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The Americas

Hardback. This volume of the acclaimed series deals with suits the Supreme Court decided in 1796 and 1797, years in which the Court laid the foundation for its authority to exercise judicial review and for the first time the justices overturned the decision of a state's highest court. Editor(s): Marcus, Maeva. Num Pages: 1040 pages, 37 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1679.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1040
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126465
ISBN
9780231126465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.68

Hardback. Addresses those Supreme Court cases brought against a state by a citizen of another state or a foreign nation. Each case features an historical introduction plus such relevant documents as court papers, lawyers' notes, justices' manuscript opinions, proceedings of state legislators and more. Editor(s): Marcus, Maeva; Perry, James R. Num Pages: 728 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; LA; LNAA; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1225.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
728
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231088725
ISBN
9780231088725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.35

Hardcover. Between 1979 and 2000 four major lesbian and gay demonstrations took place there. Drawing on archival research, historical data, original photographs, interviews with key activists, and more than a thousand news articles, this book offers an analysis - descriptive, historical, and sociological - of these marches and their organization. Num Pages: 379 pages, 18 halftones, 17 line drawings, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
379
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226289953
ISBN
9780226289953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.82
€ 82.26

Hardcover. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 40. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Greenleaf Book Group Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626341999
ISBN
9781626341999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.61

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JNKS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226400143
ISBN
9780226400143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.90

Paperback. Translator(s): Strayer, Alison L. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 427.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609805319
ISBN
9781609805319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.80

Hardcover. Editor(s): Adison, Tyler P. Num Pages: 199 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; JNKG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 184 x 260 x 17. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613246931
ISBN
9781613246931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 337.56
€ 226.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Bickford, Susan. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483776
ISBN
9780801483776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTW; JFM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 878.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158725
ISBN
9780231158725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.68
€ 56.67

paperback. This text portrays America as dying from a refusal to engage a dialogue, a polity where everybody speaks, but nobody listens. Yet from this ailment the author provides a diagnosis which defends dialogue, negotiating conflict and keeping democracy alive. Series: William E.Massey Senior Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; JPWF; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674212664
ISBN
9780674212664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.77

Hardback. Prominent observers complain that public discourse in America is shallow and unedifying. This condition is often attributed to the resurgence of religion in public life. This title argues that this diagnosis is not primarily religion but rather the strictures of secular rationalism that have drained our modern discourse of force and authenticity. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPH; JPWD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050877
ISBN
9780674050877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Hardcover. Addresses the fundamental question of what role discretionary executive power should play in a constitutional order, reexamining what has become an intractable debate to show that what can destroy our Constitution also has the potential to save it. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616657
ISBN
9780700616657
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.61

Paperback. From the first recorded encounters with the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands in 1341 to Columbus' explorations in 1492 and Cabral's discovery of Brazil in 1500, western Europeans struggled to make sense of the existence of the people they met. This book explores the social lives of the inhabitants. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLC; RGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300158212
ISBN
9780300158212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.47

Paperback. Series: Dover Occult. Num Pages: 283 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; VXWM; VXWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 471.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
283
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486260303
ISBN
9780486260303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.11

Paperback. A brilliant personal history from the award-winning author of 'The Corrections'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007234257
ISBN
9780007234257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.61

Hardcover. Editor(s): Cacinello, Danielle P. Num Pages: 150 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVL; LNDS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613240168
ISBN
9781613240168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 247.22
€ 167.00

Hardback. "Identifying so many individuals and locating bibliographic data on their works are profound achievements, and the authors have done a laudable job." -ARBA Series: ATLA Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 393 pages, Plans, transparencies, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GBCR; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810823617
ISBN
9780810823617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Beth, Richard S. Num Pages: 43 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 4. Weight in Grams: 84.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
43
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590338735
ISBN
9781590338735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.81

paperback. This book traces the intertwined histories of disaster experts-specialists in predicting the unpredictable and managing the unmanageable-revealing how their interdisciplinary research and practices over the past century have shaped modern America. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; GPQD; JFFC; RNR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222463
ISBN
9780812222463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

Paperback. Looking at what it meant to be mestizo (of mixed parentage) in early colonial Spanish America, Joanne Rappaport finds fluid identification processes rooted in an epistemology entirely distinct from modern racial discourses. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBG; HBLL; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356363
ISBN
9780822356363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardback. Adopting an alternative approach to the question of difference, this title examines what it meant to be mestizo in the early colonial era. It draws on lively vignettes culled from the 16th and 17th-century archives of the New Kingdom of Granada to show that individuals classified as "mixed" were not members of coherent sociological groups. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356295
ISBN
9780822356295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.89

Paperback. A newly updated account of the struggle for disability rights in the U.S. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
2nd
SKU
V9781439907443
ISBN
9781439907443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

Paperback. Signed into law in July 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became effective two years later, and court decisions about the law began to multiply in the middle of the decade. This book presents the first legislative history of the enactment of the ADA in Congress and analyzes the first decade of judicial decisions under the act. Num Pages: 245 pages, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; LND. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814716809
ISBN
9780814716809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JNR; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Impact Publications United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570230332
ISBN
9781570230332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.27

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