New York, Hardcover

The Nature of New York: An Environmental History of the Empire State, Hardcover - David Stradling

302,99 RON 324,99 RON

Reducere. From the arrival of Henry Hudson's Half Moon in the estuarial waters of what would come to be called New York Harbor to the 2006 agreement that lai...

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Brokering Servitude: Migration and the Politics of Domestic Labor During the Long Nineteenth Century, Hardcover - Andrew Urban

311,99 RON

The history of domestic labor markets in 19th century America From the era of Irish Famine migration to the passage of quota restrictions in the 19...

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Bill Cunningham: On the Street: Five Decades of Iconic Photography, Hardcover - New York Times

314,99 RON

DescriptionThis official book of photographs houses the 50-year collection of the most iconic and beloved photographs taken by prolific fashion pho...

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The Young and Evil: Queer Modernism in New York, 1930-1955, Hardcover - Jarrett Earnest

314,99 RON

DescriptionLauded by Jerry Saltz as "one of the most reactionary yet radical visions of art, " The Young and Evil tells the story of a group of art...

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Phillis Wheatley Chooses Freedom: History, Poetry, and the Ideals of the American Revolution, Hardcover - G. J. Barker-Benfield

316,99 RON 339,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThe dramatic story of Phillis Wheatley, a free, black poet who resisted the pressures of arranged marriage, truly embodying the ideals o...

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Troublemakers: Students' Rights and Racial Justice in the Long 1960s, Hardcover - Kathryn Schumaker

316,99 RON

DescriptionA powerful history of student protests and student rights during the desegregation eraIn the late 1960s, protests led by students roiled...

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Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice, Hardcover - Rachel B. Gross

316,99 RON 339,99 RON

Reducere. Reveals nostalgia as a new way of maintaining Jewish continuity In 2007, the Museum at Eldridge Street opened at the site of a restored nineteenth-...

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The Essential New York Times Cookbook: The Recipes of Record, Hardcover - Amanda Hesser

319,99 RON

Ten years after the phenomenal success of her once-in-a-generation cookbook, former New York Times food editor Amanda Hesser returns with an update...

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The American Soul Rush: Esalen and the Rise of Spiritual Privilege, Hardcover - Marion Goldman

320,99 RON 343,99 RON

Reducere. Yoga. Humanistic Psychology. Meditation. Holistic Healing. These practices are commonplace today. Yet before the early 1960s they were atypical opt...

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Let Us Vote!: Youth Voting Rights and the 26th Amendment, Hardcover - Jennifer Frost

320,99 RON 343,99 RON

Reducere. The fascinating tale of how a bipartisan coalition worked successfully to lower the voting age "Let Us Vote!" tells the story of the multifaceted e...

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Living Apart Together: Legal Protections for a New Form of Family, Hardcover - Cynthia Grant Bowman

323,99 RON 346,99 RON

Reducere. Argues for legal reforms to protect couples who live apart but perform many of the functions of a family Living Apart Together is an in-depth look ...

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The Wrong Complexion for Protection: How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities, Hardcover - Robert D. Bullard

325,99 RON 348,99 RON

Reducere. Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable mso-style-name: "Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size: 0; mso-ts...

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The Soul of Judaism: Jews of African Descent in America, Hardcover - Bruce D. Haynes

325,99 RON 348,99 RON

Reducere. A glimpse into the diverse stories of Black Jews in the United States What makes a Jew? This book traces the history of Jews of African descent in ...

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Dumbo: The Making of a New York Neighborhood, Hardcover - Paul Goldberger

327,99 RON

The illustrated history of a seminal New York neighborhood--a story of birth, decline, and renewal, of high design, of grit and glamour--a tale of ...

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The Pink House: The Legendary Residence of Edwin Bradford Hall and His Succeeding Generations in Wellsville, New York, Hardcover - William a. Paquette

329,99 RON 353,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThe history of The Pink House is unique because it is one of the few Victorian-era residences to remain in the possession of the same fa...

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Art Nouveau: Glasgow Amsterdam New York, Hardcover - Thomas Hauffe

332,99 RON 356,99 RON

Reducere. Art Nouveau developed in very different forms between the 1880s and the First World War, starting in Western Europe. Organic lines and plant forms,...

