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History: earliest times to present day

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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Traces both the history of civil rights and black power politics as well as the history of suburbanization and home-owner politics. This work shows that racial inequities in both New Deal and Great Society liberalism precipitated local struggles over land, jobs, taxes, and race within postwar metropolitan development. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 halftones. 8 tables. 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691124865
ISBN
9780691124865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.91

Paperback. Provides us the lives of the twelve men, from Franklin D Roosevelt to George W Bush, who presided over America's imperial fortunes - the good, the bad and the truly awful. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780099520412
ISBN
9780099520412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 13.73

Paperback. "American Capitalism is an important contribution to our understanding of postwar American thought and culture. It will force historians to revise their pantheon of important thinkers for the period."-George Cotkin, author of Existential America Editor(s): Lichtenstein, Nelson. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219401
ISBN
9780812219401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.80

Hardcover. This new interpretation of the causes, course and consequences of America's greatest crisis explores the complex relationships between the local and national contexts, between the experiences of soldiers and civilians, and shows how politics and public opinion decisively shaped the meaning and outcome of the war. Series: American History in Depth. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 611.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333790533
ISBN
9780333790533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.90
€ 99.65

Paperback. An illustrated analysis of the heavy artillery of the American Civil War, detailing the development and usage of the guns and including contemporary reports of the guns in action. It features eight pages of colour artwork showing guns such as the famed Parrott Rifle and Columbiad. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: Osprey New Vanguard S. Num Pages: 48 pages, 8 colour & 42 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 186 x 4. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841762197
ISBN
9781841762197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.06

Paperback. The American Civil War was the world's first full-blown 'railroad war'. This work presents the thrilling chases and pitched battles that made the railroad so dangerous and resulted in a high casualty rate. It describes the equipment and tactics used by the south and north side, and the vital supporting elements. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 187 x 6. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846034527
ISBN
9781846034527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.00

Hardback. This is the rollicking, never-before-published memoir of a fascinating African American woman with an uncanny knack for being in the right place in the most interesting times. Actress, dancer, model, literary critic, psychologist, and free-spirited provocateur, Anita Reynolds was, as her Parisian friends nicknamed her, an American Cocktail. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BM; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073050
ISBN
9780674073050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Paperback. Traces the spread of American constitutionalism throughout the world Num Pages: 564 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 181 x 29. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814725177
ISBN
9780814725177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173276
ISBN
9780691173276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. This book provides a fresh account of the major cultural and intellectual trends of the United States in the 1910s, a decade characterised by war, the flowering of modernism, the birth of Hollywood, and Progressive interpretations of culture and society. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 509.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748634231
ISBN
9780748634231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.79
€ 112.54

Paperback. This book provides a fresh account of the major cultural and intellectual trends of the United States in the 1910s, a decade characterised by war, the flowering of modernism, the birth of Hollywood, and Progressive interpretations of culture and society. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748634248
ISBN
9780748634248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. Introduces the major cultural and intellectual trends of the decade by introducing and assessing the development of the primary cultural forms: namely, Fiction, Poetry and Drama, Music and Performance, Film and Radio, and Visual Art and Design. A fifth chapter focuses on the unprecedented rise in the 1920s of Leisure and Consumption. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625222
ISBN
9780748625222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1940s America: fiction and non-fiction (specifically newspapers and magazines), music and radio, film and theatre, serious and popular visual arts, and case studies of influential texts and practitioners of the decade. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624126
ISBN
9780748624126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.90
€ 107.06

Paperback. A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1940s America: fiction and non-fiction (specifically newspapers and magazines), music and radio, film and theatre, serious and popular visual arts, and case studies of influential texts and practitioners of the decade. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624133
ISBN
9780748624133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. Focuses on the dramatic cultural transformations of the last decade of the millennium, providing a clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1990s America. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, Eighteen black and while illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. 264 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, Eighteen black and while illustrations. Focuses on the dramatic cultural transformations of the last decade of the millennium, providing a clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1990s America. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight: 404.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748622221
ISBN
9780748622221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.77

Paperback. Offers an overview and critique of the foreign policy of an emerging great power whose claims to rightness often spill over into self-righteousness, whose ambitions conflict with power realities, whose judgmentalism precludes the interests of other states, and whose domestic politics frequently prevent prudent policies and result in overstretch. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Enlarged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226431482
ISBN
9780226431482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.60

Paperback. Offers a geographical-historical context for understanding the power and limits of contemporary globalization, which can be seen as representing the third of three distinct historical moments of US global ambition. Series: California Studies in Critical Human Geography. Num Pages: 586 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
586
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520243385
ISBN
9780520243385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.05

Hardback. Details the experiences of an American family caught in Revolutionary Mexico. This memoir includes information about the Revolution, life as a foreign national in Mexico, and the silver mining industry. Editor(s): Herr, Robert Woodmansee; Herr, Richard. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 263 pages, photographs, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842027243
ISBN
9780842027243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.75

Paperback. This volume brings together more than 50 documents which examineforeign policy not only in terms of leaders and states, but alsothrough social movements, cultures, ideas, and images, to providecomprehensive understanding of how Americans have interacted withthe wider world since 1898. Editor(s): Suri, Jeremi. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405184472
ISBN
9781405184472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Petersen, Klaus; Stewart, John; Sorensen, Michael Kuur. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark
Number of pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776746100
ISBN
9788776746100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.15

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