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paperback. The Sixth Marine Division holds a unique place in U.S. Marine Corps history, because it was retired after one great battle. The division was formed on Guadalcanal in September 1944, its ranks filled with battle-hardened veterans and untested replacement troops. Num Pages: 304 pages, 63 b&w illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597970501
- ISBN
- 9781597970501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.93
€ 20.99
€ 20.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 50 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 137 x 5. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 50
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606920473
- ISBN
- 9781606920473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.51€ 43.06
€ 59.51
€ 43.06
Paperback. This reference has been designed for statisticians engaged as expert witnesses in legal proceedings. Examining the relationship between statistical methods and the law, it describes a number of cases during which the analysis of statistics was an important factor in determining the outcome. Editor(s): DeGroot, Morris H.; etc. Series: Wiley Classics Library. Num Pages: 484 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471055389
- ISBN
- 9780471055389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 213.30
€ 213.30
Paperback. Analysis of the nationally broadcast radio program "Focus on the Family" that argues that the Christian right's popularity stems from its resistance to the increasing influence of market forces in the welfare state, the electoral system, and the public sphere. The book provides a needed contribution to sociopolitical studies of mass movements. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JPV; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Durham
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Copyright 2000
- SKU
- KRS0018729
- ISBN
- 9780822325413
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Newell identifies key speeches in the careers of key leaders in American history at seven critical turning points to look at what it takes to be a statesman. Analysis of the speeches and the events preceding and following show how they grappled with conflicting values, varying demands, and the uncertainties of trying to forge a good society. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137330925
- ISBN
- 9781137330925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.68
€ 72.68
Hardcover. Newell examines noted Americans at seven critical turning points in American history to look at what it takes to be a statesman.Through a powerful speech and the events preceding and following it, they show us how they grappled with conflicting values, varying demands, and the uncertainties of trying to forge a good society. Num Pages: 300 pages, 2 black & white line drawings, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341081
- ISBN
- 9780230341081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
hardcover. A critical assessment of Herbert Croly's influential account of Abraham Lincoln in his 1909 book, The Promise of American Life, which argued that Progressivism was a continuation of the spirit of Lincoln's political thought. This book argues for the first time that Croly's praise of Lincoln is highly problematic. Num Pages: 98 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 98
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137366597
- ISBN
- 9781137366597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.52
€ 65.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 590 pages, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; GTJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 921.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608933976
- ISBN
- 9781608933976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.34
€ 32.99
€ 32.34
Paperback. This work provides an exploration of the issues and events defining the tension between nation, authority and the doctrine of states' rights. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612277
- ISBN
- 9780700612277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.07
€ 44.07
hardcover. This text explores the states' rights versus American federalism debate, reflecting the fervent stands of Americans throughout history. Students can trace the history and development of issues surrounding this debate via this collection of over 65 primary documents. Series: Primary Documents in American History & Contemporary Issues. Num Pages: 264 pages, chronology, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313305733
- ISBN
- 9780313305733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.60
€ 90.60
Paperback. This multi-award-winning book is one of the first to trace the development of Canadian wildlife conservation from its social, political, and historical roots. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; RNK; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 0. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774812900
- ISBN
- 9780774812900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.71
€ 36.99
€ 33.71
Paperback. Explores the experiences of young Mexican Americans, African Americans, and ethnic Euro-Americans in California correctional facilities including Whittier State School for Boys and the Preston School of Industry. This title shows how these boys and girls, and their families, resisted increasingly harsh treatment and various kinds of abuse. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 314 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271722
- ISBN
- 9780520271722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.68
€ 33.99
€ 24.68
Hardcover. Join us as we follow two explorers on an incredible journey which takes us from Philadelphia to Buffalo via Pittsburgh and New York. Peer into the past as dark histories unfold and their stories are told. Travel to atmospheric asylums, derelict houses of worship, industrial monoliths, forgotten hotels, desolate transport hubs and other ruins. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1KBBE; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1056.
- Publisher
- Pro-Actif Communications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908211125
- ISBN
- 9781908211125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.12
€ 37.99
€ 36.12
Paperback. The United States has the highest incarceration and execution rate in the industrialized world. Using a broad multicultural approach, "States of Confinement" uncovers the political, social, and economic biases in policing and punishment systems. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK; JFSL1; JKVF; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294502
- ISBN
- 9780312294502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.86€ 47.73
€ 52.86
€ 47.73
Hardback. A valuable reference guide to Ohio in the Civil War Editor(s): Miller, Richard F. Num Pages: 932 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; GBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 179 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1179.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 932
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611686883
- ISBN
- 9781611686883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.70€ 91.90
€ 109.70
€ 91.90
Hardback. A valuable reference guide to Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey in the Civil War Editor(s): Miller, Richard F. Num Pages: 880 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 1KBBFD; 1KBBFM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 198 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1737.
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611686210
- ISBN
- 9781611686210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.21€ 123.06
€ 148.21
€ 123.06
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611686197
- ISBN
- 9781611686197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.70€ 91.43
€ 109.70
€ 91.43
Paperback. No longer New York's "forgotten borough". Since Hurricane Sandy, Staten Island has been in the headlines, and this absorbing, readable guide explores the Island's past and present, its monuments, its open spaces, its maritime heritage and its memorable - often eccentric - characters, from Vanderbilts to vagrants to seventeen-year locusts. Series: Blue Guide Travel Monograph. Num Pages: 250 pages, with maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 118 x 14. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Blue Guides Limited of London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905131563
- ISBN
- 9781905131563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.95
€ 16.99
€ 15.95
Paperback. This book chronicles how the "forgotten borough" has grappled with its uneasy relationship with the rest of the City of New York since the 1920s. The authors analyze the politics behind events that have shaped Staten Island. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761858317
- ISBN
- 9780761858317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31
Hardback. Through an in-depth analysis of the Chilean labour market, social welfare, and state reforms, this book reveals the manner in which neoliberal reform in Chile has undermined the urban poor's incentives and ability to hold public officials accountable, negatively affecting the quality of Chilean democracy. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605954
- ISBN
- 9780230605954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Paperback. Series: An Economic Policy Institute Book. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCHS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 12 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478550
- ISBN
- 9780801478550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.47
€ 27.47
hardcover. Editor(s): Star, Susan Leigh. Series: An Economic Policy Institute Book. Num Pages: 472 pages, 285. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCHS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2008/2009 ed.
- SKU
- V9780801447549
- ISBN
- 9780801447549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.95
€ 137.95
Paperback. Examines the labor of government workers in North America. Countering conceptions of the government and its employees as remote and inflexible, this work uses the theory of mass intellectuality developed by Italian worker-theorists to illuminate the potential for genuine political progress inherent within state work. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHBL; JPA; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328957
- ISBN
- 9780822328957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Hardcover. Mega Cause I was one of the largest in a recent surge of trials in Argentina for human rights violations committed during the dictatorship of 1976-1983. This study analyzes Mega Cause I within a post-transitional justice framework, examining the role played by the state and human rights organizations and the trial's successes and difficulties. Num Pages: 93 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137367495
- ISBN
- 9781137367495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.33
€ 66.33