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Paperback. Based on extensive participant observation and ethnographic research, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of early conflict between Miskitu Indians and the Sandinista government, and their subsequent partial reconciliation. Num Pages: 316 pages, 15 half-tones 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTV; JFSL9; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804728003
- ISBN
- 9780804728003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.22
€ 40.99
€ 39.22
Hardcover. Editor(s): Knowles, Christian D. Num Pages: 115 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 115
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608768165
- ISBN
- 9781608768165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.91€ 114.05
€ 166.91
€ 114.05
Hardback. To what extent has the demand for a vicarious experience of other cultures fuelled the expectation that the most important task for writers is to capture and convey authentic cultural material? This text argues that authenticity is in fact a restrictive category of literary judgment. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922546
- ISBN
- 9780813922546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.03
€ 76.03
Paperback. On June 19, 1864, the Confederate cruiser Alabama and the USS Kearsarge faced off in the English Channel outside the French port of Cherbourg. About an hour after the Alabama fired the first shot, it began to sink, and its crew was forced to wave the white flag of surrender. This title offers the stories of these two celebrated Civil War warships. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 illustrations, 3 maps, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858158
- ISBN
- 9780807858158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.78
€ 37.78
Hardback. Editor(s): Xavier, Alencar de; Marcius, Yanko. Num Pages: 299 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; LNCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319142678
- ISBN
- 9783319142678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.51
€ 123.51
hardcover. The most storied rivalry in baseball is the Yankees and the Red Sox, despite what often seems like an annual exercise in disappointment in New England. Despite having a comparatively brief and less operatic history of losing to the Bronx Bombers than do the Sox, the Blue Jays were once the team to beat in the American League East. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574888614
- ISBN
- 9781574888614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.18
€ 30.18
Hardback. Thompson's book provides a glimpse into a society in which cultures intersect and in which magic was born in the form of the popular salsa. Musicians, musicologists, historians, students of Hispanic culture, and anyone interested in the musical foundations of Puerto Rican life will fund Music in Puerto Rico a valuable resource. Editor(s): Thompson, Donald. Series: Studies in Latin American Music. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJP; AVGE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839144
- ISBN
- 9780810839144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.07
€ 91.07
Paperback. Editor(s): Jastone, Lee O. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBGR; MBQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594547256
- ISBN
- 9781594547256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.65€ 54.75
€ 77.65
€ 54.75
Hardcover. "Recovers the themes, intent, and legacy of 18th century Spanish American literature that often are lost in the broader scholarship of Latin American literature. Affirms importance of early period colonial Spanish American literature in world literature"-- Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; DSBF; HBJK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826519382
- ISBN
- 9780826519382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.07
€ 125.07
Hardback. Provides a glimpse into Martin Luther King's early relationship with President John F Kennedy and his efforts to remain relevant in a protest movement growing increasingly massive and militant. Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne; Armstrong, Tenisha Hart. Series: Martin Luther King Papers. Num Pages: 752 pages, 20 facsimiles, 21 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 178 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282698
- ISBN
- 9780520282698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.03€ 56.38
€ 73.03
€ 56.38
Hardcover. Through a case study in a Chicago public school, Means demonstrates that, despite the fragmentation of human security in low-income and racially segregated public schools, there exist positive social relations, knowledge, and desire for change that can be built upon to promote more secure and equitable democratic futures for young people. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032034
- ISBN
- 9781137032034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.67€ 45.05
€ 50.67
€ 45.05
Paperback. Editor(s): White, Mark J. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566634021
- ISBN
- 9781566634021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.14
€ 19.14
Paperback. Pawning was a common credit mechanism in Mexico City in the 19th century. A two-tiered sector of public and private pawnbrokers provided collateral credit. This book shows how Mexican women depended on credit to run their households since the Bourbon era and how the collateral credit business of pawnbroking developed into a profitable enterprise. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269231
- ISBN
- 9780803269231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.60
€ 38.60
Hardcover. The authors use multilateral security governance theory to propose mutual persuasion, institution-building, incorporation of non-state actors into multilateral strategies, collective action, and multilateral governance as a strategy for modern Mexico. Editor(s): Hussain, Imtiaz; Schiavon, Jorge A. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; JPHV; JPSD; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349880
- ISBN
- 9781137349880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Paperback. Aims to provide a comprehensive guide to all forms of pictorial art - from wall and panel paintings to stained glass windows, mosaics and embroidery - and sets them against the historical and theological influences of the age. This study covers the period from 800 to 1200. Series: The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series. Num Pages: 470 pages, 325 b&w illustrations, 75 colour plates, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3F; 3H; ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 284 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2050. Fine clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0017388
- ISBN
- 9780300064933
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Hardback. A Companion to American Literary Studies addresses the most provocative questions, subjects, and issues animating the field. Essays provide readers with the knowledge and conceptual tools for understanding American literary studies as it is practiced today, and chart new directions for the future of the subject. Editor(s): Levander, Caroline Field; Levine, Robert S. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 183 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1216.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405198813
- ISBN
- 9781405198813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.70
€ 199.70
paperback. Identifying problems and pointing to solutions in media representation Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 photographs; 7 tables; 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; KNTT; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075896
- ISBN
- 9780252075896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Hardback. This book focus on the various constitutional problems surrounding the need to provide both enough union and public authority to guarantee defense and order, and a sufficient degree of individual liberty to satisfy the demands and expectations of private citizens who were wary of the arbitrary powers of government. Editor(s): Konig, David Thomas. Series: The Making of Modern Freedom Series. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725361
- ISBN
- 9780804725361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.81
€ 165.81
paperback. The New York Times Bestseller Superb Lash has reached the highest level of the biographer s art. Wall Street Journal" Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393349764
- ISBN
- 9780393349764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.02
€ 17.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, 18 halftone illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; 1KBBWX; JFSL9; JP; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826318596
- ISBN
- 9780826318596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.44
€ 40.44
Paperback. Correlating climate change and archaeological data, an award-winning historian offers the first comprehensive overview of how the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age significantly impacted the Native cultures of the American Southwest, Southern Plains, and Southeast Series: Clifton & Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3H; 3JB; HDD; JHMC; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292737617
- ISBN
- 9780292737617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; JFSF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476433
- ISBN
- 9780801476433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.48
€ 38.99
€ 35.48
Paperback. Work has always been central to the African American experience. Whether as slaves or freedmen, African Americans have struggled to gain economic opportunity. This title analyzes the position of African American workers in the US economy and social order over the past century and a half. Series: African American Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192598
- ISBN
- 9780813192598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.45
€ 32.45
Paperback. Series: Beer Lovers Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WBXD2; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 190 x 18. Weight in Grams: 42.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762791996
- ISBN
- 9780762791996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.93
€ 20.99
€ 17.93