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hardcover. Series: Culture and Economic Life. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSA; JFD; JFSC; VSB; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804798266
ISBN
9780804798266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.43

Hardback. A timely primer on the current embattled state of American higher education, this book guides readers through the forces and trends that have brought the education system to this point, and highlights some of the ways they will reshape America's colleges in the years to come. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199374090
ISBN
9780199374090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.19

Paperback. A history of the postwar avant-garde in America. The book integrates diverse moments in American culture, such as bebop jazz, gestalt therapy, beat poetry, Jungian psychology and Zen Buddhism and argues that all of these movements have a unifying theme: spontaneous improvization. Num Pages: 356 pages, 8 colour plates, 30 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ABA; ACX; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041902
ISBN
9780226041902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.40

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTK; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226123097
ISBN
9780226123097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.65

Paperback. Using insights from ethnographic research conducted in London and New York, this book explores the varying ways young men use graffiti to construct masculinity, claim power and establish independence from the institutions which define, and often limit, them as young people. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1KBBEY; AFJG; JFC; JFSG; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333781913
ISBN
9780333781913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.56

hardcover. This volume presents five studies on key dimensions of union-management relations. Topics examined include union representation, financial consequences of unionism and wage determination, workplace innovation, and conflict resolution in unionized enterprises in North America. Editor(s): Kaufman, Bruce E.; Lewin, David. Series: Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JNMN; KJW; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762307500
ISBN
9780762307500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.83

Paperback. The memoir of the youth of Donald Windham in Depression-era Atlanta. The recollections describe the pleasant memories of his childhood as well as the less happy ones, and recount Windham's increasing desire for a world beyond Atlanta. Series: Brown Thrasher Books. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820318417
ISBN
9780820318417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.74

Paperback. "Consistently rated the best guides to the regions covered..Readable, tasteful, appealingly designed. Strong on dining, lodging, and history."-National Geographic Traveler Series: Explorer's Great Destinations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 100 full-color photographs and maps throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; WTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Countryman Press Inc. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781581571110
ISBN
9781581571110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.03

paperback. The Cold War continues to shape international relations almost twenty years after being acknowledged as the central event of the last half of the twentieth century. Interpretations of how it ended thus remain crucial to an accurate understanding of global events and foreign policy. Series: Issues in the History of American Foreign Relations. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBA; HBTW; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971751
ISBN
9781597971751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.19

hardcover. Across black America during the Golden Age of Aviation, John C. Robinson was widely acclaimed as the long-awaited "black Lindbergh." Robinson's fame, which rivaled that of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens, came primarily from his wartime role as the commander of the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force after Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597974875
ISBN
9781597974875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.15

Paperback. Series: A Bur Oak Guide. Num Pages: 12 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1KBBN; WNCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 114 x 13. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Iowa Press United States
Number of pages
12
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609382025
ISBN
9781609382025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.19

paperback. The story of what happened at the colonial fortified town of Louisbourg between 1749 and 1758 is one of the great dramas of the history of Canada, indeed North America. This book presents the dramatic military and social history of this short-lived and significant fortress, seaport, and community, and the citizens who made it their home. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 382 pages, 13 photos, 3 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803260092
ISBN
9780803260092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.75

paperback. The Wild Bunch, the confederation of western outlaws headed by Butch Cassidy, found sanctuary on Outlaw Trail. Stretching across Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, this trail offered hideouts to bandits and cowboys. This book presents the history of the lives and exploits of the outlaws of the Northwest. Num Pages: 398 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Third Printing
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803277786
ISBN
9780803277786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.91

paperback. Argues that the flaw in the fight for gay and lesbian marriage rights lies in its failure to call into question the forms of oppression gender, racial, and economic that lead society to privilege the nuclear family. This title shapes a theory of rights, freedom, and democracy that can liberate us from the strictures of conservative hegemony. Series: Queer Politics, Queer Theories. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JHBK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566396844
ISBN
9781566396844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.34

Paperback. Examines how popular culture has shaped the ways Americans define their 'interests' in the Middle East. Including the 9/11 and the Iraq war, this book argues that US foreign policy, while grounded in material and military realities, is also developed in a cultural context. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 426 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520244993
ISBN
9780520244993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.92

Paperback. This study of American behavioural and thought patterns analyzes Americans' perceptual processes and how they contrast with the ways of thinking of other cultures. It should help the reader examine the cultural dimensions of communication and their implications for cross-cultural interaction. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; GTC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877864018
ISBN
9781877864018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

hardcover. The Framers' Coup is a a concise yet sharply argued narrative account of how the Framers persuaded the country to adopt a constitution drafted based on their preferences. Num Pages: 880 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
880
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780199942039
ISBN
9780199942039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 44.35

Paperback. Unearthing legal history of racial identity, this book examines the paradoxical and often circular relationship of race and the perceived capacity for citizenship in American society. It reminds us that the imaginary connection between racial identity and fitness for citizenship remains potent and continues to impede racial justice and equality. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047983
ISBN
9780674047983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. An original and radically revised view of British and US foreign policy, exposing the extent to which Anglo-American interests have shaped and damaged the current world order. Num Pages: 272 pages, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; 1KBB; 1QFG; 3JJPR; GTF; JPQB; JPSN1; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745312347
ISBN
9780745312347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 24.25

paperback. With a focus on Willa Cather's artistic principle of "the thing not named," this book illuminates the contradictions and complexities inherent in notions of identity and shows how her fiction transforms the very categories-regarding gender, sexuality, race, and class-around which most recent Cather scholarship has focused. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326724
ISBN
9780822326724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.09

hardcover. Presents further material generated by the World Bank/ISNAR/Australian government biotechnology study. The volume covers the present status and future prospects for the application of biotechnology to solve agricultural and environmental problems in 12 countries. Editor(s): Persley, Gabrielle J.; Macintyre, L.R. Series: Biotechnology in Agriculture. Num Pages: 256 pages, port. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KLS; TCB; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Publication date
2001
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780851988160
ISBN
9780851988160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.67

Hardcover. 528 pages, maps. Challenges the view that the lowlands of Central and Western Europe would revert to their prehistoric state of closed forest systems if free from human intervention. This text uses examples from pollen analyses and studies on tree species, and tests hypothesis of herbivore governance of vegetation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DF; 1KB; PSAF; PSTS; PSVS; RBX. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 34. Weight: 950.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
CABI
Edition
First
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851994420
ISBN
9780851994420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.67

hardcover. This text examines the importance of air pollution for the forests of rapidly industrializing countries and regions. The problems presented by air pollution are placed within the more general context of sustainable development and the historical legacy that they are attempting to deal with. Editor(s): Innes, J. L.; Haron, A.H.; Hassan, Haron Abu (Institute of Foresters, Malaysia). Series: IUFRO Research S. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KL; 1QFG; RGBL; RNP; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Publication date
2000
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780851994819
ISBN
9780851994819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.50

hardcover. Based on a field research on the changing montane and temperate rainforests of Mexico and South America. By concentrating on these largely overlooked environments, this work allows for comparative analysis across areas and helps identify how human disturbance has impacted the biodiversity of all forest types. Editor(s): Newton, A. C. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; KNAL; RGBL; RNCB; RNF; RNPD; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1102.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Publication date
2007
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781845932619
ISBN
9781845932619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.03

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