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Hardback. The regime of Juan Per-n is one of the most studied topics of Argentina's contemporary history. This book provides a fresh perspective on the intriguing Argentinian leader. It focuses on the cultural and symbolic dimensions of Per-nism and populism, and explores the creation of myths, symbols, and rituals that constituted his political imagery. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 262 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842050289
ISBN
9780842050289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.41

Paperback. Investigates the origins of two major federal agencies that touch the lives of Americans every day: the Roosevelt-era Federal Security Agency and the more recently created Department of Homeland Security to show how fights over the scope of national security can reshape the very structure of government. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804770705
ISBN
9780804770705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

hardcover. Investigates the origins of two major federal agencies that touch the lives of Americans every day: the Roosevelt-era Federal Security Agency and the more recently created Department of Homeland Security to show how fights over the scope of national security can reshape the very structure of government. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804770699
ISBN
9780804770699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.97

Paperback. Series: Day by Day. Num Pages: 192 pages, Two-color art throughout, color photos throughout, maps throughout, charts throu. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 184 x 15. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
FrommerMedia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628873023
ISBN
9781628873023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.51

Hardcover. The 2013 James Beard Foundation Cookbook of the Year How to cook everything Latin American. Num Pages: 912 pages, Two-color; 32 pages of color photographs; 75 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KL; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 214 x 57. Weight in Grams: 2164.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
912
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393050691
ISBN
9780393050691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.72

Paperback. The dramatic life of the revolutionary hero Bolivar, who liberated South America - a sweeping narrative worthy of a Hollywood epic. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 37. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780226170
ISBN
9781780226170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Presents an introduction to the basic principles of the federal deficit, discussing such topics as the history of public debts, the rationale for deficit spending in a recession, and arguments for and against deficit reduction. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Apress
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781430236597
ISBN
9781430236597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.49

Paperback. Presents an introduction to the basic principles of the federal deficit, discussing such topics as the history of public debts, the rationale for deficit spending in a recession, and arguments for and against deficit reduction. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCB; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 239.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
APress United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9781430248392
ISBN
9781430248392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.60

Paperback. A superb compilation of modern Canadian voices: ten years, ten authors, ten critics. Editor(s): Carriere, Marie; Gillespie, Curtis. Series: Robert Kroetsch Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 2ADF; DQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 263 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772121414
ISBN
9781772121414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

paperback. A profoundly moving new drama by Marie Clements, combined with a spectacular contemporary photo exhibit by Rita Leistner. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; AJCP; DD; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Talon Books,Canada Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889226425
ISBN
9780889226425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.13

Paperback. Pawning was a common credit mechanism in Mexico City in the 19th century. A two-tiered sector of public and private pawnbrokers provided collateral credit. This book shows how Mexican women depended on credit to run their households since the Bourbon era and how the collateral credit business of pawnbroking developed into a profitable enterprise. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269231
ISBN
9780803269231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691170831
ISBN
9780691170831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.15

Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226147550
ISBN
9780226147550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.34

Paperback. Describes the competing approaches to reproductive health that evolved on plantations, as both black women and white men sought to enhance the health of enslaved mothers. This book focuses on the health care of enslaved women, and argues for the critical role of reproductive medicine in the slave system of antebellum America. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; MBX; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034921
ISBN
9780674034921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Oregon had the second largest Chinese population in the United States. In terms of geographical coverage, Portland's two Chinatowns were the largest in all of North America. This title chronicles the history of Portland's Chinatowns from their early beginnings in the 1850s until the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act in the 1940s. Num Pages: 352 pages, 64 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295983837
ISBN
9780295983837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.67

hardcover. Editor(s): Seabrook, Marie S. Num Pages: 186 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP31; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 260. Weight in Grams: 593.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590332634
ISBN
9781590332634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.30
€ 69.00

Paperback. Offers both a religious history of the House of Prayer as an institution and an intellectual history of its colourful and enigmatic leader Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 276 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRCC96; HRCX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814720370
ISBN
9780814720370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. A true-life mystery of a pair of red-tailed hawks who, in the spring of 1992, built a nest on a high ledge of a building on New York City's Fifth Avenue. It chronicles the adventures not only of the hawks, but also of Central Park's other wildlife residents and of the birdwatchers. Num Pages: 331 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
331
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747542032
ISBN
9780747542032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.30

Hardback. A study of both internal and external violence in francophone African and Caribbean women's literature. It examines the ways in which women writers lift taboos imposed on them by their society and culture and challenge readers with their unique perspectives on violence. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJ; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803211025
ISBN
9780803211025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 7 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPS; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816675906
ISBN
9780816675906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. "Study of over sixty homicide offenders who served long sentences before being released"--Foreword. Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKVP1; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479882823
ISBN
9781479882823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. "Study of over sixty homicide offenders who served long sentences before being released"--Foreword. Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKVP1; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479806928
ISBN
9781479806928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white tables, 6 black & white halftones, 6 bla. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138228535
ISBN
9781138228535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.33

Paperback. Imagines Cuba's future after the "poof moment" - when the current regime will no longer exist. This volume does not try to predict how and when the Castro regime will end, but instead considers the possible consequences of change. Each chapter takes up a basic issue: politics, the military, the legal system, civil society, and US-Cuba relations. Editor(s): Perez-Stable, Marifeli. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; GTB; JFC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268038915
ISBN
9780268038915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

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