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Hardback. A stimulating study of how audio documentaries educated listeners while reflecting the political and cultural climate of post-war America Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APW; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252036118
- ISBN
- 9780252036118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.83
€ 122.83
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780684848099
- ISBN
- 9780684848099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.69
€ 24.69
Num Pages: 304 pages, 543 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215. Weight in Grams: 2132.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764349096
- ISBN
- 9780764349096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.28€ 60.64
€ 63.28
€ 60.64
Paperback. Looks at how we have adapted to diversity and the ways rank-and-file Americans, clergy, and other community leaders are responding. This book contends that responses to religious diversity are fundamentally deeper than polite discussions about civil liberties and tolerance would suggest. Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAF; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134116
- ISBN
- 9780691134116
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.06
€ 53.99
€ 38.06
Paperback. Seeks to recover the lives and words of former slaves in vivid detail Editor(s): Regosin, Elizabeth; Shaffer, Donald R. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS; HBW; KFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814775875
- ISBN
- 9780814775875
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
The Islam/West Debate. Documents from the World Debate on Terrorism, U...
. Ed(S): Blankenhorn, David; Filali-Ansary, A...
Hardback. In 2002, sixty prominent American intellectuals released an open letter defending the use of military force against al-Qa'ida. The letter sparked an impassioned international debate. This volume chronicles that debate and includes contributions from both sides of the political spectrum in America and the Middle East-and even from al-Qa'ida. Editor(s): Blankenhorn, David; Filali-Ansary, Abdou; Mneimneh, Hassan I.; Roberts, Alex. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742550063
- ISBN
- 9780742550063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.76
€ 157.76
Hardback. Focuses on Native literatures in a postcolonial context. This work contains essays that consider the complex social and political influences that have shaped American Indian literatures in the second half of the twentieth century, with particular emphasis on core themes of identity, sovereignty, and land. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231117647
- ISBN
- 9780231117647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.85
€ 120.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 62 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBER; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780764323508
- ISBN
- 9780764323508
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.24
€ 15.99
€ 12.24
Paperback. When Cuba's centralized system for providing basic social services began to erode in the early 1990s, Christian and Afro-Cuban religious groups took on new social and political responsibilities. This book analysis how the Cuban state and local religious groups collaborate on community-development projects. Num Pages: 232 pages, 21 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFSR; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341963
- ISBN
- 9780822341963
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47
paperback. This work examines the career of Lloyd Morrisett - a television executive who developed the successful children's television programme "Sesame Street", with the aim of teaching pre-school children the basics of literacy. His other media and journalistic achievements are also listed. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGF; JFD; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 17. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823220410
- ISBN
- 9780823220410
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.99
€ 38.99
€ 34.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Kowalski, Stanley D. Num Pages: 122 pages, tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616689490
- ISBN
- 9781616689490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.70€ 111.61
€ 165.70
€ 111.61
Paperback. Documents the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest - how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 484 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 17 maps, 25 tables, 41 examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2JNM; 3JB; CBX; CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257719
- ISBN
- 9780520257719
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HRAX; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785280
- ISBN
- 9780804785280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.90
€ 83.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 954, 619 halftones, 182 maps, 153 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 238 x 35. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- Number of pages
- 384
- SKU
- V9781501700781
- ISBN
- 9781501700781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.41
€ 29.99
€ 26.41
Paperback. Describes preservation programs in Seattle and King County, how they developed, and the extent of protection offered landmark properties. The descriptions and photographs in this book provide a guide to individual buildings and landmark districts, demonstrating how each played a part in the remarkably swift development of county and city. Num Pages: 240 pages, 260 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; AM; JFF; TNKX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 17. Weight in Grams: 785.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295978468
- ISBN
- 9780295978468
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Condition: New
€ 40.33
€ 40.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 115
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590337776
- ISBN
- 9781590337776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.48€ 90.52
€ 133.48
€ 90.52
Hardback. Mixing idealism with violence, abolitionist John Brown cut a wide swath across the United States before winding up in Virginia, where he led an attack on the US armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry. But he was quickly captured and, after a short but stormy trial, hanged on December 2, 1859. This book provides an account of the trial. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035171
- ISBN
- 9780674035171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.52
€ 46.99
€ 38.52
Hardback. Neighborhoods, Schools, and Violence furthers this evolution of the merger of social disorganization theories and opportunity theories in explaining the crime potential of place, particularly in Prince George's County, Maryland. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; JFFE; JKV; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739109014
- ISBN
- 9780739109014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.18
€ 125.18
The First Lady of Radio: Eleanor Roosevelts Historic Broadcasts
Blanche Wiesen Cook Stephan Drury Smith
Hardcover. Editor(s): Smith, Stephen Drury. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 211 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620970423
- ISBN
- 9781620970423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.30
€ 27.99
€ 24.30
Hardcover. Explores the shared parish through an in-depth ethnographic study of a Roman Catholic parish in a small Midwestern city demographically transformed by Mexican immigration in recent decades. Through its depiction of shared parish life, this book argues for new ways of imagining the US Catholic parish as an organization. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479854394
- ISBN
- 9781479854394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.34
€ 56.34
Paperback. Using declassified government documents from the early Cold War era, this text demonstrates that even as they were publicly attempting to make nuclear war technically feasible, many American officials and leading policy makers privately rejected the feasibility of any nuclear strategy. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map, port. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPA; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111232
- ISBN
- 9780231111232
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Condition: New
€ 49.80
€ 49.80
Paperback. Series: One Night Wilderness. Num Pages: 224 pages, B&W photos throughout, 30 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wilderness Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780899976235
- ISBN
- 9780899976235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.30
€ 16.99
€ 16.30
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bose, Meena. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629489209
- ISBN
- 9781629489209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 224.38€ 150.02
€ 224.38
€ 150.02
Hardcover. Americans as a whole view themselves as reasonably prudent and sober people when it comes to matters of money, even though the choices we make at the ballot box and in Washington seem at odds with that self image. Num Pages: 394 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCBM; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470875148
- ISBN
- 9780470875148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.43
€ 37.99
€ 29.43