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Hardback. The Epidemic tells how a vain and reckless businessman became responsible for a typhoid epidemic in 1903 that devastated Cornell University and the surrounding town of Ithaca, N.Y. Eighty-two people died, including 29 Cornell students. Protected by influential friends, William T. Morris faced no retribution for this outrage. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBE; BGB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 37.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762760084
- ISBN
- 9780762760084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.37
€ 23.99
€ 19.37
Epidemic Encounters: Influenza, Society, and Culture in Canada, 1918-2...
. Ed(S): Fahrni, Magda; Jones, Esyllt W.
hardcover. A multidisciplinary exploration of Canada's experience of illness and death during the 1918-20 influenza pandemic. Editor(s): Fahrni, Magda; Jones, Esyllt W. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJG; MBNS; MBS; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- UBC Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774822121
- ISBN
- 9780774822121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.51
€ 105.51
Paperback. Originating in Cuba in 1897, yellow fever shuttered businesses, paralyzed trade, and caused tens of thousand of people living in the southern United States to abandon their homes and flee for their lives. This title uncovers how the devastating power of this virus profoundly shaped the relationship between the two countries. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; MBNS; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226218120
- ISBN
- 9780226218120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.52
€ 34.99
€ 27.52
Hardcover. Provides some suggestions about how to make health care in US more accountable, more efficient, more valuable, and more affordable. This book calls for a collaboration between different parts of the private sector, state and local governments, and, at times, the federal government with a formula that aims to succeed. Num Pages: 304 pages, index, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787968885
- ISBN
- 9780787968885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80
€ 58.80
Hardcover. Throughout the nineteenth century, cholera was a global scourge. Its causes were bitterly disputed. What experts did agree on was that the environment played a crucial role. In this book, Michael Zeheter offers a probing case study of the environmental changes made to fight cholera in two British colonies: Madras in India and Quebec City in Canada. Series: History of the Urban Environment. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; MBNS; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944461
- ISBN
- 9780822944461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Paperback. Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 reflects America's aspirational belief that girls and boys, women and men, both deserve equal educational opportunities in athletics. This book shows how this ideal has been both implemented and thwarted over the years via actions in the legislature, executive and judicial branches of government. Editor(s): Hogshead-Makar, Nancy; Zimbalist, Andrew. Num Pages: 328 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JNU; YNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592133802
- ISBN
- 9781592133802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.46
€ 49.99
€ 44.46
Hardback. Both the Prophet Joseph Smith and his Book of Mormon have been characterized as ardently, indeed evangelically, antimasonic. Yet in this sweeping social, cultural, and religious history of nineteenth-century Mormonism and its milieu, Forsberg argues that masonry, like evangelical Christianity, was an essential component of Smith's vision. Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 352 pages, 39 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC2; HRCC99; JFC; JFSJ; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126403
- ISBN
- 9780231126403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.96
€ 64.68
€ 49.96
Hardback. Details the televising of the revolution in American civil rights Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 280 pages, 38 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFF; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252036682
- ISBN
- 9780252036682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.71
€ 125.71
Hardback. A history of human rights law in Canada, with a focus on sex discrimination in British Columbia. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, , black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSJ1; JPVH; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1179.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774827492
- ISBN
- 9780774827492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.33
€ 113.33
hardcover. Using an array of published and private sources, Cohen shows how philosophers and mathematicians seized upon the beautiful simplicity inherent in mathematical laws to reconnect with the divine and traces the route by which the divinely inspired mathematics of the Victorian era begot later secular philosophies. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HRCX6; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885532
- ISBN
- 9780801885532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.85
€ 64.85
paperback. Memoir of the summer and fall writer Dan O'Brien spent honing his falconry skills on his ranch in South Dakota Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 illustrations, 1 glossary. BIC Classification: 1KBBNS; BM; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234598
- ISBN
- 9780803234598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.34
€ 19.99
€ 19.34
Hardback. Thomas Jefferson once stated that the foremost goal of American education must be to nurture the "natural aristocracy of talent and virtue." American higher education has not achieved the objective of equity implicit in Jefferson's statement. This text explores the cause for this divide. Num Pages: 352 pages, 36 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 875.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923505
- ISBN
- 9780813923505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.89
€ 44.89
Hardback. Equity, Diversity, and Canadian Labour explores the specific challenges put to outmoded attitudes and practices, charting the efforts made by organized labour in Canada towards addressing discrimination in the workplace and within unions themselves. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JHBL; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802089564
- ISBN
- 9780802089564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.63
€ 94.63
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284418
- ISBN
- 9780520284418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.53
€ 27.99
€ 25.53
Paperback. Governments and institutions, perhaps even more than markets, determine who gets what in our society. This title offers a systematic explanation of what we mean by fairness in distributing public resources and burdens, and applies the theory to actual cases. Num Pages: 253 pages, 23 figures, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; KCP; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691044644
- ISBN
- 9780691044644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.44€ 58.98
€ 76.44
€ 58.98
Hardcover. A much-anticipated look at one of the most dramatic and exciting urban transformations in America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 320 colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AMB; AMVD; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 279. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Rizzoli
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847848010
- ISBN
- 9780847848010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.23
€ 69.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WC; WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 213 x 5. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486443577
- ISBN
- 9780486443577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.76
€ 12.76
Hardback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 35. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157841
- ISBN
- 9780231157841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.23
€ 46.99
€ 33.23
Paperback. This text examines the history of one of America's most famous railroads, the Erie, and its successor after 1960, the Erie Lackawanna. It covers the period between the Erie's fourth bankruptcy in the late 1930s, and its final liquidation in 1976. Num Pages: 308 pages, 45 half-tones 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; KCZ; KNGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 12. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727983
- ISBN
- 9780804727983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.91
€ 40.99
€ 35.91
Drawing on an exhaustive chronological survey of pre-Columbian maps, including the controversial Yale Vinland Map, this book boldly challenges conventional accounts of Europe's discovery of the New World. Num Pages: 368 pages, 79, 62 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3H; HBJD; HBJK; HBLC; HBTP; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801866609
- ISBN
- 9780801866609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
paperback. "The most sensitive treatment of Irish culture.. [and] the most complete history we have of the Irish female experience." -- Labor History Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JH; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Good clean copy. Ownership details on ffep. Covers showing some shelf wear. Spotting on page edges, however text is crisp and clear and remains a very nice reading copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSG0031449
- ISBN
- 9780801828720
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 14.00
€ 14.00
Hardcover. Ernest Gruening is perhaps best known for his vehement fight against US military involvement in Vietnam, where he set himself apart by casting one of two votes against the Tonkin Gulf Resolution in 1964. This political biography examines American dissenting thought through his 60-year career. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674260603
- ISBN
- 9780674260603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.97€ 78.17
€ 86.97
€ 78.17
Paperback. Explores contemporary America's preoccupation with stories about the sexual abuse of children. Claiming that our culture has yet to come to terms with the bungled legacy of Victorian sexuality, this title examines how children and images of youth are idealised, fetishised, and eroticised in everyday culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321934
- ISBN
- 9780822321934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816677832
- ISBN
- 9780816677832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27