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The Americas

Hardback. Ultimately, Inventing the Pinkertons is a gripping look at how the histories of American capitalism, industrial folklore, and the nation-state converged. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420561
ISBN
9781421420561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Examines the leadership styles of the earliest presidents, men who served at a time when it was by no means certain that the American experiment in free government would succeed. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160917
ISBN
9780691160917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.73

Hardback. Examines the leadership styles of earliest presidents, men who served at a time when it was by no means certain that the American experiment in free government would succeed. This book explains how these early presidents and their successors shaped the American presidency and helped the republic prosper despite challenges at home and abroad. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133584
ISBN
9780691133584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.82

Paperback. Features the history of an evangelical revival known in America as the "Great Awakening"�'. This book offers an overview of this episode and proposes an explanation of its origins. It demonstrates that the Great Awakening was invented not by historians but by eighteenth-century evangelicals who were skillful and enthusiastic religious promoters. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 halftones, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC99; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691086910
ISBN
9780691086910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.00

Hardback. Throughout the twentieth century, popular songs, magazine articles, plays, posters, and novels alternated between representing intelligence as empowering and as threatening. In Inventing the Egghead, Aaron Lecklider cracks open this paradox by examining representations of intelligence to reveal brainpower's stalwart appeal and influence. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812244861
ISBN
9780812244861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.26

Far from being a record of southern failure, Lakwete concludes, the cotton gin-correctly understood-supplies evidence that the slave labor-based antebellum South innovated, industrialized, and modernized. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 26, 16 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801873942
ISBN
9780801873942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.53

Hardcover. Describes the early history of American guitar design in detail. This title tells the story of how a European instrument was transformed into one with all of the design and construction features that define the iconic American flat-top guitar. Num Pages: 360 pages, Four-Colour, Heavily Illustrated Throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AVRL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 276 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1898.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Edition
2013 edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781458405760
ISBN
9781458405760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.30

hardcover. Based on over ten years of archival research, Richard A. Davies's scholarly biography of Haliburton is the first since 1924. It is an engaging examination of a controversial and contradictory Canadian writer and significant figure in the history of pre-confederation Nova Scotia. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 340 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; BG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 663.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802050014
ISBN
9780802050014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; WNC; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632204868
ISBN
9781632204868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.02

hardcover. An analysis of the Irish community of city of Worcester, Massachusetts around the turn of the 20th century. The author reveals how an ethnic group can endure and yet change when its first American-born generation takes control of its destiny. Series: Irish in America S. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL; JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 989.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780268031534
ISBN
9780268031534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.47

Paperback. Between 1890 and 1920 over one-third of the peasants of Mount Lebanon left their villages and traveled to the Americas. This book traces the journeys of these villagers from the ranks of the peasantry into a middle class of their own making. Num Pages: 271 pages, 2 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1KB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520227408
ISBN
9780520227408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.28

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742561274
ISBN
9780742561274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.22

Hardback. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 388 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
388
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442251861
ISBN
9781442251861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.02

Hardcover. Series: Perspective History of Congress 1789-1801. Num Pages: 315 pages, Notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JPH; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 789. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821412718
ISBN
9780821412718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.34

Paperback. Food consumption is a significant and complex social activity - and what a society chooses to feed its children reveals much about its tastes and ideas regarding health. This book explores how the invention of commercial baby food shaped American notions of infancy and influenced the evolution of parental and pediatric care. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b/w illustrations, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; MBNH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283459
ISBN
9780520283459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

paperback. Inventing Atlantic Canada is the first book to analyse the reaction of the Maritime provinces to Newfoundland's entry into Confederation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442611580
ISBN
9781442611580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

Paperback. One of the master stylists of American literature, Gore Vidal now provides us with his uniquely irreverent take on America's founding fathers, bringing them to life at key moments of decision in the birthing of the nation. Series: Icons of America. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300105926
ISBN
9780300105926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. Learn about the role that patent models played in American history--and even learn to build your own replica! Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TBX; TBY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
O´Reilly Media United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781457187186
ISBN
9781457187186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.68

Paperback. Series: Wormsloe Foundation Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PSVW1; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820338354
ISBN
9780820338354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.91

Hardcover. Editor(s): Cartwell, Cason G. Num Pages: 92 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TVP; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 187 x 12. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600214615
ISBN
9781600214615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.98
€ 111.86

paperback. Series: Latin American Originals. Num Pages: 128 pages, 4 illustrations/3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 209.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271027586
ISBN
9780271027586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.89

Paperback. Invaders as Ancestors examines how the unique practices involved in Andean ancestor-worship first facilitated Spanish colonization and eventually undid the colonial project. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 404 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802096173
ISBN
9780802096173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.86

Paperback. Translation of: Bei Inuit und Walf'angern auf Baffin-Land (1883/1884). Editor(s): Muller-Wille, Ludger; Gieseking, Bernd. Translator(s): Barr, William. Num Pages: 286 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHMC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Baraka Books
Edition
First English Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926824116
ISBN
9781926824116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; LNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 187. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138668249
ISBN
9781138668249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 106.17

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