The Americas
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The Americas
Paperback. Essays discuss the Depression, the Cold War, the Great Society, and the Silent Majority. Editor(s): Fraser, Steve; Gerstle, Gary. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691006079
- ISBN
- 9780691006079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. Second part of the two-volume chronicle of the birth, life and death of the Confederacy written by Jefferson Davis. It covers the period from the Missouri Compromise in 1820 to the readmission of the Southern states to the US Congress in the late 1860s. Num Pages: 700 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306804199
- ISBN
- 9780306804199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.49
€ 37.99
€ 25.49
Paperback. Analyzing how authoritarian regimes utilize coercion, this book sheds light on a fundamental period during the Chilean dictatorship. It provides an account of why the DINA was created in the first place, how it became the most powerful repressive institution in Chile, and why it was suddenly replaced with a different organization. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPB; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038359
- ISBN
- 9780268038359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
In this expansive one-volume account of the native peoples of North America, eminent historian William Brandon-who devoted much of his life to examining this subject-presents this revelatory history of the development and culture of the native peoples of North America, from their incipience through the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589790360
- ISBN
- 9781589790360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.06
€ 37.99
€ 35.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156064
- ISBN
- 9780691156064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.40
€ 30.99
€ 22.40
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HRAM2; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639727
- ISBN
- 9780691639727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.43
€ 151.43
Hardback. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 768 pages, 60 line illus. 64 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147727
- ISBN
- 9780691147727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.22
€ 66.22
Hardback. Gerber reflects on whether American colleges and universities will be able to retain their position of global preeminence in an increasingly market-driven environment, given that the system of governance that helped make their success possible has been fundamentally altered. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JNMN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414621
- ISBN
- 9781421414621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.51€ 56.40
€ 61.51
€ 56.40
Paperback. Gerber reflects on whether American colleges and universities will be able to retain their position of global preeminence in an increasingly market-driven environment, given that the system of governance that helped make their success possible has been fundamentally altered. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JNMN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414638
- ISBN
- 9781421414638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.66
€ 35.99
€ 30.66
Paperback. This book tracks the rise and fall of an underworld culture that bred some of America's greatest racketeers, bootleggers, gamblers, and professional killers, examining the careers of such high-profile figures as Meyer Lansky and Benjamin Bugsy Siegel. Num Pages: 351 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTB; JFSR1; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096836
- ISBN
- 9780231096836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Hardback. Editor(s): Williams, Daryle; Chazkel, Amy; Knauss De Mendonca, Paulo. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 408 pages, 72 illustrations, incl. 11 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822359746
- ISBN
- 9780822359746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.79
€ 212.79
Paperback. Editor(s): Williams, Daryle; Chazkel, Amy; Knauss De Mendonca, Paulo. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 408 pages, 73 illustrations, incl. 11 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360063
- ISBN
- 9780822360063
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.42
€ 51.99
€ 37.42
Hardcover. A provocative blueprint for how the United States can successfully disengage from failing wars without compromising its core values or interests. Num Pages: 400 pages, 45 b/w photos, illustrations, drawings, diagrams run w/text, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316254885
- ISBN
- 9780316254885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.47
€ 30.99
€ 26.47
Paperback. Analyzes a half century of speeches, campaign advertisements, party platforms, and intellectual writings, systematically showing how Republican politicians and conservative intellectuals increasingly gave economic justifications for policies they once defended through appeals to freedom. Num Pages: 32 pages, 5 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFM; JPL; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141008
- ISBN
- 9780691141008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. What is it, that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle and wait for someone to light the fuse? Ask a few of the astronauts and find out. They had it. The first Americans in space, battling the Russians for control of the heavens, putting their lives on the line. This book is about the quality beyond bravery, beyond courage. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099479376
- ISBN
- 9780099479376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.12
€ 9.12
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442630215
- ISBN
- 9781442630215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.73
€ 45.99
€ 40.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477263
- ISBN
- 9780801477263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415840705
- ISBN
- 9780415840705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.59
€ 56.59
paperback. An examination how the bicycle as a symbol of modernity and social status fits into the larger picture of change and progress in a period of dramatic economic, social, and technological flux. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 249 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802082053
- ISBN
- 9780802082053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.52
€ 44.99
€ 39.52
Paperback. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJPR; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003609
- ISBN
- 9781474256544
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. In addition, he includes a new chapter describing Amish recreation and social gatherings, and he applies the concept of "social capitalto his sensitive and penetrating interpretation of how the Amish have preserved their social networks and the solidarity of their community. Series: Center Books in Anabaptist Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 74, 61 black & white halftones, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC99; HRCX8; HRCZ; JFC; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801867729
- ISBN
- 9780801867729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.99
€ 30.99
€ 29.99
Paperback. Ben Fong-Torres was torn between an alluring American lifestyle - including Elvis and rock 'n' roll - and the traditional cultural heritage his proud immigrant parents struggled to instill in their five children. This title tells of growing up with a double identity - Chinese and American. Num Pages: 296 pages, 28 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; AVGP; BGFA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition,Revised
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269682
- ISBN
- 9780520269682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.54
€ 29.99
€ 21.54
Paperback. A true story about Omaha Central's first all-black high school basketball team in a time of racial unrest. Num Pages: 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; WSJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234345
- ISBN
- 9780803234345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.07
€ 23.99
€ 22.07
Paperback. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, did symbolic as well as literal damage. This book includes two interlinked essays that proposes the notion of virtual traumato that describe the cultural wound that this name-date both deflects and relays. It examines the historical and philosophical infrastructure of the notion of war on terror. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231249
- ISBN
- 9780823231249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.67
€ 42.99
€ 37.67