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The Americas

Paperback. The ink was barely dry on the Constitution when it was almost destroyed by the rise of political parties in the US. This book describes the aspects of electoral college crisis. It shows how Thomas Jefferson counted his Federalist rivals out of the House runoff, and how the Federalists threatened to place John Marshall in the presidential chair. Num Pages: 400 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023956
ISBN
9780674023956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.77

Paperback. Modern farm policy emerged in the United States in 1862, leading to an industrialized agriculture that made the farm sector collectively more successful even as many individual farmers failed. This title blends history, politics, and economics to show that federal government emphasis on farm productivity has failed to meet broader rural needs. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSF; JPQB; RPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878408580
ISBN
9780878408580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.87

Hardback. Develops an empirical analysis of the use of originalism in Supreme Court decisions to show how claimed adherence to originalism ultimately does not constrain ideological decisions. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804783828
ISBN
9780804783828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.88

Hardback. With tuition rising at four times the rate of inflation, colleges and universities have focused on ever more superficial measures of quality. Riley cuts through the piles of glossy college catalogs and popular rankings such as U.S. News and World Report to bring families the real story behind the higher education industry. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566638869
ISBN
9781566638869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.71

Hardback. Written for professors, adjuncts, graduate students, and academic, political, business, and not-for-profit leaders, this data-rich study offers a balanced assessment of the risks and opportunities posed for the American faculty by economic, market-driven forces beyond their control. Num Pages: 584 pages, 72, 72 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKH; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 238 x 43. Weight in Grams: 916.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420929
ISBN
9781421420929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.03
€ 47.03

Paperback. A work of candour and inventiveness, instructive particularly in its revelation of the interplay between life and art. It concentrates on five episodes from Philip Roth's life. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520962
ISBN
9780099520962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L.; Lipsett-Rivera, Sonya. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 224 pages, 34 halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826319067
ISBN
9780826319067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; 3JJP; 3JM; BM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 114. .
Publisher
Regan Arts United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632060525
ISBN
9781632060525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.13

Hardback. This work offers both a historical account of the crazy-quilt of legislation dealing with immigration that Congress has passed over the years and a theoretical explanation, building on the "new institutionalism", of how these laws came to be passed. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724852
ISBN
9780804724852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.26

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 180 duotones, 24 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1873.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816654482
ISBN
9780816654482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 62. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KNBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 261 x 39. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801484735
ISBN
9780801484735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. The response of one writer to the work of another can be doubly illuminating. This title presents a selection of Sylvia Plath's poetry. It draws upon the collections Ariel, The Colossus, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees, and from Sylvia Plath's Pulitzer Prize-winning Collected Poems. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 123 x 7. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571222971
ISBN
9780571222971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Walter Salles' film "The Motorcycle Diaries" follows the journey made by the medical student Che Guevara across Argentina to Peru. At the climax, Guevara exhorts his audience to see beyond their borders and embrace a continental identity. This vision lives in the work of South American filmmakers. This book features interviews with such people. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571231799
ISBN
9780571231799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. In this series, contemporary poets select and introduce a poet of the past who they have particularly admired. By their selection and personal and critical reactions, they offer an insight into their own work, as well as providing an introduction to some of the greatest poets in history. Editor(s): Hofman, Michael. Series: Poet to Poet: An Essential Choice of Classic Verse. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 119 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 84.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
92
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571217816
ISBN
9780571217816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764347993
ISBN
9780764347993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.69
€ 54.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JMS; VSP; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570628719
ISBN
9781570628719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 33.95

Paperback. The Export-Import Bank of the United States was created in 1934 to promote US trade. It now helps US exporters meet the financial competition from from foreign export credit agencies. This book provides an analytical basis for evaluating the bank's future. Editor(s): Hufbauer, Gary Clyde; Rodriguez, Rita M. Series: Special Report Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCLT; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881323009
ISBN
9780881323009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AVA; HBJK; HBTV; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
PM Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629632315
ISBN
9781629632315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.10

Hardcover. Practically every major artistic figure of the mid-twentieth century spent some time at Black Mountain College: Harry Callahan, Merce Cunningham, Walter Gropius, Willem and Elaine de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, Aaron Siskind, Cy Twombly - the list goes on and on. This book reveals the influence of Black Mountain College. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 colour plates, 58 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226067988
ISBN
9780226067988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
M. Evans & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871319579
ISBN
9780871319579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.01

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