical document, approaching it from the perspective of visual studies as well as American literature and history. Series: Defining Moments in American Photography. Num Pages: 128 pages, 27 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AJCR; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 49.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253315
ISBN
9780520253315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

paperback. Through his access to previously classified documents and information gained from extensive interviews, journalist Hamann tells the story behind World War II's largest army court-martial, where three African-American soldiers were charged with the lynching and murder of an Italian prisoner of war. Series: V Ethel Willis White Books. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; LNDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295987057
ISBN
9780295987057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. Addresses issues common to contemporary Native Americans, such as the definition of 'Indian art' and the stereotypical Indian portrayed in film. This book is suitable for those who love the West and are concerned about the natural world and the sacredness of all life. Num Pages: 235 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Edition
Ill
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890135167
ISBN
9780890135167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.43

Paperback. In On Being Here to Stay, Asch retells the story of Canada with a focus on the relationship between First Nations and settlers. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442610026
ISBN
9781442610026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVC; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781257456
ISBN
9781781257456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. At a critical, transitional moment in the history of Broadway - and, by extension, of American theatre itself - former Broadway stage manager Steven Adler enlists insider perspectives from sixty-six practitioners and artists to chronicle the recent past and glimpse the near future of the Great White Way. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809325931
ISBN
9780809325931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.28

Hardback. Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1842-1909) was the nineteenth century's greatest military historian and author of biographies of Hannibal, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus and Napoleon. Editor(s): Sears, Stephen W. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815410300
ISBN
9780815410300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.36

Hardcover. "On Captivity" is the first translation into English of "Del Cautiverio," Manuel Ciges Aparicio s account of his imprisonment in the notorious La Cabana fortress in Havana during the Cuban War of Independence (1895 98)." Editor(s): Walker, Dolores. Translator(s): Walker, Dolores. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817317690
ISBN
9780817317690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.65

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Rizzoli International Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847858316
ISBN
9780847858316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 29.98

Paperback. The movement of a work of art from artist's studio to gallery, to collector, and to curator sometimes follows a clear and distinct route, easily discernable from start to finish. This book contributes to an understanding of the collecting process and the convoluted courtship rituals involving collectors, donors, museum staff, and board members. Editor(s): Ice, Joyce. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; AFTB; AGC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988887
ISBN
9780295988887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.62

Hardcover. On Dissent attempts to offer a conceptual yardstick that develops clarity about the phenomenon we call 'dissent'. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 120 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276. Very good copy in good dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0007407
ISBN
9780521767194
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Cultural Politics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816619399
ISBN
9780816619399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.46

Hardback. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 124 x 192 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691154114
ISBN
9780691154114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.52

Paperback. Since the desegregation battles of the 1960s and 1970s, the legal pursuit of educational opportunity in the United States has been framed around race. This book examines the consequences of efforts to use state constitutional provisions to reduce the 'resource segregation' of American schools and the politics of the opposition to these decisions. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 tables, 1 halftone, 16 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691113708
ISBN
9780691113708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.11

Paperback. Frank Bidart has always defied expectation and convention without ever sounding conscious of such an effort or veering into self-parody. This collection of essays from thirty-six poets and writers puts Bidart in perspective for his numerous longtime readers. Editor(s): Rector, Liam; Swenson, Tree. Series: Under Discussion. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472032006
ISBN
9780472032006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.61

paperback. Series: Ashgate Studies in Architecture. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; AMVD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 174. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138245846
ISBN
9781138245846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.14

Paperback. A reassessment of the art and achievements of the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize Editor(s): Wright, Stephen Caldwell. Series: Under Discussion. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472088393
ISBN
9780472088393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.89

Paperback. "This engaging history of Arlington National Cemetery .. is also the story of America's maturation through death and war .. An editor and journalist, [Poole] is an adroit sketcher of historical events, but even more of character."-Economist Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBW; JWTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802715494
ISBN
9780802715494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.36

Paperback. Editor(s): Petry, Alice Hall. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Univ Tennessee Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572336421
ISBN
9781572336421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.16

Paperback. At once a monumental achievement and testament to an extraordinary career, On Higher Education is an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners of higher education. Num Pages: 600 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 770.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890215
ISBN
9780801890215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.38

