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Paperback. Drawing on a variety of primary sources, this book depicts the personal journeys of men who were determined to save Britain from Hitler, helped convince a cautious FDR and reluctant American public to back the British at a critical time. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBWQ; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925228151
ISBN
9781925228151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.99

Hardcover. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938042
ISBN
9780813938042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.96

Paperback. Derek Chang chronicles the American Baptist Home Mission Society's efforts to evangelize among African Americans in the South and Chinese migrants on the Pacific Coast during the late nineteenth century. He brings together for the first time African American and Chinese American religious histories in an innovative comparative approach. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCX7; JFSL1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222067
ISBN
9780812222067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252079207
ISBN
9780252079207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Hardback. Series: Max Kade German-American Research Institute Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271059372
ISBN
9780271059372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.70
€ 87.21

Hardcover. Focusing on the subject of citizen volunteerism by chronicling the nature and purpose of volunteer police in America since 1620, this book emphasizes the role of young people in the fields of security and safety, and stresses the need for more qualified, trained volunteers to help cope with man-made and natural disasters. Num Pages: 364 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KNSS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822942641
ISBN
9780822942641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.96

Paperback. There was a time when America's poor faced a stark choice between access to social welfare and full civil rights - a predicament that forced them to forfeit their citizenship in exchange for economic relief. Over time, however, our welfare system improved dramatically. This work demonstrates that its legacy of disenfranchisement persisted. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226300771
ISBN
9780226300771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.88

paperback. Friesen links the media studies of Harold Innis to the social history of recent decades. The result is a framework for Canadian history as told by ordinary people. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802082831
ISBN
9780802082831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.60

Hardback. The first comprehensive assessment of citizen engagement in Canada, this volume raises challenging questions, not just about the interests and capabilities of Canadians as democratic citizens, but also about the performance of our democratic institutions. Series: Canadian Democratic Audit. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774809191
ISBN
9780774809191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.08

Hardcover. When "citizen-soldier" Alvin Coe Voris first wrote to his wife in 1861, he embarked on a correspondence that spanned the duration of the Civil War. The 428 letters collected in this volume form a Civil War chronicle and an insight into the ideals of a man called by conscience to the battlefield. Num Pages: 330 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802985
ISBN
9780875802985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.49

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

€ 86.02

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
€ 27.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; JPH; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873516105
ISBN
9780873516105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.35

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
€ 40.27

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

€ 31.99
€ 27.79

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
€ 34.03

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

€ 84.36
€ 59.08

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
€ 34.03

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