The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. From the 17th century Cavaliers and Uncle Tom's Cabin to Civil Rights museums and the conflicts over the Confederate flag, this book presents a portrait of southern identity, in the blend of history, literature, and culture. It explains how the South first came to be seen and then came to see itself as a region apart from the rest of America. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195315813
- ISBN
- 9780195315813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.64
€ 22.64
Hardback. Born out of the ashes of World War II, the covert action arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was created to counter the challenge posed by the Soviet Union and its allies and bolster American interests worldwide. This book sheds light on the undercover operations mounted by the CIA during the Cold War. Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845118822
- ISBN
- 9781845118822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.89€ 135.20
€ 152.89
€ 135.20
Paperback. A collection of profiles and essays, which proffers observations on writers and writing in the post-1950s period. It considers writers associated with the "New Yorker" magazine, including John Updike, William Maxwell, Truman Capote, and Jonathan Franzen. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252370
- ISBN
- 9780520252370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; GTC; JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271048765
- ISBN
- 9780271048765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.15€ 73.33
€ 88.15
€ 73.33
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ciment, James; Russell, Thaddeus. Num Pages: 1478 pages, 165. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJF; 3JJH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 99. Weight in Grams: 4345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 1478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576078495
- ISBN
- 9781576078495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 279.90€ 253.56
€ 279.90
€ 253.56
Paperback. Riven by caste, committed to commerce, practicing democratic and Christian ideals haphazardly, the Americo-Liberians created a history that is, to a surprising degree, the mirror image of our own. This book shows that the settlers struggled to balance their high ideals with their prejudices. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hill and Wang
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780809026951
- ISBN
- 9780809026951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.90
€ 19.99
€ 17.90
Hardback. Editor(s): Clifton, James. Num Pages: 272 pages, 200 color + 45 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; AC; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 229. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300207811
- ISBN
- 9780300207811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 45.01
€ 52.92
€ 45.01
Hardback. A comprehensive history of the social and political aspects of vaccination in the United States, this work tells the story of how vaccination became a widely accepted public health measure over the course of the twentieth century. It examines the strategies that health officials have used to gain public acceptance of vaccines. Series: California/ Milbank Books on Health & the Public. Num Pages: 349 pages, 22 b&w illlustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; MBN; MBX; MJCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 349
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247499
- ISBN
- 9780520247499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.58
€ 83.50
€ 63.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 44.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762778072
- ISBN
- 9780762778072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.91
€ 29.99
€ 22.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 22 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 33.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493018819
- ISBN
- 9781493018819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.30
€ 19.99
€ 17.30
Hardcover. Num Pages: 251 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPA; JPF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913966914
- ISBN
- 9780913966914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.03
€ 19.99
€ 16.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 279 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPA; JPF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913966921
- ISBN
- 9780913966921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86
Hardback. Editor(s): Cristie, James R. Num Pages: 348 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 186 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600213564
- ISBN
- 9781600213564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.28€ 109.87
€ 162.28
€ 109.87
Hardcover. Editor(s): Haffner, James D.; Gennady, Elizabeth M. Num Pages: 199 pages, tables, graphs, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612095141
- ISBN
- 9781612095141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.73€ 146.84
€ 218.73
€ 146.84
Although Clay Lancaster established himself as an expert on New York brownstones and California bungalows, he also spent four decades photographing architecture in his native Kentucky. This book displays over 150 black-and-white images, revealing the architectural treasures found in the Bluegrass State and demonstrating the vision of an artist. Num Pages: 144 pages, 157 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; AJC; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124216
- ISBN
- 9780813124216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.95
€ 37.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 207.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583672242
- ISBN
- 9781583672242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853459255
- ISBN
- 9780853459255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.17
€ 20.99
€ 19.17
Paperback. Editor(s): Dilts, James D.; Black, Catharine F. Num Pages: 101 pages, 4 color & 69 b/w photos/maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Tidewater Pub
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870334276
- ISBN
- 9780870334276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.89
€ 36.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. This masterful, richly illustrated account of the planning and building of the most important and influential early American railroad contributes not only to the railway history but to the history of the development of the United States in the 19th century. 80 illustrations. Num Pages: 496 pages, 80 half-tones 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 175 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726290
- ISBN
- 9780804726290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.23
€ 56.23
Paperback. Strategies, tactics, decisions, personalities and controversies that turned America's audacious gamble in the South Pacific into its first successful offensive of WWII, written with the storytelling drive that made Hornfischer's first 2 books award winners and word-of-mouth favourites. An indispensable work of narrative history. Num Pages: 544 pages, 2 16-page b&w inserts, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MKLS; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 618. The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal. 544 pages, 2 16-page b&w inserts, 9 maps. Strategies, tactics, decisions, personalities and controversies that turned America's audacious gamble in the South Pacific into its first successful offensive of WWII, written with the storytelling drive that made Hornfischer's first 2 books award winners and word-of-mouth favourites. An indispensable work of narrative history. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MKLS; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 33. Weight: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Edition
- 2.5.2012
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553385120
- ISBN
- 9780553385120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.89
€ 25.99
€ 22.89
Paperback. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 140 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; HBJK; JFCA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295971605
- ISBN
- 9780295971605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.07
€ 25.99
€ 23.07
Paperback. Persistent problems have left Illinois the butt of jokes and threatened it with fiscal catastrophe. The authors use their four decades of experience as public servants, Springfield veterans, and government observers to present a program of almost one hundred specific policy ideas aimed at rescuing the state from its long list of problems. Num Pages: 200 pages, 8 charts, 3 tables, 1 line drawing, 4 sidebars. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252079962
- ISBN
- 9780252079962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.55
€ 21.55
Paperback. With what effects, Rice asks, did humankind exploit and then alter the landscape and the quality of the river's waters? Equal parts environmental, Native American, and colonial history, Nature and History in the Potomac Country is a useful and innovative study of the Potomac River, its valley, and its people. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; WNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421513
- ISBN
- 9781421421513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.29
€ 32.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. Enjoy fascinating look at the life of this extraordinary historic figure. Beginning in the backwoods of Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln's life story is toldfrom his childhood and young adulthood to becoming a businessman, soldier, surveyor, lawyer, politician, Num Pages: 144 pages, 270 postcards. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AJC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 219 x 13. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764328572
- ISBN
- 9780764328572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.01
€ 31.99
€ 21.01