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Paperback. More than a history of a train station, this book is the story of a city and an age as reflected in a building aptly described as a secular cathedral. Num Pages: 264 pages, 176, 82 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white illustrations, 82 black & white half. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; AMG; HBJK; HBLW; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421411927
- ISBN
- 9781421411927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.84
€ 37.99
€ 31.84
Paperback. "-Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians"Ably tells the story of the New York rail system's most active and visible symbol: the architectural and engineering masterpiece, with its grand public concourse, in the heart of Midtown."-New Scientist Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 296 pages, 52, 31 black & white illustrations, 21 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; TBX; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411934
- ISBN
- 9781421411934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.14
€ 45.14
Paperback. Chronicles the author's travels in the rugged mountain forests of Japan's Shiretoko National Park, on a vision quest in Death Valley, and to the sacred waters of the Ganges. This book also features the landscape of his marriage, both its initial sweetness and its eventual failure. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803232143
- ISBN
- 9780803232143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.76
€ 19.99
€ 19.76
Paperback. Personal anecdotes and memories from many of Seattle's most beloved musicians Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; 3JH; 3JJ; AV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295991139
- ISBN
- 9780295991139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.22
€ 26.99
€ 24.22
Paperback. Publics and the City investigates struggles over the making of urban publics, considering how the production, management and regulation of 'public spaces' has emerged as a problem for both urban politics and urban theory. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1MBF; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405127301
- ISBN
- 9781405127301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.90
€ 34.90
Paperback. Editor(s): McCartan, Tom. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612190907
- ISBN
- 9781612190907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.06
€ 17.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. Takes a different approach to a question central to comparative politics and economics: why do some leaders of fragile democracies attain political success - culminating in reelection victories - when pursuing drastic, painful economic reforms while others see their political careers implode? Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1KLSB; 1KLSR; 1KLSV; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117874
- ISBN
- 9780691117874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.14
€ 53.29
€ 42.14
Paperback. Why do very different countries often emulate the same policy model? Two years after Ronald Reagan's income-tax simplification of 1986, Brazil adopted a similar reform even though it threatened to exacerbate income disparity. This book demonstrates that bounded - not full - rationality drives the spread of innovations across countries. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPA; JPB; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134710
- ISBN
- 9780691134710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.27
€ 46.99
€ 33.27
Hardback. Num Pages: 442 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 190 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1135.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231037334
- ISBN
- 9780231037334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.54
€ 238.54
Paperback. Editor(s): Slater, Kurtis. Num Pages: 85 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RPT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Edition
- Pap/Cdr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634635950
- ISBN
- 9781634635950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.65€ 70.11
€ 100.65
€ 70.11
Paperback. Since the end of World War II, poverty in the United States has been a persistent focus of social anxiety, public debate and federal policy. This book argues that poverty will not be reduced or eliminated until the political factors that contribute to its continuation are taken into account. Editor(s): Kushnick, Louis; Jennings, James. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814742396
- ISBN
- 9780814742396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Hardback. W. E. B. Du Bois never felt so at home as when he was a student in Berlin. Germany was the first place white people had treated him as an equal. But anti-Semitism was prevalent, and Du Bois' challenge, says Kwame Anthony Appiah, was to take the best of German intellectual life without its parochialism--to steal the fire without getting burned. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HPS; JFSL3; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 192 x 116 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724914
- ISBN
- 9780674724914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Paperback. Seeks to clear the ground for a discussion of the place of race in politics and in our moral lives. This book contains essays that tackle different aspects of the question of racial justice. It establishes the problematic nature of the idea of race. It explores the history of its invention as a social category. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691059099
- ISBN
- 9780691059099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.55
€ 46.99
€ 33.55
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 206 x 21. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845233198
- ISBN
- 9781845233198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
€ 19.99
€ 18.62
Paperback. Editor(s): Dawes, Kwame. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; 3JMG; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845232047
- ISBN
- 9781845232047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.28
€ 20.99
€ 19.28
Hardback. An examination of the effects on economic performance of several key features of the US electric power industry. Paramount among these are public versus private ownership, vertical integration versus deintegration, and retail competition versus monopoly distribution. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJU; KNBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398431
- ISBN
- 9780792398431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.17
€ 127.17
Paperback. Sheds light on contemporary "foodie" culture's vexed relationship to nativism, nationalism and race privilege Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSB; HBTB; JFCV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814770030
- ISBN
- 9780814770030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Hardback. Sheds light on contemporary "foodie" culture's vexed relationship to nativism, nationalism and race privilege Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSB; HBTB; JFCV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814770023
- ISBN
- 9780814770023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.38
€ 91.38
Paperback. The story of Nat Turner and his slave rebellion - which began on August 21, 1831 - is known among school children and adults. This novel includes introduction by TBD (either Stanley Crouch, Cornell West, or Michael Dyson), as well as footnotes, a bibliography and historical supplementary material and documents. Num Pages: 208 pages, cl182 / bw / tt182 illustrations, cl / bw / tt photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; FX; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810972278
- ISBN
- 9780810972278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.13
€ 20.99
€ 20.13
Paperback. Editor(s): Sayers, Kyle D. Num Pages: 104 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSH; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611221992
- ISBN
- 9781611221992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.75€ 44.89
€ 62.75
€ 44.89