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The Americas
Paperback. Eighty per cent of Americans have no British ancestors. According to David Hackett Fischer, however, their day-to-day lives are profoundly influenced by folkways transplanted from Britain to the New World with the first settlers. This text examines the transfer of values from Old World to New. Series: America: a Cultural History. Num Pages: 972 pages, 80 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFC; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 972
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195069051
- ISBN
- 9780195069051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 41.58
€ 42.99
€ 41.58
Hardback. Confronting insurgent violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US military has recognized the need to "re-learn" counterinsurgency. But how has the Department of Defense with its mixed efforts responded to this new strategic environment? This title examines DoD's institutional obstacles and initially slow response to a changing strategic reality. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWDG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589014879
- ISBN
- 9781589014879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.95
€ 204.95
Conceived during the turbulent period of the late 1960s when 'rights talk' was ubiquitous, this book helps you strove to understand how the rights of federal civil servants had become so differentiated from those of ordinary citizens. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; KNV; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626161429
- ISBN
- 9781626161429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.38
€ 206.38
Paperback. Looks at the constitutional rights of federal employees from the nation's founding to the present. This book concludes that the current status of constitutional rights may reflect a shift to a model based on private sector practices. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; KNV; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626160781
- ISBN
- 9781626160781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.50
€ 70.50
Paperback. Examines anthropologists' little-known contributions to the Second World War. This book looks at the role played by the two primary US anthropological organizations, the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology, in facilitating the application of anthropological methods to the problems of war. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822342373
- ISBN
- 9780822342373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. An archival history of governmental investigations of anthropologists in the 1950s, based on over 20,000 pages of documents obtained by the author under the Freedom of Information Act Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; JHM; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333388
- ISBN
- 9780822333388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardback. David H. Price uses information from CIA, FBI, and military records to map the connections between academia and the strategic use of anthropological research to further the goals of the U.S. military and outline the major influence the American security state has had on the field of anthropology. Num Pages: 488 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361060
- ISBN
- 9780822361060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. David H. Price uses information from CIA, FBI, and military records to map the connections between academia and the strategic use of anthropological research to further the goals of the U.S. military and outline the major influence the American security state has had on the field of anthropology. Num Pages: 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361251
- ISBN
- 9780822361251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
Hardback. Given the popularity of all types of skating-on the ice, on the boards, and on the streets-why isn't roller skating an Olympic event? The answers -and there are many-are likely to anger and astound readers in turn. The volume also explores the past and present world of competitive roller skating. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810830486
- ISBN
- 9780810830486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.09
€ 118.09
paperback. This volume is the second in the Essays in the History of Canadian Law series, designed to illustrate the wide possibilities for research and writing in Canadian legal history. Editor(s): Flaherty, David H. Series: Essays in the History of Canadian Law. Num Pages: 612 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 612
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613584
- ISBN
- 9781442613584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.74€ 66.50
€ 67.74
€ 66.50
Hardback. David Gutierrez and his contributors have produced this volume that provides interpretations of recent Latino history, including the six major groups, as well as insight into the major areas of contention and debate that characterize Latino scholarship in the early 21st century. Editor(s): Gutierrez, David G. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 38. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118088
- ISBN
- 9780231118088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.47
€ 118.84
€ 89.47
Paperback. The only text not to focus exclusively on the Third World. Second edition of a clasic text, completely revised and updated since first publication in 1985. The clearest and most up-to-date account of the supply of and demand for the world's food. The only text not to focus exclusively on the Third World. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KLC; 1KLS; JFFC1; KCM; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631176336
- ISBN
- 9780631176336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Paperback. Series: Rural Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 b&w illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3J; HBTB; RNT; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271019512
- ISBN
- 9780271019512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.46
€ 40.99
€ 31.46
Paperback. A sweeping study of Hollywood from Now, Voyager, The Heiress, and Flamingo Road to Carrie, the Alien films, The Brave One, and the slasher horror genre, this book boldly unsettles commonplace understandings of genre film, female sexuality, and Freudian theory as it makes a strong new case for the queer relevance of female representation. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137354990
- ISBN
- 9781137354990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.50
€ 69.50
Paperback. "A brilliant, fast-moving narrative history of the leaders who have defined the modern American presidency."-Bob Woodward Num Pages: 576 pages, 24 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780393353648
- ISBN
- 9780393353648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Hardcover. The most powerful political tool of the modern presidency is control of the message and the image. Num Pages: 560 pages, 24 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393067064
- ISBN
- 9780393067064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.70
€ 37.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. This fourth edition of David Grant Noble's indispensable guide to archaeological ruins of the American Southwest includes updated text and newly opened archaeological sites. Filled with photos of ruins, petroglyphs, and artifacts, as well as maps, this is a guide every traveler needs when exploring the Southwest. Num Pages: 304 pages, 51 black & white halftones, 84 colour illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HDD; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589799370
- ISBN
- 9781589799370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.68
€ 26.99
€ 24.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611493832
- ISBN
- 9781611493832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.48
€ 134.48
Paperback. A blockbuster adventure about life, death and obsession in the Amazon Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pages b-w plate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; WTLC; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Film tie-in edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471164910
- ISBN
- 9781471164910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.99
€ 11.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. From small beginnings its demonstrations spread across the world to cities like Cairo, Athens, Barcelona and London and gave a glimpse of a new way. This book looks at the actions of the 99 per cent asks: why was it so effective? What went right? And what can we all do now to make our world democratic once again? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPWF; JPWQ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718195045
- ISBN
- 9780718195045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81