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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

€ 56.78

Paperback. Traces the history of Germany from 1933 to 1945, discusses the Nazi rise to power, and examines the scholarly research into the nature of Nazism. Num Pages: 200 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415078610
ISBN
9780415078610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 69 b/w illustrations, 11 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; AMC; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 177 x 22. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816678112
ISBN
9780816678112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

paperback. Largely as a result of the country's expanding economy, Ireland has been transformed from one of the poorest to one of the richest countries in the European Union. This is a guide to understanding how Ireland and the Irish people have changed over the years. It also examines the nature of Irish character and the fusion of tradition and change. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780268028862
ISBN
9780268028862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.51

paperback. A ground-breaking history of Prohibition and a new creation story for the powerful American state. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290. A ground-breaking history of Prohibition and a new creation story for the powerful American state. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton
Condition
New
SKU
9780393353525
ISBN
9780393353525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.81

hardcover. This book argues that the "Yan'an Way," long celebrated by the Chinese Communist Party as the foundation and model for its success, was a product of quite special circumstances that were not replicable in most other parts of China. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728256
ISBN
9780804728256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

hardcover. This is an extraordinarily imaginative analysis of the relations between literature and technique in Brazil from the 1880's to the 1920's. Translator(s): Britto, Paulo. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 148 pages, Illustrations, facsims.,port. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADP; 2ADS; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804729130
ISBN
9780804729130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

hardcover. Focusing on the lives and work of women teachers in two rural California counties from 1850 to 1950, Country Schoolwomen explores the social context of teaching, seeking to understand what teaching meant to women teachers, what it provided them, and how it shaped their categories of experience. Num Pages: 356 pages, 19 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804730044
ISBN
9780804730044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 109 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; APFV; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813576626
ISBN
9780813576626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 43.30

paperback. Series: Contradictions S. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816634538
ISBN
9780816634538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. In far-flung locations around the globe, an unparalleled sequence of international events took place between December 1 and December 12, 1941. This book explores how the story unfolded. It demonstrates how these dramatic events marked a turning point not only in the course of World War II but also in the direction of the entire century. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16-page black-&-white section of illustrations + 6 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300187878
ISBN
9780300187878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.79

hardcover. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732086
ISBN
9780804732086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.35

The disappearance and imprisonment behind the Iron Curtain of the American brothers Noel and Hermann Field in 1949, followed by that of Noel's wife and their foster daughter, was one of the most publicized international mysteries of the Cold War. This dual memoir gives an intensely human dimension to that struggle. Num Pages: 488 pages, 18 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJPG; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 780.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735902
ISBN
9780804735902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.48

Hardback. Through a series of careful, historicized readings of works by a range of authors, this book relates both the what and the how of representation to specific theories of embodiment emerging during the early period of medical history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737739
ISBN
9780804737739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

hardcover. This book is a history of the complex relations between scientific advisors, primarily physicists, and U.S. presidents in their role as decision makers about nuclear weapons and military strategy. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPHL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 625.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739665
ISBN
9780804739665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.35

hardcover. Analysing qualitative and quantative data from 1950 to 1999, the author shows how higher education publishing moved from a culture of independent domestic publishers to international conglomerates. The theory is applicable to explaining institutional changes in all professional service industries. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBT; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804740210
ISBN
9780804740210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Hardcover. This volume of essays traces the historical-sociological background of minority policies in Hungary, along with nation's changing image and its immigration problems in the 20th century. Num Pages: 320 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 166. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335560
ISBN
9780880335560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; KCL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336925
ISBN
9780880336925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.41
€ 42.58

Paperback. In 1996 the author left the relative stability of the United States for the chaos of post-Soviet Russia, and stayed. In this book, each chapter is an episode - spanning from several hours to several days - of his journeys to the far North, Moscow, the Ural Mountains, the Solovetsky Islands, and a southern stretch of the Volga River. Num Pages: 225 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPR; 3JM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807089
ISBN
9780875807089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. In the early years of the 21st century, a number of Muslim women have achieved positions of influence. This book presents the stories of 20 women from Bradford between the ages of 14 and 80, from their own perspectives. It offers a mosaic of the experiences, views and hopes of these women. Editor(s): Shaffi, Wahida. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; HBTD; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 175 x 8. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847424105
ISBN
9781847424105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.68

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