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Hardcover. The United States routinely has one of the lowest voter turnout rates of any developed democracy in the world. This book places contemporary reforms in historical context and explores how state electoral institutions have shaped voting behavior throughout the twentieth century. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22 line drawings, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114187
ISBN
9780226114187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

Paperback. The United States routinely has one of the lowest voter turnout rates of any developed democracy in the world. But are expansive institutional efforts like mailin registration, longer poll hours, and "no-excuse" absentee voting uniformly effective in improving voter turnout across states? This book deals with this topic. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22 line drawings, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114217
ISBN
9780226114217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.89

Paperback. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445615042
ISBN
9781445615042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 70 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMT; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 233 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750965163
ISBN
9780750965163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. A completely original history of one of the most extraordinary movements in the world - the Girl Guides - and how they helped win the war. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007356324
ISBN
9780007356324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Hardback. The Cold War continues to shape international relations almost twenty years after being acknowledged as the central event of the last half of the twentieth century. Interpretations of how it ended thus remain crucial to an accurate understanding of global events and foreign policy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBA; HBTW; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971744
ISBN
9781597971744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.32

paperback. The Cold War continues to shape international relations almost twenty years after being acknowledged as the central event of the last half of the twentieth century. Interpretations of how it ended thus remain crucial to an accurate understanding of global events and foreign policy. Series: Issues in the History of American Foreign Relations. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBA; HBTW; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971751
ISBN
9781597971751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Hardcover. In the United States at the height of the Cold War, roughly between the end of World War II and the early 1980s, a new project of redefining rationality commanded the attention of sharp minds, powerful politicians, wealthy foundations, and top military brass. The authors illuminate what it meant to be rational in the age of nuclear brinkmanship. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 halftones, 17 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HPS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226046631
ISBN
9780226046631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HPS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226324159
ISBN
9780226324159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.12

Paperback. Examines Mexican immigration - from 1924 when immigration acts drastically reduced immigration to the US to 1965 when many quotas were abolished - to understand how broad themes of race and citizenship are constructed. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
213
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280083
ISBN
9780520280083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.11

Paperback. Students, scholars, and policy practitioners will find this a useful resource for understanding NATO, transatlantic relations, and security in Europe and North America, as well as theories about change in international institutions. Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QFN; 3JJP; JPA; JPS; JWA; JWK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421988
ISBN
9781421421988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.30

Paperback. In 1800, the per capita income of the United States was twice that of Mexico and roughly the same as Brazil s. By 1913, it was four times greater than Mexico s and seven times greater than Brazil's. This volume seeks to explain the 19th-century lag in Latin American economic development. Editor(s): Haber, Stephen H. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727389
ISBN
9780804727389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Focuses on how the fascist dictatorship defined the place of women in modern Italy and how women experienced the Duce's rule. This work offers a detailed characterization of Italian women's ambiguous and ambivalent experience of a regime that promised modernity, yet denied women emancipation. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604. Italy, 1922-1945. 384 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. Focuses on how the fascist dictatorship defined the place of women in modern Italy and how women experienced the Duce's rule. This work offers a detailed characterization of Italian women's ambiguous and ambivalent experience of a regime that promised modernity, yet denied women emancipation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520074576
ISBN
9780520074576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.39

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745332512
ISBN
9780745332512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.00

Paperback. Drawing on social and cultural history, this book shows how, despite Anglo attempts to fix racial categories through Jim Crow laws, converging migrations - particularly those of Mexicans and Creoles - complicated ideas of blackness and whiteness and introduced different understandings about race. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282582
ISBN
9780520282582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.93

Hardcover. The role of the housing market in the recent recession raised questions about similar episodes in economic history. Were the underlying causes of housing and mortgage crises the same in earlier episodes? This volume provides context for understanding events by examining how historical housing and mortgage markets worked - and sometimes failed. Editor(s): White, Eugene N.; Snowden, Kenneth; Fishback, Price. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 496 pages, 65 line drawings, 50 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KCZ; KFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226073842
ISBN
9780226073842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 93.34

Hardback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719086076
ISBN
9780719086076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.56
€ 90.36

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 224 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 258 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1088.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167619
ISBN
9780691167619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Paperback. Revelatory, gripping and unexpectedly poignant, The Housekeeper's Tale champions the invisible women who ran the English country house. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 page colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Aurum Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781314104
ISBN
9781781314104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.22

Paperback. In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid 1960's, through a twist of fate and fortune, a young girl came to live with a mother and her seven children. What began as a temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens' parents and Gertrude Baniszewski turned into a crime that would haunt cops, prosecutors, and a community for decades to come. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pages photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JJPK; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 109 x 18. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
St. Martin's True Crime
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780312946999
ISBN
9780312946999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.49

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