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Regional & national history
Hardback. Explores the history of men's dress in America to consider how capitalism and democracy emerged at the center of social life during the century between the Revolution and the Civil War. This book illuminates the critical links among culture, ideology, political economy, and fashion in antebellum America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226977935
- ISBN
- 9780226977935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 38.32
€ 49.99
€ 38.32
Hardback. Two prominent Soviet dissidents portray Khrushchev in power as a shrewd, complex, decisive, and impetuous innovator, impatient to remedy defects in the Soviet system but carried away by initial successes. Num Pages: 198 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; JPFC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231039390
- ISBN
- 9780231039390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.32€ 62.64
€ 82.32
€ 62.64
Paperback. Probing the effect of the Vietnam War on the American self-image, the author uses popular culture, literature, and film to study how the myths and symbols of the war reflected the politics of Americans. Num Pages: 241 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231058797
- ISBN
- 9780231058797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231063784
- ISBN
- 9780231063784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 77.95
€ 103.49
€ 77.95
Hardback. The book is a series of twenty-three linked interpretive essays on the most significant developments in modern times--ranging from athletics to art, the economy to the environment. Num Pages: 260 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- SKU
- V9780231068048
- ISBN
- 9780231068048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.90
€ 64.68
€ 49.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 355 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231071147
- ISBN
- 9780231071147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.19€ 96.39
€ 128.19
€ 96.39
Hardback. This study demonstrates that three subjects traditionally discussed separately - prostitution, hysteria and the popular novel - share a discourse of marginality and of female marginality in particular, central to the 19th-century experience in France. Num Pages: 422 pages, 18 illustration. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231072069
- ISBN
- 9780231072069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 88.16
€ 117.61
€ 88.16
Paperback. Nathan explored the roots of the Tiananmen tragedy in Deng Xiaoping's ten-year reform. How will cultural values and attitudes shape China's political development? What will be the impact of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the West? Drawing on ground-breaking empirical research, Nathan measures the expectations of individual Chinese and their attitudes toward government and democracy. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 242 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231072854
- ISBN
- 9780231072854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Hardback. This examination of the events of the Iranian Revolution highlights class politics and the contention for power within the context of changing ideological relations between the state and civil society. The author characterizes the post-revolutionay order as a Third World variant of fascism. Num Pages: 346 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078665
- ISBN
- 9780231078665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 88.16
€ 117.61
€ 88.16
Paperback. Challenging the views of human rights activists, Stoll argues that the Ixils who supported Guatemalan rebels in the early 1980's did so because they were caught in the crossfire between the guerillas and the army, not because revolutionary violence expressed community aspirations. Num Pages: 383 pages, 25 photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231081832
- ISBN
- 9780231081832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.35
€ 42.99
€ 30.35
Paperback. Through the use of recently released Chinese documents, conversations with People's Republic of China scholars, and in-depth interviews with people who were present at key decision-making meetings, this book aims to discover China and the USSR's roles in the outbreak of the Korean conflict. Series: U.S. and Pacific Asia: Studies in Social, Economic and Political Interaction. Num Pages: 339 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FPC; 1FPK; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231100250
- ISBN
- 9780231100250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.62
€ 42.99
€ 30.62
Hardback. The former editor of Russia's eminent Mir publishing house provides reminiscences of a former employee who has risen to become Boris Yeltsin's chief political rival. This work is both a biography of a powerful politician and an analysis of Russia's current social and moral breakdown. Num Pages: 198 pages, 24 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102100
- ISBN
- 9780231102100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.92€ 55.92
€ 72.92
€ 55.92
Hardback. Drawn from Peter H. Lee's Sourcebook of Korean Civilization, Volume One, this abridged introductory collection offers students and general readers primary readings in the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of Korean from ancient times through the sixteenth century. Editor(s): Lee, Peter H.; Ch'oe, Yongho; De Bary, William Theodore; Kang, Hugh H.W. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Abridged
- SKU
- V9780231105668
- ISBN
- 9780231105668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.30€ 106.65
€ 142.30
€ 106.65
Hardback. Surveys the relationships of workers and trade unions to the state in Egypt, bringing to light the often overlooked effect of workers' collective actions in shaping public policy. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBL; JPQB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106924
- ISBN
- 9780231106924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 88.13
€ 117.61
€ 88.13
Paperback. Today's discourse on nationalism is engaged by dynamic theoretical models derived from studies in literary criticism, cultural anthropology, socioeconomics, and psychology. This is the first book of its kind to apply this new theoretical framework to the Arab Middle East, with essays by Beth Baron, Fred Halliday, Rashid Khalidi, and Emmanuel Sivan. Editor(s): Gershoni, Israel; Jankowski, James P. Num Pages: 408 pages, 9 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106955
- ISBN
- 9780231106955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.78
€ 40.99
€ 28.78
Hardback. Henkin explores the influential but little-noticed role reading played in New York City's public life between 1825 and 1865. The "ubiquitous urban texts"--from newspapers to paper money, from street signs to handbills--became both indispensable urban guides and apt symbols for a new kind of public life that emerged first in New York. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231107440
- ISBN
- 9780231107440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.20€ 81.84
€ 108.20
€ 81.84
Hardback. In this addition to the Columbia Contemporary American Religion series, an authority on the subject focuses on America's most mainstream religion. The text describes Protestantism's history, constituent subgroups and their activities, and explores its dielectic with American culture. Series: Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCC2; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 180 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780231111300
- ISBN
- 9780231111300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.20€ 81.36
€ 108.20
€ 81.36
Hardback. Traces the history of graffiti in New York City against the backdrop of the struggle that developed between the city and the writers. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 400 pages, 40 illus (23 in color). BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AFJG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231111423
- ISBN
- 9780231111423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 88.16
€ 117.61
€ 88.16
Paperback. How did the close cooperation between the United States and Israel evolve? Did the Kennedy Administration represent a radical departure from Eisenhower's policies in the region as previously believed? Ben-Zvi provides a significant reevaluation of the nature and origins of the American-Israeli alliance and the shaping of the modern Middle East. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112635
- ISBN
- 9780231112635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.82
€ 40.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. Explores the relationship among identity, interests, and foreign policy, employing contemporary Jordan to explore the changing dynamics of the Arab regional system. This book emphasizes the print media as a barometer of public opinion - one that affects the decision-making of political leaders. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; GTB; HBJF1; JFD; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113236
- ISBN
- 9780231113236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66