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The Americas
Paperback. The US has experienced a dramatic increase in births to unmarried women - from 4 per cent of births in 1950, with most of the babies then adopted, to more than 30 per cent. This book analyses this radical change in family formation to compare and contrast the lives of these mothers of varying ages and economic circumstances. Num Pages: 483 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218307
- ISBN
- 9780520218307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.63
€ 43.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 31 colour illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; WSSN5; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493025688
- ISBN
- 9781493025688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.28
€ 20.28
Paperback. Looks at the fundamental issue of equality and how and why governments have fallen short of their democratic ideals. This book explores the growth of democratic institutions, expansion of citizenship, and various obstacles that stand in the way of gains in political equality. It assesses the contemporary political landscape in United States. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126877
- ISBN
- 9780300126877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.40
€ 17.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. Chomsky's combative lectures from Nicaragua during the Cold War period, given at the height of his intellectual prowess. Series: Chomsky Perspectives. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335445
- ISBN
- 9780745335445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.95
€ 33.99
€ 22.95
Paperback. Looks at visual culture and race in the United States, in particular the significance of photography to document black public life. It examines America's fascination with representing and seeing race in a myriad of contexts as emblematic of national and racial progress at best, or as a gauge of a collective racial wound. Series: Pinpoints. Num Pages: 90 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813565156
- ISBN
- 9780813565156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.14
€ 24.99
€ 23.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814776391
- ISBN
- 9780814776391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. Comprises of original monographs, handbills, trial records, newspaper articles, and official reports that deal with piracy in and involving the Americas in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This title annotates and explains these records in order to clarify the era's historical, legal, literary, and nautical references. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194765
- ISBN
- 9781845194765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.80
€ 46.99
€ 41.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196172
- ISBN
- 9781845196172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.70
€ 46.99
€ 41.70
Paperback. This first comparative study sketches the differences as well as the common threads that bind these groups together. Series: Center Books in Anabaptist Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 72, 53 black & white halftones, 19 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAC; HRCC2; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801870897
- ISBN
- 9780801870897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.36
€ 29.99
€ 25.36
Hardback. Harvard Law School pioneered educational ideas, including professional legal education within a university, Socratic questioning and case analysis, and the admission and training of students based on academic merit. On the Battlefield of Merit offers a candid account of a unique legal institution during its first century of influence. Num Pages: 680 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNMN; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674967663
- ISBN
- 9780674967663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.93
€ 45.99
€ 37.93
Hardback. Including an exploration of mining and the rise of Tijuana, this book examines a number of aspects of the region's social and cultural history, including urban growth and housing, the mysterious underworld of border-town nightlife, a film noir treatment of the Peteet family suicides, borderlands cuisine, the life of squatters and popular religion. Editor(s): Wood, Andrew Grant. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 320 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; GTB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 190 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842051729
- ISBN
- 9780842051729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.29
€ 172.29
Paperback. Offers an account of George Crook's campaigns during the American Indian Wars. This book brings to life the entire American frontier. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBW; JFSL9; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626365438
- ISBN
- 9781626365438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.14
€ 26.99
€ 23.14
Hardback. Reveals how American families have always been characterized by greater diversity than idealizations of the traditional family have allowed. This title features essays that show how family life figured prominently in relations to larger struggles for conquest and control. Editor(s): Adams, David Wallace; DeLuzio, Crista. Num Pages: 366 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272385
- ISBN
- 9780520272385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.87€ 54.68
€ 69.87
€ 54.68
Hardback. Years before the Civil War began, another dark conflict threatened to shatter the Union. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 218 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029445
- ISBN
- 9780842029445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.93
€ 152.93
Paperback. Years before the Civil War began, another dark conflict threatened to shatter the Union. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 218 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029452
- ISBN
- 9780842029452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.10
€ 60.10
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Birlinn General United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841588018
- ISBN
- 9781841588018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.54
€ 19.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595341471
- ISBN
- 9781595341471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.71
€ 18.99
€ 17.71
Hardback. This book offers a new model of educational achievement to explain why some students are committed to preparation for college. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 tables, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JNM; JNSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804744195
- ISBN
- 9780804744195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.63
€ 76.63
The US has long exploited Earth's orbit to enhance security, generate wealth, and reinforce its position as a world leader, but is ambivalent towards military activities in space. This book sees this as undermining the future security of the US, and suggests how to meet national security demands. Num Pages: 394 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121987
- ISBN
- 9780813121987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.68
€ 38.68
Hardback. Southeastern Colorado was known as the northernmost boundary of New Spain in the sixteenth century. By the late 1800s, the region was US territory, but the majority of settlers remained Hispanic families. Bonnie J. Clark investigates the unwritten history of this unique Hispanic population. Series: Historical Archaeology of the American West. Num Pages: 176 pages, 26 illustrations, 6 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; HBJK; HD; JFSL4; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803213722
- ISBN
- 9780803213722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.45
€ 47.45