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Hardcover. Editor(s): Harrison, Daniel R. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; JPS; KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 184 x 20. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614702092
- ISBN
- 9781614702092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 327.86€ 217.05
€ 327.86
€ 217.05
Hardcover. In 1832, the arrival of cholera in the United States created widespread panic throughout the country. In this title, the author tells the story of those dark days, centering his narrative on rivalries between medical and homeopathic practitioners. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map, 1 line drawing, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226017464
- ISBN
- 9780226017464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.34€ 84.75
€ 103.34
€ 84.75
Paperback. In this text, Christopher Wilson examines narratives of police power in crime news, popular fiction and film, showing how they reflect and influence the real strategies of law enforcement on the beat, in the squad room and in urban politics. Num Pages: 286 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFC; JKSW1; JKVF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226901336
- ISBN
- 9780226901336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.91
€ 36.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. Tells the story of how free-speech rights were created in five distinct areas: political speech, artistic expression, libel, commercial speech and unusual forms of expression such as t-shirts and campaign spending. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH2; LAZ; LNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 243.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465018192
- ISBN
- 9780465018192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.88
€ 24.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 80 pages, 120 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; AMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 282 x 14. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764331176
- ISBN
- 9780764331176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.89
€ 30.99
€ 20.89
Hardback. From slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music to Southern sport, this book presents the literature and culture of the American South. It includes discussion of the visual arts, music, society, history, and politics in the region. It explores the work of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, and Zora Neale Huston. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 672 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; DSB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 186 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631224044
- ISBN
- 9780631224044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.01
€ 196.01
Paperback. This text provides a chronicle of contemporary independent American films from the late 1970s up to 1999. It documents the socio-economic, political and artistic forces that led to the rise of independent films and looks at the tension between Hollywood and indie films. Num Pages: 601 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 601
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814751244
- ISBN
- 9780814751244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.18
€ 33.99
€ 31.18
Hardback. Are Americans obsessed with shopping? 'Shop til You Drop' is a lively look at our consumer culture and its role in our everyday lives and society. Arthur Asa Berger considers the sacred roots of consumer culture, the demographics of consumption, theories about competing cultures, and the semiotics of shopping. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 183 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742536906
- ISBN
- 9780742536906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.01
€ 141.01
Hardback. Hopkins tells "the" story of high school football in America, as he chronicles one season from August practices to the Texas 5A Division II championship. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602392847
- ISBN
- 9781602392847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.62
€ 26.99
€ 24.62
Hardcover. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604562521
- ISBN
- 9781604562521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.59€ 68.61
€ 97.59
€ 68.61
Hardback. This handy volume is a one-stop source for comprehensive information about books on early American history and culture published between 1996 and 2000. Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in American History. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBCR; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313314285
- ISBN
- 9780313314285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.60€ 61.31
€ 66.60
€ 61.31
Hardcover. As Democratic ward committeeman for more than twenty years (a position that controlled many patronage jobs), Bill Clay, Sr. was also a congressman putting him at the epicenter of most local political storms. Clay recounts his forty-one-year odyssey through a career filled with controversy, conflict, and confrontation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Missouri History Museum Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883982522
- ISBN
- 9781883982522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.35
€ 30.99
€ 24.35
paperback. Series: Camper's Guides. Num Pages: 184 pages, maps, colour and b&w photographs, charts, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTHH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 208 x 12. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780884152460
- ISBN
- 9780884152460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.33
€ 20.33
Paperback. Filipino Americans, who experience life in the United States as immigrants, colonized nationals, and racial minorities, are one of our largest immigrant groups. This title investigates how Filipino women and men are transformed through the experience of migration, and how they in turn remake the social world around them. Num Pages: 282 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; GTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400. Filipino American Lives across Cultures, Communities, and Countries. 282 pages, 3 tables. Filipino Americans, who experience life in the United States as immigrants, colonized nationals, and racial minorities, are one of our largest immigrant groups. This title investigates how Filipino women and men are transformed through the experience of migration, and how they in turn remake the social world around them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; GTB; JFSL. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235274
- ISBN
- 9780520235274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
paperback. Remaking Citizenship explores the stories of low-income Latinas actively engaged in a new vision of feminist politics rooted in concerns as disparate as domestic violence, childrearing, women's self-esteem, and immigrant and workers' rights. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 figure, 7 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFSJ1; JHMC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758222
- ISBN
- 9780804758222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.83
€ 29.99
€ 26.83
Hardcover. In The Arc of Due Process in American Constitutional Law, Sullivan and Massaro identify the historical underpinnings of due process while describing the evolution of the American due process doctrine. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199990801
- ISBN
- 9780199990801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.31
€ 148.31
Paperback. Segal analyzes Asian immigration to the U.S., including immigrants' reasons for leaving their countries, their attraction to the U.S., the issues they face in contemporary U.S. society, and the history of public attitudes and policy toward them. Num Pages: 480 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120838
- ISBN
- 9780231120838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.62
€ 52.62
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WDHW; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062470072
- ISBN
- 9780062470072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.15
€ 29.99
€ 24.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; WSBT; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Triumph Books United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600788970
- ISBN
- 9781600788970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.11
€ 17.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 73 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; KFFD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 73
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590336076
- ISBN
- 9781590336076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.72
€ 37.99
€ 27.72
Paperback. The specialty film divisions of the major Hollywood studios were established to focus on the European arthouse film market before moving on to the burgeoning American independent film market. This book charts three decades of specialist and independent filmmaking in Hollywood. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748685936
- ISBN
- 9780748685936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Hardback. It is a must-read for historians of medicine and scholars in women's studies and political history, as well as for naturopaths and all readers interested in alternative medicine. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419039
- ISBN
- 9781421419039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.10
€ 45.99
€ 38.10
hardcover. This encyclopedia is a reference work about young children in the USA, designed for use by policy makers, community planners, parents of young children, teacher and early childhood educators, programme and school administrators, among others. Editor(s): Fromberg, Doris Pronin; Williams, Leslie R. Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education. Num Pages: 538 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; JNLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415672511
- ISBN
- 9780415672511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.11
€ 258.11
Hardback. The 1850s offered the last remotely feasible chance for the United States to steer clear of Civil War. Yet fundamental differences between North and South about slavery and the meaning of freedom caused political conflicts to erupt again and again throughout the decade. This book analyzes the major ideas and events that resulted in the Civil War. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027984
- ISBN
- 9780842027984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.36
€ 164.36