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Paperback. During World War II, Japan was vilified by America as our hated enemy in the East. As the Cold War heated up, however, the US government decided to make Japan its bulwark against communism in Asia. This work charts the remarkable reversal from hated enemy to valuable ally that occurred in the two decades after the war. Num Pages: 408 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057470
- ISBN
- 9780674057470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.72
€ 41.72
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury T&T Clark
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780567637079
- ISBN
- 9780567637079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.90
€ 72.90
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780567613325
- ISBN
- 9780567613325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.84
€ 58.84
- Edition
- Edition 19
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780567580283
- ISBN
- 9780567580283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.46
€ 59.46
Paperback. Trinitarian Soundings in Systematic Theology is a multi-authored exploration of systematic theology from a Trinitarian perspective. Its aim is to show how the doctrine of the Trinity sheds light on other key doctrines-from prolegomena to eschatology and t Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780567084101
- ISBN
- 9780567084101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.75
€ 115.75
Paperback. Offers an introduction to "1 Peter", aimed at undergraduate students. This volume suggests that "1 Peter" is an important text not least for the ways in which it both reflects and constructs early Christian identity, in its relationships with Judaism and the Roman Empire. Series: New Testament Guides. Num Pages: 138 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 169.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780567031693
- ISBN
- 9780567031693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.60
€ 38.60
Paperback. This study of colonial memory asks the question, how do once-colonized people remember the colonial period? Drawing on an ethnography of the social practices of remembering and forgetting in one community in Madagascar, the book develops a practice-based approach to social memory. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 378 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; 1K; GTB; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228467
- ISBN
- 9780520228467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.11
€ 44.11
Paperback. Approximately thirteen million people around the world define themselves as Jews, with the majority residing in the United States and Israel. This collection portrays the diversity of Jewish experience as it is practiced and lived in contemporary societies. Editor(s): Goldberg, Harvey E. Series: The Life of Religion S. Num Pages: 267 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227538
- ISBN
- 9780520227538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.60
€ 41.60
paperback. An innovative exploration of religion in the U.S. - Mexican borderlands. Constructs genealogies of the major traditions spanning Mexico City, East Los Angeles, and the southwestern U.S: Guadalupe devotion, curanderismo, espiritualismo, and evangelical/ pentecostal traditions. Num Pages: 331 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223516
- ISBN
- 9780520223516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.22
€ 45.22
Paperback. The US has experienced a dramatic increase in births to unmarried women - from 4 per cent of births in 1950, with most of the babies then adopted, to more than 30 per cent. This book analyses this radical change in family formation to compare and contrast the lives of these mothers of varying ages and economic circumstances. Num Pages: 483 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218307
- ISBN
- 9780520218307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.61
€ 45.61
paperback. An examination of how the automobile has ravaged America's cities and landscape in the 20th century together with a strategy for reversing America's automobile dependency. Num Pages: 440 pages, 23 black-and-white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMVD; HBJK; HBLW; KCN; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520216204
- ISBN
- 9780520216204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.39
€ 41.39
hardcover. Reflects how the different people of Africa view their civilizations. This title shows the historical relationships between the various parts of the continent. It covers the period from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the onset of the European 'scramble' for colonial territory in the 1880s. Editor(s): Ajayi, J. F. Ade. Series: UNESCO General History of Africa S. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 159 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- California University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 896
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520039179
- ISBN
- 9780520039179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.28
€ 88.28
Paperback. Presents a synopsis of the author's interpretation of the French Revolution. This book argues that the Revolution can only be understood in terms of class struggle, and that any attempt to diminish the significance of class conflict as its motive force obscures the meaning of the events of the Revolution and rends them ultimately incomprehensible. Translator(s): Symcox, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520034198
- ISBN
- 9780520034198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.56
€ 34.56
paperback. Pointing out that religion and language affect each other, the author proceeds to demonstrate how this is so by reference to a specific symbolic context. He analysess verbal action in St Augustine's Confessions, and then discusses the first three chapters of Genesis, and ends with an imaginary dialogue between the Lord and Satan. Num Pages: 327 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520016101
- ISBN
- 9780520016101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.49
€ 40.49
Paperback. In late 1942, along with so many others who signed up to support the war effort, thirty-year-old Mildred Radawiec left a comfortable position as a nurse at the University of Michigan Hospital and postponed her marriage to a soon-to-be doctor to volunteer as a surgical nurse in the major battle theaters of the war. Num Pages: 454 pages, 43 b&w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; HBWQ; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472033317
- ISBN
- 9780472033317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.74
€ 37.74
Paperback. Ranging across American culture of the middle 20th century this study depicts the shifting characterizations of teens from invisible young adults to young soldiers in training, to bobby soxers and zoot suiters, to rock'n'rollers and juvenile delinquents, from hippies to savvy consumers. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFC; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465007660
- ISBN
- 9780465007660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.93
€ 29.93
Paperback. Between 1492 and 1820, about two-thirds of the people who crossed the Atlantic to the Americas were Africans. Over the years, however, huge strides have been made in the study of the history of slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic world. This collection brings together some of the key contributions to this growing body of scholarship. Editor(s): Dubois, Laurent; Scott, Julius S. Series: Rewriting Histories. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415994460
- ISBN
- 9780415994460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.69
€ 73.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 434 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: FL; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- David Fulton Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415957557
- ISBN
- 9780415957557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.04
€ 76.04
The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans as Told by Themselves: E...
. Ed(S): Sollors, Werner; Holt, Hamilton
paperback. Contains autobiographies of ordinary people - new immigrants and sharecroppers, cooks and fishermen, women and men working in sweatshops, in the city, and on the land. Editor(s): Sollors, Werner; Holt, Hamilton. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; GBCB; GTB; HBJK; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415925105
- ISBN
- 9780415925105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
paperback. For This Land brings together over twenty-five years of the work of Vine Deloria, Jr., once dubbed "the red man's Ralph Nader." now regarded as one of the most important living Native American figures. Editor(s): Treat, James. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HRA; HRKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 453.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415921152
- ISBN
- 9780415921152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39