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North America
Paperback. This volume asks questions about both nationalism and the discipline of history itself. The essays offer fresh ways of thinking about the traditional themes and periods of American history. The aim is to provide a history that more accurately reflects the dimensions of American experience. Editor(s): Bender, Thomas. Num Pages: 436 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520230583
- ISBN
- 9780520230583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.33
€ 35.99
€ 26.33
Paperback. Investigates the paradox at the heart of modern Gulf of Guinea politics. This study aims to bring out the extent to which oil has forged the interaction of the region with the world economy and how the ongoing expansion of the oil sector will deepen this pivotal role. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; JPS; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781850658580
- ISBN
- 9781850658580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 19.04
€ 29.99
€ 19.04
Hardback. More than a century's worth of atrocities culled from the city's police blotter, told through startling, rarely seen images and incisive text written by two NYPD officers and a NYC crime reporter. Num Pages: 320 pages, 500 b&w and colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; BTC; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 318 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2180. Fine copy in fine dustwrappers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0014254
- ISBN
- 9780316391238
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.94
€ 11.94
Paperback. A history of San Francisco, this work traces the exploitation of both local and distant regions by prominent families - the Hearsts, de Youngs, Spreckelses, and others - who gained power through mining, ranching, water and energy, transportation, real estate, weapons, and the mass media. Num Pages: 437 pages, 85 b/w photographs, 7 maps, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 437
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250086
- ISBN
- 9780520250086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.54
€ 33.99
€ 24.54
Paperback. Beginning with the founding of profession in late 1920s and continuing into post-September 11 era, this title examines the history of men who joined workplaces customarily identified as female-oriented. It examines various hardships these men faced at work, paying particular attention to conflation of gender-based, and AIDS-based discrimination. Num Pages: 302 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSK; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414. Labor, Sexuality, and AIDs in the History of Male Flight Attendants. 302 pages, illustrations. Beginning with the founding of profession in late 1920s and continuing into post-September 11 era, this title examines the history of men who joined workplaces customarily identified as female-oriented. It examines various hardships these men faced at work, paying particular attention to conflation of gender-based, and AIDS-based discrimination. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSK; KCFM. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274778
- ISBN
- 9780520274778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. On November 29, 1864, over 150 Native Americans, mostly women, children, and elderly, were slaughtered in one of the most infamous cases of state-sponsored violence in U.S. history. Kelman examines how generations of Americans have struggled with the question of whether the nation s crimes, as well as its achievements, should be memorialized." Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674503786
- ISBN
- 9780674503786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.41
€ 27.99
€ 24.41
Paperback. Religion has been a powerful political force throughout American history. When race enters the mix the results have been some of our greatest triumphs as a nation - and some of our most shameful failures. This book traces the explosive political effects of the religious intermingling with race. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146294
- ISBN
- 9780691146294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.07
€ 29.99
€ 22.07
Hardcover. This a book about a poet, about a poem, about a city, and about a world at a point of change. More than a work of literary criticism or literary biography, it is a record of why and how we create and respond to great poetry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007557219
- ISBN
- 9780007557219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5S; VSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807079669
- ISBN
- 9780807079669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.84
€ 19.99
€ 15.84
Hardback. No nation in history has placed greater emphasis on the role of technology in planning and waging war than the United States. Drawing on six decades of debate on the subject of US military affairs, this book suggests how the armed forces might exploit the opportunities of the information revolution in the future. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JW; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780231123365
- ISBN
- 9780231123365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.92€ 78.42
€ 102.92
€ 78.42
Paperback. IBeautifully designed with 21 color and 15 halftone illustrations, this first substantial study of Emily Dickinson's devotion to flowers and gardening seeks to join both poet and gardener in one creative personality. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 color illustrations, 12 tritone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018297
- ISBN
- 9780674018297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.23
€ 35.99
€ 30.23
Paperback. Explains the causes and consequences of "white flight" in Atlanta and elsewhere. Seeking to understand segregationists on their own terms, this book moves past stereotypes to explore the meaning of white resistance. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones. 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG; JFSL; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133867
- ISBN
- 9780691133867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.11
€ 36.99
€ 27.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vehicule Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550652086
- ISBN
- 9781550652086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.93
€ 18.99
€ 18.93
Paperback. * Provides survey of the ways in which the United States acquired, administered, and abandoned its various imperial possessions. * Offers a new interpretation of how and why America became an imperialist power. * Incorporates notions of imperialism, anti-imperialism, and geopolitics into American foreign policy decision making. Series: Problems in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577180562
- ISBN
- 9781577180562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.80
€ 58.80
Hardback. This book reconstructs American consular activity in Ireland from 1790 to 1913 and elucidates the interconnectedness of America's foreign interests, Irish nationalism and British imperialism Num Pages: 320 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; JPSD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 698 299pp
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719083013
- ISBN
- 9780719083013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.84
€ 68.84
Paperback. Domestic Manners of the Americans is an entertaining, witty, and often scathing account of Trollope's travels in America between 1827 and 1832 and her criticisms of American manners, from vulgarity to the treatment of slaves. One of the most influential travel books of the century, it also speaks to political debates on equality in England. Editor(s): Michie, Elsie B. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 124 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199676873
- ISBN
- 9780199676873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.45
€ 14.99
€ 12.45
Hardcover. Who tends to volunteer and why? What causes attract certain types of volunteers? What motivates people to volunteer? Making use of survey information to offer a detailed portrait of the volunteer in America, this work provides a resource for everyone who works with volunteers or is interested in their role in contemporary society. Series: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies. Num Pages: 680 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1078.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253349293
- ISBN
- 9780253349293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.52
€ 49.52
Paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2015 by Grove Press. Num Pages: 448 pages, B&W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802125682
- ISBN
- 9780802125682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.19
€ 17.99
€ 16.19
Hardback. A new look at the famous Lizzie Borden murder case and how it turned into a 19th century media spectacle. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620715
- ISBN
- 9780700620715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.38
€ 90.38
Paperback. Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836-1919) ranks as the important American woman poet of the nineteenth-century after Emily Dickinson. This title reveals Piatt's ironic, experimental, and pushing the limits of Victorian language, the sentimental female persona, and what women's poetry could say. Editor(s): Bennett, Paula Bernat. Series: American Poetry Recovery Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072819
- ISBN
- 9780252072819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.88
€ 25.99
€ 25.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 414 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 33. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448157
- ISBN
- 9780801448157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.64
€ 45.64
Paperback. Dwight A. McBride examines the quiet way discriminatory hiring practices and racist ad campaigns seep into and reflect malevolent undertones in American culture. McBride maintains that issues of race and sexuality are often subtle and always messy, and his compelling new book does not offer simple answers. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814756867
- ISBN
- 9780814756867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.23
€ 32.99
€ 31.23
Paperback. A critique of how New Deal laws (and later policies in their spirit) ostensibly written to protect women, actually subjegated them financially in the following generations. Num Pages: 384 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780195158021
- ISBN
- 9780195158021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.23
€ 35.23
Hardback. Examines how Charlton Heston evolved into a major American political figure. This is a chronicle of the resurgence of American conservative thought and, in particular, the birth of neoconservatism. It provides an account of how Heston propelled his personal beliefs into the political mainstream of America. Num Pages: 400 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; APF; BGF; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 803.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124087
- ISBN
- 9780813124087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.11
€ 49.11