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Hardcover. This work locates the CIA's origins in government-wide efforts to reorganize national security during the transition from World War II to the Cold War. The author believes that the creation of the CIA was the culmination of years of negotiation among numerous policy makers. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; JPQ; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700610242
ISBN
9780700610242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.73

Hardcover. This volume, the first of its kind in English, brings together scholars from different disciplines who address the history of women in Austria, as well as their place in contemporary Austrian society, from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, thus shedding new light on contemporary Austria. Editor(s): Good, David F.; Grandner, Margarete; Maynes, Mary Jo. Num Pages: 250 pages, 3 tables, 3 graphs, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454. Very good copy in very good cloth covers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016004
ISBN
9781571810656
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752455174
ISBN
9780752455174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Talks about Walsall, and focuses on the post-war years. This work contains photographs, from a variety of sources, that illustrate various aspects of the changing town - streets and buildings, events and people - from the 1940s to the 1990s. Num Pages: 128 pages, 220 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750943222
ISBN
9780750943222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.52

Paperback. Focuses on a talented, brave, but tiny minority of whites - liberals, radicals, communists, Trotskyists, humanists, Christians, idealists - who rejected the growing racism of post-war South Africa and worked to breach the dividing line between black and white. Num Pages: 240 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145003
ISBN
9781868145003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; 3JMC; AVGU; AVH; BGF; HBJK; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Microcosm Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621067665
ISBN
9781621067665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.78

Paperback. Compares and contrasts the historical course of Britain and America, exploring the significance of their similarities and differences over a period of two centuries. This book includes wide-ranging analyses of such issues as industrialization and urbanization, democracy and politics. Editor(s): Englander, David. Series: Open University. Num Pages: 334 pages, 10 illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBTB; JP; KCZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate; (XO) Open University set text. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300069785
ISBN
9780300069785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.64

Paperback. An ambitious, original book describing a century of Europe coping with America: its inventions, personalities, films, armies, business, and politics. These decades reveal how much emotional energy Europeans invested in finding their own ways to reconcile tradition and modernity under the pressure of the ever-evolving American challenge. Series: Oxford History of Modern Europe. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198778837
ISBN
9780198778837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.23

Paperback. A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1930s America: literature and drama, music and radio, film and photography, art and design, and case studies of influential texts and practitioners of the decade. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748622597
ISBN
9780748622597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. Traces how America's global modernization efforts during the twentieth century were a means to remake the world in its own image. This title shows that the emerging concept of modernization combined existing development ideas from the Depression. Series: America in the World. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152455
ISBN
9780691152455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

Paperback. Reverses received wisdom, showing that the aeroplane is a central and revealing aspect of an unfamiliar English nation: a warfare state dedicated to technology, industry, empire and military power. This title tells the story of aeronautical England, from its politics to its industry and culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141975160
ISBN
9780141975160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. In this account of mass media images, David Ruth looks at Al Capone and other "invented" gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s. It shows that the media gangster was less a reflection of reality than a projection created from Americans' values, concerns and ideas about what would sell. Num Pages: 200 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; JFC; JFD; JKVM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226732183
ISBN
9780226732183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.87

Paperback. An insiders' account of the espionage warfare in Berlin from 1945 to the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. CIA and KGB intelligence veterans reveal stories of the Berlin tunnel, critical moments of the Berlin crisis, clandestine initiatives, betrayals and defections. Num Pages: 582 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BG; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 896.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300078718
ISBN
9780300078718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 42.44

Paperback. This second edition of Vacationland includes the same wonderful, quirky personal stories as the first edition, along with four new funny and nostalgia-filled tales about summering in Maine. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; 3JJP; BM; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608933815
ISBN
9781608933815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.14

hardcover. Dividing the Nile counters that Egyptian entrepreneurs failed to develop a united economy or shared economic interests, guaranteeing Egypt's 'loss' of the Sudan. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HBS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Condition
New
SKU
9789774166389
ISBN
9789774166389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.29

Hardback. A narrative history by a Fed insider of how monetary policy is shaped in the US, with special emphasis on the performances of former Chairman Ben Bernanke and current Chairwoman Janet Yellen in facing the prelude, outbreak, and aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Series: Palgrave Studies in American Economic History. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KCBM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 678.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2090
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137578587
ISBN
9781137578587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.04

Paperback. This book explains why, when, and how political actors create administrative agencies in such a way as to insulate them from political control, particularly presidential control. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPQ; KNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745901
ISBN
9780804745901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HB; JWK; JWMV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801434587
ISBN
9780801434587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.77

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691023458
ISBN
9780691023458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 42.15

Hardback. This book examines how de facto segregation unfolded and operated at the New Jersey shore after the Civil War. Weaving together histories of race, leisure, and consumption, it argues that the politics of mass consumption contained early desegregation efforts and prolonged Jim Crow. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823272716
ISBN
9780823272716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.71

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