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The New York City Marathon: Fifty Years Running, Hardcover - Richard O'Brien

341,99 RON 365,99 RON

Reducere. How do you tell the story of a race that symbolizes New York City's vitality, diversity, and charm? Here, Richard O'Brien offers more than forty de...

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Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection, Hardcover - Gaylord Torrence

342,99 RON

DescriptionA fresh exploration of Native American art that positions the work within the broader context of North American art history This landmar...

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Making the Met, 1870-2020, Hardcover - Andrea Bayer

342,99 RON

The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates 150 years by presenting its evolution into one of the world's greatest museums and its vision for the fut...

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Governors Island: The Jewel of New York Harbor, Hardcover - Ann L. Buttenwieser

344,99 RON 369,99 RON

Reducere. On the southern edge of Manhattan stands a quiet piece of Americana. Governors Island, situated in New York Harbor, blends a sense of nostalgia wit...

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No Half Steppin': An Oral and Pictorial History of New York City Club the Latin Quarter and the Birth of Hip-Hop's Golden Era, Hardcover - Claude Para

346,99 RON 371,99 RON

Reducere. Author Claude "Paradise" Gray was raised in the South Bronx. He was cofounder of the X Clan, whose 1990 album To the East, Blackwards is an Afrocen...

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Frank Bowling: London / New York, Hardcover - Frank Bowling

346,99 RON

Fifty years of Bowling's adventures in abstraction, with archival studio shots and a conversation with the artist's familyA survey of Frank Bowling...

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Encyclopedia of New York State, Hardcover - Peter Eisenstadt

363,99 RON 389,99 RON

Reducere. The Encyclopedia of New York State is one of the most complete works on the Empire State to be published in a half-century. In nearly 2, 000 pages ...

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The Renaissance of Etching, Hardcover - Catherine Jenkins

365,99 RON

The first comprehensive look at the origins and diffusion across Europe of the etched print during the late 15th and early 16th centuries The etchi...

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Moma Now: Highlights from the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Hardcover - Glenn Lowry

365,99 RON

DescriptionPublished as a large-format hardcover to celebrate the museum's 90th anniversary and the October 2019 opening of the new MoMA after its ...

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Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting (the First Large-Scale Comprehensive Survey of the Work of the Influential New York School Paint, Hardcover - Rob

377,99 RON

DescriptionAn authoritative and comprehensive survey of the life and work of the visionary and influential painter Philip Guston. Driven and consum...

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Broadway: A History of the Theatre in New York City, Hardcover - Brooks Atkinson

389,99 RON

ALL COLOR INTERIORVery few men have had the impact on Broadway theatre as did Justin Brooks Atkinson, the drama critic of The New York Times from 1...

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New York Splendor: The City's Most Memorable Rooms, Hardcover - Wendy Moonan

395,99 RON

DescriptionDesign authority Wendy Moonan takes the reader on a tour of some of New York City's finest residential rooms--past and present. The sele...

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Art Wars: The Politics of Taste in Nineteenth-Century New York, Hardcover - Rachel N. Klein

397,99 RON 425,99 RON

Reducere. A study of three controversies that illuminate the changing cultural role of art exhibition in the nineteenth centuryFrom the antebellum era throug...

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Mathematics and Its History. Softcover reprint of hardcover 3rd ed. 2010, Paperback - John Stillwell

399,99 RON

From a review of the second edition: "This book covers many interesting topics not usually covered in a present day undergraduate course, as well a...

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American Jewish Loss After the Holocaust, Hardcover - Laura Levitt

401,99 RON 430,99 RON

Reducere. Many of us belong to communities that have been scarred by terrible calamities. And many of us come from families that have suffered grievous losse...

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New York from the Air: A Story of Architecture, Hardcover - Yann Arthus-Bertrand

402,99 RON

Completely updated with new photographs and text, New York from the Air is a lush, romantic, and ultimately hopeful tribute to one of the most thri...

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The Ecology of Childhood: How Our Changing World Threatens Children's Rights, Hardcover - Barbara Bennett Woodhouse

402,99 RON 431,99 RON

Reducere. How globalization is undermining sustainable social environments for children This book uses the ecological model of child development together wit...

