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Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155340
ISBN
9780691155340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Based on research, this book focuses on the wartime powers presidents wield at home. It shows that congress is more likely to defer to the president's policy preferences when political debates center on national rather than local considerations. Series: Chicago Series on International and Domestic Institutions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 line drawings, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226048390
ISBN
9780226048390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 150 x 32. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465042692
ISBN
9780465042692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.63

Paperback. Since the early 1960s, scholarly thinking on the power of US presidents has rested on these words: "Presidential power is the power to persuade." Power, in this formulation, is strictly about bargaining and convincing other political actors to do things the president cannot accomplish alone. This work argues otherwise. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18 line illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691102702
ISBN
9780691102702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691059211
ISBN
9780691059211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.91
€ 91.03

Paperback. Features evidence that recruited athletes 'underperform': they do even less well academically than predicted by their test scores and high school grades. This book examines the forces that drive this process and presents proposals for reform. It argues for re-establishing athletics as a means of fulfilling the educational missions of our colleges. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 440 pages, 54 line illus. 39 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; WSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123141
ISBN
9780691123141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. Offers information on how race-sensitive admissions policies work and defines the effects they have had on over 45,000 students of different races. This book reveals demonstrates what effect the termination of these policies would have on the number of minority students at different kinds of selective institutions. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 544 pages, 103 line illus. 93 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFJ; JFSL; JNMF; JNMN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050195
ISBN
9780691050195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Hardback. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 184 pages, 7 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691172101
ISBN
9780691172101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JNK; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158082
ISBN
9780691158082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. Provides the exploration of college completion at America's public universities. This title sheds light on serious issues as dropout rates linked to race, gender, and socioeconomic status. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 416 pages, 97 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNAM; JNF; JNHX; JNKD; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149905
ISBN
9780691149905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Fonthill Media LLc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625450777
ISBN
9781625450777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.81

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; 1KLSX; HRCX7; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
522
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636016
ISBN
9780691636016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 273.86

Paperback. The only way to reverse the historical trends that have made Los Angeles increasingly unliveable, Fulton concludes, is to confront the prevailing "cocoon citizenship,the mind-set that prevents the city's inhabitants and leaders from recognizing Los Angeles's patchwork of communities as a single metropolis. Num Pages: 424 pages, 74, 13 maps, 61 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBT; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801865060
ISBN
9780801865060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.61

Paperback. First published in 1943, this is an account of an Italian-American slum in Boston. Num Pages: 418 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560. Social Structure of an Italian Slum. 418 pages, illustrations. First published in 1943, this is an account of an Italian-American slum in Boston. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHM; JMH. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 27. Weight: 492.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
418
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
4th Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226895451
ISBN
9780226895451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 273 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865976689
ISBN
9780865976689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.75

Hardcover. Num Pages: 273 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865976672
ISBN
9780865976672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. Examines the checkered history of program budgeting (PPB) as a means of rationalizing the allocation of resources within and across government agencies. This book includes a study of the adoption and effects of PPB at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, 5 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; KJMV1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589017771
ISBN
9781589017771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.50

Hardback. Num Pages: 532 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 34. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
532
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761825982
ISBN
9780761825982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.98

Hardcover. Pinar documents that the field of curriculum studies in the United States is in the early stages of a second paradigm shift, this time stimulated by present political circumstances. He explains why their acceptance in contemporary scholarship signals their conceptual exhaustion and how recent work in the field begins to surpass them. Num Pages: 119 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNF; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137303417
ISBN
9781137303417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

Hardcover. Of interest to scholars both within and outside the U.S., this volume reports how curriculum studies scholars in Mexico understand their field's intellectual history, its present circumstances, and the relations among these intersecting domains with globalization. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JNF; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230114807
ISBN
9780230114807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 47.41

Hardback. Helps you examine the thorny issue of the pragmatism typically ascribed to Lincoln versus the radicalism of Lovejoy, and the role each played in ending slavery. Exploring the men's politics, personal traits, and religious convictions, this book traces their separate paths in life as well as their frequent interactions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252038464
ISBN
9780252038464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.82

Hardback. Since the end of World War II, runaway fears of Soviet imperialism, global terrorism, and anarchy have tended to drive American foreign policy toward an imperial agenda. This title draws on America's religious and political history and examines two concepts at play in the founding of the country - contractual and covenantal. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JHB; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589017658
ISBN
9781589017658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786472680
ISBN
9780786472680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.04

Hardback. Documents the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest: how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 484 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 17 maps, 25 tables, 41 examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2JNM; 3JB; CBX; CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257702
ISBN
9780520257702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.91
€ 58.34

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