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MP-NEV University of Nevada The Circle Of MountainsBasque Shepherding Community New Ed
Provides an excellent ethnography of a French Basque agrarian and sheepherding community. The commune of Sainte-Engrâce extends along a mountain valley in the southeastern corner of Soule, one of the three Basque provinces in France. Sandra Ott examines the importance of cooperation and reciprocity as the essential basis for the main institutions within this community.
£21.56
MP-NEV University of Nevada Gandydancers Children A Railroad Memoir
This memoir focuses on the now-vanished lifestyle of railroad hands and their families who lived along the Southern Pacific railroad tracks in the 1920s and 1930s
£18.86
MP-NEV University of Nevada The Pinon PineA Natural And Cultural History
An engaging look at the history of the piñon pine and its ecosystem. Combining natural history and observations of the cultural importance of the tree to both native Indians and European settlers, Lanner provides information on the management of the tree and its interdependence with the birds and animals of the piñon-juniper woodland.
£18.86
MP-NEV University of Nevada The Basques the Catalans and Spain Alternative Routes to Nationalist Mobilisation
An introduction to Basque and Catalan nationalism. It examines and compares the history, motives and methods of the two movements, considering the influence of such aspects as: the choice of language, race and descent; large-scale immigration; and the causes and effects of social violence.
£21.56
MP-NEV University of Nevada The Decline of Carlism
Carlism is one of the most significant forces in Spanish politics since the 1830s. This book documents its evolution since the 1930s and shows how the movement shifted in the 1950s and 1960s from the extreme right to the moderate left. It sets the movement in national and local contexts.
£48.60
MP-NEV University of Nevada Geographical Identities of Ethnic America Race Space and Place
A collection of essays addressing the relationships between racial and ethnic identities and place in North America. Eighteen geographers examine the ways in which place fashions, recreates and contextualizes human identity, exploring social, cultural and economic aspects.
£29.66
MP-NEV University of Nevada The Trail Book
This collection of stories is essentially a frame tale set in the New York Museum of Natural History, where two children discover displays that come to life and admit them into a series of exciting adventures that include talking animals and magical travels through the vast landscapes of the pre-Columbian continent.
£18.86
MP-NEV University of Nevada In Gravity National Park Poems Western Literature Series
This poet, a mountaineer and field hydrologist, focuses on nature and the environment, as well as many other issues of our time, in this, his second collection.
£13.46
MP-NEV University of Nevada The Desert Look
Private detective Jack Ross has been in the desert for six months when he is interrupted by a reporter. She needs Jack's help to solve a case involving two Las Vegas showgirls, one of whom was Jack's mother. He embarks on a quest to find out if her death was murder rather than accidental.
£17.95
MP-NEV University of Nevada Mind the Gap The Education of a Nature Writer
Deals with the author's life in a rural community on Cape Cod, addressing such subjects as the annual herring spawn, resident and migratory birds, wildlife, his neighbors, and the complex rhythms of life in this region of plunging winds and vast seas. This work explores the literary and environmental influences that shaped his interest in nature.
£17.95
MP-NEV University of Nevada The Archaeology of the Donner Party
The tragic saga of the Donner Party has inspired both legend and scholarship ever since the survivors were rescued from the High Sierra snows in the spring of 1847. This work offers insight into the ordeal of these ill-fated emigrants and demonstrates the vital role that archaeology can play in expanding our understanding of historical events.
£18.86
MP-NEV University of Nevada License to Steal Nevadas Gaming Control System in the Megaresort Age
Seven precedent-setting case studies taken from the files of the Nevada Gaming Control Board illustrate vital issues addressed in the first decade of the megaresorts.
£21.56
MP-NEV University of Nevada Aurrera v. 1 A Textbook for Studying Basque
The Basque language is one of Europe's ancient, its origins as mysterious as those of the Basque people themselves. This is a comprehensive text for beginning-level students who are learning Basque (the Batua form approved by the Academy of the Basque Language) in a classroom setting or on their own.
£63.00
MP-NEV University of Nevada Where the Wild Books are A Field Guide to Ecofiction
As interest in environmental issues grows, many writers of fiction have embraced themes that explore the connections between humans and the natural world. Ecologically themed fiction ranges from profound philosophical meditations to action-packed entertainments. This title offers an overview of nearly 2,000 works of nature-oriented fiction.
£29.66
MP-NEV University of Nevada Small Craft Warnings Stories
A collection of stories about women living on the West Coast of America. In ""Our Lady of the 43 Sorrows"", the protagonist must meet the needs of her brain-damaged mother while her own career declines, and in ""Pagan Night"", a mother waits with her unwanted child in a zoo while her partner buys dope.
£15.15
MP-NEV University of Nevada Sweet Promised Land
Dominique was sixteen when he left the French Pyrenees for America. He became a sheepherder in the Nevada desert. Like all his fellow Basque immigrants, he dreamed of someday returning to the land of his beginnings. Most Basques never made the journey back, but Dominique did return for a visit with family. This work tells the story of that trip.
£17.95
MP-NEV University of Nevada Amerikanuak Basques in the New World
An accessible overview of the Basque diaspora in the Western Hemisphere, this book is both a pioneering study of one of the American West's most important ethnic minorities and an engaging, comprehensive survey of Basque migration and settlement in the Americas. This edition includes a fresh preface by William A Douglass.
£34.16
MP-NEV University of Nevada Whats in a Word Etymological Gossip About Some Interesting English Words
Modern English is rich in words derived from sources as diverse as classical Latin and Greek, Indonesian and other Asian languages, European mythology and religion, This title explores the ways our language has been shaped by successive conquests of Britain and by borrowings from Greek and Arabic.
£21.56
MP-NEV University of Nevada Chicana Ways Conversations with Ten Chicana Writers
A collection of interviews with Mexican-American writers. They address such topics as personal background, education, sense of ethnic and gender identity, the origins and intention of published works, and views on writing, culture and art. The women come from Texas, California and New Mexico.
£19.76
MP-NEV University of Nevada Bombs in the Backyard Atomic Testing and American Politics
In 1951 the first atomic weapon was detonated over a section of desert known as Frenchman Flat in southern Nevada providing evidence of the Nevada Test Site's beginnings. This work discusses post-Cold War policy issues concerning the continued viability of that site for weapons testing.
£24.26
MP-NEV University of Nevada The Master of Monterey A Novel
The American conquest of California is the subject of this tale, rich in magical irony, fraught with caustic truths, and wrenching insights into the human condition. It is the story of the men who claimed the West, and who found themselves trapped within it.
£19.76
MP-NEV University of Nevada Psychotherapy as Religion The Civil Divine in America
Sets out to debunk claims that psychotherapy provides successful clinical treatment for a wide range of personal and social problems. This work argues that the practice is not a science at all but rather the civil religion of America, reflecting the principles of radical self-invention and self-reliance deeply embedded in the psyche of the nation.
£24.26
MP-NEV University of Nevada The Family Ranch Land Children and Tradition in the American West
Ranch families in the twenty-first century face many challenges, from competition with agribusiness corporations to tax laws that encourage development over agriculture and prevent the smooth transfer of land from one generation to the next. This title profiles six diverse ranching families and the land that shapes their lives.
£18.86
