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Paperback. Over the twentieth century, American Indians fought for their right to be both American and Indian. This title traces how Indians defined democracy, citizenship, and patriotism in both domestic and international contexts. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; HBW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066236
ISBN
9780674066236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.63

Paperback. Even before the emergence of the civil rights movement with black churches at its center, African American religion and progressive politics were assumed to be inextricably intertwined. In this title, the author counters this assumption. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 201 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066274
ISBN
9780674066274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.63

Hardback. The Puritans were not as busy policing their neighbors' behavior as Nathaniel Hawthorne or many early American historians would have us believe. Keeping their own households in line occupied too much of their time. Under Household Government reveals that family members took on the role of watchdogs in matters of sexual indiscretion. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 326 pages, 15 charts, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066335
ISBN
9780674066335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.78
€ 54.19

Hardback. This companion volume to DARE enhances readers' use of the five volumes of text. It includes all the regional maps, an index to entries, and more than 400 fieldwork questions and the speakers' answers. Like its predecessors, Volume VI is a treasure trove of American linguistic creativity. Num Pages: 1080 pages, 1702 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 226 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
1080
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066533
ISBN
9780674066533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.37
€ 115.45

Hardback. With more people living alone today than at any time in U.S. history, Ferguson investigates loneliness in American fiction, from its mythological beginnings in Rip Van Winkle to the postmodern terrors of 9/11. At issue is the dark side of a trumpeted American individualism. Ferguson shows that we can learn, from our literature, how to live alone. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066762
ISBN
9780674066762
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.48

Hardback. The fiery debate over funding Jay Treaty sets political stage, and austic exchanges between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans row as rumors surface of George Washington's impending retirement. This title spans the period from July 1795 to the eve of John Adams' inauguration, with growing partisan divide to election playing a central role. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James; Martin, Sara; Woodward, Hobson; Millikan, Neal E.; Sikes, Sara B.; Lint, Gregg L. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 654 pages, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 173 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
654
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072442
ISBN
9780674072442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.66
€ 92.62

Hardback. Industrial workers, not just peasants, played an essential role in the Mexican Revolution. Tracing the introduction of mechanized industry into the Orizaba Valley, Aurora Gomez-Galvarriato argues convincingly that the revolution cannot be understood apart from the Industrial Revolution, and thus provides a fresh perspective on both transformations. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 348 pages, 4 halftones, 2 maps, 15 graphs, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; KCF; KCM; KNDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072725
ISBN
9780674072725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.63
€ 53.20

Hardback. In an era of anxiety about the safety and industrialization of the food supply, kosher food--with $12 billion in sales--is big business. Timothy Lytton tells a story of successful private-sector regulation: how independent certification agencies rescued U.S. kosher supervision from corruption and made it a model of nongovernmental administration. Num Pages: 214 pages, 12 graphs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJC; KNDF; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072930
ISBN
9780674072930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.73
€ 47.31

Hardback. Caleb Smith explores the confessions, trial reports, maledictions, and martyr narratives that juxtaposed law and conscience in antebellum America's court of public opinion and shows how writers portrayed struggles for justice as clashes between human law and higher authority, giving voice to a moral protest that transformed American literature. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; DSB; HBJK; JPA; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073081
ISBN
9780674073081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.60

Paperback. Aiming to reveal the role sailors played in helping forge new identities for black people in America and how they actively contributed to the Atlantic maritime culture, this book traces the history of black seamen to the end of the American Civil War. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 halftones, 3 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTM; HBTS; JFSL3; KNGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
(4th)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674076273
ISBN
9780674076273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.84

Paperback. In the twelve essays in "Reflections on Memory and Democracy," an interdisciplinary group of contributors explores legacies of authoritarian political regimes noted for repression and injustice, questioning how collective experiences of violence shape memory and its relevance for contemporary social and political life in Latin America. Series: Series on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Edition
1/1 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088290
ISBN
9780674088290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.74

Hardback. A woman will one day occupy the Oval Office because women themselves have made it inevitable, says best-selling historian Ellen Fitzpatrick. She tells the remarkable 150-year story of the candidates, voters, activists, and citizens who, despite overwhelming odds against women in politics, set their sights on the highest glass ceiling in the land. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088931
ISBN
9780674088931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.72

Paperback. This text fuses political economy and cultural analysis to show that both the divergent political histories and the convergent outcome of death-dominated El Salvador, peaceful social-democratic Costa Rica, and revolutionary Sandinista Nicaragua were shaped by a single commodity: coffee. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 figures, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; 1KLCR; 1KLCS; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JPHV; JPWQ; KCC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674136496
ISBN
9780674136496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.55

Paperback. A cross-disciplinary collection of 12 essays by scholars of the Mexican immigration to the United States. "Crossings" theorizes aspects of recent Mexican immigration that are new and that demarcate this wave of immigration from earlier experiences of the 20th century. Editor(s): Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674177673
ISBN
9780674177673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.81

Paperback. "Through the use of folklore, apocryphal stories, poetry, jokes, and discussion of split factions and advocacy organizations, Padden and Humphries gracefully explain how deaf culture works, what it means to its members, how they define themselves within it, and how they interact with the world outside".--Booklist. Illustrated. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674194243
ISBN
9780674194243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJD; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674197374
ISBN
9780674197374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.57

Hardback. In this volume, Heather Munro Prescott shows how the mid-20th-century emergence of adolescent medicine resulted from a combination of social changes that reached far beyond the field of medicine - changes that placed teenagers themselves at the centre of the national agenda. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSP1; JFSP2; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674214613
ISBN
9780674214613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.74
€ 66.95

Paperback. The poet Elizabeth Bishop is said to have a prismatic way of seeing. In this companion to her poetry, making connections between modern art and modern poetry, Bonnie Costello aims to give a sense of the poet and her ways of seeing and writing. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674246904
ISBN
9780674246904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.56

Hardcover. Ernest Gruening is perhaps best known for his vehement fight against US military involvement in Vietnam, where he set himself apart by casting one of two votes against the Tonkin Gulf Resolution in 1964. This political biography examines American dissenting thought through his 60-year career. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674260603
ISBN
9780674260603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.10
€ 75.79

Hardcover. Obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. Laura Dawes traces changes in diagnosis, treatment, and popular conceptions of the most serious health problem facing American children today, and makes the case that understanding the cultural history of a disease is critical to developing effective public health policy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; MBX; MJW; MMZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674281448
ISBN
9780674281448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.18
€ 50.26

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