The Americas
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The Americas
Hardcover. Reports of tinkering's death have been greatly exaggerated. In this book, readers will see how tinkering has been the guiding force behind both major corporate-sponsored innovations such as the personal computer and Ethernet, and smaller scale inventions with great potential. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; KJH. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 248 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 418. 224 pages. Reports of tinkering's death have been greatly exaggerated. In this book, readers will see how tinkering has been the guiding force behind both major corporate-sponsored innovations such as the personal computer and Ethernet, and smaller scale inventions with great potential. Cateogry: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; KJH. Dimension: 248 x 164 x 22. Weight: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465009237
- ISBN
- 9780465009237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.78
€ 43.78
Paperback. A riveting account of how Christian fundamentalists, Orthodox Jews, and conservative Catholics have joined forces in a battle against their progressive counterparts for control of American secular culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFM; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 194 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780465015344
- ISBN
- 9780465015344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.50
€ 35.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062262844
- ISBN
- 9780062262844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.68
€ 18.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 144 x 8. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780892725649
- ISBN
- 9780892725649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.10
€ 15.10
Paperback. From the 1920s through the 1960s, scores of small, independent record companies nurtured distinctly American music: jazz, blues, gospel, country, rhythm and blues, and the 1950s offspring of R&B, rock n' roll. This title profiles ten such companies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 33 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVG; AVX; HBTB; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214348
- ISBN
- 9780253214348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.53
€ 16.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. History, Culture, Politics. Series: Latin America Readers. 688 pages, 105 illustrations, 10 colour plates, 1 map. Editor(s): Grandin, Greg; Levenson, Deborah; Oglesby, Elizabeth. Brings together more than 200 texts and images in a broad introduction to Guatemala's history, culture, and politics. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; GTB; HBJK. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 44. Weight: 990.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351078
- ISBN
- 9780822351078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. The White House Situation Room is arguably the most important facility in the most important building in the world. As the president's intelligence and alert center, it provides vital communication and crisis management capabilities to the chief executive and his advisers. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781574887006
- ISBN
- 9781574887006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Hardback. Based on evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this book documents the mechanisms through which geographical and historical conditions - such as climate, access to water transportation, and early legal systems - impacted political and judicial institutions and economic growth. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 58 line illus. 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; KCZ; LAZ; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136042
- ISBN
- 9780691136042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 42.58
€ 53.53
€ 42.58
Hardback. A detailed and thorough challenge to the Revisionist historians' claims that the Vietnam War was in fact won in the period after the 1968 Tet Offensive only to be thrown away by media influence on a war weary public. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 illustrations, 27 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780700623525
- ISBN
- 9780700623525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.25
€ 79.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Wieseltier, Leon. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 145 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810124882
- ISBN
- 9780810124882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Garrow, Professor David J (Emory University). Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870495274
- ISBN
- 9780870495274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.14
€ 25.99
€ 23.14
Paperback. The United States patent system has become sand rather than lubricant in the wheels of American progress. This work tells the story of how changes in patenting - an institutional process that was created to nurture innovation - have wreaked havoc on innovators, businesses, and economic productivity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJMV6; LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127941
- ISBN
- 9780691127941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Presenting stories that represent the diversity of Virginia's Indians, this book offers an introduction to the history of Virginia Indians, a native American community. Num Pages: 112 pages, 45 b&w illustrations, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925486
- ISBN
- 9780813925486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.09
€ 18.99
€ 18.09
Hardback. Editor(s): Dominguez, Jorge I.; Covarrubias, Ana. Num Pages: 494 pages, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL4; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 183 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1042.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415842389
- ISBN
- 9780415842389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 270.73
€ 270.73
Board book.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Our World of Books United States
- Number of pages
- 24
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780977797936
- ISBN
- 9780977797936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.70
€ 11.70
Paperback. Presents a collection of essays on various aspects of the new discipline of Latin American cultural studies. Essays in this work are grouped in five sections focusing on: the theory of Latin American cultural studies; the icons of culture; culture as a commodity; culture as a site of resistance; and everyday cultural practices. Editor(s): Hart, Stephen; Young, Richard A. Num Pages: 362 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340808221
- ISBN
- 9780340808221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; HBTB; JFSG; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560009832
- ISBN
- 9781560009832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. Being Red is an intimate memoir of an extraordinary time--the years Howard Fast, one of our nation's most popular authors, spent in the American Communist Party, and under the constant surveillance of the FBI. 8-page photo insert. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; FV; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781563244995
- ISBN
- 9781563244995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
Paperback. Focusing on the agency of enslaved Africans and their descendants in the South, this work argues for the systematic recovery of subjugated knowledge, histories, and cultural practices of those traditionally silenced and overlooked by national heritage projects and national public memories. Num Pages: 178 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Left Coast Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781598745498
- ISBN
- 9781598745498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.60
€ 60.60
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550023787
- ISBN
- 9781550023787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.32
€ 15.99
€ 15.32