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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
V9780099520412
ISBN
9780099520412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.36

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

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Hardcover. Takes us on a well-researched journey across America - from Augusta to Sacramento, Albany to Baton Rouge - shedding light along the way on the historical circumstances that led to their appointment, their success or failure, and their evolution over time. Series: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers S. Num Pages: 392 pages, 21 halftones, 6 line drawings, 42 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226080482
ISBN
9780226080482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.43
€ 60.43

Paperback. Offers an insightful analysis of the efforts of many American Catholics as a private interest group to effect change in the public policy of Mexico and in US-Mexican relations. The author's judicious examination of ecclesiastical and governmental archives, as well as personal papers, elucidates an important period in American Catholic history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040239
ISBN
9780268040239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.83

Hardcover. Before his death in 1832, Charles Carroll of Carrollton - the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence - was widely regarded as one of the most important founders. This is his biography. Series Editor(s): Bunting, Josiah. Series: Lives of the Founders. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933859897
ISBN
9781933859897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.87

Paperback. Describes the earliest years of human colonization of the American continent and environs with the Siberian migrations across the Bering Strait. This book conveys the story of competing interests - Spanish, French, English, Native, Russian - that over the centuries shaped both the continent and its 'suburbs' in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3F; 3H; 3J; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780142002100
ISBN
9780142002100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.66

Paperback. A bold history of the region where the American West begins Series: A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 b&w illus., 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253200112
ISBN
9780253200112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199351817
ISBN
9780199351817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.69

Paperback. American Constitutional History presents a concise introduction to the constitutional developments that have taken place over the past 225 years, treating trends from history, law, and political science. * Presents readers with a brief and accessible introduction to more than two centuries of U.S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781119141754
ISBN
9781119141754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147673
ISBN
9780691147673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.80

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

€ 37.99
€ 27.65

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

€ 125.00
€ 118.85

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

€ 38.99
€ 35.43

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

€ 34.99
€ 32.05

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

€ 119.05
€ 113.33

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

€ 38.99
€ 35.43

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

€ 38.99
€ 35.10

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

€ 29.90

Paperback. Explores the ways in which immigrant lives are shaped by transnational bonds, globalization, family ties, and personal choice, and the ways in which they engender a sense of belonging and a sense of themselves as "Americans." It considers a plurality of historical, economic, regional, familial, and cultural contexts. Editor(s): Gabaccia, Donna R.; Ruiz, Vicki L. Series: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series. Num Pages: 576 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 788. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780252073052
ISBN
9780252073052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.42

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
€ 33.21

Paperback. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444339390
ISBN
9781444339390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.44

Hardback. Beginning with the precolonial land-use practice of Native Americans and concluding with twenty-first century concerns over our global ecological crisis, this book addresses issues such as preservation of wilderness, expulsion of native peoples from national parks, and population growth, and considers formative forces of gender, race, and class. Series: Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures. Num Pages: 504 pages, 43 black and white figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140348
ISBN
9780231140348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.04

Paperback. Beginning with the precolonial land-use practice of Native Americans and concluding with twenty-first century concerns over our global ecological crisis, this book addresses issues such as preservation of wilderness, expulsion of native peoples from national parks, and population growth, and considers formative forces of gender, race, and class. Series: Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures. Num Pages: 464 pages, 43 black and white figures. BIC Classification: HBJK; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140355
ISBN
9780231140355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.59

Hardback. A thematic introduction to American ethnic history which provides an overview of key historiographical debates. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748616336
ISBN
9780748616336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.05
€ 113.33

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