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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 339 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226378084
ISBN
9780226378084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.52

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 219 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKC; AKL; KJSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172. .
Publisher
Fonthill Media LLc United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625450401
ISBN
9781625450401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.00

Paperback. Drawing from almost a decade of ethnographic research in largely Brazilian and Puerto Rican neighborhoods in Newark, New Jersey, the author examines how affect, emotion, and sentiment serve as waypoints for the navigation of interracial relationships among US-born Latinos, Latin American migrants, blacks, and white ethnics. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226703626
ISBN
9780226703626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.86

Paperback. Detectives work the streets - an arena of action, vice, lust, greed, aggression, and violence - to gather shards of information about who did what to whom. This work examines the moral ambiguities of the detectives' world as they shuttle between the streets and a bureaucratic behemoth. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032323
ISBN
9780674032323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.27

Paperback. De-stigmatization of sex work encourages efforts toward legal changes to create safe communities for all. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772120059
ISBN
9781772120059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.98

Hardback. This volume focuses on two dimensions of globalization: the cultural and social realities of global connection and the uneasily shifting role of the state. Through a series of case studies, the editors assess the choices states have and the consequences of those choices for culture and society. Editor(s): Cameron, David R.; Stein, Janice Gross. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774808804
ISBN
9780774808804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; GBGP; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Bonus Books Inc United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566250047
ISBN
9781566250047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.53

Paperback. An ethnographic investigation into the lives of street outreach workers and the homeless of New York City Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814732281
ISBN
9780814732281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.47

Hardback. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 294 pages, 12 photographs, 1 map, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; KNXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803275034
ISBN
9780803275034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.04

Paperback. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 294 pages, 12 photographs, 1 map, 1 glossary, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; KNXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 433.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269712
ISBN
9780803269712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.62

Paperback. First published in 1943, this is an account of an Italian-American slum in Boston. Num Pages: 418 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560. Social Structure of an Italian Slum. 418 pages, illustrations. First published in 1943, this is an account of an Italian-American slum in Boston. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHM; JMH. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 27. Weight: 492.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
418
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
4th Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226895451
ISBN
9780226895451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.44

Num Pages: 184 pages, 229 b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; AFJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 239 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1100.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764349270
ISBN
9780764349270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 28.00

Paperback. Chile has long been a centre for radical propaganda painting. This book includes an introduction to the history and flavour of Chilean street art; a glossary of graffiti terms; manifestos; and translations of all the graffiti shown. Num Pages: 144 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; AFJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 221 x 14. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Eight Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
THAMES & HUDSON
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955432217
ISBN
9780955432217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. Reveals the ambiguous, often contested nature of marital law, showing that husbands' superior status and wives' dependence were fluid and negotiable Num Pages: 171 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; LAZ; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
171
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740651
ISBN
9780814740651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.09

Paperback. San Francisco's first Latino poet laureate offers new poems written in the native tongue of contemporary America: English-and-Spanish. Series: San Francisco Poet Laureate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
City Lights Books United States
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781931404136
ISBN
9781931404136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.08

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