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The Americas

Paperback. .
Publisher
Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780232532012
ISBN
9780232532012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Includes over 3,000 images by Oscar Castillo that are available through an online digital archive Editor(s): Gunckel, Colin. Num Pages: 208 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KBBWF; AJB; AJC; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 8. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780895511409
ISBN
9780895511409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.16

paperback. An epic survey of Orson Welles' life and work. It shows what it was like to be around Welles, and, what it was like to be him, in which lies the answer to the old riddle: whatever happened to Orson Welles? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ANB; APFB; APW; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099502838
ISBN
9780099502838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.32

Paperback. From data on disparities between Brazilian whites and non-whites in areas of health, education, and welfare, it is clear that vast racial inequalities do exist in Brazil, contrary to earlier assertions in race relations scholarship that the country is a "racial democracy." This title explores the implications of this evident racial inequality. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002705
ISBN
9780691002705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.05

Paperback. This text explores the "orphan trains" which took poor European immigrant children to new lives in the Midwest in 1854. It documents the history of the children on those trains - their struggles, successes and failures. It includes stories of volunteers who oversaw the placement of the orphans. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 40 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 191.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
Reprint.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826211217
ISBN
9780826211217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. Appalled by the numbers of destitute children on the streets of New York, Charles Loring Brace created the Children's Aid Society and organised a programme of adoption across the US. Between 1854 and 1929 some 250,000 children were found homes in the country. This is his story, and theirs. Num Pages: 362 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226616674
ISBN
9780226616674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.94

Hardback. Investigates the fiction and poetry of four writers who emerged from the postslavery plantation world of the Americas - William Faulkner, Edouard Glissant, Toni Morrison, and Saint-John Perse - to show how these descendants from slaves and from slaveholders wrote both in relation and in resistance to the violence of plantation slavery. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926407
ISBN
9780813926407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

Paperback. Originally presented as author's thesis (doctoral--Universiteat Meunchen, 2012) Num Pages: 340 pages, 32 b/w & 10 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AMK; AMR; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837622768
ISBN
9783837622768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.02
€ 46.77

Sheet map, folded. Step into the fun and thrills of Orlando & Walt Disney World with this handy, pop-up map. This pocket-sized Orlando map includes 2 PopOut maps of Greater Orlando & Walt Disney World and detail maps of Universal Orlando, Seaworld and a locator map of Central Florida. Ideal to pop in a pocket or bag for quick reference while enjoying the parks. Series: PopOut Maps. Num Pages: 2 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; WTRS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 97 x 132 x 6. Weight in Grams: 36.
Publisher
Compass Maps
Publication date
2014
Edition
Map
Condition
New
SKU
KAK0001989
ISBN
9781845879853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 159 pages, 41 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764331855
ISBN
9780764331855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.03

Paperback. The Supreme Court's 1857 Dred Scott decision denied citizenship to African Americans and enabled slavery's westward expansion. The author tracks arguments made by Taney Court justices in the two decades prior to Dred Scott and in its immediate aftermath. He reveals that Dred Scott was an outgrowth of Jacksonian jurisprudence. Series: Studies in the Legal History of the South. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820328423
ISBN
9780820328423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.13

Hardcover. Drawing on rare records from Congress, Richard J. Joseph demonstrates how the idea of relating taxes to individuals and businesses evolved during 1893-1895, leading in 1894 to the first American income tax legislation. That initial law, he notes, was intended to create a permanent and a fair "ability-to-pay" system. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliog , appendixes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630210
ISBN
9780815630210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.81

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650630
ISBN
9780691650630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.25

Paperback. A comprehensive record of the original Spanish families of New Mexico in the 17th and 18th centuries that marks the two distinct periods of colonization. Num Pages: 442 pages, b/w illus, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JD; 3JF; HBTG; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 279 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Edition
Rev Sub
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890132395
ISBN
9780890132395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.20
€ 47.69

Hardcover. Clean copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Colorado,Department of Fine Arts
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0236971
ISBN
9780870813177
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University of Colorado,Department of Fine Arts
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0237210
ISBN
9780870813177
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Robert Wright argues that the ultimate causes of American economic development and transformation into a modern society can be reduced to the causes of American commercial banking. Wright analyzes why American banking arose when, and with the particular characteristics, it did. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742520868
ISBN
9780742520868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.42

paperback. Robert Wright argues that the ultimate causes of American economic development and transformation into a modern society can be reduced to the causes of American commercial banking. Wright analyzes why American banking arose when, and with the particular characteristics, it did. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742520875
ISBN
9780742520875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.44

Paperback. This volume traces the ideological roots and political impact of Argentine right-wing nationalism as it developed in the 1930s and 1940s. The author focuses on the attempt by a brand of noncomformist intellectuals to shift the concept of Argentine nationalism to an integralist-populist incarnation. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268020118
ISBN
9780268020118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Hardcover. This volume traces the ideological roots and political impact of Argentine right-wing nationalism as it developed in the 1930s and 1940s. The author focuses on the attempt by a brand of noncomformist intellectuals to shift the concept of Argentine nationalism to an integralist-populist incarnation. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268020101
ISBN
9780268020101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.43

Hardcover. This book provides a multifaceted analysis of the so-called US 'rebalance' (or 'pivot') toward Asia by focusing on the diplomatic, military, and economic dimensions of the American policy shift in the Asia Pacific region. Editor(s): Mejier, Hugo. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137440365
ISBN
9781137440365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.84

Hardback. Drawing on constitutional commentary and treatises, Supreme Court and lower federal court opinions, congressional hearings, and scholarly monographs, O'Neill's work will be valuable to historians, academic lawyers, and political scientists. Series: The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801881114
ISBN
9780801881114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.54

Paperback. Get inside the glamour with the Sunday Times bestselling author, Tasmina Perry.. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 45. Weight in Grams: 462. 8vo Good copy .
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KEX0255185
ISBN
9780007265558
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; JFCV; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 190 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873518949
ISBN
9780873518949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.35

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