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The Americas

Paperback. A lively tour of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, this book traces the development of America's industrial power and its commercial deployment, at home and abroad. It sets the American story within the dramatic context of the rise and fall of political empires in Europe and Asia and two devastating world wars. Num Pages: 561 pages, 104 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
561
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814715666
ISBN
9780814715666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Shows how government legislation created the nation's reliance upon private litigation, and investigates why Congress would choose to mobilize, through statutory design, private lawsuits to implement federal statutes. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAC; LNB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143828
ISBN
9780691143828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.45

Paperback. Although their leaders and staff are not elected, bureaucratic agencies have the power to make policy decisions that carry the full force of the law. This book explores an issue central to political science and public administration: How do Congress and the president ensure that bureaucratic agencies implement their preferred policies? Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226924410
ISBN
9780226924410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardback. Although their leaders and staff are not elected, bureaucratic agencies have the power to make policy decisions that carry the full force of the law. This book explores an issue central to political science and public administration: How do Congress and the president ensure that bureaucratic agencies implement their preferred policies? Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226924403
ISBN
9780226924403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.09
€ 88.13

hardcover. Two of the most prominent trends in world affairs over the past decade-the projection of American power abroad and high energy prices-have made for some strange bedfellows. Flush with oil revenues, autocratic governments in Venezuela, Iran, and Russia have tried to counter U.S. influence not only in Latin America but around the world. Num Pages: 234 pages, figures; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; 1KLSV; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612340159
ISBN
9781612340159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.63

Paperback. A History of the American Musical narrates the evolution of the film musical genre, discussing its influences and how it has come to be defined; the first text on this subject for over two decades, it employs the very latest concepts and research. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405194952
ISBN
9781405194952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.35

Paperback. Operating out of a tiny office on Madison Avenue in the early 1960s, a struggling company called Marvel Comics presented a cast of brightly costumed characters distinguished by smart banter and compellingly human flaws. This book reveals the outsized personalities behind the scenes of Marvel Comics. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 33. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061992117
ISBN
9780061992117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.38

Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442225626
ISBN
9781442225626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 162.81

Paperback. Studies the stirring literature of "Red Power," an era of Native American organizing that began in 1969 and expanded into the 1970s. This title shows instead that the movement engaged historical memory and oral tradition to produce more enabling knowledge of American Indian lives and possibilities. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342410
ISBN
9780822342410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488412
ISBN
9780801488412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 475 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 168 x 41. Weight in Grams: 848.
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612347127
ISBN
9781612347127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.12

Hardback. Explores the controversial subject of Canada's acquisition of nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Based on newly declassified Canadian and US documents, this volume examines policy, strategy, operational, and technical matters and weaves these seemingly disparate elements into a compelling story that finally unlocks several Cold War mysteries. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 b&w maps and photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 898.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574886160
ISBN
9781574886160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. In The Gingrich Senators, noted political scientist Sean Theriault documents how former House members, who learned politics at the knee of Newt Gingrich, have been behind the transformation of the U.S. Senate from the venerated chamber of the 1950s into the partisan battleground that is regularly the scorn of even the senators themselves. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199307463
ISBN
9780199307463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.23

Paperback. A look at historical and contemporary restructuring, linking development of rural communities with resource development and Aboriginal marginalization. Num Pages: 360 pages, 45 tables, 9 figures, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774810593
ISBN
9780774810593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. A compelling exploration of place-based development as a timely, pragmatic approach to renewing rural and small-town economies in northern British Columbia. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774822923
ISBN
9780774822923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.17

Hardback. There is no more powerful symbol in American political life than the presidency, and the image of presidential power has had no less profound an impact on American fiction. This book illuminates the fundamental concern with democratic sovereignty that informs the literary works of the twentieth century. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136950
ISBN
9780691136950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.73
€ 55.15

Hardback. American Possessions examines Third Wave evangelical spiritual warfare, a contemporary movement of evangelicals focused on banishing demons from human bodies, material objects, land, regions, political parties, and nation states. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190205355
ISBN
9780190205355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.88

Paperback. In an examination of religion coverage in Time, Newsweek, Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Ebony, Christianity Today, National Review, and other news magazines, Sean McCloud combines religious history and social theory to analyze how and why mass-market magazines depicted religions as "mainstream" or "fringe" in the post-World War II United States. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University North Carolina Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KRA0012677
ISBN
9780807854969
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In an examination of religion coverage in Time, Newsweek, Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Ebony, Christianity Today, National Review, and other news magazines, Sean McCloud combines religious history and social theory to analyze how and why mass-market magazines depicted religions as "mainstream" or "fringe" in the post-World War II United States. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
University North Carolina Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KRA0012017
ISBN
9780807854969
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. True stories of the Show Me state's most infamous crooks, culprits, and cutthroats. Series: Outlaw Tales. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762793969
ISBN
9780762793969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.34

Paperback. The inaugural book in the Johns Hopkins Studies in American Public Policy and Management series, Governors, Grants, and Elections is a significant and accessible work of public policy scholarship that sits at the nexus of multiple fields within political science. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in American Public Policy and Management. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417707
ISBN
9781421417707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 43.04

Paperback. The previously untold story of over 50,000 Irish men, women and children who were transported to Barbados and Virginia. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KJWWB; HBJD1; JFFN; JFSL; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Brandon
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KSS0003345
ISBN
9780863222870
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 8.70

Paperback. The previously untold story of over 50,000 Irish men, women and children who were transported to Barbados and Virginia. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KJWWB; HBJD1; JFFN; JFSL; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206 17th Century Ireland. 240pp. First paperback edition
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Brandon
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780863222870
ISBN
9780863222870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 8.70

Hardcover. Exploring the morally entangled territory of language and race in 18th- and 19th-century America, Sean Harvey shows that whites' theories of an "Indian mind" inexorably shaped by Indian languages played a crucial role in the subjugation of Native peoples and informed the U.S. government's efforts to extinguish Native languages for years to come. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 330 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFF; HBJK; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674289932
ISBN
9780674289932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.09

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