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The Americas

Hardcover. The Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1868, sought to protect the rights of newly freed slaves, but it was first put to the test in a row between the butchers and state of New Orleans five years later. This study analyses the case and the controversial Supreme Court decision. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612901
ISBN
9780700612901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.84

Paperback. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0006773
ISBN
9780875463551
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0006673
ISBN
9780875463551
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black and white photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307886118
ISBN
9780307886118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. Amid the turbulence of political assassinations, the civil rights struggle, and antiwar protests, American society was experiencing growing affluence and profound cultural change during the 1960s. This text looks at the way in which the film industry interpreted the era. Series: History of the American Cinema S. Num Pages: 359 pages, 112 b/w photographs, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; APFA; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 632. 1960-1969. Series: History of the American Cinema S. 359 pages, 112 b&w photographs, 6 tables. Amid the turbulence of political assassinations, the civil rights struggle, and antiwar protests, American society was experiencing growing affluence and profound cultural change during the 1960s. This text looks at the way in which the film industry interpreted the era. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; APFA; HBJK; HBLW3. Dimension: 251 x 176 x 21. Weight: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238046
ISBN
9780520238046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.35

Paperback.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
462
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803265646
ISBN
9780803265646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.32

paperback. Num Pages: 130 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSC; JPS; JPV; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Human Rights Watch United States
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564322654
ISBN
9781564322654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.29

Paperback. Jansson documents how presidents from FDR to Clinton have made ill-advised choices that squandered trillions of dollars. Using Office of Management and Budget projections through 2004, Jansson shows how the madness continues-and how an informed electorate can put an end to it. Num Pages: 496 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPQB; KCP; KCZ; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114332
ISBN
9780231114332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Jansson documents how presidents from FDR to Clinton have made ill-advised choices that squandered trillions of dollars. Using Office of Management and Budget projections through 2004, Jansson shows how the madness continues-and how an informed electorate can put an end to it. Num Pages: 496 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPQB; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114325
ISBN
9780231114325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.86
€ 89.47

paperback. Editor(s): Venables, Robert W. Series: Documents in American Social History. Num Pages: 148 pages, 50ill.9M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 277 x 11. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483172
ISBN
9780801483172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.70

Hardcover. * A leading expert discusses and analyzes the Sioux people with rigorous scholarship and remarkably clear writing. * Raises questions about Sioux history while synthesizing the historical and anthropological research over a wide scope of issues and periods. Series: Peoples of America. Num Pages: 328 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557865663
ISBN
9781557865663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Paperback. A collection of recipes from The Silver Palate, the first gourmet carry-out shop in Manhattan, including recipes for Chicken Marbella, Curried Butternut Squash Soup, Brie Wrapped in Filo, Chilli for a Crowd, Marinated Chevres, Raspberry-Sauternes Dessert Soup, and White Sangria. Num Pages: 480 pages, full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1136.
Publisher
Workman Publishing United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
25 Anv
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761145974
ISBN
9780761145974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.41

Paperback. Examines environmental inequality and racism in our globalized culture as evidenced by the social demographics of Silicon Valley. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 303 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSL1; JHBL; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
303
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814767108
ISBN
9780814767108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. This volume examines the business, legal and social frameworks which have enabled Silicon Valley's success in promoting new technologies looking at what accounts for the Valley's leading edge in innovation and entrepreneurship? Editor(s): Lee, Chong-Moon; Miller, William F.; Hancock, Marguerite; Rowen, Henry. Num Pages: 456 pages, 6 tables 18 figures 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; KJH; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740630
ISBN
9780804740630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

hardcover. The Story of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force in the Words of the Men Who Lived it. 336 pages, 16 pages of photos. Tells the story of America's intrepid underwater warriors. From early war patrols in obsolescent, unreliable S-boats to new, modern fleet submarines roving the Pacific, the forty-six stories in this anthology give you a full understanding of what it was like to be a U.S. Navy submariner in combat. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWMV2; JWTR. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Casemate Ipm
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612001258
ISBN
9781612001258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.86

Paperback. Offers an account of the suburbanization of the South from the perspective of corporate leaders, political activists, and especially of the ordinary families who lived in booming Sunbelt metropolises such as Atlanta, Charlotte, and Richmond. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 23 halftones. 1 line illus. 4 tables. 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133898
ISBN
9780691133898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

hardcover. The result of an exhaustive analysis of the beliefs and attitudes among three generations of the Sikh community ? and having conducted over 100 interviews ? Nayar highlights differences and tensions with regards to the role of familial relations, child rearing, and religion. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HRKS; JFSL; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802089472
ISBN
9780802089472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.56

Paperback. The result of an exhaustive analysis of the beliefs and attitudes among three generations of the Sikh community ? and having conducted over 100 interviews ? Nayar highlights differences and tensions with regards to the role of familial relations, child rearing, and religion. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HRKS; JFSL; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802086310
ISBN
9780802086310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.62

Paperback. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s original, groundbreaking study explores the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature, elaborating a new critical approach located within this tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
25 ANV
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195136470
ISBN
9780195136470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.74

Hardcover. Tells how the Shoshone-Bannocks made a meaningful choice between productive commerce and a more typical reliance on subsistence and wage labor. This case study challenges the view that Indians were ill suited to market-based pursuits and enhances our understanding of cultural persistence within the broader sweep of historical change. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWD; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614028
ISBN
9780700614028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.61

Paperback. Demonstrates that even in the short novels there is more depth and sophistication than has generally been acknowledged Editor(s): Benson, Jackson J. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Duke University Press Durham, NC
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822309949
ISBN
9780822309949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. An ambitious, original book describing a century of Europe coping with America: its inventions, personalities, films, armies, business, and politics. These decades reveal how much emotional energy Europeans invested in finding their own ways to reconcile tradition and modernity under the pressure of the ever-evolving American challenge. Series: Oxford History of Modern Europe. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198778837
ISBN
9780198778837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.23

Paperback. A detailed account of the biggest battle in the Civil War up to that point, and the sudden fame of Ulysses S. Grant. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 319.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306812590
ISBN
9780306812590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.41

Paperback. Los Angeles has attracted intense attention as a 'world city' characterized by multiculturalism and globalization. This work highlights the role African Americans and Japanese Americans played in the social and political struggles that remade twentieth-century Los Angeles. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146188
ISBN
9780691146188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 42.28

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