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The Americas

Paperback. Draws on different facets of American life to map the impact of the new economy, the 'war on terror', the 'war on drugs', racial resentments, a fraying safety net, undocumented immigration, a health care system in crisis, and more. Editor(s): Gusterson, Hugh; Besteman, Catherine. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259713
ISBN
9780520259713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. This lavish catalogue presents 150 European paintings, pastels, and drawings from the late fifteenth to the mid-nineteenth century that have been given to the Metropolitan Museum by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman or are still held in Mrs. Wrightsman's private collection. Editor(s): Fahy, Everett. Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Num Pages: 320 pages, 180 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 281 x 250 x 43. Weight in Grams: 2706.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300107197
ISBN
9780300107197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.01
€ 57.84

Hardback. Demographic studies help make sense of key aspects of the economy, offering insight into trends in fertility, mortality, immigration, and labor force participation, as well as age, gender, and race-specific trends in health and disability. This book explores the connections between demography and economics. Editor(s): Shoven, John B. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 512 pages, 140 line drawings, 61 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBD; KCF; KCHS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226754727
ISBN
9780226754727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.87
€ 108.28

Paperback. Feared by conservatives and embraced by liberals when he entered the White House, Barack Obama has since been battered by criticism from both sides. Obama, the author argues, represents the values of a lesser-known third tradition in American political thought that defies the usual left-right categorization. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041629
ISBN
9780226041629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.05

Hardcover. Feared by conservatives and embraced by liberals when he entered the White House, Barack Obama has since been battered by criticism from both sides. Obama, the author argues, represents the values of a lesser-known third tradition in American political thought that defies the usual left-right categorization. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041599
ISBN
9780226041599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.18
€ 79.61

Paperback. The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010 thrust the nation into the public consciousness as never before. This book brings together more than 20 of the most prominent authorities on Haiti in to provide both a historical and cultural introduction to Haiti and a chance for earthquake survivors to testify to their experiences. Editor(s): Munro, Martin. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846314988
ISBN
9781846314988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. In 1787, "We the people" were the three words that not only engendered a new and cohesive nation; they went on to change the face of the world as well. This book prefaces the volume with a succinct history and interpretation of the place and meaning of both the Declaration and the Constitution in American life. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 146 x 6. Weight in Grams: 58.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878401437
ISBN
9780878401437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.24

Hardcover. Examines the role that brownfields redevelopment is playing and can play in our quest for sustainability, focusing on efforts in the US and Canada. This book looks at how brownfields are used as spaces for developing an array of residential, recreational, and employment-oriented projects that have breathed new life into the urban environment. Editor(s): Sousa, Christopher de. Series Editor(s): Tiesdell, Steven. Series: Current Research in Urban & Regional Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; RGC; RNF; RNU; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780080453583
ISBN
9780080453583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.36

Paperback. An examination of Latin American populism and its relationship to neoliberalism, this book covers a set of countries in South and Central America to track the political paths of each in terms of how they have adapted to free markets, privatisation, unemployment and increasing inequality. Editor(s): Demmers, J.; Jilberto, A.E.Fernandez; Hogenboom, Barbara. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures, notes, tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLCN; 1KLCS; 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSE; 1KLSH; 1KLSR; GTB; JPH; KCM; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781856498876
ISBN
9781856498876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.28

Paperback. The dean of New York history brings together a wide-ranging, eclectic, and entertaining survey of the best writing about the city of New York and its people Editor(s): Jackson, Kenneth T.; Dunbar, David S. Num Pages: 1008 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 224 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
1008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109093
ISBN
9780231109093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. From the very first day you use them, the design challenges in this compendium will spur your students to jump right in and engage throughout the entire class. The activities reinforce important science content while illustrating a range of STEM skills. Editor(s): Brunsell, Eric. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNU; YQS; YQT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
National Science Teachers Association
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936959419
ISBN
9781936959419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.85

Hardback. This superb re-envisioning of Keith Carter's highly acclaimed first book presents classic images of small-town life in a completely redesigned volume that also offers insight into Carter's creative process through a new essay, contact sheets, and an amplified travel journal Series: Bill and Alice Wright Photography Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 80 plates, 80 thumbnails, 20 contact sheets, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJB; AJC; WTL; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 318 x 282 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1708.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726987
ISBN
9780292726987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Paperback. This volume examines the business, legal and social frameworks which have enabled Silicon Valley's success in promoting new technologies looking at what accounts for the Valley's leading edge in innovation and entrepreneurship? Editor(s): Lee, Chong-Moon; Miller, William F.; Hancock, Marguerite; Rowen, Henry. Num Pages: 456 pages, 6 tables 18 figures 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; KJH; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740630
ISBN
9780804740630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 x 16 page color insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 170 x 37. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608195435
ISBN
9781608195435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.74

Hardcover. Editor(s): Antonelli, Paola. Num Pages: 224 pages, 283 illustrations, 262 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AGC; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 270 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1200.
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870700132
ISBN
9780870700132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Paperback. Offers perspectives on civil rights. This anthology gathers works by some of the influential writers to engage issues of race and social justice in America, including James Baldwin, Flannery O'Connor, Amiri Baraka, and Nikki Giovanni. Editor(s): Armstrong, Julie Buckner. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820332253
ISBN
9780820332253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.38

Paperback. Editor(s): Polenberg, Richard. Num Pages: 448 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWJ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486616
ISBN
9780801486616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Barker, Kathleen; Christensen, Kathleen. Num Pages: 368 pages, 42. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500. An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Cornell University Press Ithaca
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KRS0017538
ISBN
9780801484056
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 804.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865976290
ISBN
9780865976290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.00

Hardcover. Editor(s): Bellio, Paul E. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 8. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607415640
ISBN
9781607415640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.19
€ 117.83

Hardback. Editor(s): Morrison, Annie. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634848664
ISBN
9781634848664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.51
€ 135.43

Paperback. Accompanying a year-long exhibition at the University of Kentucky Art Museum, this work explores the distinctiveness of southern landscape painting from the early 19th century through to the 1940s. Num Pages: 84 pages, 31 colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JH; 3JJ; AFC; AGC; AGN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 241 x 10. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882007172
ISBN
9781882007172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.98

Paperback. How do you pilot a submarine? The US Navy based this book on the USS Perch and it gives in depth detail on all aspects of submarine work. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 122 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445635859
ISBN
9781445635859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.06

Hardback. They make available for the first time in English the frank and insightful letters of the French minister on the subject of the new federal government. Editor(s): Bickford, Charlene Bangs; Bowling, Kenneth R.; DiGiacomantonio, William Charles; Veit, Helen E. Series: Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791. Num Pages: 760 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNF; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1203.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
760
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801871603
ISBN
9780801871603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.61

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