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The Americas

Paperback. Almost fifty years after Brown v Board of Education, research shows that minority students continue to receive an unequal education. At the heart of this inequality is a complex and often conflicted relationship between teachers and civil rights activists. This title traces the tensions between the two groups in New York City over the years. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBTB; JNFR; JNKH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226660721
ISBN
9780226660721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Examines the roles violence and terrorism have played in the exercise of democratic ideals in America. This book explores how crowds, rallying behind the principle of popular sovereignty and desiring to make law conform to justice, can disdain law and engage in violence. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JPHV; JPW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138770
ISBN
9780691138770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Series: Hoover Studies in Politics, Economics, and Society. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442201248
ISBN
9781442201248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.30

Hardback. Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231047388
ISBN
9780231047388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.89
€ 86.12

Hardback. Analyzing various decisions made by the Director of National Intelligence and examining in detail, issues from Hurricane Katrina to the national security computer networks, this book demonstrates the dangers of an overly centralized intelligence system. It also offers clear ideas for reform that go beyond risky organizational changes. Series: Hoover Studies in Politics, Economics, and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742551275
ISBN
9780742551275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.50

Paperback. By providing an in-depth analysis of the news media's role in the American political system, Uncertain Guardians challenges us to re-evaluate much of what we take for granted as news consumers and to think about how to improve political communication. Series: Interpreting American Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JP; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801860362
ISBN
9780801860362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.46

Lincoln Mitchell tracks the course of events leading up to the recent revolution in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, analyzes the contributing factors, and explores the role of the United States both in contributing to the revolution and in Georgia's failure to live up to its democratic promise. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812241273
ISBN
9780812241273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.98

Hardback. A bold analysis of what happened when Canada attempted to extend group rights to Aboriginal people in the early 1980s and why it went wrong. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774832380
ISBN
9780774832380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801472947
ISBN
9780801472947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801453649
ISBN
9780801453649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.72

Hardback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761854944
ISBN
9780761854944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.72

Hardback. This book looks at the long-term social and environmental effects of imagined, abandoned, and failed resource-development schemes in northwest British Columbia. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 552 pages, 12 photographs, 7 maps, 2 charts, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; GTB; RNF; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774833042
ISBN
9780774833042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.50

Hardback. Women have practiced as landscape architects, since the founding of the practice as a profession in the United States in the 1890s. They came to landscape architecture as gardeners, garden designers, horticulturalists, and fine artists. This book describes design practice in landscape architecture by women in the first half of the 20th century. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 colour & 65 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AMV; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928081
ISBN
9780813928081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.95

Paperback. Starting with the crippling custom of footbinding, this work presents a study of Chinese American women during the first half of the twentieth century. Using this symbol of subjugation to examine social change in the lives of these women, it shows the stages of 'unbinding' that occurred between the turn of the century and the end of World War II. Num Pages: 395 pages, 33 b&w illustrations, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
395
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520088672
ISBN
9780520088672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. From household objects to maps and ideas of race, Kariann Yokota examines early US history through the lens of postcolonial theory. While its leaders went to great lengths to establish their "civility,"what really distinguished the new nation were its unlimited natural resources, slavery, and the displacement of native societies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 50 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190217877
ISBN
9780190217877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.64

Paperback. Uncovers an archive of literature and performance that reveals Cuban America as a space of overlapping Cuban and African diasporic experiences Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 282 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814765470
ISBN
9780814765470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822310952
ISBN
9780822310952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Lawrence, Kaylynn C. Num Pages: 95 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631174841
ISBN
9781631174841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.17
€ 58.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPW; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487842
ISBN
9780801487842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; JFFN; JFSP1; LNDA1; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 239 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634829373
ISBN
9781634829373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.00
€ 76.80

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