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20th century

Paperback. Traces the economic, political and ideological developments that have characterized US/Eastern Europe relations since World War II and provides an examination of the complex evolution of events that led to the end of the Cold War and the emergence of the "captive nations" of Eastern Europe. Editor(s): Kovrig, Bennett. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1KBB; 3JJP; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814746134
ISBN
9780814746134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Provides a new model of comparative race studies by situating contemporary questions of differential racial formations within a long genealogy of anti-racist discourse constrained by liberal notions of inclusion Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814742983
ISBN
9780814742983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

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
€ 30.93

Paperback. This work offers a reconstruction of the dialogue between leading socialist theoreticians and Jewish intellectuals from the 1880s until world War II. It focuses in detail on the attitude towards Jews through three personalities - Karl Kautsky, Eduard Bernstein and Rosa Luxemburg. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFSR1; JPFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814742136
ISBN
9780814742136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Reveals that New York's interlocking network of private benevolence and municipal relief promoted a racialized and gendered definition of poverty and citizenship Num Pages: 349 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814741078
ISBN
9780814741078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. The Mexican Revolution impacted both Mexican and African Americans. Drawing on archives on both sides of the border, a host of cutting-edge studies and oral histories, Horne chronicles the political currents which created and then undermined the Mexican border as a relative safe haven for African Americans. Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814736739
ISBN
9780814736739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. "A fascinating account of the extraordinary life of W. E. B. Du Bois's widow: a complex, creative woman who lived a colorful, meaningful life." (Essence) "Horne is the first biographer to grant Shirley Graham Du Bois her due." (Boston Globe) Num Pages: 363 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814736487
ISBN
9780814736487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Examines the change in the role of campus life in the 1960s and early 1970s and the way in which the peace campaign became a national movement. The work studies how outside forces affected the campus antiwar protests and illustrates the depth of the anguish over US involvement in Vietnam. Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; GTJ; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JNMF; JNMN; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814735121
ISBN
9780814735121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Examines the complex intertwining of race and architecture in nineteenth and early-twentieth century American culture Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; AMX; DSBF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780814732472
ISBN
9780814732472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. Offers both a religious history of the House of Prayer as an institution and an intellectual history of its colourful and enigmatic leader Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 276 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRCC96; HRCX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814720370
ISBN
9780814720370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

hardcover. Examines American Jews' long and complicated relationship to alcohol during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series: The Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFFH1; JFSR1; KNSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814720288
ISBN
9780814720288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. Published in conjunction with the History of the City of New York Project. "..a valuable case study in the micropolitics of one of the Progressive era's signature projects." (The Wall Street Journal) "Illuminating .. " (New York magazine) Num Pages: 442 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; TR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814719541
ISBN
9780814719541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. A lively tour of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, this book traces the development of America's industrial power and its commercial deployment, at home and abroad. It sets the American story within the dramatic context of the rise and fall of political empires in Europe and Asia and two devastating world wars. Num Pages: 561 pages, 104 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
561
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814715666
ISBN
9780814715666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

paperback. Explores diverse culture practices such as Chicano rock-and-roll dancing; the Boy Scouts and heroism; 'zines and community; Native American boxing; African American hip-hop; fan clubs and femininity; Malcolm X's zoot suit; Filipino Mcintosh suits; lesbian, bisexual, and gay Internet culture; Chicano lowriding; and graffiti and spatial mobility. Editor(s): Willard, Michael; Austin, Joe Alan. Num Pages: 488 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFC; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 31. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814706466
ISBN
9780814706466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Appealing to historians working in the fields of business history, political history, and the history of capitalism, Capital Gains highlights the causes, character, and consequences of business activism and underscores the centrality of business to any full understanding of the politics of the twentieth century-and today. Editor(s): Phillips-Fein, Kim; John, Richard R. Series: Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JP; KJB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248821
ISBN
9780812248821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.20

Hardcover. Drawing from extensive archival research, Out of the Horrors of War demonstrates that disabled citizens in the World War II era organized a national movement for economic security and full citizenship, reshaping the U.S. welfare state and laying the foundation for the disability rights movement. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812248517
ISBN
9780812248517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.80

Hardcover. In Central Harlem, the symbolic and historic heart of black America, the violent unrest of July 1964 highlighted a new dynamic in the racial politics of the nation. The first "long, hot summer" of the Sixties had arrived. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812248500
ISBN
9780812248500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.23
€ 102.24

Hardcover. Messengers of the Right tells the story of the media activists who built the American conservative movement and transformed it into one of the most significant and successful movements of the twentieth century-and in the process remade the Republican Party and the American media landscape. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPFM; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248395
ISBN
9780812248395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.61

Paperback. From the era of the industrial factory to the age of the microchip, Pivotal Tuesdays explores four twentieth-century elections-1912, 1932, 1968, and 1992-using the election of the American president as a lens through which to explore the broader sweep of the nation's social, economic, and political history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780812223934
ISBN
9780812223934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Historian Elizabeth Tandy Shermer examines how Barry Goldwater and elite Phoenix businessmen used policy and federal funds to fashion a postwar "business climate," setting off an interstate competition for investment that transformed American politics. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 432 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JP; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812223477
ISBN
9780812223477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.30

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