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The Americas

Hardback. The 1960s were a period of global media revolution: communication satellites compressed time and space, television spread around the world, and images circulated through print media in expanding ways. This book examines how U.S. policymakers exploited these changes. Series: Explorations in Culture and International History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFD; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782388425
ISBN
9781782388425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.95

Hardcover. Integrating all aspects of life, from politics and law to the economy and culture, "Empire of Liberty" offers a marvelous account of this pivotal era when America took its first unsteady steps as a new and rapidly expanding nation. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 244 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1218.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195039146
ISBN
9780195039146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 46.83

Paperback. A magnificent new volume in the acclaimed Oxford History of the United States, written by the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Gordon S. Wood. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 800 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1102.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199832460
ISBN
9780199832460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.87

Shows how Indian litigants and petitioners made sense of Spanish legal principles and processes when the dust of conquest had begun to settle after 1600. This work reveals how Indians saw the law as a practical and moral resource that allowed them to gain a measure of control over their lives and to forge a relationship to a distant king. Num Pages: 392 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758635
ISBN
9780804758635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Paperback. Empire of Law shows how seventeenth-century Indian claimants, by litigating and petitioning before Mexico City tribunals, became full participants in an early modern cosmopolitan legality that gave rise to a colonial politics of justice that struggled, with some success, against the utter degradation of subject peoples. Num Pages: 392 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776622
ISBN
9780804776622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. A Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times best-selling author charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate America that craves fantasy, ecstasy, and illusion. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254. The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. 240 pages. In the tradition of Christopher Lasch's "The Culture of Narcissism," Pulitzer Prize-winner Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate America that craves fantasy, ecstasy, and illusion. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 17. Weight: 250.
Publisher
Nation Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568586137
ISBN
9781568586137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JFHX; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486067
ISBN
9780801486067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Presents an examination of how the migration of nurses from the Philippines to the US is inextricably linked to American imperialism and the US colonization of the Philippine Islands in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; JHBL; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822330899
ISBN
9780822330899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

Paperback.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416502937
ISBN
9781416502937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.02

Paperback. Student guide to globalisation theory and the impact of the US on neo-liberal policies worldwide. Series: Critical Introductions to World Politics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745324487
ISBN
9780745324487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156071
ISBN
9780691156071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. The dean of New York history brings together a wide-ranging, eclectic, and entertaining survey of the best writing about the city of New York and its people Editor(s): Jackson, Kenneth T.; Dunbar, David S. Num Pages: 1008 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 224 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
1008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109093
ISBN
9780231109093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. When the locals and the rest of the world say 'New York', they mean Manhattan, a crowded island of commercial districts and residential neighborhoods, skyscrapers and tenements, fabulously rich and abjectly poor cheek by jowl. This title tells the story of the dreams that inspired the changes in the landscape and the problems that eluded solution. Editor(s): Rosenzweig, Roy; Benson, Susan Porter; Brier, Stephen; Rozenweig, Roy. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 73 b&w illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AMVD; HBJK; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 17. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592132355
ISBN
9781592132355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 43.30

paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 269.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
IG PUBLISHING United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780977197231
ISBN
9780977197231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.97

Hardback. The French Revolution invented the notion of the citizen, but it also invented the noncitizen--the person whose rights were nonexistent. The South American outpost of Guiana became a depository for these outcasts of the new French citizenry, and an experimental space for the exercise of new kinds of power and violence against marginal groups. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057548
ISBN
9780674057548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.00
€ 55.91

Paperback. A concise history of how the US has used nuclear weapons to dominate the world. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745324944
ISBN
9780745324944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. Finally, contributors examine the changes wrought by the American Revolution both within Britain's remaining imperial possessions and among the other states in the emerging "concert of Europe." Editor(s): Gould, Eliga H.; Onuf, Peter S. Series: Anglo-America in the Transatlantic World. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTR; HBWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418421
ISBN
9781421418421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972032
ISBN
9780865972032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.00

Hardback. Brings together two subjects in American history: the story of the struggle to end slavery that reached a violent climax in the Civil War, and the story of the westward expansion of the US. This work embraces East and West, as well as North and South, as the US observes the 2015 sesquicentennial commemoration of the end of the Civil War. Editor(s): Scharff, Virginia. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 color plates, 67 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281264
ISBN
9780520281264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. This book is about education and American imperialism from the War of 1898 to the War on Terror. Very little coordinated or sustained research has been devoted to the broader contours of America, education, and empire. And third, this volume seeks to inspire new directions in the study of American educational history. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137024527
ISBN
9781137024527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.37
€ 46.32

Hardback. The Upper Mantaro Archaeological Research Project, a multiyear program undertaken from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, is a benchmark for a level of quality in Andean archaeological research. This volume continues the UMARP tradition of developing innovative approaches to understanding prehistoric Andean economy and polity. Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Num Pages: 406 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3B; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306464089
ISBN
9780306464089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 202.06

Paperback. Focusing on environmental policy, and human rights dimensions of the activities of the US military in Panama, this book analyzes the guiding mythologies and racial stereotypes behind the US colonialism in the region. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCP; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822330981
ISBN
9780822330981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.67

paperback. Editor(s): Currie, Ruth; Bryant, Emma Spaulding. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 518 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
518
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823222742
ISBN
9780823222742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Editor(s): Eiselein, Gregory (Kansas State University). Num Pages: 364 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DCF; DSC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112855
ISBN
9781551112855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.12

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