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Hardback. James K Polk is described as a spoilsman who appointed officers based upon their party affiliation rather than their qualifications. This book asserts that Polk followed an existing pattern of nomination that dated back to the beginning of the republic, in which the chief executives looked to qualifications first and loyalty to the party second. Num Pages: 162 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761834502
- ISBN
- 9780761834502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.64
€ 96.64
paperback. Europe's Indians, Indians in Europe is an accessible and multidisciplinary synopsis of European iconographies and cultural narratives related to Native Americans. In this pioneering work, European fascination with and phantasmagorias of 'Indianness' are comprehensively discussed, involving perspectives of history, literature, and cultural criticism Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761836896
- ISBN
- 9780761836896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 114.93
€ 114.93
hardcover. Translator(s): Craft, Linda J. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761837862
- ISBN
- 9780761837862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.10
€ 137.10
Hardback. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761838654
- ISBN
- 9780761838654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.42
€ 107.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 6. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761840176
- ISBN
- 9780761840176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.56
€ 106.56
hardcover. In The Lost Opportunity, Lazarski explores these facets of the anti-Bolshevik struggle, which have been almost entirely ignored by historical scholarship. Christopher Lazarski is Professor of History and Politics at Lazarski School of Commerce and Law in Warsaw, Poland. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761841197
- ISBN
- 9780761841197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.82
€ 113.82
Hardback. This book discusses government and private sector roles in American economy. Focusing on the mobilization of American economy against the threat of Axis ascendancy in Word War II, Carew places the mobilization in its political - economic context and evaluates its performance in terms of prevailing military and political realities. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761846680
- ISBN
- 9780761846680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.62
€ 130.62
Hardback. This book brings together a distinguished group of expert scholars from the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University on the main areas of American Jewish life, from colonial Jewish experience to images of Jews in contemporary films. This volume represents the fruit of this collective reflection and interrogation. Editor(s): Katz, Steven T. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761847687
- ISBN
- 9780761847687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.60
€ 141.60
Hardback. This book focuses on the innovative path Rwanda has taken in governance and reconciliation, gender equity, education, health and economic growth. The authors spent a decade working and researching in the country to prepare this path-breaking book. Num Pages: 174 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; HBJH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761849421
- ISBN
- 9780761849421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.48
€ 107.48
Paperback. This book is about the bond between two legendary journalists, Walter Winchell and Damon Runyon, during the unforgettable era of World War II and the years following. Winchell was a popular radio personality and Runyon was a popular Broadway personality, best known for having written the show "Guys and Dolls." Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851301
- ISBN
- 9780761851301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 31.89
€ 38.99
€ 31.89
Hardback. This book explores the massacre that occurred after the Japanese captured the Chinese capital of Nanjing in December 1937. In January 1938, three American diplomats arrived in Nanjing and sent numerous atrocity reports to the U.S. and U.S. diplomatic posts, extensively documenting the situation and the American diplomatic role. Editor(s): Lu, Suping. Num Pages: 394 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851493
- ISBN
- 9780761851493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.99
€ 143.99
Paperback. This book explores the massacre that occurred after the Japanese captured the Chinese capital of Nanjing in December 1937. In January 1938, three American diplomats arrived in Nanjing and sent numerous atrocity reports to the U.S. and U.S. diplomatic posts, extensively documenting the situation and the American diplomatic role. Editor(s): Lu, Suping. Num Pages: 394 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851509
- ISBN
- 9780761851509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.23
€ 91.23
Paperback. This book explores a central and significant chapter in the social and economic history of modern America. If the story of the eminent gangsters is not the orthodox, rags-to-riches American success story, neither can it be dismissed as merely a crime story. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JKVM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761852155
- ISBN
- 9780761852155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.70
€ 100.70
Hardback. This book tells the Korean immigrants' life stories in California's eight San Joaquin Valley farm communities. It describes how they survived through discrimination and injustices in the early 20th century America, and also details the Korean immigrants' efforts to regain their lost motherland from Japanese colonialism (1910-1945). Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761852193
- ISBN
- 9780761852193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.80
€ 129.80
hardcover. This book advances the argument that the events of July 14, 1958, when Iraqi military officers overthrew the British-installed Iraqi monarchy, constituted simultaneously as a coup and a revolution for a number of reasons, including military involvement, popular participation, and policies that radically departed from those of the previous regime. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTV; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761852582
- ISBN
- 9780761852582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.57
€ 124.57
hardcover. This book explores questions raised during a seminar discussion amongst a group of outstanding scholars. The result may be seen as a readable concentration of basic and meaningful insights that often defy a noticeable amount of conventional wisdom on the ground of careful and authoritative scholarly research. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJK; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761853947
- ISBN
- 9780761853947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.60
€ 88.60
Paperback. This book explores questions raised during a seminar discussion amongst a group of outstanding scholars. The result may be seen as a readable concentration of basic and meaningful insights that often defy a noticeable amount of conventional wisdom on the ground of careful and authoritative scholarly research. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761853954
- ISBN
- 9780761853954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.93
€ 51.93
Hardback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761854944
- ISBN
- 9780761854944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.81
€ 111.81
Hardback. Nigeria: After the Nightmare is an in-depth look into the Nigerian experience, explaining what went wrong during the country's thirty years of dictatorship. The book describes Nigeria's problems including oil, corruption, and dictatorship, but also provides a way for Nigeria to recover and become a leading democratic state. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761855392
- ISBN
- 9780761855392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.53
€ 111.53
The Triumph of Hate. The Political Theology of the Hitler Movement.
Christopher . Ed(S): Vasillopulos
Hardback. Editor(s): Vasillopulos, Christopher. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HRA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761856702
- ISBN
- 9780761856702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.40
€ 143.40
Hardback. In this story, a man coincidentally makes a tough choice on the same day that a terrible catastrophe occurs in the United States of America. The events that follow are beyond prediction and imagination and leave the average person wondering what constitutes the rules of right and wrong in society. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FV; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761856818
- ISBN
- 9780761856818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.06
€ 70.06
Paperback. Using the Moyen Bani Programme as an example, External Assistance or External Interference gives an analysis of a grassroots conflict and raises the issue of international NGO activities in rural development activities. This book provides the historical, economic, and political backgrounds that influenced the design and the conflict resolution. Num Pages: 118 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDM; HBJH; JPS; JPWH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761856870
- ISBN
- 9780761856870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.60
€ 46.60
Hardback. A growing number of Jews identify themselves as secular or "somewhat secular." Is this expansive definition of Jewishness a new phenomenon? What are its roots? This insightful book provides an overview of a profound development in the evolving history of Jewish life in America. Editor(s): Heller, Zachary I.; Gordis, David M. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761857938
- ISBN
- 9780761857938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.38
€ 98.38
Hardback. This book focuses on three authors coming of age at an important moment in Spanish literary history and in world history at large. These authors incorporated into their novels the new ideas that they found in the writing of many foreign authors that were essential to their development. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; 2ADS; CJB; DSB; HBJD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761857990
- ISBN
- 9780761857990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.53
€ 99.53