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The Americas
Hardback. In this volume, Heather Munro Prescott shows how the mid-20th-century emergence of adolescent medicine resulted from a combination of social changes that reached far beyond the field of medicine - changes that placed teenagers themselves at the centre of the national agenda. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSP1; JFSP2; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674214613
- ISBN
- 9780674214613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.20€ 69.42
€ 77.20
€ 69.42
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
€ 87.90€ 79.28
€ 87.90
€ 79.28
Hardcover. Obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. Laura Dawes traces changes in diagnosis, treatment, and popular conceptions of the most serious health problem facing American children today, and makes the case that understanding the cultural history of a disease is critical to developing effective public health policy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; MBX; MJW; MMZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674281448
- ISBN
- 9780674281448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.00€ 52.08
€ 57.00
€ 52.08
Hardcover. After Reconstruction, African Americans found themselves largely excluded from politics, higher education, and the professions. Martin Kilson explores how a modern African American intelligentsia developed amid institutionalized racism. He argues passionately for an ongoing commitment to communitarian leadership in the tradition of Du Bois. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 210 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674283541
- ISBN
- 9780674283541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Hardcover. Exploring the morally entangled territory of language and race in 18th- and 19th-century America, Sean Harvey shows that whites' theories of an "Indian mind" inexorably shaped by Indian languages played a crucial role in the subjugation of Native peoples and informed the U.S. government's efforts to extinguish Native languages for years to come. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 330 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFF; HBJK; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674289932
- ISBN
- 9780674289932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.09
€ 53.99
€ 45.09
Paperback. The influence of Greek and Roman authors on our American forefathers finally becomes clear in this fascinating book--the first comprehensive study of the founders' classical reading. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674314269
- ISBN
- 9780674314269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.99
€ 40.99
€ 33.99
Hardcover. The peopling of French Canada across the 17th and 18th centuries is the focus of this book. Using archival material it traces the precise origins of individual immigrants, describing them by gender, class, occupation, region, religion, age, and date of departure. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 409 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; JFC; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 409
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674323155
- ISBN
- 9780674323155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.03€ 85.37
€ 95.03
€ 85.37
Hardcover. The American Civil War and the Paris commune of 1871, Philip Katz argues, were part of the broader sweep of transatlantic development in the mid-19th century - an age of democratic civil wars. He shows how American political culture in the period that followed was shaped by the Paris Commune. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 286 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 206th
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674323483
- ISBN
- 9780674323483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.33€ 76.12
€ 84.33
€ 76.12
Hardcover. Community colleges enroll half of the nation's undergraduates. Yet only 40 percent of entrants complete an undergraduate degree in six years. Redesigning America's Community Colleges explains how two-year colleges can increase their students' success rate quickly and at less cost, through a program of guided pathways to completion. Num Pages: 297 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 30. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674368286
- ISBN
- 9780674368286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.16
€ 47.99
€ 40.16
Hardcover. This text examines black (and white) literary modernism, interracial literary relations and 20th-century cultural nationalism in the United States. The author seeks to expose the oversimplifications and misrepresentations of popular readings of the "Harlem Renaissance". Num Pages: 560 pages, epilogue, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 172 x 34. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674372627
- ISBN
- 9780674372627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.77€ 72.66
€ 80.77
€ 72.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674380813
- ISBN
- 9780674380813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.90
€ 36.99
€ 30.90
Hardcover. Num Pages: 914 pages, 42 halftones; 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 914
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674395534
- ISBN
- 9780674395534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.46€ 135.72
€ 154.46
€ 135.72
Paperback. This text examines the problem of homelessness in America, exploring questions such as how widespread is it, how did it happen and what can be done about it? Factors discussed include the de-institutionalization of the mentally ill, declining marriage rates and cuts in welfare benefits. Num Pages: 176 pages, 5 line illustrations, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674405967
- ISBN
- 9780674405967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.93
€ 38.99
€ 32.93
Paperback. The Marine Corps has always considered itself a breed apart. Since 1775 America s smallest armed service has been suspicious of outsiders and deeply loyal to its traditions. Undying faith in its exceptionalism made the Marines one of the sharpest, swiftest tools of American military power, but developing this brand did not come without costs." Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JWF; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416819
- ISBN
- 9780674416819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.66
