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Hardback. A House in the Sun describes a number of experiments in solar house heating in the 1940s and 1950s. It shows how resource limitations were seen as an opportunity for design to attain new relevance for social and cultural transformations. Num Pages: 352 pages, 136. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AMX; PDX; TBX; THX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 261 x 23. Weight in Grams: 978.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199394012
ISBN
9780199394012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.82

Paperback. The University of California law professor explores the Constitutional issues raised by the Civil War, illuminating Lincoln's "legal legacy" in terms of his actions to preserve the union and how he defended those actions within the context of his own era and their ramifications in terms of such mode Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226237961
ISBN
9780226237961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.43

Paperback. Irreverent, provocative, and engaging, Desperately Seeking Certainty attacks the current legal vogue for grand unified theories of constitutional interpretation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226238098
ISBN
9780226238098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.71

Hardback. Examines how various American communities create and maintain a sense of collective identity through sports. Editor(s): Nathan, Daniel A. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; WSBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252037610
ISBN
9780252037610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Hardcover. Includes ten interdisciplinary case studies that represent a range of pest and disease threats to US agriculture, wildlands, and the urban landscape. This book describes possible government responses to these threats. It educates students, practitioners, and academics in the field of economics, verterinary medicine, plant pathology and entomology. Editor(s): Sumner, Daniel A.; Buck, Frank H. Num Pages: 265 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCN; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 185 x 20. Weight in Grams: 663.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813819662
ISBN
9780813819662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.34

Hardback. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 350 pages, 22 b&w illus., 9 tables,. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; 1KBB; AFKP; ASDT; AV; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022219
ISBN
9780253022219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.05

Paperback. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 350 pages, 22 b&w illus., 9 tables,. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; 1KBB; AFKP; ASDT; AV; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022295
ISBN
9780253022295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814712900
ISBN
9780814712900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. Editor(s): Barnes, Daniel; Godfrey, Elliot. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
150
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781622576555
ISBN
9781622576555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.53
€ 136.28

Hardcover. Join us as we follow two explorers on an incredible journey which takes us from Philadelphia to Buffalo via Pittsburgh and New York. Peer into the past as dark histories unfold and their stories are told. Travel to atmospheric asylums, derelict houses of worship, industrial monoliths, forgotten hotels, desolate transport hubs and other ruins. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1KBBE; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1056.
Publisher
Pro-Actif Communications United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908211125
ISBN
9781908211125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.51

Paperback. Compares and contrasts the developments in three major federal policy areas in the United States: welfare, Medicare, and Social Security. This title concentrates on three cases of social policy reform (or attempted reform) that took place during the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W Bush, Beland and Waddan. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589018846
ISBN
9781589018846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.90

Paperback. Compact, timely, well-researched, and balanced, this institutional history of Social Security's seventy years shows how the past still influences ongoing reform debates, helping the reader both to understand and evaluate the current partisan arguments on both sides. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JKSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615223
ISBN
9780700615223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFC; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483097
ISBN
9780801483097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Hardback. Based on evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this book documents the mechanisms through which geographical and historical conditions - such as climate, access to water transportation, and early legal systems - impacted political and judicial institutions and economic growth. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 58 line illus. 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; KCZ; LAZ; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136042
ISBN
9780691136042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.40
€ 42.14

Paperback. Drawing on extensive interviews with surviving members of the George Jackson Brigade, this book provides an inside-out perspective on the social movements of the 1970s. It is also a compelling exploration of the true nature of crime and a provocative meditation on the tension between self-restraint and anger in the process of social change. Num Pages: 358 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520264298
ISBN
9780520264298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. This book tells the story of more than 150,000 Canadians who were subjected to conscription during the Second World War, and how their experiences shaped and were shaped by the decisions of the generals and politicians who guided the country's war effort. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 688 pages, 22 b&w photographs, 10 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWL; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774830515
ISBN
9780774830515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.50

Paperback. This work takes the reader on a journey round the state of Kansas, visiting 106 towns, such as Palermo, Fostoria, and Old Clear Water, and examining why they have declined or been abandoned. Num Pages: 304 pages, 92 halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700606689
ISBN
9780700606689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.65

paperback. A study of how the combined efforts of the Africans and Europeans molded American civilization. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780252062148
ISBN
9780252062148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Paperback. With its detail, depth, compassion and vision Campo's work makes an invaluable contribution to the growing literature on the unplanned and the undesigned spaces and activities in cities today. Highly illustrated and artfully researched, the book will draw readers into a unique space in one of New York City's most popular boroughs. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 color, 50 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 814.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251865
ISBN
9780823251865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.27

Paperback. Politicians have traditionally devoted little attention to the origins of American bureaucracy and its relationship between bureaucratic and interest group activities. This work presents a study of bureaucratic autonomy in democratic regimes. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 504 pages, 12 line illus., 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JPHV; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 818.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070100
ISBN
9780691070100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.33
€ 46.57

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