The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. Reconstructs how Iberian, indigenous, and African beliefs fused to create a syncretic religious culture in Brazil. Focusing on sorcery, this title argues that European traditions of witchcraft combined with practices of Indians and African slaves to form a Brazilian set of beliefs that became central to the lives of the people in the colony. Translator(s): Whitty, Diane Grosklaus. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 374 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702363
- ISBN
- 9780292702363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.91
€ 47.91
Paperback. Great Escapes: Selective guides for travelers who want to find quick trips and getaways within a specific locale. They take away the drudgery of sifting through online and printed travel info by listing only the most worthwhile events, activities, and places to stay and eat. Series: Great Escapes. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black-and-white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881507836
- ISBN
- 9780881507836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.94
€ 15.94
paperback. A powerful account of how land disputes reflect complex and often competing understandings of law, landscape, and identity among First Nations and non-Aboriginal people in Canada. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774821858
- ISBN
- 9780774821858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.92
€ 46.92
Paperback. Suitable for all those interested in international careers in the US government, multi-national corporations, banks, consulting companies, international and non-governmental organizations, universities, and more, this book includes insightful testimonies about what these careers are really like from junior and senior professionals in these fields. Editor(s): Cressey, Laura E.; Helmer, Barrett J.; Steffensen, Jennifer E. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 tables, 5 figures, 39 text boxes, 5 figures, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Edition
- Ninth
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626160750
- ISBN
- 9781626160750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.76
€ 30.99
€ 26.76
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFSJ; JFSL; JPHF; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801450860
- ISBN
- 9780801450860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 85 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AJB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803237858
- ISBN
- 9780803237858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.56
€ 90.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 114 pages, Throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJF; BGB; JPFF; KNAT; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216. .
- Publisher
- Between the Lines
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771132268
- ISBN
- 9781771132268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.44
€ 20.99
€ 19.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 550 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 115 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Scott & Nix, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935622598
- ISBN
- 9781935622598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.41
€ 25.99
€ 23.41
Paperback. An history of the South in the years leading up to and following the Civil War focusing on the women, black and white, rich and poor, who made up the fabric of southern life before the war and remade themselves and their world after it. It explores the experiences and actions of individual women in the changing South. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 284 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072185
- ISBN
- 9780252072185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.72
€ 26.99
€ 24.72
Paperback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252066009
- ISBN
- 9780252066009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.73
€ 43.73
Paperback. Using interdisciplinary performance studies and cultural studies frameworks, this title examines the cultural representation of queer sexuality in the contemporary cultural production of Mexican female and Chicana performance and visual artists. Series: Chicana Matters. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 b&w photos, 8 color photos in section. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AB; JFFK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780292722880
- ISBN
- 9780292722880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.61
€ 36.61
Paperback. Historians, anthropologists, and sociologists examine how race and racism have mattered in Andean and Mesoamerican societies from the early colonial era to the present day. Editor(s): Gotkowitz, Laura. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 photographs, 1 table, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350439
- ISBN
- 9780822350439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.91
€ 46.91
Paperback. Providing a re-assessement of the cause of Bolivia's 1952 revolution, this book argues that the revolution had deeper roots in the indigenous struggles for land and justice that swept through Bolivia during the first half of the twentieth century. It demonstrates that rural indigenous activists helped shape populist projects of 1930s and 1940s. Num Pages: 416 pages, 26 b&w photos, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; HBTV; JFC; JFSL9; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340676
- ISBN
- 9780822340676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.95
€ 50.95
Paperback. Grindstaff takes the reader behind the scenes of daytime television talk shows. This study draws on interviews with producers and guests and asks not just what talk shows can tell us about mass media, but also what they reveal about American culture more generally. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226309118
- ISBN
- 9780226309118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.83
€ 44.83
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813570372
- ISBN
- 9780813570372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.89
€ 196.89
Paperback. What kinds of stories win cases, and why? Drawing on trial transcripts and appellate court opinions in civil adultery cases, and on literary examples from Mark Twain, E.D.E.N Southworth, Harriet Beecher Stowe and others, Laura Korobkin sheds new light on the intersections of gender, genre, law and story. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Casebook ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231105095
- ISBN
- 9780231105095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.31
€ 43.31
Paperback. One group of male authors created fiction about the prostitute. The author examines how they attempted to turn an outcast into a heroine in a literature otherwise known for its puritanical attitude toward fallen women. She re-evaluates Stephen Crane's "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets", and other works of fiction. She draws on many period sources. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879724740