€ 36.99
€ 30.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416833
- ISBN
- 9780674416833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.51
€ 26.99
€ 23.51
Paperback. "Gentlemen Bankers" focuses on the social and economic circles of one of America s most renowned and influential financiers, J. P. Morgan, to tell a closely focused story of how economic and political interests intersected with personal rivalries and friendships among the Wall Street aristocracy during the first half of the twentieth century." Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; KFFK; KJZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416901
- ISBN
- 9780674416901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.53
€ 27.99
€ 24.53
Paperback. This saga opens with the enslavement of a woman from Senegambia, and then traces her family s quest, across five generations, for lives of dignity and equality. The story of Rosalie and her descendants unfolds against the background of three great antiracist struggles: the Haitian Revolution, the French Revolution of 1848, and the U.S. Civil War." Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416918
- ISBN
- 9780674416918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.53
€ 27.99
€ 24.53
Paperback. The Revolution s aspiration was summed up by the phrase life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Yet the American founding was also a bid for inclusion in the community of nations. According to Eliga Gould, America aspired to diplomatic recognition under international law and the authority to become an Atlantic colonizing power itself." Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; JPH; JPS; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416949
- ISBN
- 9780674416949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.66
€ 36.99
€ 30.66
Hardcover. Using statistical data and 11 case studies, the author found American company responses to foreign high-technology competition from 1970-90 highly diverse. He discovered explanations in such variables as multinational enterprises, domestic market structure and links to academic science bases. Num Pages: 206 pages, 15 line drawings,15 tables, author index, subject index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; KJF; KJK; KJV; KNDH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470. 206 pages, 15 line drawings,15 tables, author index, subject index. Using statistical data and 11 case studies, the author found American company responses to foreign high-technology competition from 1970-90 highly diverse. He discovered explanations in such variables as multinational enterprises, domestic market structure and links to academic science bases. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; KJF; KJK; KJV; KNDH. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 21. Weight: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674458451
- ISBN
- 9780674458451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.24€ 48.15
€ 52.24
€ 48.15
Paperback. In this presentation of William Manning's writings, early American political debates over "republicanism" and "liberalism" come to life. The writings offer a grass-roots view of the rise of democratic opposition in the new nation and also shed light on the popular culture of the epoch. Editor(s): Merrill, Michael; Wilentz, Sean. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JPA; JPFF; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674502888
- ISBN
- 9780674502888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.74
€ 41.99
€ 34.74
Hardcover. Volume 12 opens with John Adams's inauguration as president and closes just after details of the XYZ affair become public in America. Through private correspondence, and with the candor and perception expected from the Adamses, family members reveal their concerns for the well-being of the nation and the sustaining force of domestic life. Editor(s): Martin, Editor in Chief Adams Papers Sara (Massachusetts Historical Society); Taylor, Former Editor in Chief Adams Papers C James (Massachusetts Historical Society); Millikan, Assistant Editor Neal E (Massachusetts Historical Society); Norton, Assistant Editor Adams Papers Amanda Mathews (Massachusetts Historical Society); Woodward, Associate Editor Adams Papers Hobson (Massachusetts Historical Society); Sikes, Assistant Editor for Digital Projects Adams Papers Sara B (Massachusetts Historical Society); Lint, Series Editor of the Papers of John Adams Gregg L; Georgini, Assistant Editor Adams Papers Sara (Massachusetts Historical Society). Num Pages: 677 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 178 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504660
- ISBN
- 9780674504660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.35€ 91.86
€ 103.35
€ 91.86
Hardcover. No U.S. president has faced the problems Lincoln confronted, nor expressed himself with such eloquence on issues of great moment. Harold Holzer and Thomas Horrocks explore his writings on slavery, emancipation, racial equality, the legality of secession, civil liberties in wartime, and the meaning of the terrible suffering caused by the Civil War. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504837
- ISBN
- 9780674504837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Hardcover. This text examines the domination by the automobile industry of the local economy in Argentina's second largest city, Cordoba, and the role played by the automobile workers' unions which resulted in the 1969 Cordobazo, one of the largest working-class protests in Latin American post-war history. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 456 pages, 2 line illustrations, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JPWF; KNDR; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674508514
- ISBN
- 9780674508514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.54€ 93.53
€ 104.54
€ 93.53
Paperback. The 15 essays in this volume apply the methods of the new economic history to the history of the Latin American economies since 1800. The authors combine the historian's sensitivity to context and contingency with modern or "neoclassical" economic theory and quantitative method. Editor(s): Coatsworth, John H.; Taylor, Alan M. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 graphs, 85 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; KCL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674512818
- ISBN
- 9780674512818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.73
€ 27.99
€ 24.73