The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. Tracing the history of seismology and the rise of the regulatory state and of environmental awareness, California Earthquakes tells how earthquake-hazard management came about, why some groups assisted and others fought it, and how scientists and engineers helped shape it. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFC; RBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889769
- ISBN
- 9780801889769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Hardcover. The bombing of the Twin Towers in New York on September 11, 2001, marked a major turning point in modern American culture. Authors Bruce Tucker and Priscilla L. Walton examine critical moments in the aftermath of 9/11 arguing that commentators abandoned complexity, seeking to reduce events to their simplest signification. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Edition
- 1st THUS
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002334
- ISBN
- 9781137002334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.69
€ 64.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Kellner, Bruce. Num Pages: 384 pages, 61 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGA; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252074622
- ISBN
- 9780252074622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.81
€ 33.99
€ 30.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Van Doren, Carl. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; JFCX; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691627434
- ISBN
- 9780691627434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.79€ 48.04
€ 61.79
€ 48.04
Hardback. This book explores the rise of Barack Obama and his vision of One America in the context of profound social and political changes in the US, and the potential transformation of American foreign policy in the post-Bush era. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638949
- ISBN
- 9780748638949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.87
€ 33.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. This work argues that common law works far better than commonly understood. It contends that while the system can and does produce "wrong" results, it is very difficult for it to make flatly irrational decisions. It explains why common law may be more necessary than ever. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 265 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780814799161
- ISBN
- 9780814799161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. The dynamics of identity politics frequently have been studied from the perspective of 'outsider' groups, those outside the bounds of the imagined community. But how does this dynamic play out in the construction of the 'national imaginary'? This book helps reformulate how we use rights - to what end and through what means. Series: Queer Politics, Queer Theories. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1KBB; 1KBC; 1MBF; 1QFE; HRA; JFC; JFF; JFSJ; JFSK; JFSL1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 210 x 39. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566396240
- ISBN
- 9781566396240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.45
€ 38.99
€ 38.45
Paperback. A city is more than a massing of citizens, a layout of buildings and streets, or an arrangement of political, economic, and social institutions. By examining the place of water in the nineteenth-century consciousness, the author illuminates how city dwellers perceived themselves during the great age of American urbanization. Num Pages: 344 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSG; KNBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226151595
- ISBN
- 9780226151595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.94
€ 27.99
€ 22.94
Paperback. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Haymarket bombing of 1886, and the making and unmaking of the model town of Pullman are remarkable events. This book explores the imaginative dimensions of these events and traces the evolution of interconnected beliefs and actions that increasingly linked city, disorder, and social reality in minds of Americans. Num Pages: 403 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226764245
- ISBN
- 9780226764245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. A document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham's "1909 Plan of Chicago", produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, proposed many of the city's most distinctive features. This title reveals the Plan's central role in shaping the ways people envision the cityscape and urban life itself. Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions. Num Pages: 202 pages, 62 halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AMC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226764726
- ISBN
- 9780226764726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.46
€ 16.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. This account of Pearl Harbor provides an illustrated examination of one of the most significant events World War II. It seeks to uncover what really happened and why the Japanese were so successful. This 60th anniversary edition includes a CD of extracts from the Osprey Web event. Illustrator(s): Hook, Adam; Laurier, Jim. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 12 colour & 70 b&w illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841763903
- ISBN
- 9781841763903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.27
€ 23.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. Editor(s): Malone, Jamie. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781536102680
- ISBN
- 9781536102680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.87€ 71.61
€ 93.87
€ 71.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Stevens, Wayne P. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; KCH; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781536102703
- ISBN
- 9781536102703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.87€ 71.61
€ 93.87
€ 71.61
Hardback. In the tradition of Ruskin and Arnold, here's a witty, elegant essay on the contemporary academy by a renowned teacher, scholar, and former administrator. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JNK; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115223
- ISBN
- 9780231115223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.32
€ 59.42
€ 46.32
Hardback. Court day in early Virginia transformed crossroads towns into forums for citizens of all social classes to transact a variety of business, from legal cases before county magistrates to horse races, the sale of produce, and more. This is a history of the public buildings that formed this space and the important buildings that grew up around them. Series: Colonial Williamsburg Studies in Chesapeake History & Culture. Num Pages: 448 pages, 267 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923017
- ISBN
- 9780813923017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.41
€ 95.41
Paperback. Through a discussion of mainstream Hollywood films, this title investigates what the author terms 'the paradox of negative emotion' and the function of mainstream narratives as ritualistic fantasies. It describes the sensual nature of the movies and shows how film emotions are often elicited for rhetorical purposes. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. American Film and the Spectator's Experience. 296 pages, illustrations. Through a discussion of mainstream Hollywood films, this title investigates what the author terms 'the paradox of negative emotion' and the function of mainstream narratives as ritualistic fantasies. It describes the sensual nature of the movies and shows how film emotions are often elicited for rhetorical purposes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight: 424.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Trade Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256965
- ISBN
- 9780520256965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback / so. "A guide to the equipment of the trappers and fur traders who opened the old West"--Cover. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602399693
- ISBN
- 9781602399693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.58
€ 16.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. Interpretation of American history. Series: Harper torchbooks. Num Pages: 672 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XO) Open University set text. Dimension: 142 x 197 x 45. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- 3 Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061319853
- ISBN
- 9780061319853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.92
€ 24.99
€ 21.92
Hardback. In The Pursuit of Happiness in Times of War, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carl M. Cannon shows how the single phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is one of remarkable historical power. Series: American Political Challenges. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JHM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742525917
- ISBN
- 9780742525917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.45
€ 40.99
€ 33.45
Hardback. Forget what you were taught in seventh grade--Carl Cannon's On This Date takes readers down American history's back alleys and side streets. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455542307
- ISBN
- 9781455542307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 7.09
€ 33.99
€ 7.09