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When Etudes Become Form: Paris, New York, and the Intersection of Fashion and Art, Hardcover - Etudes

409,99 RON

Description tudes is a fresh and a comprehensive look at a hot fashion-and-art at collective, documenting its evolution into an arbiter of contempo...

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About Time: Fashion and Duration, Hardcover - Andrew Bolton

427,99 RON

Traces fashions from 1870 to the present along a conceptual, disruptive, and nontraditional timeline of fashion history Fashion not only reflects a...

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European Porcelain: In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hardcover - Jeffrey Munger

427,99 RON

A beautifully illustrated book showcasing masterpieces of European porcelain from The Met's renowned collection The quest to discover the process o...

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Kongo: Power and Majesty, Hardcover - Alisa Lagamma

427,99 RON

A compelling examination of one of the most artistically rich and creative African kingdoms Artists from the kingdom of Kongo--a vast swath of Cent...

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The Women of Atelier 17: Modernist Printmaking in Midcentury New York, Hardcover - Christina Weyl

427,99 RON

DescriptionA timely reexamination of the experimental New York print studio Atelier 17, focusing on the women whose work defied gender norms throug...

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Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co., Hardcover - Medill Higgins Harvey

427,99 RON

The first publication to examine the pioneering designer and prolific collector who led Tiffany & Co. to creative and commercial success A silversm...

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Lee Lozano: Drawings 1958-64, Hardcover - Lee Lozano

435,99 RON 466,99 RON

Reducere. A handsome and hefty clothbound compendium of Lozano's explorations of gender through drawingThis 640-page volume comprises drawings from a critica...

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Social Security Disability Law and the American Labor Market, Hardcover - Jon C. Dubin

440,99 RON 471,99 RON

Reducere. How social security disability law is out of touch with the contemporary American labor market Passing down nearly a million decisions each year, m...

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The Divided Mind of the Black Church: Theology, Piety, and Public Witness, Hardcover - Raphael G. Warnock

467,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Raphael G. Warnock-- "Argues with scholarly rigor and pastoral fire... A must read." - Emilie M. Townes, Dean and Professor...

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Wealth: Nomos LVIII, Hardcover - Jack Knight

479,99 RON

DescriptionAn in-depth political, legal, and philosophical study into the implications of wealth inequality in modern societies.Wealth, and specifi...

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Privatization: Nomos LX, Hardcover - Melissa Schwartzberg

479,99 RON

DescriptionA distinguished group of scholars explore the moral values and political consequences of privatization The 21st century has seen a proli...

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Settler Colonialism, Race, and the Law: Why Structural Racism Persists, Hardcover - Natsu Taylor Saito

481,99 RON 515,99 RON

Reducere. How taking Indigenous sovereignty seriously can help dismantle the structural racism encountered by other people of color in the United States Sett...

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Vexed with Devils: Manhood and Witchcraft in Old and New England, Hardcover - Erika Gasser

513,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Erika GasserStories of witchcraft and demonic possession from early modern England through the last official trials in colo...

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A Rich Brew: How Caf's Created Modern Jewish Culture, Hardcover - Shachar M. Pinsker

530,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Shachar M. PinskerA fascinating glimpse into the world of the coffeehouse and its role in shaping modern Jewish culture Unl...

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The VanDerveer Family and The Line of Some VanDerveers of New York and New Jersey, Hardcover - Kristin Liddle

530,99 RON 568,99 RON

Reducere. Thirty years in the making, this genealogy is best described as a reference work on the VanDerveer family. The author's father could never trace hi...

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Avidly Reads Passages, Hardcover - Michelle D. Commander

538,99 RON

"What is the value of Black life in America?" In Avidly Reads Passages, Michelle D. Commander plies four freighted modes of travel-the slave ship, ...

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Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court, Hardcover - Hannah Brenner Johnson

542,99 RON 580,99 RON

Reducere. The inspiring and previously untold history of the women considered-but not selected-for the US Supreme Court In 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor became t...

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Avidly Reads Theory, Hardcover - Jordan Alexander Stein

556,99 RON

Avidly Reads is a series of short books about how culture makes us feel. Founded in 2012 by Sarah Blackwood and Sarah Mesle, Avidly-an online magaz...

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Avidly Reads Board Games, Hardcover - Eric Thurm

556,99 RON

Avidly Reads is a series of short books about how culture makes us feel. Founded in 2012 by Sarah Blackwood and Sarah Mesle, Avidly-an online magaz...

