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The Americas
Paperback. Convinced that he had uncovered the single source of psychosis, Henry Cotton, superintendent of the Trenton State Hospital, New Jersey, launched a ruthless campaign to 'eliminate the perils of pus infection'. This book reconstructs a nightmarish, cautionary chapter in modern psychiatry when professionals failed to police themselves. Num Pages: 376 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126709
- ISBN
- 9780300126709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.13
€ 26.99
€ 20.13
Hardback. The contributors, while recognizing the important differences and potential clashes between participatory and representative forms of democracy, ultimately favor participation, emphasizing its capacity to enhance and strengthen representative democracy. Editor(s): Selee, Andrew D.; Peruzzotti, Enrique. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894060
- ISBN
- 9780801894060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.37
€ 48.99
€ 40.37
Paperback. The contributors, while recognizing the important differences and potential clashes between participatory and representative forms of democracy, ultimately favor participation, emphasizing its capacity to enhance and strengthen representative democracy. Editor(s): Selee, Andrew D.; Peruzzotti, Enrique. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894077
- ISBN
- 9780801894077
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.80
€ 30.99
€ 25.80
Paperback. In this comprehensive new collection, intended for use in undergraduate courses, scholars examine recent political developments in Mexico--including its 2006 election and the breakdown in consensus that nearly resulted--in order to assess the progress of it Editor(s): Selee, Andrew D.; Peschard, Jacqueline. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JPA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804771627
- ISBN
- 9780804771627
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.59
€ 36.99
€ 35.59
Hardback. Explores how buildings supported the cultural and political work of the fair and fashioned a second, parallel world in a moment of economic depression and international turmoil. This book looks closely at buildings as buildings, analyzing them in light of local circumstances, regionalist sensibilities, and national and international movements. Num Pages: 248 pages, 45 color illus., B&W illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; AMG; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282827
- ISBN
- 9780520282827
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Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 46.20
€ 58.80
€ 46.20
Hardback. This text evaluates the influence of the religious community on the American penal system, with emphasis on the role of the prison chaplain. It looks at penitentiaries, and the like, between 1820 and 1913 and assesses the influence of historical and theological trends on the rise in number. Num Pages: 194 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 1KBBES; 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; JFSR; JKVP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761818106
- ISBN
- 9780761818106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.97
€ 131.97
hardcover. Spurred by the dramatic landscape transformation associated with European colonization of the Americas, this work creates a prototype theory to explain relationships between colonialism and landscape. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTP; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742515598
- ISBN
- 9780742515598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.17
€ 187.17
Paperback. Spurred by the dramatic landscape transformation associated with European colonization of the Americas, this work creates a prototype theory to explain relationships between colonialism and landscape. Num Pages: 280 pages, bibliography, index, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742515604
- ISBN
- 9780742515604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.97
€ 72.97
Paperback. This book explains in layman's terms the highly complex issues which relate to internet commerce. It also examines the legal dimensions to mobile texting. Num Pages: 160 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFE; LNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- TFM Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903378182
- ISBN
- 9781903378182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.49
€ 40.99
€ 26.49
Hardcover. Offers a study of the peace negotiations which ended the American War of Independence. This title challenges traditional views and uses a wide range of sources to provide a detailed analysis of the treaties signed between Britain and France, Spain, the Netherlands and the United States. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780859896153
- ISBN
- 9780859896153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.21
€ 187.21
Hardcover. A thorough analysis of public policy and the Clean Water Act's effect on water quality in the U.S. Using water quality data and historical records from the past 60 years, this book presents the measured impact of the 1972 Clean Water Act on domestic waterways-ecologically, politically, and economically. Num Pages: 672 pages, acronyms, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; RNH; TQSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 179 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1046.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471243601
- ISBN
- 9780471243601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.30
€ 187.30
Paperback. Reveals the Chicago Marathon, a citywide ritual as far more than a simple race. Looking at the event's production and participants, this work shows how the elements that comprise the marathon also reflect modern Chicago's politics, its people, and the ways the city engages with the wider world. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; WSB; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074219
- ISBN
- 9780252074219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.71
€ 21.99
€ 21.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 1KBB; GTJ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569768433
- ISBN
- 9781569768433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.35
€ 17.99
€ 17.35
Hardback. This exploration of the activities of four Canadian NGOs in advancing and defending human rights principles sheds new light on the fragility and resilience of human rights norms in liberal democracies. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPWH; LAQ; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774818612
- ISBN
- 9780774818612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.94
€ 119.94
Hardcover. Recent public declarations by a number of health organizations and institutes that we are experiencing an obesity crisis, and moreover, that obesity is the 'new tobacco' makes Baby Boomer Health Dynamics both timely and topical. Num Pages: 300 pages, 65 figures, 57 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802089571
- ISBN
- 9780802089571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.63
€ 94.63
paperback. Recent public declarations by a number of health organizations and institutes that we are experiencing an obesity crisis, and moreover, that obesity is the 'new tobacco' makes Baby Boomer Health Dynamics both timely and topical. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 300 pages, 65 figures, 57 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802086358
- ISBN
- 9780802086358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 43.61
€ 46.99
€ 43.61
Paperback. Offers a different way to learn about American politics. The book is organized in sections that cover the major American political institutions - the presidency, Congress, the courts - as well as core topics such as political parties, macroeconomic management, voting and elections, policymaking, public opinion, and federalism. Editor(s): Valelly, Richard M. Num Pages: 656 pages, 45 line illus. 43 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124728
- ISBN
- 9780691124728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.21€ 52.52
€ 68.21
€ 52.52
In 1846, William Freeman, a young man of African and Native-American descent, stabbed to death four members of the white Van Nest family with no apparent motive, leading to the first insanity plea in New York State's history. This account reconstructs the crime, its context and implications. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL1; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607915
- ISBN
- 9780815607915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.57
€ 25.99
€ 24.57
Paperback. African American writers have consistently drawn connections between hunger and illiteracy, and by extension between food and reading. This book investigates the juxtaposition of mulnutrition and spectacular food abundance as a key trope of African American writing. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325620
- ISBN
- 9780820325620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.48
€ 45.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 276 x 7. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Urban Land Institute
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874203660
- ISBN
- 9780874203660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.55
€ 57.55
Hardcover. How skirting the law once defined America's relation to the world. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 249 x 34. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393065336
- ISBN
- 9780393065336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.24
€ 29.99
€ 25.24
Paperback. In the spring of 1966, while the war in Vietnam was still popular, the US military decided to reactivate the 9th Infantry Division as part of the military build-up. This title tells the story of young draftees who had done everything that their nation had asked of them and had received so little in return - lost faces of a distant war. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBWS2; JWD; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472803337
- ISBN
- 9781472803337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Hardback. Examines the interplay between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal visions of justice and certainty to determine whether there is a space between the two concepts in which modern treaties can be made. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSL9; JPVH3; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774811316
- ISBN
- 9780774811316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.10
€ 120.10
Paperback. This unique assessment of the presidency of George W. Bush reviews the successes and failures of his first and second terms. Editor(s): Wroe, Andrew; Herbert, Jon. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748627417
- ISBN
- 9780748627417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.06
€ 41.99
€ 37.06