Paperback. This text presents Nels Anderson's ethnographic work of a world of homeless men - a study conducted on Madison street in Chicago - and includes Anderson's later work on the juvenile and the tramp, the unattached migrant, and the family. Series: Heritage of Sociology S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 halftones, 1 map, 1 line drawing, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226019673
ISBN
9780226019673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

hardcover. On Location fills a major gap in contemporary media and cultural studies debates that question the connections between the politics of place, culture, and commerce within the larger context of cultural globalization. Series: Cultural Spaces. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802087379
ISBN
9780802087379
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKV; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 213.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486779997
ISBN
9780486779997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226517056
ISBN
9780226517056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.63

paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; APB; BM; VFJD; WSWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9780062379108
ISBN
9780062379108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.69

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415525473
ISBN
9780415525473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.89

Paperback. The US has experienced a dramatic increase in births to unmarried women - from 4 per cent of births in 1950, with most of the babies then adopted, to more than 30 per cent. This book analyses this radical change in family formation to compare and contrast the lives of these mothers of varying ages and economic circumstances. Num Pages: 483 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520218307
ISBN
9780520218307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.31

Paperback. Looks at the fundamental issue of equality and how and why governments have fallen short of their democratic ideals. This book explores the growth of democratic institutions, expansion of citizenship, and various obstacles that stand in the way of gains in political equality. It assesses the contemporary political landscape in United States. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300126877
ISBN
9780300126877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.22

Paperback. Chomsky's combative lectures from Nicaragua during the Cold War period, given at the height of his intellectual prowess. Series: Chomsky Perspectives. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745335445
ISBN
9780745335445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.68

Paperback. Looks at visual culture and race in the United States, in particular the significance of photography to document black public life. It examines America's fascination with representing and seeing race in a myriad of contexts as emblematic of national and racial progress at best, or as a gauge of a collective racial wound. Series: Pinpoints. Num Pages: 90 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 209.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813565156
ISBN
9780813565156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.07

Paperback. This text describes the series of earthquakes that shook the Mississippi valley from December 1811 to February 1812. The quakes were among the most violent to hit North America and affected more than 1 million square miles. It considers the impact such earthquakes have on population and land. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 120 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; RNR; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 213.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826210548
ISBN
9780826210548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.74

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814776391
ISBN
9780814776391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Paperback. Comprises of original monographs, handbills, trial records, newspaper articles, and official reports that deal with piracy in and involving the Americas in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This title annotates and explains these records in order to clarify the era's historical, legal, literary, and nautical references. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194765
ISBN
9781845194765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845196172
ISBN
9781845196172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.81

Paperback. The letters featured in this book were sent by Corporal James Henry Gooding, a member of Company C., of the 54th Massachusetts regiment. They were sent to the New Bedford (Massachusetts) "Mercury" and published. He was described as a "truthful and intelligent correspondent, and a good soldier". Num Pages: 200 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558492028
ISBN
9781558492028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.30

Hardback. Harvard Law School pioneered educational ideas, including professional legal education within a university, Socratic questioning and case analysis, and the admission and training of students based on academic merit. On the Battlefield of Merit offers a candid account of a unique legal institution during its first century of influence. Num Pages: 680 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNMN; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674967663
ISBN
9780674967663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.32

Paperback. The author pays tribute to the tenacity and dignity with which her mother and father - both of whom were deaf and African American - lived and raised three hearing daughters in Washington, DC during the deeply segregated decades of the mid-twentieth century. This title tells the biography of her parents. Num Pages: 184 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFFG; JFSL3; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563685521
ISBN
9781563685521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.23

Paperback. Offers an account of George Crook's campaigns during the American Indian Wars. This book brings to life the entire American frontier. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBW; JFSL9; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626365438
ISBN
9781626365438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.16

Paperback. Originally published: Washington, D.C.: Eynon Printing Co., c1935. Series: Fred H. and Ella Mae Moore Texas History Reprint Series. Num Pages: 600 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 42. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Texas State Historical Assn
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876112465
ISBN
9780876112465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

Hardback. Reveals how American families have always been characterized by greater diversity than idealizations of the traditional family have allowed. This title features essays that show how family life figured prominently in relations to larger struggles for conquest and control. Editor(s): Adams, David Wallace; DeLuzio, Crista. Num Pages: 366 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272385
ISBN
9780520272385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.02