The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. Based on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421414515
- ISBN
- 9781421414515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.18
€ 22.18
Paperback. The aim of this book is to document the dynamic tension between Americans' faith in education as a panacea, and the moderate pace of change in educational practices. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674892835
- ISBN
- 9780674892835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.96
€ 38.99
€ 32.96
Paperback. Examines the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on those who labor in the agricultural fields and maquiladora factories on the border. This title describes harsh conditions of child labor in the Mexicali Valley, the deplorable housing outside factories in cities such as Tijuana, and corporate retaliation faced by union organizers. Num Pages: 348 pages, 24 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; KCF; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520244726
- ISBN
- 9780520244726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.09
€ 31.99
€ 23.09
Paperback. The new novel from David Baddiel, comedian, columnist and author of the critically-praised The Secret Purposes. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 122 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007270842
- ISBN
- 9780007270842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Amos Decker. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447277446
- ISBN
- 9781447277446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.27
€ 13.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. "Reads like a crime novel .. each chapter ends on a cliff-hanging note."-Seattle Times Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 maps, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; PSVW7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393326345
- ISBN
- 9780393326345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.25
€ 17.99
€ 17.25
paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KLC; 1KLS; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3810 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780822313366
- ISBN
- 9780822313366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. This work offers a testament to the writers who spoke for a generation of gay men in the time between the Stonewall Riots and AIDS. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 5SG; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130516
- ISBN
- 9780231130516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
hardcover. This work offers a testament to the writers who spoke for a generation of gay men in the time between the Stonewall Riots and AIDS. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 5SG; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130509
- ISBN
- 9780231130509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.50
€ 146.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, 90 color images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 206 x 8. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764338007
- ISBN
- 9780764338007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 201 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; WGG; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764331770
- ISBN
- 9780764331770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.53
€ 36.99
€ 34.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, 106 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 206 x 7. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764334542
- ISBN
- 9780764334542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
paperback. This practical book on canyoneering provides complete descriptions of basic through advanced techniques, designed to equip canyoneers at all levels with the technical skills they need to enjoy a clean canyoneering experience and avoid dangerous mistakes. Full-color photos throughout. Series: How to Climb Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WSZG; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 188 x 13. Weight in Grams: 34.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762782734
- ISBN
- 9780762782734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 26.51
€ 34.99
€ 26.51
Hardcover. The emergence of the automobile on the American scene represented many things - excitement, freedom, progress - but also danger, death, and injury. This work tells how the automobile pulled society in two contradictory emotional directions: exhilaration in personal mobility versus anxiety over public safely. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 312 pages, 34 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615155
- ISBN
- 9780700615155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.58
€ 55.58
Paperback. The American Revolutionary War pitched the newly formed Continental Army against the professional British Redcoats - a highly trained organization manned by long-serving and experienced infantrymen with a formidable reputation forged on European battlefields during the Seven Years' War. This book deals with this war. Illustrator(s): Shumate, Johnny. Series: Combat. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 250 x 4. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472806482
- ISBN
- 9781472806482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.50
€ 21.99
€ 15.50
Paperback. Pursued by British forces, Washington and his remaining 5,000 men resolved on a risky strike against the British and Hessian positions across the Delaware River. This book shows how, crossing the river, Washington took the Trenton garrison for the loss of only four men, before outflanking Cornwallis' 8,000-strong force and marching on Princeton. Illustrator(s): Turner, Graham. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846033506
- ISBN
- 9781846033506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.44
€ 21.99
€ 15.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226352206
- ISBN
- 9780226352206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.05
€ 25.99
€ 21.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; APF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226352176
- ISBN
- 9780226352176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.09€ 78.49
€ 95.09
€ 78.49
Hardcover. This title unites the award-winning photography of Diane Kirkland with the writing of David Bottoms, Georgia's poet laureate. The result is portrait of the lands, waters, culture, and people of Georgia. Num Pages: 192 pages, 300 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; AJC; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 248 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1247.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820323435
- ISBN
- 9780820323435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.78
€ 41.99
€ 39.78
Hardback. A study of the innovative pop artist Andy Warhol by his close friend and confidant, David Bourdon. Prepared during the artist's lifetime and with his co-operation, it is described as "an intimate look at the man behind the silkscreened image". Num Pages: 432 pages, 85 colour illustrations, 240 b&w illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; AB; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 254 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Abrams United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810926349
- ISBN
- 9780810926349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.35
€ 49.35
Hardback. Though criticized, the House of Representatives, has, at certain critical points, legislated major, long-lasting public policy changes. This book examines three such periods of policy innovations, exploring how majorities capable of governing are created. Series: Stanford Studies in the New Political History. Num Pages: 228 pages, bibliography, index, appendix, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714426
- ISBN
- 9780804714426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.63
€ 149.63
Hardback. From David Brat, the college professor who made political headlines when he unseated Majority Leader Eric Cantor, comes his plan for restoring fiscal liberty for America. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455539918
- ISBN
- 9781455539918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.71
€ 30.99
€ 23.71
Paperback. This examination of American labour policy demonstrates that although most industrializing nations began to limit employer freedom and regulate labour conditions in the 1900's, the US continued to allow total employer discretion in decisions concerning hiring, firing, and workplace conditions. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBWJ; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697298
- ISBN
- 9780847697298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Paperback. This work looks at class formation in western Canada. The author explores the various levels of class formation and identity in the years before World War I, arguing that Calgary's reputation as a centre of labour conservatism is an oversimplification in need of revision. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 0. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774806978
- ISBN
- 9780774806978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19