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paperback. This book shadows the usage of 'Uncle Tom' to understand how social norms associated with the phrase were constructed and enforced. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; LAQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107668348
- ISBN
- 9781107668348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.35
€ 33.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Are the elderly posing a threat to America's political system with their enormous clout? Are they stretching resources to the breaking point with their growing demands for care? This text seeks to offer fresh insight into a wide range of social and political issues relating to the elderly. Num Pages: 382 pages, 18 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP31; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675688
- ISBN
- 9780226675688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.12
€ 34.99
€ 27.12
Hardcover. This book studies the sociology of health and medicine across three different countries, the USA, UK and Australia, examining the nature of disciplines and their specialties and posing sociological questions about the formation of intellectual fields and their social relations. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1MBF; JHBC; MBP; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230320444
- ISBN
- 9780230320444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.93
€ 64.93
Paperback. "This well-reasoned defense of the role of metaphysics in the philosophy of religion furnishes a much-needed corrective."-Religious Education Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823216581
- ISBN
- 9780823216581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.40
€ 53.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 269 pages, b&w photos and illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ of Calgary Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552380932
- ISBN
- 9781552380932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.25
€ 37.25
Paperback. The great Tidewater planters of mid-eighteenth-century Virginia were fathers of the American Revolution. This book focuses on how elite planters gave meaning to existence. It examines the value-laden relationships that led from tobacco to politics, and from agrarian experience to political protest. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; KCZ; KNAC; KNDF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089140
- ISBN
- 9780691089140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.52
€ 38.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. Suggests how we can account for the limitations of US democracy and how remedies can be created that ensure more meaningful participation by a greater range of people. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736784
- ISBN
- 9780814736784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.24
€ 36.99
€ 33.24
Hardcover. Num Pages: 191 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JKS; JPQB; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403988300
- ISBN
- 9781403988300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Hardback. Exposes the hostile U.S.-Iranian relationship as the result of a pervasive yet unnecessary mutual demonization, full of vengeful myth mongering and retribution for past injuries, not the result of an actual mutual threat. Num Pages: 316 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780275982140
- ISBN
- 9780275982140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.92€ 53.29
€ 57.92
€ 53.29
Hardcover. This book examines the cultural, social, and historical affinities between the Francophone Caribbean and the American South, considering figures as diverse as Barack Obama, Frantz Fanon, Miles Davis, James Brown, Edouard Glissant, William Faulkner, Maryse Conde and Lafcadio Hearn. Editor(s): Munro, Martin; Britton, Celia. Series: Francophone Postcolonial Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 1KJ; AB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846317538
- ISBN
- 9781846317538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.14
€ 46.14
Hardback. American Immigration Policy examines how the United States has dealt with immigration through various public policies over time. The text explores immigration from a political, economic and cultural perspective and emphasizes the qualitative, positive contributions of immigrants. Series: Public Administration, Governance and Globalization. Num Pages: 248 pages, 36 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387959399
- ISBN
- 9780387959399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.93
€ 126.93
Hardback. In the late 1800s, American entrepreneurs became participants in the 400-year history of European economic and ecological hegemony in the tropics. This book presents the history of the transformation of the tropics in modern times, pointing to the declining biodiversity that has resulted from the domestication of widely varied natural systems. Num Pages: 564 pages, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QMT; 3JH; HBJK; KNAC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 564
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220874
- ISBN
- 9780520220874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.82€ 55.59
€ 71.82
€ 55.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 218 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; 1KBB; LNDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 497.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811021008
- ISBN
- 9789811021008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.57
€ 122.57
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hudson, Nicholas B.; Morris, Allison J. Num Pages: 170 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWK; UT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613243046
- ISBN
- 9781613243046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.17€ 174.12
€ 257.17
€ 174.12
Paperback. Washington, DC, boasts more than three hundred species of trees from America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. This guide is suitable for locating, identifying, and learning about them. It gives the reader a guided tour of the nation's capital, highlighting historic and rare trees of the urban canopy. It also includes photographs of flowering trees. Illustrator(s): Alexander, Polly. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 maps, 48 colour photos, 540 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 213 x 32. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926889
- ISBN
- 9780813926889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.54
€ 31.99
€ 28.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780821422076
- ISBN
- 9780821422076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.65
€ 64.65
Hardcover. Magisterial account of the ideas and the figures who have forged the American Empire Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Verso
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781686676
- ISBN
- 9781781686676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.05
€ 26.99
€ 23.05
Uncle Tom's Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Reverend Josiah...
Henson, Josiah. Ed(S): Lobb, John
paperback. Uncle Tom's Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Reverend Josiah Henson Editor(s): Lobb, John. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGXA; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- UNC at Chapel Hill Library United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780807869611
- ISBN
- 9780807869611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.96
€ 34.96
Hardback. Presents a dynamic cross-survey microsimulation methodology and applies it to generate the database for a detailed case study on Bolivia during the era of structural reforms. This book analyzes the dynamics of different dimensions of poverty and inequality in 1989-2002, using various microeconomic tools. Series: Kieler Studien - Kiel Studies. Num Pages: 168 pages, 52 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540308942
- ISBN
- 9783540308942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.77
€ 125.77
Paperback. This study analyses the history of puppet, mask, and performing object theatre in the United States over the past 150 years to understand how a peculiarly American mixture of global cultures, commercial theatre, modern-art idealism, and mechanical innovation reinvented the ancient art of puppetry. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; ASZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286703
- ISBN
- 9781137286703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.27
€ 58.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810858930
- ISBN
- 9780810858930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.59
€ 89.59
Hardcover. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600212550
- ISBN
- 9781600212550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.52€ 78.62
€ 113.52
€ 78.62
Paperback. Drawing upon his experiences during the frontiers heyday, the author focuses on the area around old Fort Griffin during the 1870s, a time and place that was fast fading from memory. He successfully presents the vanishing shadows of the frontier past and set them down for posterity. Series: Double Mountain Books Series. Num Pages: 372 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896724419
- ISBN
- 9780896724419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.92
€ 19.92
Hardback. An authoritative volume of historiographical essays that survey the state of US diplomatic history. The essays cover the entire range of the history of American foreign relations from the colonial period to the present. Editor(s): Schulzinger, Robert (University of Colorado, USA). Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 576 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 257 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1246.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631223153
- ISBN
- 9780631223153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.45
€ 214.45