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Paperback. Documents organized crime's exploitation of organized labor and the massive federal clean-up effort. This book explains how Cosa Nostra families gained a foothold in the labor movement, and used this power to become part of the political and economic power structure of 20th-century urban America. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JKVM; KCZ; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814742945
ISBN
9780814742945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignment for "Fortune" magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. This book provides a record of the place, of the people who shaped the land, and of the rhythm of their lives. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJG; AJCR; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141188492
ISBN
9780141188492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.88

Paperback. This work is a wide ranging thematic study of modern European cultural history, including popular culture, with an emphasis on the second half of the 20th century. It also synthesizes new directions and interpretive debates. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312228736
ISBN
9780312228736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.54

In Making North America, James Thompson uses the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement of 1988 and the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1994 to demonstrate that there has been an often-unrecognized impulse behind the process of North American integration - national security. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; KCLT1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646209
ISBN
9781442646209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.60

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813561752
ISBN
9780813561752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Paperback. In 1931, nine black youths were charged with raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. Despite meager and contradictory evidence, all nine were found guilty and eight were sentenced to death. This book explores how this case has embedded itself into the fabric of American memory and become a lens for perceptions of race and class. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140476
ISBN
9780691140476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Presidio Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812986747
ISBN
9780812986747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.46

Hardback. The 13 essays in this collection survey the work of major British and Irish novelists of the past 30 years. Topics covered include a study of the historical imagination in William Golding's later fiction, and a study of contemporary Irish women writers. Editor(s): Acheson, James. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333490198
ISBN
9780333490198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.99

Hardback. This collection of 15 essays surveys the work of some of the major British and Irish dramatists since 1960. Included are four dramatists - Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Peter Shaffer and Peter Nichols - who began writing plays before 1960, and whose work has since continued to develop. Editor(s): Acheson, James. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333532591
ISBN
9780333532591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.12

Hardback. The British Welfare State initially seemed to promise welfare for all, but excluded millions of disabled people. This book examines attempts in the subsequent three decades to reverse this exclusion. It also provides the first major analysis of the Disablement Income Group and the Thalidomide campaign. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; JFFG; JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447316428
ISBN
9781447316428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.70

Paperback. In The Allure of Order, Mehta recounts a century of attempts at revitalizing public education, and puts forward a truly new agenda to reach this elusive goal. Over and over again, outsiders have been fascinated by the promise of scientific management and have attempted to apply principles of rational administration from above. Series: Studies in Postwar American Political Development. Num Pages: 416 pages, 19 figures and tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190231453
ISBN
9780190231453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.13

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 317 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 214 x 23. Weight in Grams: 954.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Schiffer Military History
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764348044
ISBN
9780764348044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.61

Paperback. The first volume in a study of 40 years of violent American cinema. Examining films such as "Psycho" and "A Clockwork Orange", it provides both a critical overview of the films themselves and a cultural study of the social and psychological factors relating to the demand for screen violence. Num Pages: 368 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APFA; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810836686
ISBN
9780810836686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 113.57

Hardback. The first volume in a study of 40 years of violent American cinema. Examining films such as "Psycho" and "A Clockwork Orange", it provides both a critical overview of the films themselves and a cultural study of the social and psychological factors relating to the demand for screen violence. Num Pages: 368 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APFA; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810836679
ISBN
9780810836679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.06

Hardcover. Hitler's Naval Bases is the most comprehensive book on the subject. It covers bases in detail from the smallest and unmanned locations to the largest dedicated bases in Lorient, Kiel and Wilhemshaven. The book covers the different types of bases from the isolated and forgotten, escape and survival bases, to the extremities of the main naval bases. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 255 x 21. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781551981
ISBN
9781781551981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. This book proposes the "formless" as a way of thinking through the impasses of contemporary politics. The writing of the formless, as it can be traced in the work of Lezama Lima and the Cuban Revolution, is the point of departure in thinking through the relationship between politics and time. Series: Lit Z. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADSL; 3JJ; DSBH; HRAM2; JFSL4; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823274086
ISBN
9780823274086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. This book proposes the "formless" as a way of thinking through the impasses of contemporary politics. The writing of the formless, as it can be traced in the work of Lezama Lima and the Cuban Revolution, is the point of departure in thinking through the relationship between politics and time. Series: Lit Z. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADSL; 3JJ; DSBH; HRAM2; JFSL4; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780823274079
ISBN
9780823274079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.56

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857381613
ISBN
9780857381613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Though finely tuned to the particular local traditions that have defined the boundaries of globalization for Czech men and women, this text also offers a general thesis about the inextricable linkages between political and economic changes and gender identities. Num Pages: 272 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JJP; JFSJ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127158
ISBN
9780231127158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Translator(s): Beranek, Erik. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JMG; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 200 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Univocal Publishing LLC United States
Number of pages
90
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937561154
ISBN
9781937561154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.65

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