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Hardcover. Agent of Empire is a detailed study of creative works inspired by the escapades of the American soldier of fortune William Walker. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325446
ISBN
9780820325446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.92

Paperback. Illuminates the workings of democracies beyond the United States. This book presents an account of how policy issues rise and fall on the national agenda. It offers a different interpretation by taking the long view of several issues - including nuclear energy, urban affairs, smoking, and auto safety. Num Pages: 368 pages, 40 line drawings, 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226039497
ISBN
9780226039497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.96

Hardcover. Tells the story of how women's organizations got savvy - framing the issues strategically, seizing political opportunities in the international environment, and taking advantage of mobilizing structures - and overcame the cultural opposition of many UN-member states to broadly define the issues in women's rights as an international cause. Series: Advancing Human Rights S. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589011748
ISBN
9781589011748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 213.63

Paperback. The Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions 2016 provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems in the United States and proposes public policy responses to those problems. It offers recommendations for action around key issues for social justice. Editor(s): Muschert, Glenn; Perrucci, Robert; Shefner, Jon. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 182 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447332886
ISBN
9781447332886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Nelson, Todd D. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262533409
ISBN
9780262533409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 44.21

Hardback. Although Abraham Lincoln was among seven presidents who served during the tumultuous years between the end of the Mexican War and the end of the Reconstruction era, history has not been kind to the others: Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses Grant. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612346588
ISBN
9781612346588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.73

Hardback. As William Nester asserts in The Age of Jackson, it takes quite a leader to personify an age. A political titan for thirty-three years (1815-1848), Andrew Jackson possessed character, beliefs, and acts that dominated American politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612346052
ISBN
9781612346052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.72

Paperback. Shows how the collective purposes and meanings that had framed social debate became unhinged and uncertain. This title offers a reinterpretation of the ways in which the decades surrounding the 1980s changed America. It explains how structures of power came to seem less important than market choice and fluid selves. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064362
ISBN
9780674064362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.81

Hardback. America's leading essayist on the frantic retreat of democracy, in the fire and smoke of the war on terror Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 225 x 39. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784787110
ISBN
9781784787110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400. American Thought and Culture in the 1960s. 272 pages, 15 b&w photographs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCX. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 16. Weight: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487002
ISBN
9780801487002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.24

Paperback. Until now, there has not been a single, full-colour guide to some of the most recognizable genera of the southwestern United States. Intended for the layperson, Agaves, Yuccas, and Their Kin covers all currently recognized taxa of these seven genera, in alphabetical order, ranging from Texas to the Pacific. Series: Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest. Num Pages: 416 pages, 490 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; PST; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 525.
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896729391
ISBN
9780896729391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.50

Paperback. An account of Yeates' ascent of one of the world's largest vertical rock faces, the 4,000 foot Central Tower of Paine in Chile. The greatest difficulties come not from the elements but from within themselves; crippled with fear the team is forced into a retreat but after resting return to complete the climb. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour) maps, portraits (some colour). BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 1KLSX; BM; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099766414
ISBN
9780099766414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. The science editor of the New York Times issues a call to arms for beach lovers and environmentalists in a beautifully written book that covers the science as well as the hubris-filled history of Americans' efforts to hold back the sea. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 illus, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNF; RNK; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231084192
ISBN
9780231084192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.10

paperback. A fundamental critique of American law and legal thought, this book consists of a series of essays written from three different perspectives that coalesce into a criticism of contemporary legal culture. It is of interest not only to the legal academics under attack in the book, but also to sociologists, historians, and social theorists. Series: Constitutional Conflicts. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAT; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822318415
ISBN
9780822318415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.60

paperback. This book argues that forestry is a more diverse and complex activity than has been generally recognized. It also underlines the political character of the profession. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCV; 3JJ; BGB; KNAL; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774807661
ISBN
9780774807661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
First
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851992280
ISBN
9780851992280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 224.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFE; JFFJ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
AK Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849352444
ISBN
9781849352444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.66

Paperback. Aliyyah I. Abdur-Rahman argues that from the mid-nineteenth century through the twentieth, black writers used depictions of transgressive sexuality to express African Americans' longings for individual and collective freedom. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306. Black Political Longing and the Erotics of Race. 216 pages, 1 illustration. Shows how literary representations of transgressive sexuality expressed the longings of African Americans for individual and collective freedom. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 13. Weight: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352419
ISBN
9780822352419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardback. It cautions against framing debates over sexual material narrowly in terms of harm to children while highlighting the dangers of surrendering discourse about sexuality to the commercial realm. Series: Reconfiguring American Political History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801878022
ISBN
9780801878022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.02
€ 49.08

Hardback. Based on fieldwork conducted among middle-class university students primarily at the national university (UNAM) in Mexico City, this study explores gender relations as reflected in the words macho and machismo. The author concludes that the students use them to denote aspects of their families of origin that they consider unfavorable and aspects of Num Pages: 156 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454616
ISBN
9781845454616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.86

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