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The Americas

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The Americas

Hardcover. The Broadway tomboys, rebel nuns, and funny girls, who upset the 1950s gender norms: Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Julie Andrews, and Barbra Streisand Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGM; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472097722
ISBN
9780472097722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.65

Paperback. A significant reassessment of the mid-twentieth-century writings of W. E. B. Du Bois, emphasizing their relevance to contemporary theories of race and racism. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348085
ISBN
9780822348085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.03

Paperback. Part of a trilogy "The Problem of Slavery in World History", this is the second book in the series. It features a preface exploring the anti-slavery debate among American historians, between the 1970s and 1990s, started by the original publication of this book in the 1970s. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195126716
ISBN
9780195126716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 50.95

Paperback. Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation contains the first systematic comparative analysis of the process of democratic consolidation in southern Europe and the southern cone of South America, and it is the first book to ground post-Communist Europe within the literature of comparative politics and democratic theory. Num Pages: 506 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DS; 1DV; 1KLS; JPA; JPHC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801851582
ISBN
9780801851582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.96

Hardback. Here is a compact narrative history of American agriculture over the last century. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566634632
ISBN
9781566634632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.69

Paperback. Integrating a broad range of research on how people learn, this text shows that televised presentations - at their best - actually excel at transmitting information and facilitating learning. The author critiques political offerings in terms of their compatibility with our learning capabilities. Series: Studies in Communication, Media & Public Opinion. Num Pages: 246 pages, 29 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPA; UBJ; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305769
ISBN
9780226305769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.54

Hardback. Norman Lewis was the sole African American artist of his generation who became committed to issues of abstraction at the start of his career and continued to explore them over its entire trajectory. This is an illustrated catalogue that accompanies the first major museum retrospective of the painter Norman Lewis (1909-1979). Editor(s): Fine, Ruth E. Num Pages: 288 pages, 340 color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; AGB; AGC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 290 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1950.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288003
ISBN
9780520288003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.77

Paperback. Presents interpretations of the causes of the revolution in Bolivia of 1952 and compares them to the great social transformations that occurred in France, Mexico, Russia, China and Cuba. The essays also examine the political, social and economic development of the country after the revolution. Series: David Rockefeller Centre on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 17 figures, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; 3JJP; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011410
ISBN
9780674011410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.96

Paperback. Examines three authors who have influenced the formation of racial identities in the United States: Henry James, William Faulkner, and Toni Morrison. Using their work, this title illuminates the significance that representational practice has had in the process of racial construction. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822323631
ISBN
9780822323631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Hardback. This timely volume contributes to conceptualizing multiple forms of precarious status non-citizenship as connected through policy and the practices of migrants and the institutional actors they encounter. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFN; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645875
ISBN
9781442645875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.45

Paperback. Presents the relationship between writers in Canada and the marketplace within which their work circulates. Including a series of conversations with both established and younger writers from across the country, this title investigates how writers perceive their relationship to the cultural economy. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554583553
ISBN
9781554583553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJD; GTF; JFSF; JHM; JHMP; PSX; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271033259
ISBN
9780271033259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.65

Hardcover. In big cities, major museums and elite galleries tend to dominate our idea of the art world. But beyond these moneyed institutions are vibrant, local communities of artists and art lovers. This book offers a guided tour of three such alternative worlds that thrive in the Chicago neighborhoods of Bronzeville, Pilsen, and Rogers Park. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 colour plates, 2 halftones, 7 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; ACX; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305172
ISBN
9780226305172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.30

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 1KBCL; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSL9; RNF; RNKH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803249813
ISBN
9780803249813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.23

Paperback. Explores how intellectual media professionals struggle with the institutional and cultural forces surrounding television that promote entertainment at the expense of education. This book provides a glimpse behind the scenes of a major documentary and demonstrates the value of an ethnographic approach to the study of media production. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 charts 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691044675
ISBN
9780691044675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.64

Paperback. Middle- and upper-middle-class students continue to outpace those from less privileged backgrounds. This title examines a typical suburban American high school to explain how some students get ahead. It presents an account of the educationally and morally questionable results of the American culture of success. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226142418
ISBN
9780226142418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.54

Hardcover. Middle- and upper-middle-class students continue to outpace those from less privileged backgrounds. This title examines a typical suburban American high school to explain how some students get ahead. It presents an account of the educationally and morally questionable results of the American culture of success. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226142395
ISBN
9780226142395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.73

Hardback. In Productivity and Prosperity, Karen Foster zeroes in on the paradox of productivity: that it is the key to economic prosperity and yet its connection to well-being and median incomes has all but disappeared. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JHBL; KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487500788
ISBN
9781487500788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.52

paperback. In Productivity and Prosperity, Karen Foster zeroes in on the paradox of productivity: that it is the key to economic prosperity and yet its connection to well-being and median incomes has all but disappeared. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JHBL; KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487520571
ISBN
9781487520571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.00

Hardback. .
Publisher
Baylor University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781481304290
ISBN
9781481304290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.46