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When Animals Speak: Toward an Interspecies Democracy, Hardcover - Eva Meijer

582,99 RON

A groundbreaking argument for the political rights of animals In When Animals Speak, Eva Meijer develops a new, ground-breaking theory of language ...

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Ostraka in the Collection of New York University, Hardcover - Gert Baetens

602,99 RON 645,99 RON

Reducere. A comprehensive edition and commentary of 77 ostraka Ostraka in the Collection of New York University is a comprehensive edition and commentary of ...

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Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures, Hardcover - André Brock Jr

607,99 RON

An explanation of the digital practices of the black Internet From BlackPlanet to #BlackGirlMagic, Distributed Blackness places blackness at the ve...

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The Evolution of the Juvenile Court: Race, Politics, and the Criminalizing of Juvenile Justice, Hardcover - Barry C. Feld

632,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Barry C. FeldA major statement on the juvenile justice system by one of America's leading experts The juvenile court lies a...

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Netflix Nations: The Geography of Digital Distribution, Hardcover - Ramon Lobato

632,99 RON

DescriptionHow streaming services and internet distribution have transformed global television culture. Television, once a broadcast medium, now al...

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Muslim American Politics and the Future of Us Democracy, Hardcover - Edward E. Curtis IV

658,99 RON

Reveals the important role of Muslim Americans in American politics Since the 1950s, and especially in the post-9/11 era, Muslim Americans have pla...

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Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter', Hardcover - Heath Fogg Davis

658,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Heath Fogg DavisGoes beyond transgender to question the need for gender classification.Beyond Trans pushes the conversation...

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Whose Global Village': Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World, Hardcover - Ramesh Srinivasan

658,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Ramesh SrinivasanA call to action to include marginalized, non-western communities in the continuously expanding digital re...

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Water: Abundance, Scarcity, and Security in the Age of Humanity, Hardcover - Jeremy J. Schmidt

658,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Jeremy J. SchmidtAn intellectual history of America's water management philosophy Humans take more than their geological sh...

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Kids at Work: Latinx Families Selling Food on the Streets of Los Angeles, Hardcover - Emir Estrada

658,99 RON

DescriptionHow Latinx kids and their undocumented parents struggle in the informal street food economy Street food markets have become wildly popul...

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Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America, Hardcover - Jennifer E. Cobbina

658,99 RON

Understanding the explosive protests over police killings and the legacy of racismFollowing the high-profile deaths of eighteen-year-old Michael Br...

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Outlaw Women: Prison, Rural Violence, and Poverty on the New American Frontier, Hardcover - Susan Dewey

658,99 RON

A journey into the experiences of incarcerated women in rural areas, revealing how location can reinforce gendered violenceIncarceration is all too...

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Runaway Genres: The Global Afterlives of Slavery, Hardcover - Yogita Goyal

658,99 RON

Argues that the slave narrative is a new world literary genre In Runaway Genres, Yogita Goyal tracks the emergence of slavery as the defining templ...

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Feasting and Fasting: The History and Ethics of Jewish Food, Hardcover - Aaron S. Gross

658,99 RON

How Judaism and food are intertwined Judaism is a religion that is enthusiastic about food. Jewish holidays are inevitably celebrated through eatin...

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The Little Old Lady Killer: The Sensationalized Crimes of Mexico's First Female Serial Killer, Hardcover - Susana Vargas Cervantes

658,99 RON

The surprising true story of Mexico's hunt, arrest, and conviction of its first female serial killer For three years, amid widespread public outrag...

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Social Media Entertainment: The New Intersection of Hollywood and Silicon Valley, Hardcover - Stuart Cunningham

658,99 RON

How the transformation of social media platforms and user-experience have redefined the entertainment industry In a little over a decade, competing...

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Wang in Love and Bondage: Three Novellas by Wang Xiaobo, Hardcover - Wang Xiaobo

699,99 RON 748,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionAcclaimed as one of the most important writers of twentieth-century China, the late Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997) is known for his frank, ofte...

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Don't Use Your Words!: Children's Emotions in a Networked World, Hardcover - Jane Juffer

727,99 RON

DescriptionHow children are taught to control their feelings and how they resistthis emotional management through cultural production.Today, even y...

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