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Regional & national history
paperback. In the late nineteenth century, the Texas Rangers and Canada's North-West Mounted Police were formed to bring the resource-rich hinterlands at either end of the Great Plains under governmental control. This book presents a comparative history of these two most famous constabularies in the world. Num Pages: 293 pages, 25 Illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260023
- ISBN
- 9780803260023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. The book looks at the development of policing in a town noted for its high levels of crime. Through a detailed study of policing and police work over the period c. 1840-1914 it shows how the turbulent community of the early Victorian years was turned into a policed society by the end of the century. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349396733
- ISBN
- 9781349396733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.38
€ 118.38
Hardcover. The book looks at the development of policing in a town noted for its high levels of crime. Through a detailed study of policing and police work over the period c. 1840-1914 it shows how the turbulent community of the early Victorian years was turned into a policed society by the end of the century. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333652398
- ISBN
- 9780333652398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
Paperback. An account of the relationship between American policy and public opinion during the Gulf crisis. Comparisons are made to other wars such as those in Panama, Vietnam, Korea and the Falklands, as well as to World War II. The book features 300 tables charting public opinion through the Gulf crisis. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 398 pages, 7 maps, 288 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FBXK; HBJF1; JPQB; JPVK; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226545653
- ISBN
- 9780226545653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.29
€ 52.99
€ 40.29
hardcover. An account of the relationship between American policy and public opinion during the Gulf crisis. Comparisons are made to other wars such as those in Panama, Vietnam, Korea and the Falklands, as well as to World War II. The book features 300 tables charting public opinion through the Gulf crisis. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 398 pages, 7 maps, 288 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FBXK; 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBJF1; JPQB; JPVK; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 28. Weight in Grams: 707.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226545646
- ISBN
- 9780226545646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.65€ 90.39
€ 110.65
€ 90.39
Paperback. How can we account for the lack of large-scale policy change in West Germany despite changes in the partisan make-up of the federal government? This book examines how West German policy and politics interrelate in problem areas such as economic management, industrial relations, social welfare, migrant workers, administrative reform, and more. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; HBJD; HBWQ; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877222644
- ISBN
- 9780877222644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.94
€ 38.99
€ 37.94
Paperback. Core essays cover hasidim, mitnagdim, Haskalah, Reform, liturgy, modern congregations, and the response to Zionism and modern philosophy. Also New Views and Book Review sections. Editor(s): Polonsky, Antony. Num Pages: 466 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 466
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874774341
- ISBN
- 9781874774341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.40
€ 38.99
€ 35.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Aleksiun, Natalia; Horowitz, Brian J.; Polonsky, Antony. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 42. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- Littman Library Of Jewish Civilization
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906764487
- ISBN
- 9781906764487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
The gripping story of the 1950s polio scare and of the intense-and intensely bitter-competition to find the first vaccine. Num Pages: 368 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; MBN; MBX; MJN; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195152944
- ISBN
- 9780195152944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.26
€ 40.99
€ 36.26
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195307146
- ISBN
- 9780195307146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.07
€ 21.07
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472808240
- ISBN
- 9781472808240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.43
€ 17.99
€ 16.43
Hardcover. This is detailed account of the character and problems of Polish emigres in the United States from the end of the Polish uprising of 1830 to the end of the second Polish uprising of 1863. Stasik presents the activities of the Polish political exiles in the United States over a period of more than thirty years, explaining many of the basic causes of the emigration. Editor(s): Pula, James S. Translator(s): Podraza, Eugene. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880334860
- ISBN
- 9780880334860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.57
€ 53.57
paperback. Drawing on research, this volume covers the history of England between the accession of George II and the loss of the American colonies. It reveals simmering discontent in which evangelical enthusiasm clashed with scientific rationalism, aristocratic government with popular insubordination, industrial and imperial expansion with plebian poverty. Series: New Oxford History of England. Num Pages: 840 pages, line drawings, tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 840
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192852533
- ISBN
- 9780192852533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.83
€ 76.83
Hardcover. This volume looks at politeness phenomena in a culture and country that is becoming the most influential in the world. It is the first book to survey politeness variations across different genres in Chinese and will fill a gap in both politeness research in general and in Chinese politeness research in particular. Editor(s): Chen, Xinren. Series: Pragmatic Interfaces. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 263.
- Publisher
- Equinox
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781791769
- ISBN
- 9781781791769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.66
€ 126.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 1080 pages, 10 illustrations, 20 photographs, 3 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1579.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1080
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803284654
- ISBN
- 9780803284654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.92
€ 103.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 chart, 11 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JF; AN; HBJD; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press Ithaca
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488092
- ISBN
- 9780801488092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.49
€ 41.99
€ 41.49
Political Censorship of the Arts and the Press in Nineteenth-Century E...
Professor Robert Justin Goldstein
Hardback. An account of attempts by authorities throughout Europe to stifle the growth of political opposition during the 19th century by censoring newspapers, books, caricatures, plays, operas and film. Circulation of opposition writing and art is examined. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; A; HBJD; HBLL; JP; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333463857
- ISBN
- 9780333463857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.12
€ 181.12
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFSP2; JHBK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644707
- ISBN
- 9780691644707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.96
€ 187.96
Hardback. This book surveys all the channels through which political ideas and knowledge were conveyed to the English public, from the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I to the Revolution of 1688, with the goal of understanding the web of communication in creating political life. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804783620
- ISBN
- 9780804783620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.54
€ 85.54
Paperback. Conspiracy theories have been a part of the American experience since colonial times. This anthology provides students with documents relating to some of the important conspiracy theories in American history and politics, some based on reality, many chiefly on paranoia. It looks at a persistent and troubling aspect of democratic society. Editor(s): Critchlow, Donald T.; Korasick, John; Sherman, Matthew C. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFHC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219640
- ISBN
- 9780253219640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.73
€ 23.73
Paperback. Professor Holt's book provides a lucid and provocative interpretation of the coming of the Civil War. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393953701
- ISBN
- 9780393953701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.45
€ 32.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 529.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137572202
- ISBN
- 9781137572202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.18
€ 76.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Whitefield, Stephen. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 234 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349522774
- ISBN
- 9781349522774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. An important collection of essays on the subjects of kingship, lordship, warfare and sanctity, penned by the highly respected historian of late medieval England, the late Professor Simon Walker Editor(s): Braddick, Mike. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JP. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719068263
- ISBN
- 9780719068263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.01
€ 136.01