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The Americas
Paperback. Does globalization menace our cities? Are cities able to exercise democratic rule and strategic choice when international competition increasingly limits the importance of place? This book looks at the political responses of ten cities in North America and Western Europe as they grappled with the forces of global restructuring. Num Pages: 552 pages, 15 halftones. 31 line illus. 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KB; JFSG; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120140
- ISBN
- 9780691120140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.59
€ 52.92
€ 41.59
hardcover. An exciting contribution to the Radical Orthodoxy series, Graham Ward fills a major void in theological literature by offering the first detailed theological response to urban living for thirty-five years. Series: Routledge Radical Orthodoxy. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KB; 3JJPL; HRCM; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415202558
- ISBN
- 9780415202558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.37
€ 172.37
Hardback. What is the magic formula for turning a place into a high-tech capital? How can a city or region become a high-tech powerhouse like Silicon Valley? This book examines why high-tech development became so economically important late in the twentieth century, and why its magic formula of people, jobs, and capital has been so difficult to replicate. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117164
- ISBN
- 9780691117164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 54.23
€ 70.56
€ 54.23
Paperback. Takes a look at the continuum of intercultural exchange that reinvents, recreates, and restores history. Complemented with fifty-five illustrations, including photos of Mardi Gras Indians, this work employs a study of the culture. It explores cultural connections over place and time, showing through examples how performance revises the past. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 55 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478. Circum-Atlantic Performance. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. 320 pages, 55 photographs. Takes a look at the continuum of intercultural exchange that reinvents, recreates, and restores history. Complemented with fifty-five illustrations, including photos of Mardi Gras Indians, this work employs a study of the culture. It explores cultural connections over place and time, showing through examples how performance revises the past. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight: 488.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104616
- ISBN
- 9780231104616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. The fourth edition brings added emphasis to "elasticity mimics"-a variety of intergovernmental policies that can provide some of the benefits of regional consolidation efforts in situations where annexation and consolidation are impossible. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JPA; KCU; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938027048
- ISBN
- 9781938027048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.85
€ 27.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 132 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 208 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Victionary
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881320322
- ISBN
- 9789881320322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.32
€ 13.99
€ 13.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 132 pages, 350. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 114. .
- Publisher
- Victionary
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881320407
- ISBN
- 9789881320407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.19
€ 13.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 24 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTHF; WTM; WTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 202 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Victionary
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789887714866
- ISBN
- 9789887714866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
€ 19.99
€ 15.80
Paperback. In the history of post-colonial Latin America no person has held power so firmly and for so long as did Pedro II as emperor of Brazil. This is the first full-length biography in 60 years, and the first in any language to make close use of Pedro II's diaries and family papers. Num Pages: 576 pages, 60 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 34. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 569
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744003
- ISBN
- 9780804744003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.42
€ 56.42
Hardback. Brings together enlightening, important, and amusing selections from Hamilton's speeches, published writings and personal letters. As we come to understand his thoughts on subjects as diverse as the Constitution, love, war, liberty and honor, we find that his words are often as applicable in our own time as they were in his. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549753
- ISBN
- 9780742549753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.79
€ 21.99
€ 20.79
Paperback. In this eye-opening work of American history, Todd DePastino tells the epic story of the veritable army of homeless men that swept across America after the Civil War and crafts a stunning new interpretation of the "American century" in the process. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143798
- ISBN
- 9780226143798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.11
€ 36.99
€ 29.11
paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473425
- ISBN
- 9780801473425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Hardcover. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594541124
- ISBN
- 9781594541124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.49€ 58.35
€ 83.49
€ 58.35
Paperback. Explores how US citizens participate in local government. This book focuses on what makes ordinary Americans become involved in and attempt to influence public policy issues that concern them. It fills a void in our understanding of the actual participatory practices of "civically engaged" citizens. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 Tables, 1 Figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592135707
- ISBN
- 9781592135707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.63
€ 36.99
€ 33.63
Hardcover. After 1776, Americans struggled to gain recognition of their new republic and their rights as citizens. None had to fight harder than the nation s seamen, whose labor took them deep into the Atlantic world. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal tells the story of how their efforts created the first national, racially inclusive model of U.S. citizenship." Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTM; HBWF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674286153
- ISBN
- 9780674286153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.28
€ 47.99
€ 39.28
Paperback. When we think about what constitutes being a good citizen, routine activities like voting, letter-writing, and paying attention to the news spring to mind. This title argues that these activities play only a small part in democratic citizenship - a form of citizenship that requires creative thinking, talking, and acting. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 halftones, 22 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226660813
- ISBN
- 9780226660813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.39
€ 34.99
€ 27.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 225. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPLM; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 498. Illustrated. Large format
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KEX0223374
- ISBN
- 9781565849150
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. At the end of World War II, working mothers in the USA protested vigorously at the termination of child care subsidies. This text traces grassroots activism and national and local policy debates concerning public funding of children's day care in the two decades after the end of the war. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 illustrations, 5 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSP1; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476. Good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press North Carolina
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0241225
- ISBN
- 9780807854853
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Jacob Dolson Cox, a former divinity student with no formal military training, was among those who rose to the challenge. In a conflict in which "political generals" often proved less than competent, Cox, the consummate citizen general, emerged as one of the best commanders in the Union army. Series: War and Society in North America. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821420829
- ISBN
- 9780821420829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.29
€ 92.29
Hardcover. When "citizen-soldier" Alvin Coe Voris first wrote to his wife in 1861, he embarked on a correspondence that spanned the duration of the Civil War. The 428 letters collected in this volume form a Civil War chronicle and an insight into the ideals of a man called by conscience to the battlefield. Num Pages: 330 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802985
- ISBN
- 9780875802985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.85
€ 46.99
€ 46.85