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The Americas
Paperback. Features a character study of Giuliani, one of America's most charismatic public figures, a history of New York, and an inquiry into the issue of how cities thrive or die. This book also presents an account of September 11, 2001, revealing how Giuliani's s eight years in office had prepared him and the city to rise to this tragic occasion. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594031496
- ISBN
- 9781594031496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.42
€ 19.42
Hardback. Suitable for those interested in US history and politics, this encyclopedia covers the major forces that have shaped American politics from the founding to today. It traces the history of political institutions, parties, and founding documents. It explains ideas, philosophies, and movements that shaped American politics. Editor(s): Kazin, Michael; Edwards, Rebecca; Rothman, Adam. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 44 halftones. 3 line illus. 8 tables. 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; HBJK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 210 x 71. Weight in Grams: 2840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129716
- ISBN
- 9780691129716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 394.52€ 296.79
€ 394.52
€ 296.79
Hardcover. The history of The Princeton Graduate School reveals a great deal about the explosion of knowledge that has radically changed American society in the twentieth century. First published in 1978, this book features chapters recounting the dramatic growth of graduate education since World War II. Num Pages: 456 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1028.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691011684
- ISBN
- 9780691011684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.78€ 58.45
€ 76.78
€ 58.45
hardcover. Reflects the developments that have taken place in print ink technology, including: the dramatic expansion in the use of lithographic inks with particular attention to cold-set, head-set, sheet-set, sheet-fed and web offset and metal decorating inks; and the use of flexographic inks in newspaper printing Ink-jet inks. Editor(s): Leach, Robert; Pierce, R.J. Num Pages: 993 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1QFE; AK; TDCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1888.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Fifth Edition 1993
- Number of pages
- 993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780948905810
- ISBN
- 9780948905810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.38
€ 252.38
Hardback. Pragmatism and its consequences are central issues in American politics. This title explores the subject and makes a case for adopting a pragmatist approach to democratic politics - and for giving priority to democracy in the process of selecting and reforming political institutions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHV; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151236
- ISBN
- 9780691151236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.93
€ 46.99
€ 32.93
Hardcover. A scholar of race and a leader in the Afro-Asian solidarity movement, Cedric Dover embodied the 20th-century cosmopolitan redefinition of racial identity. Tracing Dover's evolution through his relationships with W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Paul Robeson, this book tracks racial identity in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484093
- ISBN
- 9781137484093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Hardback. Public schools across the nation have turned to the criminal justice system as a gold standard of discipline. This book shows how schools and prisons became so intertwined. It tells what this mean for students, communities, and a democratic society? Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 b&w line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JKVP; JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281455
- ISBN
- 9780520281455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.50€ 71.21
€ 94.50
€ 71.21
Hardback. The idea of a national ID card has been hotly debated for years, but in the wake of September 11th, its time may finally have come. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742525542
- ISBN
- 9780742525542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.12
€ 141.12
Hardcover. Shows that conservative efforts to expand markets and shrink government often have the ironic effect of expanding government's reach by creating problems that force legislators to enact new rules and regulations. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 173 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226076423
- ISBN
- 9780226076423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.70€ 47.95
€ 56.70
€ 47.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Bauer, Heidi. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; JFFK; JPHF; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914227106
- ISBN
- 9780914227106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.22
€ 18.22
Paperback. "Holt greatly extends and deepens our understanding of the emancipation experience when, for just over a century, the people of Jamaica struggled to achieve their own vision of freedom and autonomy against powerful conservative forces." -- David Barry Gaspar. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture. Num Pages: 552 pages, 25ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KJWJ; 3JH; 3JJ; JFF; JFSL1; JHBL; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 231 x 41. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801842917
- ISBN
- 9780801842917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 33.80
€ 41.99
€ 33.80
Hardcover. This book argues that Americans' belief in post-racialism, rooted in both ideology and material progress among racial minorities, is wrong because both old and new patterns of racism continue to hinder the acceptance of African Americans as true equals in American society, despite the recent mobility of the black middle class. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFFN; JFSC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322678
- ISBN
- 9781137322678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636269
- ISBN
- 9780691636269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.00€ 147.60
€ 163.00
€ 147.60
Paperback. Series: North American Religions. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479856763
- ISBN
- 9781479856763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Hardback. Translator(s): Spedding, Alison. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Translation
- SKU
- V9780857423344
- ISBN
- 9780857423344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.97
€ 40.99
€ 30.97
Paperback. A book that aims both to demystify and to reconstitute 'Hawthorne' as an object of study by rereading Hawthorne's fictions, mainly those from the early 1840's to 1860, in the context of the emergence of a distinctively middle-class personal life (the domestic emotional revolution that accompanied the industrial revolution. Num Pages: 252 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719483
- ISBN
- 9780804719483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.59
€ 37.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. A comprehensive account of the role of professional economists in the economic, social and environmental crises of the early 21st century Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JM; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335858
- ISBN
- 9780745335858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.50
€ 33.99
€ 22.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PST; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226454863
- ISBN
- 9780226454863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 35.62
€ 43.99
€ 35.62
Paperback. The inside story of the Bechtel family and the empire they've controlled since the construction of the Hoover Dam. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2x8pg 4-c inserts;. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; KJZ; KNJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476706474
- ISBN
- 9781476706474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.32
€ 20.99
€ 19.32
Paperback. Offers a fundamental reinterpretation of postwar American fiction, asserting that it can be properly understood only in relation to the rise of mass higher education and the creative writing program. Num Pages: 480 pages, 9 halftones, 13 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062092
- ISBN
- 9780674062092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.60
€ 31.99
€ 26.60
Paperback. This book, written in a more conversational style, puts in a single volume most of what any faculty member would need to teach an upper level undergraduate course on the presidency. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137300539
- ISBN
- 9781137300539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137300522
- ISBN
- 9781137300522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. The Progressives offers comprehensive coverage of the origins, evolution, and notable events that came to define the pivotal period of American history known as the Progressive Era. Integrating themes of class, race, ethnicity, and gender throughout, it provides a concise, engaging account of a fascinating era in U.S. Series: The American History Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118651209
- ISBN
- 9781118651209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.51
€ 94.51
Paperback. The Progressives offers comprehensive coverage of the origins, evolution, and notable events that came to define the pivotal period of American history known as the Progressive Era. Integrating themes of class, race, ethnicity, and gender throughout, it provides a concise, engaging account of a fascinating era in U.S. Series: The American History Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118651070
- ISBN
- 9781118651070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.16
€ 34.16