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Hardback. The region of Mesoamerica, extending from central Mexico through Honduras and El Salvador, was home to a variety of advanced civilizations in ancient times. This reader contains 25 chapters written by scholars that explore the nature of these ancient Mesoamerican civilizations. Editor(s): Smith, Michael Ernest; Masson, Marilyn A. Num Pages: 520 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1QDA; 3D; 3F; HBJK; HBLC; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 171 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211150
- ISBN
- 9780631211150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.44
€ 161.44
Hardcover. This book focuses on US-UK relations with Jordan for the entire period of King Hussein's reign, explaining Hussein's successes and failures, while emphasizing the declining influence of London and the rising influence of Washington. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604513
- ISBN
- 9780230604513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.84€ 43.12
€ 50.84
€ 43.12
paperback. A detailed history of behaviourism in American psychology. The author sets out to balance the investigation of individual theorists and their contributions with analysis of the structures of assumption which underlie behavourist psychology. Series: Qualitative Studies in Psychology. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JMAL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814756126
- ISBN
- 9780814756126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Weaving together the stories of the Old World apple in America and the life and myth of John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard casts new light on both. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11, 7 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407289
- ISBN
- 9781421407289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.85€ 25.05
€ 50.85
€ 25.05
Paperback. This diagnostic history of Argentina's economic prostration is full of timely lessons for readers in the United States about how an irresponsible capitalist elite and cynical politicians can lead a wealthy nation to throw it all away. Num Pages: 221 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780313378799
- ISBN
- 9780313378799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.57
€ 30.99
€ 30.57
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662575
- ISBN
- 9781855662575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.34
€ 82.34
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustriert.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612346151
- ISBN
- 9781612346151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.68
€ 34.68
Paperback. Discusses dozens of classic and contemporary films ranging from "Bringing Up Baby" to "Terms of Endearment", from "Stagecoach" to "Reservoir Dogs". This book studies the use of dialogue in American film. It shows why dialogue has been neglected in the analysis of narrative film. Num Pages: 332 pages, 53 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 194 x 21. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221383
- ISBN
- 9780520221383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.68
€ 34.99
€ 25.68
Paperback. Producing more effective governance is the greatest challenge that faces most Latin American democracies - a challenge that involves not only strengthening democratic institutions but also increasing governmental effectiveness. This book addresses why some policies and some countries have been more successful than others in meeting this challenge. Editor(s): Mainwaring, Scott; Scully, Timothy R. Num Pages: 440 pages, 37 tables, 31 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPR; 3JM; JFSL4; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804760850
- ISBN
- 9780804760850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.25
€ 43.99
€ 39.25
Hardcover. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; 3JJP; DSBH5; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137569639
- ISBN
- 9781137569639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.45€ 68.36
€ 92.45
€ 68.36
The Portrayal of Czechoslovakia in the American Print Media, 1938-1989
Galush, William J.. Ed(S): Ference, Gregory C...
hardcover. Tells the history of a tiny country caught up in four major world crises from 1938 to 1989 and how the American print media presented these events to its readers. This book also discusses how American journalists and political cartoons portrayed, and in some cases stereotyped, Czechoslovakia during this period. Editor(s): Ference, Gregory C. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 1KBB; HBJD; HBLW; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335904
- ISBN
- 9780880335904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.94
€ 32.99
€ 23.94
Hardback. A revolutionary look at the profound impact of Mexico and its culture on the development of American modernism Num Pages: 240 pages, 31 colour images + 78 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; ACXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition /First Printing
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300169133
- ISBN
- 9780300169133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.01€ 49.03
€ 62.01
€ 49.03
Paperback. Offers a mosaic of domestic life in one of the world's most fascinating cities and a vivid portrait of the true meaning of home in the 21st-century metropolis Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771549
- ISBN
- 9780814771549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.12
€ 21.99
€ 21.12
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNF; LNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479881574
- ISBN
- 9781479881574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.56
€ 37.99
€ 32.56
paperback. A portrait and revisionist study of the famous Native leader Powhatan and his realm, which encompassed the Tidewater area of Virginia from the James River to the Potomac River. This work illuminates alternative conceptions of power and cosmology that force reconsideration of important components of Powhatan society. Num Pages: 12 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803260375
- ISBN
- 9780803260375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.41
€ 27.99
€ 26.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Quaife, Milo Milton. Num Pages: 372 pages, Map, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 331. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803257146
- ISBN
- 9780803257146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.37
€ 27.99
€ 26.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages, 200 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; BM; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 205 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873516402
- ISBN
- 9780873516402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.58
€ 31.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. Shows how black beauticians in the Jim Crow era parlayed their economic independence and access to a public community space into platforms for activism. This book argues that the beauty industry played a crucial role in the creation of the modern black female identity. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL3; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076961
- ISBN
- 9780252076961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.47
€ 29.99
€ 27.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 94 halftones; 88 black & white illustrations; 31 maps; 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 221 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023647
- ISBN
- 9780884023647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.32€ 52.22
€ 56.32
€ 52.22
Paperback. Reveals how both immigrant European and modern Native communities and individuals use oral and written narratives to define and centre themselves in time and space. This work provides a fresh understanding of Western literature and culture, and encourages a reconsideration of the formation and modern character of the American West. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218338
- ISBN
- 9780803218338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.99
€ 37.99
€ 34.99
Hardback. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, Color insert and 62 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; FZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231172745
- ISBN
- 9780231172745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.22€ 76.15
€ 99.22
€ 76.15
Hardback. A history of Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood, spanning three eras of suburban and urban development and examining the controversial planning practices that shaped it. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 b/w photos, 8 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774815352
- ISBN
- 9780774815352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.56
€ 116.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 293 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813108377
- ISBN
- 9780813108377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.03
€ 31.99
€ 28.03
Paperback. The remarkable story of the Lowndes County freedom struggle and its contribution to the larger civil rights movement Num Pages: 372 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814743317
- ISBN
- 9780814743317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.69
€ 32.99
€ 29.69