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The Americas
Paperback. In addition, this detailed industry case study helps explain information technology's so-called productivity paradox, showing that firms took roughly two decades to achieve the initial computerization and process integration that the industry set as objectives in the 1950s. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 364 pages, 42, 28 black & white halftones, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890864
- ISBN
- 9780801890864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.82
€ 29.99
€ 28.82
Hardback. Relates the stories of twenty black architects from around the United States to examine the sociological context of architectural practice. This book explores the role systemic racism plays in an occupation commonly referred to as the white gentlemen's profession. Series: Perspectives on a Multiracial America. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMB; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742545823
- ISBN
- 9780742545823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.03
€ 144.03
Paperback. Stronger Together presents Hillary Clinton's ambitious agenda to improve the lives of the American people and make the country stronger and safer. Num Pages: 288 pages, b&w charts and graphs thru-out;. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501161735
- ISBN
- 9781501161735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.03
€ 16.99
€ 15.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; BM; JPWL2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bonnier Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911274582
- ISBN
- 9781911274582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBC; 1MBF; 1MBN; HBTB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774825283
- ISBN
- 9780774825283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.33
€ 113.33
hardcover. This is biography of Agoston Haraszthy, an immigrant who apart from his efforts to establish a wine industry in California, holds other important distinctions: he was the first Hungarian to permanently settle in the United States and author of only the second Hungarian-language book about the USA. Num Pages: 596 pages, 36 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; TVSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 596
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731454
- ISBN
- 9780804731454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.81
€ 180.81
paperback. This bold and comprehensive reassessment of democracy in Venezuela explains why one of the oldest and most admired democracies in Latin America became fragile after more than three decades of apparent stability. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5346 x 3564 x 15. Weight in Grams: 307.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804729611
- ISBN
- 9780804729611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Lee Brown was an African-American labour activist who was jailed in the 1950s for protesting against the House Un-American Activities Committee. This is the story of Brown's life from his political awakening as a youth from the rural South to his rise to leadership, time of imprisonment and beyond. Series: Voices and Visions: People & Events That Made a Dfference in American Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847691913
- ISBN
- 9780847691913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.67
€ 30.99
€ 26.67
Hardback. The Project on Vegas shows how the Las Vegas Strip concentrates and magnifies American culture's core truths. Among others, the Strip's buffets, surveillance, large scale branding and consumption, and transformation of nature reflects larger trends and practices throughout America. Includes over 100 photographs by Karen Klugman. Num Pages: 384 pages, 101 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822359487
- ISBN
- 9780822359487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.30
€ 131.30
Paperback. Draws a fascinating portrait of life and work inside the strip club Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 277 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814767610
- ISBN
- 9780814767610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.69
€ 32.99
€ 31.69
Paperback. An analysis of the career of Candido Rondon providing an avenue to deconstruct recent Brazilian historiography on nation building, indigenous people, and state action Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822332497
- ISBN
- 9780822332497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.18
€ 28.18
Paperback. Combining personal memoir and historical narrative, this title argues for a reassessment of unionism in American life during the second half of the twentieth century and a recasting of "official memory." It traces the history of union steelworkers after World War II. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w photographs, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; KCZ; KNJH; KNXB1; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566397391
- ISBN
- 9781566397391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.59
€ 36.99
€ 33.59
hardcover. Drawing on more than one hundred original interviews and an eclectic array of sources, Striking Distance is an engrossing narrative that chronicles the pioneering martial arts scene that thrived on San Francisco Bay in the early 1960s and offers an in-depth look at a widely unknown chapter of Bruce Lee's iconic life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803269606
- ISBN
- 9780803269606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.37
€ 30.37
Paperback. For sixteen days the armies had grappled-a grueling horror-show of nonstop battle, march, and maneuver that stretched through May of 1864. Federal commander Ulysses S. Grant had resolved to destroy his Confederate adversaries through attrition if by no other means. He would just keep at them until he used them up. Series: Emerging Civil War Series. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Savas Beatie United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611212549
- ISBN
- 9781611212549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.10
€ 17.99
€ 17.10
Paperback. On 26 January, 2009, during the depths of the financial crisis and having just completed five years as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the author was sworn in by President Barack Obama as the seventy-fifth Secretary of the Treasury of the US. This book takes you behind the scenes during the darkest moments of the crisis. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; KCBM; KCL; KCX; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847941244
- ISBN
- 9781847941244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 129 pages, tables, charts & colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TNCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 129
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606925812
- ISBN
- 9781606925812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.90€ 51.35
€ 72.90
€ 51.35
Paperback. Argues that America needs a stronger Congress and a more engaged citizenry in order to ensure responsive and effective democracy. This book explains how Congress has drifted away from the role envisioned for it in the Constitution as a body whose power and influence would be preeminent in the American system of government. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221650
- ISBN
- 9780253221650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.31
€ 17.31
paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 201.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780929387277
- ISBN
- 9780929387277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.58
€ 16.58
Paperback. Brings together articles from the publication that helped revolutionize the way "Wall Street" does business. This work is aimed at stimulating dialogue between academic economists wishing to understand the real-world problems of finance and investment professionals wanting to bring the most advanced theoretical work to bear on commerce. Editor(s): Bernstein, Peter L.; Fabozzi, Frank J. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691011288
- ISBN
- 9780691011288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.20€ 82.11
€ 108.20
€ 82.11
Paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 168 pages, 4 halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226776699
- ISBN
- 9780226776699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.51
€ 31.99
€ 24.51