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The Americas

Paperback. The phrase "a strong work ethic" conjures images of hard-driving employees working diligently for long hours. But where did this ideal come from, and how has it been buffeted by changes in work itself? This book shows how the new work culture permeated society, including literature, politics, the emerging feminist movement, and the labor movement. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 56. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226136233
ISBN
9780226136233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.12

paperback. This text is an account of the vibrant international network that the American socio-political reformers constructed - so often obscured by notions of American exceptionalism - and of its profound impact on the USA from the 1870s through to 1945. Num Pages: 648 pages, 33 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 35. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Number of pages
648
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002012
ISBN
9780674002012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.98

Paperback. Shows how the collective purposes and meanings that had framed social debate became unhinged and uncertain. This title offers a reinterpretation of the ways in which the decades surrounding the 1980s changed America. It explains how structures of power came to seem less important than market choice and fluid selves. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064362
ISBN
9780674064362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.56

Paperback. Robert E. Lee gave Joseph E. Johnston an impossible task. Federal armies under Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had rampaged through Georgia on their March to the Sea" and now were cutting a swath of destruction as they marched north from Savannah through the Carolinas." Series: Emerging Civil War Series. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Savas Beatie
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611212457
ISBN
9781611212457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.70

Paperback.
Publisher
Savas Beatie United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611211658
ISBN
9781611211658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 568 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DSP; 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 53. Weight in Grams: 4468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804787215
ISBN
9780804787215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.95

Paperback. A groundbreaking study of Louis Armstrong s autobiographical practices" Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 26. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472051809
ISBN
9780472051809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.96

Hardback. Based on archival research and interviews with leading participants in the movement, this title traces the ascendancy of neoliberalism from the academy of interwar Europe to supremacy under Reagan and Thatcher and in the decades since. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151571
ISBN
9780691151571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.08

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681774022
ISBN
9781681774022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007552337
ISBN
9780007552337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.34

paperback. This work makes a contribution to the public understanding of the issues involved in reforming Social Security. It describes the current system and the pressures that have been brought to bear upon it, before dissecting and evaluating the various reform proposals. Num Pages: 177 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226751177
ISBN
9780226751177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1x 8pp insert b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 34. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455518722
ISBN
9781455518722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.68

Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JPA; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691164694
ISBN
9780691164694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.14

Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JPA; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691164700
ISBN
9780691164700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.29

Henry Watterson (1840-1921), editor of the "Louisville Courier-Journal" from the 1860s through WWI, was one of the most important and widely read newspaper editors in American history. This book combines biographical narrative with an evaluation of Watterson's unique involvement in the politics of free trade and globalization. Series: Topics in Kentucky History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 617.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124179
ISBN
9780813124179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.90

Paperback. Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 394 pages, 25 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813168463
ISBN
9780813168463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.84

Hardcover. Aims to reveal that campus capitalism is more complicated and less profitable than media reports would suggest. This book includes interviews with scientists and administrators. It is useful for those who care about scientific research. It shows that industry dollars are dwarfed by government support and other funds. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKG; JNMN; PDG; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226306254
ISBN
9780226306254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.87

Hardback. Editor(s): Rosser, Daniel S. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
139
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624179167
ISBN
9781624179167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.32
€ 136.08

Paperback. Theodore Roosevelt's ideas about the nation's past and his own times can be found sprinkled throughout his voluminous writings. This title provides readers with Roosevelt's view of American history from the Revolution to the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061834349
ISBN
9780061834349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMG; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822963134
ISBN
9780822963134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.44

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