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Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611484625
ISBN
9781611484625
Condition: New

€ 151.47

Paperback. Explores the camera work of five women who directed their visions toward influencing social policy and cultural theory. Doris Ulmann, Dorothea Lange, Marion Post Wolcott, Margaret Bourke-White, and Berenice Abbott. Melissa McEuen considers the prisms though which they saw American culture in the 1920s and 1930s. Num Pages: 376 pages, 54 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AJB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190945
ISBN
9780813190945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.58

Paperback. "Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso. Series: Critical Moments in American History. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415895613
ISBN
9780415895613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Paperback. Hope and Glory Num Pages: 224 pages, 70 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEW; 1QFC; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750935401
ISBN
9780750935401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. "Smart and defiant. Rich with characters and anecdote and heart. A great success." --Anthony Swofford, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780393329285
ISBN
9780393329285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.05

Paperback. The US has experienced a dramatic increase in births to unmarried women - from 4 per cent of births in 1950, with most of the babies then adopted, to more than 30 per cent. This book analyses this radical change in family formation to compare and contrast the lives of these mothers of varying ages and economic circumstances. Num Pages: 483 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520218307
ISBN
9780520218307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.63

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226312958
ISBN
9780226312958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.04
€ 48.48

Hardback. The material lives of rural upcountry women improved dramatically by midcentury-yet in becoming middle class, Walker concludes, the women found their experiences both broadened and circumscribed. Series: Revisiting Rural America. Num Pages: 344 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801863189
ISBN
9780801863189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.91

Paperback. Edited by her niece Sophia Grene, the anthology 'A Life in Postcards' is divided into several sections, each introduced by members of the family or friends, who round out a sense of the writer's life. Melosina Lenox- Conyngham's writings are rich with a delightful sense of humour and her ironic, quizzical pleasure in the world is contagious. Editor(s): Grene, Sophia. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843514015
ISBN
9781843514015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps - the last all-white branch of the US military - was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. This book tells the story of these pioneering African American Marines. Num Pages: 216 pages, 36 illustrations, 4 maps, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JFSL3; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780807861769
ISBN
9780807861769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.22

paperback. No group is quoted - and misquoted - more often than America's founders. The Quotable Founding Fathers offers a compilation of some 2,500 quotes summing up the wit and wisdom of the founders. It mines into the founders' essays, diaries, letters, speeches, and sermons to extract all the nuggets that are significant to the history of the US. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574888294
ISBN
9781574888294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Hardback. The history of one of the most dramatic and underreported stories of WWII. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8-page black & white illustrated insert. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1QSPN; 3JJH; HBJF; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 41.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592289783
ISBN
9781592289783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.95

Paperback. The first book-length study of Emil Hurja, who introduced the use of public opinion polls to drive presidential campaigning. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349634491
ISBN
9781349634491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. Focusing on "Amos 'n' Andy", a nightly American radio comedy in the 1930s, this text unveils a tale of America's shifting colour line, in which two professional directors of blackface minstrel shows produced a series so complex that it won admirers ranging from ultra-racists to racial egalitarians. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APW; HBJK; HBLW; JFD; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
10th ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920924
ISBN
9780813920924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBWS2; JPQB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Policy Studies Associates United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936826370
ISBN
9780936826370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.97

Paperback. The Vietnam war destroyed the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and forced the resignation of Richard Nixon. Those presidents who followed constructed their foreign policies mindful that they would not survive politically if they were to lead the nation into another limited war. This book presents a study of the Vietnam War's domestic politics. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 272 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc Chicago, IL
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566636476
ISBN
9781566636476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.44

Paperback. In this first historical overview of the subject, Melvin Small examines the central role of domestic politics in the shaping and conduct of American foreign policy from the early republic to the end of the Cold War. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801851780
ISBN
9780801851780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.71

hardcover. Small delivers the first authoritative study of the Vietnam War's domestic politics. The war ultimately destroyed the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and indirectly forced the resignation of Richard Nixon. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566635936
ISBN
9781566635936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.48

Paperback. This title provides a comprehensive assessment of the Nixon administration. It should serve as a useful introduction for readers who are as interested in Nixon's presidency as they are in his personality. Series: American Presidency Series. Num Pages: 408 pages, 23 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612550
ISBN
9780700612550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.62

Paperback. Contested Conventions is a cohesive and compelling account of the defining issues that led to the establishment of the Constitution; it should appeal to history students and scholars alike. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWF; JPHC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420264
ISBN
9781421420264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.20

Paperback. Shows the reader the changes facades and trades in Alcester from the early decades of the twentieth century to recent years. This book includes the Globe Inn, The Old Rookery workhouse, The Bakers Arms and The Corn Exchange, which later became the Regent Cinema. Series: Archive Photographs: Images of England. Num Pages: 128 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752411705
ISBN
9780752411705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Presents a detailed, non-partisan account of the demise of the Lamaist state. This book examines what happened and why. It balances the traditional focus on international relations with an emphasis on the intricate web of internal affairs and events that produced the fall of Tibet. It is suitable for students of Asian history. Num Pages: 936 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1276.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520075900
ISBN
9780520075900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.23
€ 45.94

Paperback. It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened - and why - during the 1950s. This work offers an understanding of that key period in midcentury. Num Pages: 676 pages, 26 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 964. The Calm Before the Storm: 1951-1955. 676 pages, Illustrations, maps. It is not possible to fully understand contemporary politics between China and the Dalai Lama without understanding what happened - and why - during the 1950s. This work offers an understanding of that key period in midcentury. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 43. Weight: 928.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
676
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259959
ISBN
9780520259959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.23

Paperback. Tensions over the 'Tibet Question' - the political status of Tibet - are escalating everyday. The Dalai Lama has gained broad international sympathy in his appeals for autonomy from China, yet the Chinese government maintains a hard-line position against it. This title presents a view of the conflict and a proposal for the future. Num Pages: 165 pages, 16 black-and-white photos. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HBLW; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232. China, Tibet and the Dalai Lama. 165 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. Tensions over the 'Tibet Question' - the political status of Tibet - are escalating everyday. The Dalai Lama has gained broad international sympathy in his appeals for autonomy from China, yet the Chinese government maintains a hard-line position against it. This title presents a view of the conflict and a proposal for the future. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HBLW; JFC; JPS. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 11. Weight: 216.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
165
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520219519
ISBN
9780520219519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.25

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