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The Americas
Paperback. It is a confrontation, he suggests, that was enacted thousands of times across the slaveholding Americas as white men strained to suppress black culture and blacks resisted- determined to preserve their heritage and beliefs. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture. Num Pages: 472 pages, 73ill. BIC Classification: 1KLSS; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801839566
- ISBN
- 9780801839566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.67
€ 50.67
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489853
- ISBN
- 9780801489853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.35
€ 50.35
Hardcover. Health Care in the United States discusses the basic structures and operations of the U.S. health system. This resource includes examples, tables, and a glossary with key terms and acronyms to help understand important concepts. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 186 x 26. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787995478
- ISBN
- 9780787995478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.00
€ 101.00
Paperback. Examines black newspapers in general and four in particular - the "Chicago Defender", the "Pittsburgh Courier", the "Black Dispatch", and the "Jackson Advocate" - and their coverage of national events. The beginnings of the black press are detailed, focusing on how they reported the anti-slavery movement, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction era. Num Pages: 205 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL3; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786426072
- ISBN
- 9780786426072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.24
€ 38.24
Paperback. Presents a fresh approach to understanding the American combat soldier's experience in Vietnam. This book integrates such topics as the political culture, the experiences of training, the Vietnam experience, and the 'homecoming', and offers an overview of the 870,000 'grunts' who bore the brunt of the fighting in the jungles of South Vietnam. Num Pages: 272 pages, halftones, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBWS2; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765622860
- ISBN
- 9780765622860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.16
€ 56.16
paperback. The author situates the work experience in Latin America's broader history in a chronological order and divided into five periods. With each period, he discusses the chief economic, political and social characteristics as they relate to work, identifying with continuities from the previous period. Num Pages: 220 pages, tables, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765602084
- ISBN
- 9780765602084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.63
€ 60.63
Homeland Security: Principles and Practice of Terrorism Response
Maniscalco, Paul M., Christen Jr., Dr. Hank T...
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 272 x 213 x 15. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Jones & Bartlett Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780763757854
- ISBN
- 9780763757854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 180.74
€ 180.74
Reading, Writing, and Discussing at the Graduate Level
Kim, Rina; Ablert, Lillie R.; Sihn, Hang Gyun
Paperback. This book will help international students navigate the academic, professional, and social issues they will encounter while attending graduate school in the United States. This book is an invaluable tool for international graduate students and for their instructors and mentors. Num Pages: 76 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNFR; JNKD; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761864127
- ISBN
- 9780761864127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.01
€ 46.01
paperback. Num Pages: 102 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761833598
- ISBN
- 9780761833598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.71
€ 50.71
paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press Of America United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761818267
- ISBN
- 9780761818267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.92
€ 107.92
paperback. Nearly 370,000 black soldiers served in the military during World War I, and some 400,000 black civilians migrated from the rural South to the urban North for defense jobs. In one of the few book-length treatments of the subject, Nina Mjagkij conveys the full range of the African American experience during the "Great War." Series: The African American History Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- RLPG/Galleys United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742570443
- ISBN
- 9780742570443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.51
€ 47.51
paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 767.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742564770
- ISBN
- 9780742564770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.14
€ 100.14
paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742558618
- ISBN
- 9780742558618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.31
€ 84.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Mohl, Raymond A.; Biles, Roger. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 182 x 27. Weight in Grams: 967.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742552357
- ISBN
- 9780742552357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.47
€ 101.47
Paperback. Series: American Controversies. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742551978
- ISBN
- 9780742551978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.99
€ 62.99
Paperback. Explores the decade through the controversies between radicals, liberals, and conservatives. This book focuses on four main areas of contention social welfare; civil rights; foreign relations; and social order. It also examines the emergence of the New Left and the modern conservative movement. Series: Debating Twentieth-Century America. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBTB; JH; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742522138
- ISBN
- 9780742522138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.63
€ 48.63
Paperback. Section 106 is a critical section of an obscure law, the National Preservation Act. It has saved thousands of historic sites, archaeological sites, buildings, and neighborhoods across the country from destruction by federal projects. This title de-mythologizes Section 106, explaining its origins and its rationale. Series: Heritage Resource Management Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742502598
- ISBN
- 9780742502598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
paperback. Examines the role rhetorical theory played in the development of educational segregation. This book considers the NAACPs development of a series of graduate school cases to challenge Plessy, analyzes the Brown decision itself, assesses the state response to Brown, and critiques the two Supreme Court decisions implementing the Brown decision. Editor(s): Rountree, Clarke. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JNK; LNT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739114599
- ISBN
- 9780739114599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.09
€ 65.09
paperback. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674524163
- ISBN
- 9780674524163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.17
€ 52.17
Paperback. During World War II, Japan was vilified by America as our hated enemy in the East. As the Cold War heated up, however, the US government decided to make Japan its bulwark against communism in Asia. This work charts the remarkable reversal from hated enemy to valuable ally that occurred in the two decades after the war. Num Pages: 408 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057470
- ISBN
- 9780674057470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.72
€ 41.72
Paperback. Based on in-depth reporting from five major cities, this book looks backward at the historical context of family homelessness, as well as forward at what needs to be done to alleviate this widespread, although often hidden, poverty. It is suitable for anyone who wants to know what is happening to the millions of families living in poverty. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292673
- ISBN
- 9780520292673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.18
€ 38.18
Paperback. This study of colonial memory asks the question, how do once-colonized people remember the colonial period? Drawing on an ethnography of the social practices of remembering and forgetting in one community in Madagascar, the book develops a practice-based approach to social memory. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 378 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; 1K; GTB; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228467
- ISBN
- 9780520228467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.11
€ 44.11
Paperback. The US has experienced a dramatic increase in births to unmarried women - from 4 per cent of births in 1950, with most of the babies then adopted, to more than 30 per cent. This book analyses this radical change in family formation to compare and contrast the lives of these mothers of varying ages and economic circumstances. Num Pages: 483 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218307
- ISBN
- 9780520218307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.61
€ 45.61
paperback. An examination of how the automobile has ravaged America's cities and landscape in the 20th century together with a strategy for reversing America's automobile dependency. Num Pages: 440 pages, 23 black-and-white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMVD; HBJK; HBLW; KCN; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520216204
- ISBN
- 9780520216204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.39
€ 41.39