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Hardcover. This study of the US District Court, Southern District of Texas, analyses the changes in its mission, structure, policies and procedures from 1955 to 2000. These efforts are situated within the social, cultural and political expectations that prompted the increase in judical seats. Series: Studies in the Legal History of the South. Num Pages: 656 pages, 3 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJP; HBT; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1007.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820323633
ISBN
9780820323633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.73

Hardback. Spanish California - with its diverse mix of Indians, soldiers, settlers, and missionaries - provides a fascinating site for the investigation of individual and collective identity in colonial America. This volume helps in reshaping our understanding of how people in the northernmost Spanish Borderlands viewed themselves and remade their worlds. Editor(s): Hackel, Steven W. Series: Western Histories. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520289048
ISBN
9780520289048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.50
€ 63.51

hardcover. American Justice 2015 is the indispensable guide to the fourteen most controversial and divisive cases decided by the Supreme Court in the 2014-15 term, touching on issues such as as free speech, race and equality, religious freedom, privacy, the fate of Obamacare, and gay marriage. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAS; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780812248067
ISBN
9780812248067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 28.09

paperback. This work puts texts from English and French Canada, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Brazil, Bolivia and the US into a hemispheric dialogue on national and ethnic identity. It illustrates the potential of seeing a nation as the product of its citizens, and the instability inherent in national communities. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1KLCG; 1KLCN; 1KLSB; 1KLSL; BGA; DSB; JFC; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813918457
ISBN
9780813918457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.00

Paperback. Demonstrating that globalization is a centuries-old phenomenon, this book examines the commodity chains that have connected producers in Latin America with consumers around the world for five hundred years. It reconstructs complex webs of relationships and economic processes, highlighting Latin America's central place in the world economy. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 384 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337669
ISBN
9780822337669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.34

Hardcover. Examines the largely unsung leadership of U.S. Army battalion commanders in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations of World War II and concludes that they were hugely instrumental in overcoming their German Adversaries to emerge victorious, first in North Africa (Operation TORCH) and then in Sicily (Operation HUSKY). Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
HAR/MAP
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700618996
ISBN
9780700618996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JMC; JPH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271034218
ISBN
9780271034218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.51
€ 43.37

Hardback. This book brings together a distinguished group of expert scholars from the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University on the main areas of American Jewish life, from colonial Jewish experience to images of Jews in contemporary films. This volume represents the fruit of this collective reflection and interrogation. Editor(s): Katz, Steven T. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761847687
ISBN
9780761847687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.60

Paperback. Presents excerpts from the official reports of investigations into the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, examining the failures in leadership that led to the abuse, the extent of the crimes, and the consequences for the U.S. military. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KHN0001609
ISBN
9781586483197
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. Studying the years from 1880 to 1930, this text traces the origins, evolution and implications of the fruit industry in California, the creation of America's first industrial countryside and its repercussions. The text examines the growers' corporations and their political influence. Num Pages: 302 pages, 9 b/w illustrations and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ; KNAC; KNDF; RN; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780520211728
ISBN
9780520211728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.33
€ 48.20

Hardcover. Provides an in-depth analysis and synthesis of the economic approach to the building blocks of the US legal system - namely property law, tort law, contract law and criminal law. The book examines the litigation process as well as welfare economics and morality. Num Pages: 768 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1142.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Number of pages
768
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011557
ISBN
9780674011557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.96
€ 95.88

Paperback. This text examines Bill Clinton's role in redefining the institution of the presidency, and his effect on future presidents' economic and foreign policies. The contributors highlight the president's gained "celebrity status", his impeachment and his style of presidency. Editor(s): Schier, Steven E. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822957423
ISBN
9780822957423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.52

Hardcover. An overview of Arab-American fiction as it has developed over the past twenty years Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632771
ISBN
9780815632771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.69

paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; GTB; HBTR; JFSL9; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press United Kingdom
Condition
New
Edition
3rd ed.
SKU
V9781517901424
ISBN
9781517901424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517901417
ISBN
9781517901417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.80

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJG; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231173520
ISBN
9780231173520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 49.96

Hardback. Editor(s): Rybin, Steven. Series: Directors' Cuts. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APFA; APFB; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 243 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231176163
ISBN
9780231176163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.32
€ 62.74

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCP; APB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 206. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764349898
ISBN
9780764349898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.93

In assessing these threats, David contends that the United States's only viable option is to view other-state civil upheaval similarly to natural disasters and to develop a coherent, effective emergency response mechanism, which does not exist today in any systemic, nationwide form. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801889882
ISBN
9780801889882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.33

Paperback. In assessing these threats, David contends that the United States's only viable option is to view other-state civil upheaval similarly to natural disasters and to develop a coherent, effective emergency response mechanism, which does not exist today in any systemic, nationwide form. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801889899
ISBN
9780801889899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.79

Hardback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFSL3; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761855224
ISBN
9780761855224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.57

Hardback. Presents roughly sixty years' worth of Arthur Miller scholarship, offering a range of interpretations and critical responses to the playwright's work. Editor(s): Centola, Steven R.; Cirulli, Michelle. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313289194
ISBN
9780313289194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.03
€ 32.14

Paperback. Editor(s): Beissinger, Steven R.; Ackerly, David D; Doremus, Holly; Machlis, Gary E. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226423005
ISBN
9780226423005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.54

Hardcover. DIASPORA Knights Across the Atlantic tells the story of the Knights of Labor, one of the great social movements of American history, in Britain and Ireland. Series: Studies in Labour History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781781383186
ISBN
9781781383186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.31

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