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The Americas

Paperback. After Christopher Columbus, Bartolome de las Casas is the single most important figure in the period of the Encounter, a time of conflict between Europeans and the people of the Americas following Columbus's voyages. Here Clayton provides a history of the age as told through the life of Las Casas. Editor(s): Clayton, Lawrence A. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405194280
ISBN
9781405194280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.31

Paperback. Series: Building Social Work Research Capacity. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 line-cuts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195398489
ISBN
9780195398489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.07

Paperback. Editor(s): Kuznar, Lawrence A. Series: International Monographs in Prehistory, Ethnoarchaeological S. Num Pages: 309 pages, b/w illus, 56 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HDD; HDP; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
International Monographs in Prehistory United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879621282
ISBN
9781879621282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.77

Paperback. Clayton reveals a long history of interactions between the two countries and in tracking their relations since the 19th century shows how each influenced the other, addressing not only political and economic issues but also the social and cultural factors that helped shaped relations. Series: United States and the Americas Series. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820320250
ISBN
9780820320250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 151.28

Paperback. Lively and accessible, America and the World draws on the most recent scholarship to provide a historical introduction to one of today's vital and misunderstood issues. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402963
ISBN
9781421402963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.33

Hardcover. Editor(s): Armstrong, Lawrence C. Num Pages: 369 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; KCX; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 263 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
369
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626186156
ISBN
9781626186156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 387.92
€ 258.19

Paperback. Provides a definitive history of consumer activism. This title explores abolitionist-led efforts to eschew slave-made goods, African American consumer campaigns against Jim Crow, a 1930s refusal of silk from fascist Japan, and emerging contemporary movements like slow food. Num Pages: 424 pages, 35 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFT; JPWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226298672
ISBN
9780226298672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Editor(s): Glickman, Lawrence B. Num Pages: 432 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBTB; JFFT; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484865
ISBN
9780801484865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.17

Paperback. Most Americans think that judges should be, and are, generalists who decide a wide array of cases. Nonetheless, we now have specialized courts in many key policy areas. This title presents a comprehensive analysis of this growing trend toward specialization in the federal and state court systems. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226039558
ISBN
9780226039558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.97

Paperback. With the environmental crisis comes a crisis of the imagination, a need to find new ways to understand nature and humanity's relation to it. This is the challenge the author takes up in this book, using Thoreau's "Walden" as a touchstone. Num Pages: 600 pages, 4 fine line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBF; JFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852.
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674258624
ISBN
9780674258624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016279
ISBN
9780674016279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Details the design, construction, and operation of the first six of the ten US fast battleships, two of the North Carolina class and four of the South Dakota class. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBW; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 188 x 5. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846035104
ISBN
9781846035104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.35

Paperback. In 1938, the United States abandoned the constraints imposed by the Washington Teaty and began work on a different class of super-battleships. This book covers the design, construction, and employment of the four Iowa-class battleships, the largest in the American fleet. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBW; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 188 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846035111
ISBN
9781846035111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.22

Paperback. Soley shows how as corporate power has grown and come to influence the issues on which ordinary Americans should be able to speak out, so new strategies have developed to restrict free speech on issues in which corporations and property-owners have an interest. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMD; JPVH2; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583670668
ISBN
9781583670668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.32

Paperback. This comparative look at vaqueros, cowboys, and buckaroos brings the mythical image of the American cowboy into focus and detail and honors the regional and national variations. Series: M.K. Brown Range Life Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 163 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292712409
ISBN
9780292712409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.27

Hardcover. Shows that conservative efforts to expand markets and shrink government often have the ironic effect of expanding government's reach by creating problems that force legislators to enact new rules and regulations. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 173 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226076423
ISBN
9780226076423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.77
€ 47.95

Argues that widespread public disinterest in global affairs, a prevailing characteristic of American political culture, has given private interest groups a paramount influence over the formulation and implementation of US foreign policy. This title examines the causes and the serious consequences of Americans' apathy toward foreign policy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813125244
ISBN
9780813125244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.82

Paperback. A master spy's memoir of playing the game in the most strategically influential country in 1960s Africa Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 pages b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; 1KBB; BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586485641
ISBN
9781586485641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 93 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
93
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811200417
ISBN
9780811200417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 134 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811212731
ISBN
9780811212731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.21

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