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The Americas

Paperback. "Exhilarating .. strikes a balance between the personal and the abstract."-Edward Rothstein, New York Times Editor(s): Foner, Eric. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393337051
ISBN
9780393337051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.58

Paperback. Foner's famous book has been one of the most influential and successful works dealing with the factors that brought the North to fight the Civil War. Foner has now written a new introduction that puts his argument in the book into the context of contemporary scholarship. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195094978
ISBN
9780195094978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.85

Paperback. A stirring history of America focused on its animating impulse: freedom. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393319620
ISBN
9780393319620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.26

Paperback. A new generation of scholars addresses the current themes and questions in interpreting American history Editor(s): Foner, Eric; McGirr, Lisa; American Historical Association. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439902448
ISBN
9781439902448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Hardcover. The story of how three remarkable New Yorkers helped over 3000 African American slaves escape to a life of liberty in Canada, in the decades before the American Civil War Num Pages: 320 pages, 35 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198737902
ISBN
9780198737902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.28

Paperback. "A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era."-Boston Globe Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 209 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340662
ISBN
9780393340662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 752 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 864.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062354518
ISBN
9780062354518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.47

Hardcover. An irreplaceable portrait of George W. Bush Series: Focus on American History Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, 149 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; AJCP; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 314 x 286 x 28. Weight in Grams: 2216.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292745476
ISBN
9780292745476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.12

Paperback. Introduces community planning as practiced in the United States, focusing on the comprehensive plan. Suitable for the readers, including professional planners, planning students, and interested citizens, this book provides a pragmatic view of the comprehensive plan. Num Pages: 455 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 266 x 204 x 22. Weight in Grams: 886.
Publisher
Island Press United States
Number of pages
455
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597265539
ISBN
9781597265539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 black & white halftones, 58 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493013289
ISBN
9781493013289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.84

Paperback. Series: Insiders' Guide Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBE; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 25.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762773190
ISBN
9780762773190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. This is a history of the California prison movement from 1950 to 1980, highlighting the role that prison reading and writing played in the creation of radical inmate ideology in those years. Editor(s): Cummins, Eric. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722322
ISBN
9780804722322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardback. Focuses on Native literatures in a postcolonial context. This work contains essays that consider the complex social and political influences that have shaped American Indian literatures in the second half of the twentieth century, with particular emphasis on core themes of identity, sovereignty, and land. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231117647
ISBN
9780231117647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.17

Paperback. In 1977 'Julia' became one of the 30,000 victims of Argentina's military dictatorship. Julia was a young physician and mother-to-be kidnapped from a medical clinic and found years later in a clandestine grave along with 334 other corpses. By covering the life of one victim, this book gives voice to the thousands of citizens who were 'disappeared'. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JPVH; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Temple University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394376
ISBN
9781566394376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.03

Hardback. In this oral history, gay Asian Americans talk frankly about their struggle for self-determination and independence. These pioneers in the Los Angeles movement discuss the gay scene in Southern California and the development of a distinctly Asian-American identity. Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian & Pacific Perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBBWF; GTB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511095
ISBN
9780742511095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.00

Hardback. Based on Gallup data; it's an important book that challenges conventional wisdom and sheds greater light on what advances entrepreneurship Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Gallup Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595620200
ISBN
9781595620200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.94

Paperback. Explains why youth gangs emerged, how they evolved, and why young men found membership and the violence it involved so attractive. This book describes how postwar urban renewal, slum clearances, and ethnic migration pitted African-American, Puerto Rican, and Euro-American youths against each other in battles to dominate changing neighborhoods. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 halftones, 3 line illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFC; JFFE; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691074542
ISBN
9780691074542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.15

Paperback. Reexamines the trope of the machine in the garden that laid out by Leo Marx years ago. Extending the relevance of Marx's theory from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, this title examines the filmic and literary representations of industrial, bureaucratic, and digital gardens; explore its role in the aftermath of the Civil War and more. Editor(s): Erbacher, Eric; Maruo-Schroder, Nicole; Sedlmeier, Florian. Series: North American Studies. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; DQ; JHMC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 83 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593501918
ISBN
9783593501918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.05
€ 63.66

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pegasus Books United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605987729
ISBN
9781605987729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.13

Hardback. Offers a look at how journalists have misreported history. This title shows how the media got history wrong and how those mistakes have been magnified and distorted over time, changing our view and understanding of the past. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470405239
ISBN
9780470405239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.69

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