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In the wake of evidence demonstrating the irreparable damage humans have inflicted on the planet, some have adopted a defeatist attitude toward environmental crises. This book illustrates how local groups in both Japan and the United States are refusing to surrender the earth to a depleted and polluted fate. Editor(s): Karan, Pradyumna P.; Suganuma, Unryu. Num Pages: 336 pages, 60 photographs, 17 illustrations, 29 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; RGL; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124889
- ISBN
- 9780813124889
Condition: New
€ 51.35
€ 51.35
Paperback / so. Num Pages: colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 202 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780767929493
- ISBN
- 9780767929493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.83
€ 27.83
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 225 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620812488
- ISBN
- 9781620812488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.90€ 64.58
€ 92.90
€ 64.58
Num Pages: 142 pages, 33 color & 36 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCR; JKSW2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 306 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1512.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764341502
- ISBN
- 9780764341502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.03
€ 53.99
€ 35.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Wilson, Raymond H. Num Pages: 94 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTD; LNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604562767
- ISBN
- 9781604562767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.97€ 42.55
€ 59.97
€ 42.55
Paperback. How San Francisco's housing protest movements help us understand global mobilization Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB; JFSG; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439909959
- ISBN
- 9781439909959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.38
€ 32.99
€ 32.38
Hardback. Series: Heartland Foodways. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040740
- ISBN
- 9780252040740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.15
€ 126.15
Paperback. Series: Heartland Foodways. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252082252
- ISBN
- 9780252082252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.55
€ 21.55
Paperback. Describes with detail and humour the place the author calls home in the Bohemian Alps of southeastern Nebraska. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 236 x 9. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Thus
- SKU
- V9780803278110
- ISBN
- 9780803278110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.53
€ 20.53
Paperback. These essays do not assume the primacy of national allegiance. Instead, by using the 'sense of place' as a prism to look at German identity in new ways, they examine a sense of 'Germanness' that was neither self-evident nor unchanging. Editor(s): Blackbourn, David; Retallack, James N. Series: German & European Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442628656
- ISBN
- 9781442628656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 40.12
€ 42.99
€ 40.12
Paperback. A collection of 17 essays first printed in "American Quarterly", the journal of the American Studies Association. To mark the Association's 50th anniversary, the editor has brought together works which provide a window into the history and evolution of the practice of American studies. Editor(s): Maddox, Lucy. Num Pages: 458 pages, 4, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; DNF; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801860560
- ISBN
- 9780801860560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 35.80
€ 43.99
€ 35.80
Hardback. This volume unveils how the security policies of allied powers, such as Canada, are integral to the creation and maintenance of a US-led global order. Editor(s): Charbonneau, Bruno; Cox, Wayne S. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JPS; JWK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774818315
- ISBN
- 9780774818315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.34
€ 119.34
Hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936284
- ISBN
- 9780813936284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.72
€ 76.72
Paperback. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936291
- ISBN
- 9780813936291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.80
€ 34.80
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813551708
- ISBN
- 9780813551708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.63
€ 34.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Lochner v. New York pitted a conservative activist judiciary against a reform-minded legislature, and is a frequently-cited case in Supreme Court history. In this guide Kens shows why the case remains an important marker in the ideological battles between the free market and the regulatory state. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCP; LND; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700609192
- ISBN
- 9780700609192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.36
€ 35.36
Paperback. During the early years of the Cold War, the most effective way to gather strategic intelligence about the Soviet Union and its allies was manned overflight. This book covers a two-seat variation of the design built as an advanced interceptor - the YF-12. Illustrator(s): Tooby, Adam. Series: Air Vanguard. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTW; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 246 x 4. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472801135
- ISBN
- 9781472801135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.16
€ 20.99
€ 18.16
Paperback. Representing the pinnacle of Cold War aircraft design and it has become an aviation icon together with its predecessor, the A-12, the Blackbird was a giant leap into the technical unknown and the design employed many forms of new technology made necessary by the excesses of speed, altitude and temperature to which the aircraft was subjected. Illustrator(s): Tooby, Adam. Series: Air Vanguard. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 187 x 6. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472804921
- ISBN
- 9781472804921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.02
€ 19.99
€ 18.02
Hardback. The New York loft jazz scene of the 1970s was a pivotal period for uncompromising, artist-produced work. Faced with a flagging jazz economy, a group of young avant-garde improvisers chose to eschew the commercial sphere and develop alternative venues in the abandoned factories and warehouses of Lower Manhattan. This is a study of this period. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 music ex; 21 HTs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPL; AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285408
- ISBN
- 9780520285408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 71.58
€ 94.08
€ 71.58
Paperback. The New York loft jazz scene of the 1970s was a pivotal period for uncompromising, artist-produced work. This book-length study of this period, traces its history amid a series of overlapping discourses surrounding collectivism, urban renewal, experimentalist aesthetics, underground archives, and the radical politics of self-determination. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 music ex; 21 HTs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPL; AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285415
- ISBN
- 9780520285415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.54
€ 33.99
€ 24.54
Paperback. Num Pages: chiefly Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875655031
- ISBN
- 9780875655031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
€ 19.99
€ 18.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 200-plus color photos & floor plans. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 278 x 12. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764326554
- ISBN
- 9780764326554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.96
€ 25.99
€ 24.96
Follow the history of logging as it unfolds across the United States, from the virgin forests of the east, to the towering redwoods of the West Coast. Historic photography, much of it beautifully hand tinted, captures images of the early woods, the woodsman, and the machines of this important industry. Num Pages: 144 pages, 278 color, 63 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; KNAL; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 276 x 12. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764326196
- ISBN
- 9780764326196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.90
€ 25.99
€ 17.90
Hardcover. Relates the history of railroad activity during that robust era that witnessed the most intense timber harvest ever undertaken in the Adirondacks. In this volume, the author provides an in-depth history of railroad activity in the Adirondacks. He also describes the logging methods used and the role of railroads in the logging industry. Num Pages: 280 pages, 350 black-&-white photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; KNAL; KNGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 889.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607946
- ISBN
- 9780815607946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.71
€ 40.99
€ 37.71