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Hardback. Jacob Dolson Cox, a former divinity student with no formal military training, was among those who rose to the challenge. In a conflict in which "political generals" often proved less than competent, Cox, the consummate citizen general, emerged as one of the best commanders in the Union army. Series: War and Society in North America. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1225.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420829
ISBN
9780821420829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Paperback. At the end of World War II, working mothers in the USA protested vigorously at the termination of child care subsidies. This text traces grassroots activism and national and local policy debates concerning public funding of children's day care in the two decades after the end of the war. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 illustrations, 5 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSP1; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476. Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press North Carolina
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0241225
ISBN
9780807854853
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 225. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPLM; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 498. Illustrated. Large format
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The New Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KEX0223374
ISBN
9781565849150
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. When we think about what constitutes being a good citizen, routine activities like voting, letter-writing, and paying attention to the news spring to mind. This title argues that these activities play only a small part in democratic citizenship - a form of citizenship that requires creative thinking, talking, and acting. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 halftones, 22 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226660813
ISBN
9780226660813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Hardcover. Showcasing French participation in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution, this book shows the French army at the heart of revolutionary, social, and cultural change. Osman argues that efforts to transform the French army into a citizen army before 1789 prompted and helped shape the French Revolution. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JF; HBJD; HBJK; HBTV2; HBWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137486233
ISBN
9781137486233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardcover. Citizen Satisfaction investigates the topic of satisfaction with government services from a variety of perspectives, using case studies and empirical results from satisfaction studies at the federal level. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230341340
ISBN
9780230341340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Hardcover. After 1776, Americans struggled to gain recognition of their new republic and their rights as citizens. None had to fight harder than the nation s seamen, whose labor took them deep into the Atlantic world. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal tells the story of how their efforts created the first national, racially inclusive model of U.S. citizenship." Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTM; HBWF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674286153
ISBN
9780674286153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The New Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595584984
ISBN
9781595584984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. Explores how US citizens participate in local government. This book focuses on what makes ordinary Americans become involved in and attempt to influence public policy issues that concern them. It fills a void in our understanding of the actual participatory practices of "civically engaged" citizens. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 Tables, 1 Figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592135707
ISBN
9781592135707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Hardcover. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594541124
ISBN
9781594541124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.45
€ 59.54

paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473425
ISBN
9780801473425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. In this eye-opening work of American history, Todd DePastino tells the epic story of the veritable army of homeless men that swept across America after the Civil War and crafts a stunning new interpretation of the "American century" in the process. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226143798
ISBN
9780226143798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. Brings together enlightening, important, and amusing selections from Hamilton's speeches, published writings and personal letters. As we come to understand his thoughts on subjects as diverse as the Constitution, love, war, liberty and honor, we find that his words are often as applicable in our own time as they were in his. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742549753
ISBN
9780742549753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 24 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTHF; WTM; WTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 202 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Victionary
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789887714866
ISBN
9789887714866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 132 pages, 350. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 114. .
Publisher
Victionary
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881320407
ISBN
9789881320407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 132 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 208 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Victionary
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881320322
ISBN
9789881320322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.55

Hardback. This is a study of the way in which the changes in human perception created by urbanization are expressed in the various arts, in terms of form and content. Starting with the metropolitan explosion in the 19th century, it then goes on to more recent representations of the city in Europe and the US. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333696286
ISBN
9780333696286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Paperback. The fourth edition brings added emphasis to "elasticity mimics"-a variety of intergovernmental policies that can provide some of the benefits of regional consolidation efforts in situations where annexation and consolidation are impossible. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JPA; KCU; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781938027048
ISBN
9781938027048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.59

Paperback. Takes a look at the continuum of intercultural exchange that reinvents, recreates, and restores history. Complemented with fifty-five illustrations, including photos of Mardi Gras Indians, this work employs a study of the culture. It explores cultural connections over place and time, showing through examples how performance revises the past. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 55 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478. Circum-Atlantic Performance. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. 320 pages, 55 photographs. Takes a look at the continuum of intercultural exchange that reinvents, recreates, and restores history. Complemented with fifty-five illustrations, including photos of Mardi Gras Indians, this work employs a study of the culture. It explores cultural connections over place and time, showing through examples how performance revises the past. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight: 488.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231104616
ISBN
9780231104616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. What is the magic formula for turning a place into a high-tech capital? How can a city or region become a high-tech powerhouse like Silicon Valley? This book examines why high-tech development became so economically important late in the twentieth century, and why its magic formula of people, jobs, and capital has been so difficult to replicate. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691117164
ISBN
9780691117164
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.38
€ 55.72

hardcover. An exciting contribution to the Radical Orthodoxy series, Graham Ward fills a major void in theological literature by offering the first detailed theological response to urban living for thirty-five years. Series: Routledge Radical Orthodoxy. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KB; 3JJPL; HRCM; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415202558
ISBN
9780415202558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.17

Paperback. Does globalization menace our cities? Are cities able to exercise democratic rule and strategic choice when international competition increasingly limits the importance of place? This book looks at the political responses of ten cities in North America and Western Europe as they grappled with the forces of global restructuring. Num Pages: 552 pages, 15 halftones. 31 line illus. 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KB; JFSG; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120140
ISBN
9780691120140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.53
€ 42.58

Hardback. The paperback edition of the critically-acclaimed, pioneering book on successful urban recovery. Two urban experts draw on their firsthand observations of downtown change across the country to identify a flexible, effective approach to urban rejuvenation. Num Pages: 384 pages, 90 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMVD; GTF; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 193 x 261 x 32. Weight in Grams: 902.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471144175
ISBN
9780471144175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.18

Paperback. The paperback edition of the critically-acclaimed, pioneering book on successful urban recovery. Two urban experts draw on their firsthand observations of downtown change across the country to identify a flexible, effective approach to urban rejuvenation. Num Pages: 376 pages, 75 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
Edition Unstated
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471361244
ISBN
9780471361244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.02

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