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Hardcover. Government spending has increased in United States since World War II. Drawing on examples from the federal and state governments, this book explains why these budget rules tend to fail, and proposes original alternatives for imposing much-needed fiscal discipline on our legislators. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; KFFD; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226682594
- ISBN
- 9780226682594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.52€ 60.35
€ 70.52
€ 60.35
Paperback. This is a study of the central role of history in late nineteenth-century American legal thought. Series: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society. Num Pages: 582 pages, 21 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107425088
- ISBN
- 9781107425088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801443138
- ISBN
- 9780801443138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.72
€ 33.72
Paperback. Journalists have failed to respond adequately to the challenge of the Internet, with far-reaching consequences for the future of journalism and democracy. This is the compelling argument set forth in this timely new text, drawing on the most extensive ethnographic fieldwork in American newsrooms since the 1970s. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654287
- ISBN
- 9780745654287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Paperback. In the English-language survey of Argentine-US relations, the author challenges the accepted view that confrontation has been the characteristic state of affairs between the two countries. From the perspectives of both countries, he discusses topics such as Pan-Americanism, petroleum, communism and fascism, and foreign debt. Series: United States and the Americas Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820328096
- ISBN
- 9780820328096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.23
€ 54.23
Hardback. This unique collection of writings by the celebrated author David Madden provides a multitude of reflections on the Civil War and Reconstruction, from nonfiction to fiction. Num Pages: 260 pages, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442243484
- ISBN
- 9781442243484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.49
€ 31.99
€ 27.49
Paperback. Brings together notes and essays of the author. This book includes are autobiographical vignettes from childhood and youth describing the gamut of human emotion, from childhood fear to adult nostalgia in the re-creation of the past. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; BG; DN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571170760
- ISBN
- 9780571170760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.41
€ 26.99
€ 18.41
Paperback. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1058. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 53. Weight: 1058.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Export/Airside
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848872806
- ISBN
- 9781848872806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.15
€ 21.99
€ 16.15
Paperback. Combines historical research with cultural analysis to provide a study of television comedy as a reflection of the diversity and richness in American society. This book examines the roots of television comedy beginning with the influence of Vaudeville, cinema and radio on the variety shows and sitcoms of the 1940's and 1950's. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577180036
- ISBN
- 9781577180036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.98
€ 62.98
Paperback. "Quite simply, a tour de force--a wonderful synthesis of history and criticism."--Daniel Czitrom, author of Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215601
- ISBN
- 9780812215601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Billie Holiday's signature tune, 'Strange Fruit', with its graphic and heart-wrenching portrayal of a lynching in the South, brought home the evils of racism as well as being an inspiring mark of resistance. In 1939, its performance sparked controversy (and sometimes violence) wherever Billie Holiday went. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; AVGK; AVH; BGF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 199 x 11. Weight in Grams: 129.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841952840
- ISBN
- 9781841952840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Hardback. A history of negative campaigning in American politics, and an examination of how candidates and political consultants have employed this often-controversial technique. This book includes case studies on races throughout the television era, in which negative campaign strategies were introduced, or existing tactics were refined and amplified upon. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742545007
- ISBN
- 9780742545007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.92
€ 75.92
Paperback. Mayers analyses the entire history of American foreign relations with first Russia and then the Soviet Union, using the drama of the lives of the men and women who worked at the American embassy in Moscow to tell his story. Particular attention is paid to the critical events of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14 pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 619. Good clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KEC0000122
- ISBN
- 9780195115765
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. Beginning with responses to fascism in the 1930s and ending with protests against the Iraq wars, this book shows how American artists have borne witness, registered dissent, and asserted the enduring ability of imagination to uncover truths about individuals and nations. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 color, 63 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 261 x 22. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286702
- ISBN
- 9780520286702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
paperback. This biography of Harry Truman presents a picture of an extraordinary American President. Drawing archival material and interviews, McCullough chronicles Truman's boyhood, his entry into politics and his emergence as President. This book won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1993. Num Pages: 1117 pages, 316pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1440.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780671869205
- ISBN
- 9780671869205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.41
€ 30.41
Paperback. Presents the story of the year of the birth of the United States of America. This book tells two stories: how a group of squabbling, disparate colonies became the United States, and how the British Empire tried to stop them. It features a cast of amazing characters from George III to George Washington, to soldiers and their families. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141021713
- ISBN
- 9780141021713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.77
€ 21.99
€ 17.77
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- Anniversary Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451683233
- ISBN
- 9781451683233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.39
€ 43.99
€ 37.39
Hardback. This timely exploration and re-assessment of Canada's approach to strategic affairs offers a diverse set of nuanced, sometimes controversial, and always insightful perspectives on the most pressing security challenges that Canada currently faces. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 tables; 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 25. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442641358
- ISBN
- 9781442641358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.24
€ 69.24
Paperback. This work provides students with up-to-date reviews of the main controversies in American politics and society and is designed to complement David McKay's "American Politics and Society". The book stimulates students' interest by offering a range of arguments for and [against particular positions. Editor(s): McKay, David; Houghton, David; Wroe, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228950
- ISBN
- 9780631228950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.07
€ 54.07
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, TBD. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 245 x 32. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610392211
- ISBN
- 9781610392211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.68
€ 29.99
€ 20.68
paperback. Toward the end of James's career, Charles Scribner's Sons offered to publish his collected work under the overall title The New York Edition of the Novels and Tales of Henry James. This book is the first comprehensive effort to apprehend the full complexity of James's self-performance there. Editor(s): McWhirter, David. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735186
- ISBN
- 9780804735186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.84
€ 42.99
€ 38.84
Hardcover. A leading literary critic's innovative study of how the Nobel Prize-winning author turned life into art. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393246872
- ISBN
- 9780393246872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.96
€ 47.99
€ 40.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; JWK; JWL; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Motorbooks International
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KTG0008508
- ISBN
- 9780760315927
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453946
- ISBN
- 9780801453946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.30
€ 59.30