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Paperback. What authority does international law really have for the United States? When and to what extent should the United States participate in the international legal system? This book provides an insight into these questions. It traces the traditional American wariness of international law to the basic principles of American thought. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LBG; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130552
ISBN
9780691130552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. .
Publisher
Beacon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807021217
ISBN
9780807021217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Focuses on Spain's and Portugal's New World empires in a trans-Atlantic context. This book argues that modern notions of sovereignty in the Atlantic world have been unstable and equivocal from the start. It shows how much contemporary notions of sovereignty emerged in Americas as a response to European imperial crises in the age of revolutions. Num Pages: 408 pages, 5 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DS; 1KL; HBJD; HBJK; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142777
ISBN
9780691142777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.67

Hardback. This is a political history of economic life. Through a description of the convulsions of long-term change from colony to republic in Buenos Aires, this book explores Atlantic world transformations in the 18th and 19th centuries. Num Pages: 392 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 675.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733793
ISBN
9780804733793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.88

Hardback. Num Pages: 474 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFE; GTF; JFFJ; JPSN2; LNDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 889.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
T.M.C. Asser Press Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9789462651647
ISBN
9789462651647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.27

hardcover. Examining repartimiento production of cochineal, a dyestuff produced exclusively by Oaxacan Indians and representing Mexico's most valued export after silver, this study shows that Indians produced cochineal for the market voluntarily because it provided them with needed income. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 tables, 15 graphs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735124
ISBN
9780804735124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.98

Paperback. The successful slave uprising, the Haitian Revolution gave birth to first independent black republic of modern era. Numerous narratives of these events survive. This book unearths these documents and presents excerpts from more than a dozen accounts written by white colonists trying to come to grips with a world that had suddenly disintegrated. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBG; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226675831
ISBN
9780226675831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.22

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803228399
ISBN
9780803228399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Hardback. O Glorious City is an exuberant love letter to San Francisco, composed by beloved local artist Jeremy Fish in honour of City Hall's 100th birthday. Num Pages: 208 pages, 100 b&w illustrations, paper over board with foil stamping. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; ACXJ; AGB; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 184. .
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452156040
ISBN
9781452156040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.80

Paperback. The stories behind the inequality crisis Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786631145
ISBN
9781786631145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 122 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477307434
ISBN
9781477307434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Searing reportage and analysis of the new politics of immigration in both Europe and America Num Pages: 160 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781680636
ISBN
9781781680636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JJPN; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Milkweed Editions United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571313430
ISBN
9781571313430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. An illuminating account of how the US and its new African command have created a self-fulfilling prophecy of terror and instability in the Sahara. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3JMC; JPS; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745329611
ISBN
9780745329611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.40

Paperback. Editor(s): Lane, Jeremy S. Num Pages: 65 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
65
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594540387
ISBN
9781594540387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 34.65

Paperback. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 19 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 19 illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JHMC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295995298
ISBN
9780295995298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.39

Paperback. While Americans prize the ability to get behind the wheel and hit the open road, they have not always agreed about what constitutes safe, decorous driving and who is capable of it. This title presents a cultural history of America's fear of and fascination with driving, from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Num Pages: 360 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822339632
ISBN
9780822339632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.27

Paperback. The General Resettlement of Indians in the Colonial Andes. 312 pages, 8 photographs, 3 maps, 3 figures. Shows how the General Resettlement in the Andes added another layer to a complex web of settlement rather than displacing or destroying it. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; JFSL9. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353102
ISBN
9780822353102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Helps you meet Blackwater USA, the private army that the US government has hired to operate in international war zones and on American oil. Its contacts run from military and intelligence agencies to the upper echelons of the White House; it has a military base, a fleet of aircraft and 20,000 troops. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846686528
ISBN
9781846686528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JPWL; JWH; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 42. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Condition
New
SKU
9781846688515
ISBN
9781846688515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.51

Hardback. Series: Intersections: Histories of Environment, Science, and Technology in the Anthropocene. Num Pages: 464 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; KCN; RNT; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822944539
ISBN
9780822944539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.43

Paperback. For constitutionalists, regulation of hate speech violates the First Amendment and damages a free society. Waldron rejects this view, and makes the case that hate speech should be regulated as part of a commitment to human dignity and to inclusion and respect for members of vulnerable minorities. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH2; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 191 x 21. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416864
ISBN
9780674416864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.90

Paperback. This is an account of the rise of the wilderness movement, examining the forest industry's political strategies, and analyzing the inner workings of the policy process. The author describes a number of major political battles and considers a wide range of forest-policy developments. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JP; KN; RNF; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774806695
ISBN
9780774806695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Hardcover. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813529172
ISBN
9780813529172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.24

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