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Hardback. Explores the development of health insurance in the United States and Canada. This book shows that Canada's federal structure and its parliamentary institutions encouraged a social-democratic third party that became pivotal in demonstrating the feasibility of universal, public health insurance. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; JKSB; JKSW; JPQB; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691057965
ISBN
9780691057965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.19
€ 78.11

Hardback. In the spring of 1919, two British solar eclipse expeditions confirmed the correctness of general relativity theory and propelled Albert Einstein to instant celebrity. This title includes, the majority of Einstein's writings. Editor(s): Janssen, Michel; Schulmann, Robert; Illy, Jozsef; Lehner, Christoph; Buchwald, Diana Kormos. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 728 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; DNF; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
728
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691057170
ISBN
9780691057170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 237.49

Hardback. Drawing on popular media and medical works as well as archival records and oral histories, this book examines how notions of femininity and womanhood were reshaped in Denmark, a small, largely agrarian country that remained neutral during the war. It explores changes in the female body and personality and the redefinition of female respectability. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049274
ISBN
9780691049274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.03
€ 73.37

Paperback. Analyzing leadership, committee, and procedural restructuring in four periods, this book argues that coalitions promoting a wide range of member interests drive change in both the House and Senate. It shows that multiple interests determine institutional innovation within a period; and that different interests are important in different periods. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 line illus., 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JPA; JPH; JPQ; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049267
ISBN
9780691049267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.08
€ 45.97

Paperback. Japan and the United States became close political allies so quickly after the end of World War II, that it seemed as though the two countries had easily forgotten the war they had fought. This work offers a look at how Japanese postwar society struggled to understand its war loss and the resulting national trauma. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049120
ISBN
9780691049120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.15

Paperback. Provides an understanding of gender relations and their significance in social and institutional transformations. This work offers a comparison of East Central European gender relations with those of western welfare states. It examines how states and political-economic processes are gendered, and how states and markets regulate gender relations. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJPR; JFSJ; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048949
ISBN
9780691048949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.93

Hardback. Opens in spring 1914 when Einstein takes up a research professorship at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin and closes with the collapse of the German Empire four and one-half years later. The letters collected here touch on various aspects of Einstein's activities and shed light on his inner life. Editor(s): Schulmann, Robert; Kox, A. J.; Janssen, Michel; Illy, Jozsef. Translator(s): Hentschel, Ann M. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 1232 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 78. Weight in Grams: 2828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
1216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048499
ISBN
9780691048499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.25
€ 180.39

Paperback. Opens in spring 1914 when Einstein takes up a research professorship at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin and closes with the collapse of the German Empire four and one-half years later. This work touches on various aspects of Einstein's activities and sheds fresh light on his inner life. Editor(s): Kox, A. J.; Schulmann, Robert; Janssen, Michel; Illy, Jozsef. Translator(s): Hentschel, Ann M. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 744 pages, in two volumes 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048413
ISBN
9780691048413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.50

Hardback. Opens on Christmas Eve, 1920, in the waning days of the Wilson administration. The end of the Wilson presidency evokes an outpouring of letters to Wilson and editorials in leading newspapers. As Wilson's health improves, he forms a law partnership with his former Secretary of State, Bainbridge Colby, and privately seeks political influence. Editor(s): Link, Arthur S.; Little, J. E. Series: The Papers of Woodrow Wilson. Num Pages: 684 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGA; HBJK; HBLW; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 43. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
684
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691047997
ISBN
9780691047997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.44
€ 123.96

Paperback. In the years following its near-bankruptcy in 1976 until the end of the 1980s, New York City came to epitomize the debt-driven of the Reagan era. This book asks why a city with a large minority population and a long tradition of liberalism elected a conservative mayor who promoted real-estate development and belittled minority activists. Series: City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 tables 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691036731
ISBN
9780691036731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.91
€ 52.50

Paperback. Offering a compelling inquiry into public events ranging from the building of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial through ethnic community fairs to pioneer celebrations, this title explores the stories, ideas, and symbols behind American commemorations over the last century. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691034959
ISBN
9780691034959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.43
€ 41.71

Paperback. Offering a comprehensive social history of the Bon Marche, the Parisian department store that was the largest in the world before 1914, this title explores the bourgeois identities, ambitions, and anxieties that the emporia so vividly dramatized. Num Pages: 304 pages, 37 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ; KNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 213 x 10. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691034942
ISBN
9780691034942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.43
€ 39.13

Paperback. An analysis of why relations between the United States and the Chinese Communists were hostile in the first decade of the Cold War. It discusses questions such as why Truman refused to recognize the Chinese Communists and why Mao shelled islands in the Taiwan Straits in 1958. It provides a link between domestic politics and foreign policy. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 halftone 16 line illus. 1 map 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691026374
ISBN
9780691026374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.25
€ 44.26

Paperback. Over the years, independent campaigns led by George Wallace, John Anderson, and Ross Perot have attracted more electoral support than at any time since the 1920s. This title explains why and when the two-party system deteriorates and third parties flourish. Num Pages: 306 pages, 12 tables, 23 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JPHF; JPL; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev Exp
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691026138
ISBN
9780691026138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.25
€ 43.99

Paperback. Argues that modern conflicts between Cuba and the United States stem from a long history of US hegemony and Cuban resistance. This title shows what difficulties the smaller country encountered because of US efforts first to make it part of an 'empire of liberty' and later to dominate it by economic methods. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691025360
ISBN
9780691025360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.43
€ 41.44

Paperback. Reveals how Hollywood became "Hollywood" and what that meant for the politics of America and American film. This book tells the story of filmmaking in the first three decades of the twentieth century, a time when going to the movies could transform lives and when the cinema was a battleground for control of American consciousness. Num Pages: 392 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APFA; HBTB; JFSC; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
58713th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691024646
ISBN
9780691024646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.43
€ 38.93

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

€ 52.43
€ 41.70

Paperback. A comparative survey of guerrilla movements in Latin America, this title explores the origins and outcomes of rural insurgencies in nearly a dozen cases since 1956. Focusing on the personal backgrounds of the guerrillas themselves and on national social conditions, it explains why guerrillas emerged strongly in certain countries but not others. Num Pages: 454 pages, 2 figs., 43 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JJP; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691023366
ISBN
9780691023366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.56
€ 58.46

Paperback. A collection of life stories of Russian women in the first half of the twentieth century. It brings together the testimony of Soviet citizens and emigres, intellectuals of aristocratic birth and Soviet milkmaids, housewives and engineers, Bolshevik activists and dedicated opponents of the Soviet regime. Editor(s): Fitzpatrick, Sheila; Slezkine, Yuri. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; 3JJG; 3JJH; BT; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Later Printing
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691019499
ISBN
9780691019499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.25
€ 44.05

Hardcover. American higher education was transformed between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World War I. This work identifies the forces and explains the events that reformed the college curriculum during this era. It also examines how the study of science became detached from theological considerations. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015569
ISBN
9780691015569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.38
€ 64.49

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