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Paperback. In 1776, the U.S. owed huge sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens but, lacking the power to tax, had no means to repay them. This is the first book to tell the story of how foreign-born financial specialists solved the fiscal crisis and set the nation on a path to long-term economic prosperity. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 762.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674284104
ISBN
9780674284104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.77

Hardcover. Why the American Revolution, of all the great revolutions, was the only enduring success. Num Pages: 480 pages, 32 pages of color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 37. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393240214
ISBN
9780393240214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.93

Paperback. A collection of quotations on various things from the relationship between church and state to the status of women. It lays out the positions of the founders of America on more than seventy topics, including the afterlife, the death of loved ones, the raising of children, the reliability of biblical texts, and the nature of Islam and Judaism. Editor(s): Hutson, James H. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: GBCQ; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133836
ISBN
9780691133836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.63

Hardback. More than two centuries after the groundbreaking events of the American struggle for independence, its key figures strike us more as players in a myth than as people who lived, worked, and interacted with one another. This title profiles thirty of the era's best-known individuals, including Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton. Editor(s): Kaminski, John P. Num Pages: 624 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 127 x 39. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927572
ISBN
9780813927572
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. .
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
681
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865973039
ISBN
9780865973039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 513 pages, tables, indexes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 215 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1352.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
513
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865973060
ISBN
9780865973060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 711 pages, tables, indexes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 216 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1826.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
711
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865973053
ISBN
9780865973053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 731 pages, tables, indexes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 215 x 47. Weight in Grams: 2028.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
731
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865973022
ISBN
9780865973022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. The African National Congress was founded a hundred years ago, in January 1912. But the roots of the ANC run even deeper in South African history. In fact, the ANC's founding was the culmination of more than sixty years of organisation by a new class of African modernisers. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 45. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431402915
ISBN
9781431402915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.69

Hardback. It is well known that Hegel conceives of history as the gradual process of rational thought and of forms of political life. But he is usually thought to place himself at the end of this process. This book argues that an essential part of Hegel's historical-political thinking has escaped the notice of its interpreters. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804754248
ISBN
9780804754248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Harris, Matthew; Kidd, Thomas. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRAM2; HRAX; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195326505
ISBN
9780195326505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.22

Paperback. Examines four attempts to answer the question of national identity that Americans faced in the wake of the American Revolution. This work explores a complicated political world in which boundaries between the personal and the political were fluid and ill-defined. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691122366
ISBN
9780691122366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. This concise and elegant contribution to the Very Short Introduction series reintroduces the history that shaped the founding fathers, the history that they made, and what history has made of them. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
New
SKU
9780190273514
ISBN
9780190273514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. A story of how George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison's passion for nature, plants, agriculture and gardens shaped the birth of America. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099525622
ISBN
9780099525622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Advances an interpretation of the founding of modern Israel. This book demonstrates how socialist principles were subverted in practice by the nationalist goals to which socialist Zionism was committed. It provides a historical background to Israel's struggle to mobilize its citizenry to support a shared vision of nationhood. Translator(s): Maisel, David. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1; JPFF; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009674
ISBN
9780691009674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.14

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
735
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207059
ISBN
9780872207059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.85

Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
735
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207066
ISBN
9780872207066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.72
€ 52.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 219 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1966
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268001032
ISBN
9780268001032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. Translator(s): Hinton, David. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 295 x 37. Weight in Grams: 774.
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619028340
ISBN
9781619028340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.76

Hardback. Told by a colonial governor, a Creek military leader, Native Americans, and British colonists, each account of Acorn Whistler's execution for killing five Cherokees speaks to the collision of European and Indian cultures, the struggle to preserve traditional ways of life, and tensions within the British Empire on the eve of the American Revolution. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046863
ISBN
9780674046863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.78

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