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Paperback. In A Narrow Vision, Brian Titley chronicles the career of Confederation poets Duncan Campbell Scott in the Department of Indian Affairs between 1880 and 1932. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774804202
ISBN
9780774804202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. A history of American immigration policies and the political and social factors that produced them. It shows how America has struggled to shape the immigration process to construct the kind of population it desires. Num Pages: 672 pages, 22 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 892.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030749
ISBN
9780674030749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Moen, Phyllis; Dempster, McClean Donna; Walker, Henry A. Series: ILR Press Book. Num Pages: 360 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KHN0001975
ISBN
9780801485886
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Few of us question the slips of green paper that come and go in our purses, pockets, and wallets. Prior to the Civil War, the United States did not have a single, national currency. Instead, countless banks issued paper money in a bewildering variety of denominations and designs - more than ten thousand different kinds by 1860. Num Pages: 480 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032446
ISBN
9780674032446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

Paperback. The US has been described as a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of religions in which Muslims and Methodists, Buddhists and Baptists live and work side by side. This book explores that nation of religions, focusing on how four arrived religious communities - Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs - are being shaped by American values. Editor(s): Prothero, Stephen R. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 tables, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807857700
ISBN
9780807857700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.46

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Edition
1st
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118279052
ISBN
9781118279052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.94

Hardback. A groundbreaking reassessment of when, and why, Canada's army broke away from its British imperial roots to become a truly national force. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774826396
ISBN
9780774826396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.50

Paperback. A fresh look at the natural history of the southern Rocky Mountains and the Intermountain West region based on cutting-edge research, interviews, and the author's personal experience. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, maps, frontispie. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607810285
ISBN
9781607810285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. The landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region varies dramatically from parched desert lowlands to semiarid tropical forests and frigid subalpine meadows. This book looks at the relationships of plants and animals with the land and people, through time and across landscapes. Editor(s): Phillips, Steven John; Comus, Patricia Wentworth; Dimmitt, Mark Alan; Brewer, Linda M. Num Pages: 590 pages, 432 b/w line illustrations and photos, 24-page color insert. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KLCM; RGBA; RNC; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
590
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287471
ISBN
9780520287471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.58

Hardback. Offering a balance between analysis, personal memoir, and foreign policy remedies, this book injects much-needed wisdom into the public discussion of long-term US-Muslim relations. This title argues that an engagement with the Muslim world benefits the national interest of the United States. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691135250
ISBN
9780691135250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Eschelbacher, Andrew. Num Pages: 200 pages, 170 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD2; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 289 x 248. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300226218
ISBN
9780300226218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Despite many successes in the field of conservation, species extinction rates continue to climb and wild areas and habitats continue to be lost. Many look to more (or better) biology and ecology to solve the problem but the obstacles are not just scientific but political. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405190145
ISBN
9781405190145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.84

Paperback. A consideration of the power of institutions to shape politics and political life. Believing that constitutionalism needs to go beyond the arbitrary exercise of political power, the contributors argue that it should be designed to achieve economic efficiency, informed democratic control, and other valued political ends. Editor(s): Elkin, Stephen L.; Soltan, Karol Edward. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Chicago University Press Chicago
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226204642
ISBN
9780226204642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.40

Paperback. Adding to the growing body of scholarship on the long civil rights struggle. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 392 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJG; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550. Race and Class Struggles in Depression-Era Baltimore. Series: Radical Perspectives. 392 pages, 40 photographs. Adding to the growing body of scholarship on the long civil rights struggle. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJG; JFSL1; JHMC. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 23. Weight: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353591
ISBN
9780822353591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPA; KCQ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 407. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804787000
ISBN
9780804787000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.27

Paperback. Since the end of World War II, poverty in the United States has been a persistent focus of social anxiety, public debate and federal policy. This book argues that poverty will not be reduced or eliminated until the political factors that contribute to its continuation are taken into account. Editor(s): Kushnick, Louis; Jennings, James. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814742396
ISBN
9780814742396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. America is a nation making itself up as it goes along. From the first conception of a New World in the sixteenth century to the latest re-envisioning of that world in cartoons, television, science fiction, and hip hop, this book gives us a fresh, kaleidoscopic view of what Made in America means. Editor(s): Marcus, Greil; Sollors, Werner. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 1128 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1580.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
1128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064102
ISBN
9780674064102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.91

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 150 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 258 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1974.
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607745945
ISBN
9781607745945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 45.63

Paperback. A New Nation of Goods highlights the significant role of provincial artisans in four crafts in the northeastern United States-chairmaking, clockmaking, portrait painting, and book publishing-to explain the shift from preindustrial society to an entirely new configuration of work, commodities, and culture. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 color, 107 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFCD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1026.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222005
ISBN
9780812222005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Legendary for a combination of spiritual power, beauty, charisma, showmanship, intimidation, and shrewd business sense, Marie Leveau also was known for her kindness and charity. This book explores social, political, and legal setting in which the lives of Laveau's African and European ancestors became intertwined in nineteenth-century New Orleans. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BGH; HRKT; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813032146
ISBN
9780813032146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.60

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