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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 48.00
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781481304290
- ISBN
- 9781481304290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.46
€ 59.46