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The Americas
Paperback. Examining the health care market in a historical framework, this title analyzes the forces and events that have shaped American health care in the twentieth century and sheds light on why and how our health care system has dampened competitive market forces and failed to provide sound value for much of our health care expenditures. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878405688
- ISBN
- 9780878405688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.85
€ 70.85
Paperback. Proposes to replace the US corporate income tax with one that has a broader base at a lower rate. This book explores alternatives: the National Retail Sales Tax (NRST) and the Corporate Activity Tax (CAT). To address the issue of regressivity, they are coupled with measures to preserve the spending power of households at the lowest income levels. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881323849
- ISBN
- 9780881323849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.98
€ 23.99
€ 17.98
Hardback. Offers an account of how and why, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American missionaries and moral reformers undertook work abroad at an unprecedented rate and scale. This title presents how transnational organizing played a vital role in America's political and economic expansion. Series: America in the World. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145211
- ISBN
- 9780691145211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.14€ 50.63
€ 65.14
€ 50.63
Paperback. Examines what happens to sweeping and seemingly successful policy reforms after they are passed. This book shows the political struggle does not end when major reforms become enacted. It argues that the reforms that stick destroy an existing policy subsystem and reconfigure the political dynamic. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 halftones. 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138978
- ISBN
- 9780691138978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 268 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; HBTB; JFD; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630212
- ISBN
- 9780691630212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.37
€ 133.37
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 268 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APFA; HBTB; JFC; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691600277
- ISBN
- 9780691600277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.82
€ 52.99
€ 37.82
Paperback. Providing an introduction to cultural studies, regardless of chronological or geographic focus, and presenting various readings from Latin American writers, this book brings the concepts of cultural studies and postmodernism. It guides readers through five identity constructs, including nation, race, and gender. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 b&w illus., 2 line drawings, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292717503
- ISBN
- 9780292717503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; PDR; PHFB; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653266
- ISBN
- 9780691653266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.78
€ 225.78
Rees shows that how we obtain and preserve perishable food is related to our changing relationship with the natural world. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFCD; KCZ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411064
- ISBN
- 9781421411064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.07
€ 58.07
Paperback. A disturbing look at how asylum seekers fare in America Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNDA3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814741061
- ISBN
- 9780814741061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Hardback. A disturbing look at how asylum seekers fare in America Num Pages: 354 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740743
- ISBN
- 9780814740743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Paperback. In this timely book, Charles Derber argues that the current regime - the American system of corporate control - is destroying the American dream by outsourcing millions of jobs, turning American employment into a "one-night stand", undermining the security that created the American middle class, and turning the forces of law against citizens. Num Pages: 291 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler United States
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576752920
- ISBN
- 9781576752920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.14
€ 20.99
€ 19.14
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851247182
- ISBN
- 9780851247182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.37
€ 12.37
Paperback. Using the concept of urban regime, this book analyzes the ways in which resource-rich groups are able to devise informal means of cooperation and create an effective capacity to govern. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700604166
- ISBN
- 9780700604166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.68
€ 42.68
Paperback. As we approach the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 2004, attention will inevitably turn to the nineteenth century explorers who risked life and limb to interpret the natural history of the American West. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; PST; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Roberts Rinehart Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570983979
- ISBN
- 9781570983979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.67
€ 20.99
€ 19.67
Paperback. This work looks at the reasons behind the success of Silicon Valley when compared to other industrial centres such as Route 128 in Massachusetts. It argues that Silicon Valley developed a decentralized but co-operative industrial system while Route 128 was dominated by self-sufficient corporations. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 graphs, 2 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJC; KJF; KNDH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 50525th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674753402
- ISBN
- 9780674753402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.86
€ 41.99
€ 34.86
Paperback. Regional Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy, Second Edition, seeks to serve as a supplement to comprehensive foreign policy textbooks by providing micro-level bilateral interactions among specific states-material that is often ignored or downplayed in more general treatments of the subject. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 7 maps, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442268203
- ISBN
- 9781442268203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.55
€ 49.55
hardcover. A book about the courageous decision taken by the Government of a Ceara, Brazil, to tackle the painful economic and social conflict caused by the enormous gap between rich and poor. It tells how the Governor of the State, Tasso Ribeiro Jereissati, decided to develop an understanding of the conflict between growth and distribution. Editor(s): Bar-El, Raphael. Series: Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; GTF; GTJ; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781848551909
- ISBN
- 9781848551909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.01
€ 190.01
Hardback. The debate between Lewis Mumford and Thomas Adams over the Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs (RPNY) often stirs intellectual debate. This book analyzes one of the only instances where the theoretical debate between the regionalists and the metropolitanists moved from intellectual polemic to planning practice. Num Pages: 202 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; RN; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402071041
- ISBN
- 9781402071041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.63
€ 123.63
Hardback. In a globalized international system, international and regional organizations can only function within the context of a larger social partnership with governments and private sectors. This book traces the way the Organization of American States has pursued its objectives in the context of evolving hemispheric and international circumstances. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379133
- ISBN
- 9780792379133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.78
€ 126.78
paperback. Series: Wynford Books. Num Pages: 344 pages, No illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- OUP Canada Canada
- Edition
- Wynford ed.
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195438307
- ISBN
- 9780195438307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.32
€ 40.32
Paperback. Series: Globalisation & community. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPR; JFFS; KCM; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816633401
- ISBN
- 9780816633401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45
paperback. This text describes the interplay between rapid economic change and regulatory policy in the period between 1900 and 1933. Num Pages: 432 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674753631
- ISBN
- 9780674753631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.04
€ 51.99
€ 43.04
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCP; KN; LNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650388
- ISBN
- 9780691650388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.33
€ 161.33