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Paperback. Elegantly interweaving military and literary history, Cushman uses some of the US Civil War's most famous writers and their works to explore the profound ways in which the US's great conflict not only changed the lives of its combatants and chroniclers but also fundamentally transformed American letters. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 2. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469633398
- ISBN
- 9781469633398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.60
€ 34.60
Paperback. Taking an unprecedented, counterintuitive look at America's conflict over sexuality, this book reveals how the attack on the exotic dance industry by the activist Christian Right threatens the separation of church and state and undermines civil liberties Num Pages: 350 pages, 27 photos, 1 illus., 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; HRC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292735767
- ISBN
- 9780292735767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Hardcover. Through readings of individual poems (and drawing upon the gender and genre theories of Jean Francois Lyotard, Judith Butler, Melanie Klien, and Jacques Lacan), Estrin counters presuppositions that the lyric remains sequestered in a political isolation, and offers a new critique of American poetry. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312238650
- ISBN
- 9780312238650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. Lee Brown was an African-American labour activist who was jailed in the 1950s for protesting against the House Un-American Activities Committee. This is the story of Brown's life from his political awakening as a youth from the rural South to his rise to leadership, time of imprisonment and beyond. Series: Voices and Visions: People & Events That Made a Dfference in American Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847691913
- ISBN
- 9780847691913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.69
€ 31.99
€ 27.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Atlantic Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601382153
- ISBN
- 9781601382153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.18
€ 34.99
€ 23.18
Paperback. Education is a crucially important social institution, closely correlated with wealth, occupational prestige, psychological well-being, and health outcomes. Moreover, for children of immigrants who account for almost one in four school-aged children in the U.S. Series: Polity Immigration and Society Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648323
- ISBN
- 9780745648323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.80
€ 22.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (G) General; (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 373 x 297 x 5. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780873658164
- ISBN
- 9780873658164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.05
€ 53.99
€ 45.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; BTC; HBJK; PDX; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613735220
- ISBN
- 9781613735220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.34
€ 19.99
€ 19.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 32 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764333347
- ISBN
- 9780764333347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.95
€ 18.99
€ 13.95
Hardcover. A portrait of western Kansas, this work recounts the resilience of Kansans through two depressions and the Dust Bowl, showing how the region changed dramatically - not for the better, some might say. It blends the voices of real people with writings of small-town journalists to show life as it was really lived from 1890 to 1940. Num Pages: 392 pages, 53 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3J; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614769
- ISBN
- 9780700614769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.41
€ 54.41
Hardcover. Looking at the intimate relationship between political power and the news media, this title argues that the dependence of reporters on official sources disastrously thwarts coverage of dissenting voices from outside the Beltway. Num Pages: 222 pages, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042848
- ISBN
- 9780226042848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.43
€ 29.99
€ 23.43
Hardback. Focusing on the Catholic intellectual critique of modernity during the period immediately before and after the turn of the twentieth century, this book examines how the Catholic Church attempted to retain its identity in an age of pluralism. It shows a Church fundamentally united on major issues. Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231131865
- ISBN
- 9780231131865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.64€ 81.09
€ 106.64
€ 81.09
Hardcover. This book explores the experiences and writings of four teachers at the University of Chicago Laboratory School, both to investigate their lives as female professionals during the Progressive era, and to add to our understanding of this innovative institution and how these philosophies and innovations have carried out to this day. Num Pages: 241 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBTB; JFSJ1; JNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230610736
- ISBN
- 9780230610736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Hardback. Argues that there is a basic tension between religion and democracy because religion often rejects compromise as a matter of principle while democracy requires compromise to thrive. This book draws on politics, history, and law, to define an approach to the church-state question that protects the religious and the secular alike. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF; JPHV; JPVH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130118
- ISBN
- 9780691130118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.75
€ 29.99
€ 21.75
Paperback. Fully explores the theory, policy choices, and successes and limitations of this historic law Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAQG; LNJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780814760390
- ISBN
- 9780814760390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.13
€ 36.99
€ 31.13
Theft of a Nation is a powerful criminological examination of Wall Street's recent financial meltdown. Through the lenses of white collar crime and victimology, the book presents a critical assessment of the economic and political elites who were responsible, shows how Americans were victimized, and assesses the resulting regulation. Series: Issues in Crime and Justice. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442207783
- ISBN
- 9781442207783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 147.44
€ 147.44
Hardback. William Wellman was the director of the World War I epic, "Wings". This is his biography, and it describes the war hero, family man, occasional prankster, and underestimated visionary who changed Hollywood forever. Written by William Wellman's son, it traces how the director used his own war experience to bring a war epic to the screen. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275985417
- ISBN
- 9780275985417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.37
€ 45.99
€ 38.37
Hardback. Editor(s): Kumar, Rajiv. Num Pages: 786 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; MJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 786
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780898386202
- ISBN
- 9780898386202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 360.72
€ 360.72
Paperback. Covering the tumultuous period of the 1950s, this work explores the divorce of movie studios from their theater chains; the panic of the blacklist era; the explosive emergence of science fiction as the dominant genre; and the rise of television and Hollywood's response with widescreen spectacles. Series: History of the American Cinema S. Num Pages: 396 pages, 110 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 253 x 21. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520249660
- ISBN
- 9780520249660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.65
€ 46.99
€ 33.65
Organizing, Training, and Equipping the Air Force for Crises and Lesse...
Builder, Carl H.; Karsik, Theodore W.; Karasi...
paperback. Num Pages: 93 pages, 1tab.1ch. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB; JPHC; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 7. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- RAND Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 93
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833023209
- ISBN
- 9780833023209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.54
€ 36.54
Hardcover. Editor(s): Montgrove, Elisa L. Num Pages: 226 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 191 x 21. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617613289
- ISBN
- 9781617613289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.59€ 146.39
€ 215.59
€ 146.39
Hardback. Famous for its majestic ruins, Mexico has gone to great lengths to preserve and display the remains of its pre-Hispanic past. The Pursuit of Ruins argues that the government effort to take control of the ancient remains took off in the late nineteenth century during the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. Series: Dialogos Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; HDD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826357311
- ISBN
- 9780826357311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.69
€ 118.69
Paperback. An historical ethnography of the banana industry in Ecuador that demonstrates how capitalist transitions have shaped the 20th century. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328636
- ISBN
- 9780822328636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.81
€ 30.99
€ 27.81
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; DSB; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691648675
- ISBN
- 9780691648675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.23
€ 180.23