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The Americas

paperback. From World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader of the world. This book offers a devastating analysis of American Imperialism, drawing alarming connections between its repression of information inside the US and its aggressive empire-building abroad. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTQ; JPHV; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099135012
ISBN
9780099135012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.52

Paperback. The story of the fighting at Monocacy, known as the "Battle that Saved Washington." A pivotal day and an even more pivotal campaign that went right to the gates of Washington, D.C. Series: Emerging Civil War Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 maps, 150 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Savas Beatie
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611213461
ISBN
9781611213461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.14

Paperback. Editor(s): Elsea, Jennifer K. Num Pages: 85 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
85
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604567076
ISBN
9781604567076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.02
€ 42.80

Paperback. Immigrants from Pakistan, Egypt, India, and Palestine who were racially profiled and detained following the September 11 attacks tell their personal stories in a collection which explores themes of transnationalism, racialization, and the global war on terror, and explains the human cost of suspending civil liberties after a wartime emergency. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBTD; JFSR2; JPVH1; JPWL2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230103825
ISBN
9780230103825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Balkin, Jack M.; Siegel, Reva B. Num Pages: 368 pages, a small amout of figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND; LNDC; LNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 527.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195387964
ISBN
9780195387964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.82

Hardback. The Constitution of the United States and its amendments are explained phrase by phrase in this volume. The author analyzes the meaning of the Constitution, with expositions on the history and principles of constitutionalism. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
7 Rev ed
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742522374
ISBN
9780742522374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 190 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801490590
ISBN
9780801490590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.63

paperback. Reveals how thousands of California natives died from 1847 to 1865 from starvation, disease, drunkenness, enslavement, rape, murder, and warfare. This book editor lets the documents tell the story and provides an organization and balance which make it possible to trace themes while letting the reader draw the conclusions. Editor(s): Heizer, Robert F. Num Pages: 321 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Bison Books United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803272620
ISBN
9780803272620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.23

Hardback. Americans from around the country tell how the previous eight years of failed policies have shaped their personal fate and prompted them to vote for a newcomer blazing the banner of change. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566637787
ISBN
9781566637787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.72

paperback. The author has used the declassification process of the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) to obtain the information on topics like the Garrison investigation and Clay Shaw; the newly exposed fallacies of the Warren Commission; Kennedy's withdrawal plan from Vietnam; Kennedy's challenge to the Cold War consensus in 1961; and more. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9781620870563
ISBN
9781620870563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 864 pages, 2 photo inserts + photos throughout; 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 246 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1136.
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812979473
ISBN
9780812979473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.00
€ 16.17

Hardback. William Charles Wells (1757-1817) was one of the foremost, and forgotten, American scientists of the eighteenth century. He should be acknowledged as laying the foundations for modern studies of vestibular function as well as eye movements. This book features his Essay on single vision with two eyes (1792) and his own Memoir of his life (1818). Series: History and Philosophy of Psychology. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; JMM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1850.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306473852
ISBN
9780306473852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.47

Paperback. Series: Stackpole Military History Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811735353
ISBN
9780811735353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.53

Hardcover. A critical survey of Hollywood film musicals from the 1960s to the present. This book examines how, in the post-studio system era, cultural, industrial and stylistic circumstances transformed this once happy-go-lucky genre into one both fluid and cynical enough to embrace the likes of Rocky Horror and pave the way for Cannibal! and Moulin Rouge!. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFN; AVGM; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444. Music, Masculinity and Mayhem. 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. A critical survey of Hollywood film musicals from the 1960s to the present. This book examines how, in the post-studio system era, cultural, industrial and stylistic circumstances transformed this once happy-go-lucky genre into one both fluid and cynical enough to embrace the likes of Rocky Horror and pave the way for Cannibal! and Moulin Rouge!. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFN; AVGM; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230491
ISBN
9780230230491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.07

Hardback. Superstar singer, bestselling cookbook author, and cooking show host Patti LaBelle shares her favorite dessert recipes and kitchen memories--including the sweet potato pie recipe that launched the viral #pattispie frenzy of 2015 Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBB; WBVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 193. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455543403
ISBN
9781455543403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. Brings together the work of scholars whose study of the evolution of property law in the colonies recognizes the value in locating property law and rights within the broader political, economic, and intellectual contexts of those societies. Editor(s): McLaren, Mr. John; Buck, Mr. A. R.; Wright, Ms. Nancy E. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 b/w photos, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MBF; 1MBN; HBT; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 4217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774810739
ISBN
9780774810739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.99

Paperback. Irreverent, provocative, and engaging, Desperately Seeking Certainty attacks the current legal vogue for grand unified theories of constitutional interpretation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226238098
ISBN
9780226238098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.27

Paperback. Explores the world of second-generation Indian American youth to learn how they manage the contradictions of gender roles and sexuality, how they handle their "model minority" status and expectations for class mobility in a society that still racializes everyone in terms of black or white. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GTB; JFCA; JFSL1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566399272
ISBN
9781566399272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816681167
ISBN
9780816681167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.02

hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816681150
ISBN
9780816681150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.53

Paperback. In the 1970s sex was what mattered most to feminists. Gerhard asks why issues of sex and female pleasure came to matter so much to these "second-wave feminists." She shows how the radical ideas put forward by this generation of American women was a response to attempts to define and contain female sexuality going back to the beginning of the century. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 176 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231112055
ISBN
9780231112055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.19

Paperback. This lively, engaging book investigates the relationship between some of our more beloved popular expressions of national identity and the extent to which the interests of the state appeal to the pleasures of citizens, thus shaping our understanding of what it means to be Canadian. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442613911
ISBN
9781442613911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.51

Paperback. Combines scholarship on supposedly discrete episodes in American history into a story of same-sex desire across the country and the centuries. The book shows what it means to say that sexuality has a history by pointing to experiences of love/desire that were understood in radically different ways. Num Pages: 234 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731568
ISBN
9780226731568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.23

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Black Rose Books Canada
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551641300
ISBN
9781551641300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.29

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