- ISBN
- 9780879724740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.65
€ 16.65
Paperback. Arguing that the sweatshop is as American as apple pie, Laura Hapke surveys over a century and a half of the language, verbal and pictorial, in which the sweatshop has been imagined and its stories told. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JHBL; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813534671
- ISBN
- 9780813534671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.48
€ 48.48
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
€ 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
€ 46.06
Paperback. From the author of Unbroken - a major motion picture releasing in 2015 - this is the bestselling true story of three men and their dreams for a racehorse, Seabiscuit. Num Pages: 496 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BT; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Edition
- 2nd Impression
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841150925
- ISBN
- 9781841150925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.80
€ 17.99
€ 12.80
paperback. The Sixth Marine Division holds a unique place in U.S. Marine Corps history, because it was retired after one great battle. The division was formed on Guadalcanal in September 1944, its ranks filled with battle-hardened veterans and untested replacement troops. Num Pages: 304 pages, 63 b&w illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597970501
- ISBN
- 9781597970501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.19
€ 28.19
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813574820
- ISBN
- 9780813574820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.82
€ 52.82
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813574837
- ISBN
- 9780813574837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.62
€ 195.62
Hardcover. This work provides an assessment of how well the US educational system - from kindergarten through college - serves disadvantaged minority students, offering ideas for strengthening the entire educational system. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 159 x 42. Weight in Grams: 849.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787901301
- ISBN
- 9780787901301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.88
€ 76.88
Paperback. Series: Little House. Num Pages: 368 pages, Black and White Photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 195 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060724924
- ISBN
- 9780060724924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.49
€ 8.99
€ 7.49
Hardback. In the 1920s, as American films came to dominate the country's cinemas, many of Mexico's cultural and political elites feared that this "Yanqui Invasion" would turn Mexico into a cultural vassal of the United States. In this book, the author contends that Hollywood films were not simply tools of cultural imperialism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 46 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJG; APF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356417
- ISBN
- 9780822356417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.73
€ 145.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150606
- ISBN
- 9780231150606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Paperback. Editor(s): Kina, Laura. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 36 colour illustrations, 47 illus., 36 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; HBTB; JFSJ5; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295741376
- ISBN
- 9780295741376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.73
€ 46.73
Paperback. Sheds light on changing Asian American cultures Editor(s): Kina, Laura; Dariotis, Wei Ming. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 44 colour illustrations, 44 color illus., 17 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992259
- ISBN
- 9780295992259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.33
€ 47.33
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813574424
- ISBN
- 9780813574424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.26
€ 51.26
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813574431
- ISBN
- 9780813574431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.92
€ 200.92
Paperback. Details not only how such writers as James Fenimore Cooper and Henry Rowe Schoolcraft forecast the inevitable demise of Indian-white sympathy, but also how authors like Lydia Maria Child and William Apess insisted that a language of feeling could be used to create shared community or defend American Indian sovereignty. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBF; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496316
- ISBN
- 9781558496316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.01
€ 41.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231172516
- ISBN
- 9780231172516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.72
€ 49.72
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231172509
- ISBN
- 9780231172509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.32
€ 157.32
Paperback. Series: Routledge Historical Americans. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138814585
- ISBN
- 9781138814585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.01
€ 58.01
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 10 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816528073
- ISBN
- 9780816528073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.80
€ 61.80
Paperback. Missionary work, arising from a sense of pity, helped convince the British that they were a benevolent people. Stevens relates this to the rise of the cult of sensibility, when philosophers argued that humans were inherently good because they felt sorrow at the sign of suffering. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219678
- ISBN
- 9780812219678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.15
€ 40.15
Paperback. Presents a sociological analysis of lesbians' use of medical fertility treatments. This book describes how reproduction is an intensely medicalized process for lesbians, transforming them into patients more often due to their sexual identities than because of their physical conditions. It explores questions about the legal rights of co-parents. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 illustrations, 5 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340782
- ISBN
- 9780822340782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.84
€ 46.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 78 pages, 135 color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 164 x 6. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 78
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764324833
- ISBN
- 9780764324833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.64
€ 20.99
€ 15.64