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The Americas
Paperback. A blend of oral history and memoir with a good dose of quirky humor, the Tar Heel Traveler is a celebratory look at the people and places of North Carolina. Mason is the TV reporter-the Tar Heel Traveler-who journeys across North Carolina profiling colorful characters and out-of-the-way places. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBF; HBJK; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 35.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762785070
- ISBN
- 9780762785070
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.91
€ 26.99
€ 20.91
Paperback. Explores the tale of political corruption and repression and immigrants' struggles against dominant social codes of race, ethnicity, and class. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813544199
- ISBN
- 9780813544199
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; HBJK; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613748848
- ISBN
- 9781613748848
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.59
€ 17.99
€ 17.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613736494
- ISBN
- 9781613736494
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.94
€ 17.99
€ 16.94
Hardback. The essays in this book analyze and explain the crisis of democratic representation in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Editor(s): Mainwaring, Scott; Bejarano, Ana Maria; Leongomez, Eduardo Pizarro. Num Pages: 384 pages, 41 tables, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752787
- ISBN
- 9780804752787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.67
€ 91.67
Paperback. Producing more effective governance is the greatest challenge that faces most Latin American democracies - a challenge that involves not only strengthening democratic institutions but also increasing governmental effectiveness. This book addresses why some policies and some countries have been more successful than others in meeting this challenge. Editor(s): Mainwaring, Scott; Scully, Timothy R. Num Pages: 440 pages, 37 tables, 31 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPR; 3JM; JFSL4; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804760850
- ISBN
- 9780804760850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Paperback. Focusing primarily on recent South American cases, "Issues in Democratic Consolidation" examines some of the difficulties of constructing consolidated democracies and provides a critical examination of the major issues involved. Editor(s): Mainwaring, Scott; etc.; O'Donnell, Guillermo (Academic Director, the Kellog Institute and Helen Kellogg Professor of Government and Sociology); Valenzuela, J. Samuel (Professor and Chair of Sociology, and Senior Fellow, the Kellogg Institute, USA). Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268012113
- ISBN
- 9780268012113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.55
€ 37.99
€ 35.55
Hardback. Based on an in-depth examination of the Brazillian case, this book argues that we need to rethink important theoretical issues and empirical realities of party systems in the third wave of democratization. Num Pages: 412 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 33. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730570
- ISBN
- 9780804730570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.40
€ 184.40
Paperback. Offering an overview of Christian Democracy in Latin America, this book examines the Christian Democratic organizations of Chilie and Mexico, which are still major parties today. The concluding section analyzes the demise of formerly significant Christian Democratic parties. Editor(s): Mainwaring, Scott; Scully, Timothy R. Num Pages: 424 pages, 38 tables, 11 illustrations, 4 maps, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJH; 3JJP; HRC; JHBA; JPHV; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745987
- ISBN
- 9780804745987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.45
€ 42.99
€ 38.45
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566399241
- ISBN
- 9781566399241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
Paperback. Tells the history of American filmmakers crucial to the development of ethnographic film and personal documentary. By exploring the cinematic, personal, and professional relationships between these accomplished filmmakers, MacDonald shows how an approach to documentary developed over the past half century. Num Pages: 424 pages, 50 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275621
- ISBN
- 9780520275621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.72
€ 45.99
€ 32.72
Hardback. He chronicles the impact of litigation on college access policies, including the rise of selectivity and institutional differentiation, the decline of de jure segregation, the spread of contractual understandings of enrollment, and the triumph of vocational emphases. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JNM; LAQ; LNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418841
- ISBN
- 9781421418841
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.23
€ 51.99
€ 43.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Barricade Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569802878
- ISBN
- 9781569802878
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.80
€ 20.99
€ 19.80
Paperback. 46 Pages is a dramatic look at a pivotal moment in our country's formation, a scholar's meticulous recreation of the turbulent years leading up to the Revolutionary War, retold with excitement and new insight. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Running Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762418138
- ISBN
- 9780762418138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.62
€ 23.99
€ 16.62
Paperback. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indegenous Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFFN; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816656332
- ISBN
- 9780816656332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. How New York's mayor's urban development plans rely on a blending of Moses and Jacobs Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439909690
- ISBN
- 9781439909690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.90
€ 93.90
Paperback. How New York's mayor's urban development plans rely on a blending of Moses and Jacobs Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439909706
- ISBN
- 9781439909706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. Historians, anthropologists, and literary critics examine the legacies of the Second Indochina War, or what most Americans call the Vietnam War, nearly forty years after the United States finally left Vietnam. Editor(s): Laderman, Scott; Martini, Edwin A. Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJP; GTJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354628
- ISBN
- 9780822354628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.89
€ 114.89
Paperback. An argument that tourist literature and U.S. military guides have shaped Americans understanding of Vietnam and projections of U.S. power since the mid-twentieth century. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 312 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJF; HBJK; JFC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344148
- ISBN
- 9780822344148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.50
€ 31.99
€ 28.50
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253215192
- ISBN
- 9780253215192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.23
€ 25.99
€ 24.23
hardcover. William "Extra Billy" Smith, the oldest and one of the most controversial Confederate generals on the field at Gettysburg, was also one of the most colourful and charismatic characters of the Civil War and the antebellum Old South. Num Pages: 336 pages, 27 photos, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Savas Beatie United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781611211290
- ISBN
- 9781611211290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.97
€ 18.97
Paperback. Los Angeles has attracted intense attention as a 'world city' characterized by multiculturalism and globalization. This work highlights the role African Americans and Japanese Americans played in the social and political struggles that remade twentieth-century Los Angeles. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146188
- ISBN
- 9780691146188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 42.28
€ 53.40
€ 42.28
Paperback. Series: American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBN; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294912
- ISBN
- 9780520294912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.01
€ 20.99
€ 17.01
Paperback. Offers an ethnography of the culture of suburban drug dealers. This book shows that suburban drug dealers accord status to deliberate avoidance of conflict, which helps keep their drug markets more peaceful - and, consequently, less likely to be noticed by law enforcement. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JFSP2; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226164113
- ISBN
- 9780226164113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76