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The Americas
Paperback. Retaining well-loved features, this book covers in depth the challenges faced by the USA at home and abroad as it emerged from the Second World War as a superpower. It focuses on key concepts such as American identity, anti-communism and ethnic identities, and covers events and developments with precision. Series Editor(s): Waller, Sally. Num Pages: 240 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 4KL; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 198 x 265 x 17. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198354550
- ISBN
- 9780198354550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.24
€ 49.24
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Books United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588343505
- ISBN
- 9781588343505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.44
€ 21.99
€ 20.44
Hardcover. In Economic Inequality and Policy Control in the United States, Stelzner explores the causes of the astronomical increase in wage income inequality over the last three and a half decades. Num Pages: 108 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137389640
- ISBN
- 9781137389640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.61
€ 61.61
Paperback. Addresses the singular position in which America finds itself, surrounded by anti-Americanism on all sides. This title gives us the brutal facts on these threats and why there is no choice but for America to fight for the cause of freedom - alone. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596985278
- ISBN
- 9781596985278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.57
€ 18.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. Americans face a choice: you can rediscover the animating principles of the American idea - of limited government, a self-reliant citizenry, and the opportunities to exploit your talents to the fullest - or you can join most of the rest of the western world in terminal decline. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc United States
- Edition
- First Thus
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596983274
- ISBN
- 9781596983274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.68
€ 18.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. Versatile warships, the heavy cruisers of the Baltimore class, and their successors in the Oregon City and Des Moines classes, commonly acted as carrier escorts throughout World War II, but also performed bombardment duties in support of amphibious landings. This is a guide to the US' heavy cruiser classes. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBW; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 186 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782006329
- ISBN
- 9781782006329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. During World War II, the United States built 72 light cruisers of various classes. This book examines every US light cruiser produced, including those of the Fargo and Worcester classes, which were actually complete after World War II had ended, tracing their design, development and evolution throughout the war and beyond. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b/w; 7 col. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 248 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472811400
- ISBN
- 9781472811400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.33
€ 16.99
€ 12.33
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472812735
- ISBN
- 9781472812735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.44
€ 20.99
€ 19.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472808493
- ISBN
- 9781472808493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.44
€ 20.99
€ 19.44
Paperback. Offers an insight into the Standard-type classes of US battleships. This book provides an investigation into the histories of each of the warships in the Standard-type battleship classes, the first three of which, the Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico, formed the US Navy's main force in the inter-war period. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 186 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472806963
- ISBN
- 9781472806963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.22
€ 16.99
€ 12.22
Paperback. Covers the design, development and operation of USN aircraft carriers built prior to World War II, including their aircraft and weaponry. This book also explains their various successes and losses such as the first carrier vs carrier battle at Midway; the battle of the Coral Sea; the battle of the Philippine Sea; and the Operation Torch landings. Illustrator(s): Bryan, Tony. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 43 b/w illustrations, 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 183 x 4. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841768908
- ISBN
- 9781841768908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.33
€ 16.99
€ 12.33
Hardback. Inherit the Holy Mountain puts religion at the center of the history of American environmentalism rather than at its margins, demonstrating how religion provided environmentalists with content, direction, and tone for the environmental causes they espoused. Num Pages: 416 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLP5; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 245 x 37. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190230869
- ISBN
- 9780190230869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.85
€ 80.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KMK0001884
- ISBN
- 9780801434068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. An update of Bernard Karpel's Arts in America. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 213 x 17. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810823839
- ISBN
- 9780810823839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.89
€ 107.89
Hardback. Martin Scorsese is one of the most significant filmmakers in the history of American cinema. This work uses Scorsese's films as vehicles for exploration of philosophical concepts such as friendship and egoism, vigilantism, libertarianism, Buddhist ethics, desire and self-restraint, the criminal mind, beatitude and unhappiness, and the absurd. Editor(s): Conard, Mark T. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124445
- ISBN
- 9780813124445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.23
€ 37.23
Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBWN; HBWQ; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620692
- ISBN
- 9780700620692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.39
€ 74.39
Paperback. By comparing the simple skills employed by firefighters-climbing ladders and manipulating hoses-with the mundane technologies-maps and accounting charts-of insurers, the author demonstrates that the daily routines of both groups were instrumental in making intense urban and industrial expansion a less precarious endeavor. Num Pages: 440 pages, 31, 2 black & white line drawings, 29 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JKSW2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407623
- ISBN
- 9781421407623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 40.88
€ 49.99
€ 40.88
Hardcover. While serving as an introduction to ecumenical liberal Protestantism and the social gospel over the course of the twentieth-century this book also highlights certain totalitarian as well as more fundamental conservative tendencies within those movements. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; HRAM2; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137019899
- ISBN
- 9781137019899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84
€ 62.84
Hardcover. Monetary Policy and the Onset of the Great Depression challenges Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz's now consensus view that the high tide of the Federal Reserve System in the 1920s was due to the leadership skills of Benjamin Strong, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; KCBM; KCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372543
- ISBN
- 9781137372543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718022235
- ISBN
- 9780718022235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.88
€ 27.99
€ 24.88
Paperback. Shows how creating weaker forms of judicial review may actually allow for stronger social welfare rights under American constitutional law. This book describes how weak-form review works in Great Britain and Canada and discusses the extent to which legislatures can be expected to enforce constitutional norms on their own. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQB; LNAA1; LNTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143200
- ISBN
- 9780691143200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Challenges hallowed American traditions of judicial review and judicial supremacy, which allow US judges to invalidate "unconstitutional" governmental actions. This book encourages us to take responsibility for protecting our liberties. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPHV; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070353
- ISBN
- 9780691070353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.90
€ 54.99
€ 38.90
Paperback. Argues that the constitutional arrangements that prevailed in the United States from the 1930's to the 1990's have ended. This book examines the institutional arrangements that support the constitutional order as well as Supreme Court decisions that reflect it. It provides insights to both legal theorists and political scientists. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120553
- ISBN
- 9780691120553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.18
€ 52.99
€ 37.18
Paperback. Designed to fill the need for an accessible introduction to Marbury and the topic of judicial review, this book presents the unique transcript of a reenactment of the argument of Marbury v. Madison, argued by constitutional scholars before a bench of federal judges. Following the transcript are essays on the case and its significance today. Editor(s): Tushnet, Mark. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752275
- ISBN
- 9780804752275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27