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The Americas

Paperback. From early British colonisation to the Reagan years, this title captures an array of dynamic personalities and events. In a broad sweep of America's triumphant progress, it explores the period leading to Independence from the American and the British points of view, touching on permanent features of 'the American character' - the good and the bad. Num Pages: 752 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140252552
ISBN
9780140252552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Set against Argentina's turbulent years following the collapse of the corrupt Peronist regime, this is the story of Juan Salvador the penguin, rescued by Tom from an oil slick in Uruguay just days before a new term. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; BM; WNGK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405921800
ISBN
9781405921800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Including an entire chapter of new material, 85 new illustrations, and updates to previous chapters, this edition of Ensminger's classic work will appeal to students and scholars in cultural and historical geography, folklore and vernacular architectural history, and American studies, as well as to general readers. Num Pages: 368 pages, 200 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMK; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801871344
ISBN
9780801871344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.71

Paperback. The vast majority of Canadians are blissfully unaware that every man, woman and child in Canada now owes a $35,000 share of government debt and must pay this back, with interest! Make no mistake, this debt will change our country and affect every single Canadian in the decades to come. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; KC; KFFP; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118098738
ISBN
9781118098738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 26.37

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816646173
ISBN
9780816646173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardback. This remarkable account, written by Charles Wilkinson, one of the nation's most respected experts in tribal law and history, is rich in the Indian voice and grounded in extensive research that includes oral tradition and personal interviews. Num Pages: 576 pages, 100 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1225.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990668
ISBN
9780295990668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.83

Paperback. Explores the relationship between economic changes in the Highlands and the clansmen's emigration to Canada in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This title challenges the accepted position endorsed in works by Eric Richards and J M Bumsted that the clearances and sheep farms did not have a central role in provoking mass emigration. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1KBC; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL; JPVH1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 469.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773511569
ISBN
9780773511569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. A brief overview of French colonial society before the British conquest of 1759-60. The primary focus is on what is now called Quebec, but there are also chapters on Louisiana and the West, as well as on the Atlantic colonies of Acadia and Ile Royal. Series: Themes in Canadian History. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JHM; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 500. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0000335
ISBN
9780802078162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

"A major contribution to the historiography of the New Left in the United Sates."-Journal of American History Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 232 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812237153
ISBN
9780812237153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.73

Paperback. Explores the dealings and manoeuvring on both sides of the case, and how a combination of the prosecution's over-confidence, the defence's shrewdness, and the Los Angeles Police Department's incendiary history with the city's African-American community, gave a jury what it needed: reasonable doubt. This is an account of the O J Simpson trial. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; LNFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784755867
ISBN
9781784755867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. The People Who Came is an established and highly popular three-book history course for lower forms in Caribbean Secondary Schools. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations, diagrams, maps, colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YQH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 240 x 189 x 6. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582766488
ISBN
9780582766488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.25

Paperback. The People Who Came is an established and highly popular three-book history course for lower forms in Caribbean Secondary Schools. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations, diagrams, maps, colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; YQH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 239 x 188 x 7. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582766587
ISBN
9780582766587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.25

Paperback. More than 100,000 Ulster Presbyterians of Scottish origin migrated to the American colonies in the six decades prior to the American Revolution. This book uncovers the ways in which migrants from Ulster - and thousands like them - forged new identities and how they conceived the wider transatlantic community. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691074627
ISBN
9780691074627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Examines the social origins of interest group politics in the USA. Between 1890 and 1925, a system centred on elections and party organizations was partially transformed by various interest groups including farmers, workers and women. This text analyzes organizational politics in three US states. Num Pages: 468 pages, 14 halftones, 7 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPH; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226109930
ISBN
9780226109930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. The first volume of a two-volume series, The Peoples of Canada: A Pre-Confederation History, fourth edition, is an introductory text for first- and second-year students that surveys the social, cultural, political, and economic history of Canada from first contact to Confederation. Num Pages: 648 pages, 6 maps; 10 tables; 170 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 204 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195446364
ISBN
9780195446364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.31

Paperback. A picture of Philadelphia radically different from the conventional portrait of a staid old city, corrupt and contented. The men and women of Philadelphia who emerge in these pages are anything but staid, and certainly not contented. Editor(s): Davis, Allen F.; Haller, Mark H. Series: Pennsylvania Paperbacks. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216707
ISBN
9780812216707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. Examines the development of social rented housing over the years in Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the USA. This work shows how social housing policies and outcomes have been shaped by broader societal forces - political conflict, economic modernisation, and, also the growth of inequality and social polarization. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 496 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDN; 1DFG; 1DND; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AMVD; JFSG; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631186427
ISBN
9780631186427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.13

Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, Black and white photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; WNGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 36. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345544803
ISBN
9780345544803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.74

Hardback. Caroline Dick asks how group identity claims, especially in the courts, obscure significant intragroup differences. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774820622
ISBN
9780774820622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.17

Paperback. Caroline Dick asks how group identity claims, especially in the courts, obscure significant intragroup differences. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL9; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774820639
ISBN
9780774820639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.92

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