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The Americas
Hardback. A narrative history by a Fed insider of how monetary policy is shaped in the US, with special emphasis on the performances of former Chairman Ben Bernanke and current Chairwoman Janet Yellen in facing the prelude, outbreak, and aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Series: Palgrave Studies in American Economic History. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KCBM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2090
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137578587
- ISBN
- 9781137578587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.22
€ 151.22
Paperback. This book explains why, when, and how political actors create administrative agencies in such a way as to insulate them from political control, particularly presidential control. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPQ; KNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745901
- ISBN
- 9780804745901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, many questioned whether the large number of political appointees in the Federal Emergency Management Agency contributed to the agency's poor handling of the catastrophe. This book examines how and why Presidents use political appointees and how their choices impact government performance - for better or worse. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 line illus. 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135441
- ISBN
- 9780691135441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.76
€ 46.99
€ 33.76
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HB; JWK; JWMV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801434587
- ISBN
- 9780801434587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691023458
- ISBN
- 9780691023458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.89€ 42.58
€ 52.89
€ 42.58
Hardback. In 1990, Chile emerged from almost 17 years of military rule to become the only Latin American country where a democratic regime coexists with free market policies that actually work. This book explores this paradox, and examines the prospects for future economic growth. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JPH; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333550519
- ISBN
- 9780333550519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.26
€ 194.26
Hardback. This book examines how de facto segregation unfolded and operated at the New Jersey shore after the Civil War. Weaving together histories of race, leisure, and consumption, it argues that the politics of mass consumption contained early desegregation efforts and prolonged Jim Crow. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823272716
- ISBN
- 9780823272716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400945
- ISBN
- 9781421400945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.43
€ 43.99
€ 37.43
Paperback. Accessible, engaging, and hard hitting, STEM the Tide is a clarion call to policymakers, administrators, educators, and everyone else concerned about students' participation in the STEM fields and America's competitive global position. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416953
- ISBN
- 9781421416953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.04
€ 41.04
Hardcover. Provides a survey of the history and background of Lochner versus New York. This title argues that the decision was well grounded in precedent - and that modern constitutional jurisprudence owes at least as much to the limited-government ideas of Lochner proponents as to the more expansive vision of its Progressive opponents. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043531
- ISBN
- 9780226043531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.22€ 64.31
€ 75.22
€ 64.31
Paperback. A reevaluation of an infamous Supreme Court decision that provides a compelling survey of the history and background of Lochner v New York. It argues not only that the court acted reasonably in Lochner, but that Lochner and like-minded cases have been widely misunderstood and unfairly maligned ever since. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226004044
- ISBN
- 9780226004044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.27
€ 26.99
€ 22.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 134 color & 12 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764327902
- ISBN
- 9780764327902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.90
€ 20.99
€ 15.90
Paperback. A fascinating history of the Maya - drawing on a wealth of recent archaeological discoveries - whose civilisation in the jungles of Central America was for almost a thousand years hidden from the world. Num Pages: 464 pages, 24, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HBLC; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 202 x 30. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753809891
- ISBN
- 9780753809891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Hardcover. This comprehensive study ranges from Irving's Knickerbockers, Emerson's Transcendentalists, and Garrison's abolitionists to the popular serial fiction writers for Robert Bonner's New York Ledger to unearth surprising convergences between such seemingly disparate circles. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110465
- ISBN
- 9780230110465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Paperback. Reveals how George W. Bush's religious fundamentalism has been transformed into political policy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPQB; JPWL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745323053
- ISBN
- 9780745323053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.07
€ 33.99
€ 23.07
Paperback. A first edition, Insiders' Guide to Louisville is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to this storied Kentucky city. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of Louisville and its surrounding environs. Series: Insiders' Guide Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Insiders' Guide United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762756957
- ISBN
- 9780762756957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.41
€ 20.99
€ 17.41
Hardback. The Epidemic tells how a vain and reckless businessman became responsible for a typhoid epidemic in 1903 that devastated Cornell University and the surrounding town of Ithaca, N.Y. Eighty-two people died, including 29 Cornell students. Protected by influential friends, William T. Morris faced no retribution for this outrage. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBE; BGB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 37.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762760084
- ISBN
- 9780762760084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.51
€ 25.99
€ 20.51
Hardcover. Features forty tales that capture the history, romance, and lore of early life on the plains and prairie - rollicking adventures set between the Rio Grande and the Canadian border that reflect the reality of life in the region during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 232 pages, 38 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BT; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615186
- ISBN
- 9780700615186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.75
€ 33.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. Drawing from letters, diaries, reports, and first-hand reminiscences, one of the foremost historians of the Old West flushes out the story of the men and women who opened commerce with Spanish America along the Santa Fe Trail between Missouri and New Mexico. 110 photos, maps, & drawings. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618705
- ISBN
- 9780700618705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.37
€ 27.99
€ 26.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; LBBC; LNHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781479828807
- ISBN
- 9781479828807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. The explosive account of how Republican legislators and political operatives fundamentally rigged our American democracy through redistricting. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPH; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631491627
- ISBN
- 9781631491627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.89
€ 27.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. Enjoy the taste of food from all around the Caribbean Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Right Way
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716022985
- ISBN
- 9780716022985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. The Puritans, in their own words, demonstrate the depth and variety of a culture that took root in New England in the 17th century. Editor(s): Hall, David D. Num Pages: 392 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JD; DSBD; HBJK; HBLH; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114095
- ISBN
- 9780691114095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.89€ 42.58
€ 52.89
€ 42.58
Paperback. Not only sustains a bold thesis about Americanization but also affords the reader one of the freshest and most comprehensive histories of the seventh century New England mind and society. Series: Harvard Theological Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard Divinity School
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019591
- ISBN
- 9780674019591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.96
€ 32.99
€ 27.96