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Paperback. Illuminates the workings of democracies beyond the United States. This book presents an account of how policy issues rise and fall on the national agenda. It offers a different interpretation by taking the long view of several issues - including nuclear energy, urban affairs, smoking, and auto safety. Num Pages: 368 pages, 40 line drawings, 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226039497
ISBN
9780226039497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.68

Hardcover. Tells the story of how women's organizations got savvy - framing the issues strategically, seizing political opportunities in the international environment, and taking advantage of mobilizing structures - and overcame the cultural opposition of many UN-member states to broadly define the issues in women's rights as an international cause. Series: Advancing Human Rights S. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589011748
ISBN
9781589011748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 202.04

Paperback. The Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions 2016 provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems in the United States and proposes public policy responses to those problems. It offers recommendations for action around key issues for social justice. Editor(s): Muschert, Glenn; Perrucci, Robert; Shefner, Jon. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 182 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447332886
ISBN
9781447332886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Nelson, Todd D. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262533409
ISBN
9780262533409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 43.97

Hardback. Although Abraham Lincoln was among seven presidents who served during the tumultuous years between the end of the Mexican War and the end of the Reconstruction era, history has not been kind to the others: Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses Grant. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612346588
ISBN
9781612346588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.65

Hardback. As William Nester asserts in The Age of Jackson, it takes quite a leader to personify an age. A political titan for thirty-three years (1815-1848), Andrew Jackson possessed character, beliefs, and acts that dominated American politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612346052
ISBN
9781612346052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.56

Hardback. America's leading essayist on the frantic retreat of democracy, in the fire and smoke of the war on terror Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 225 x 39. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784787110
ISBN
9781784787110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400. American Thought and Culture in the 1960s. 272 pages, 15 b&w photographs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCX. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 16. Weight: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487002
ISBN
9780801487002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. The science editor of the New York Times issues a call to arms for beach lovers and environmentalists in a beautifully written book that covers the science as well as the hubris-filled history of Americans' efforts to hold back the sea. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 illus, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNF; RNK; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231084192
ISBN
9780231084192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

paperback. A fundamental critique of American law and legal thought, this book consists of a series of essays written from three different perspectives that coalesce into a criticism of contemporary legal culture. It is of interest not only to the legal academics under attack in the book, but also to sociologists, historians, and social theorists. Series: Constitutional Conflicts. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAT; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822318415
ISBN
9780822318415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.47

paperback. This book argues that forestry is a more diverse and complex activity than has been generally recognized. It also underlines the political character of the profession. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCV; 3JJ; BGB; KNAL; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774807661
ISBN
9780774807661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
First
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851992280
ISBN
9780851992280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFE; JFFJ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
AK Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849352444
ISBN
9781849352444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.81

Paperback. Aliyyah I. Abdur-Rahman argues that from the mid-nineteenth century through the twentieth, black writers used depictions of transgressive sexuality to express African Americans' longings for individual and collective freedom. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306. Black Political Longing and the Erotics of Race. 216 pages, 1 illustration. Shows how literary representations of transgressive sexuality expressed the longings of African Americans for individual and collective freedom. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 13. Weight: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352419
ISBN
9780822352419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardback. It cautions against framing debates over sexual material narrowly in terms of harm to children while highlighting the dangers of surrendering discourse about sexuality to the commercial realm. Series: Reconfiguring American Political History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801878022
ISBN
9780801878022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 49.47

Paperback. Editor(s): Feurer, Rosemary; Pearson, Chad. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JP; KCFM; KNXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252082320
ISBN
9780252082320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453250
ISBN
9780801453250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Paperback. This book argues that political democracy has not fulfilled its promise and that we should therefore re-examine literature's long conservative hostility to it. It offers new accounts of the ethos of refusing political democracy, as well as innovative readings of writers including Tocqueville, Disraeli, George Eliot, E.M. Forster and Saul Bellow. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 13. Weight in Grams: 275.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780823242559
ISBN
9780823242559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.81

Hardback. This book argues that political democracy has not fulfilled its promise and that we should therefore re-examine literature's long conservative hostility to it. It offers new accounts of the ethos of refusing political democracy, as well as innovative readings of writers including Tocqueville, Disraeli, George Eliot, E.M. Forster and Saul Bellow. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823242542
ISBN
9780823242542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.32

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JFF; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199325276
ISBN
9780199325276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.91

Paperback. Is the United States "overstretched" in its international commitments? This book examines differing responses to overstretch in modern history, focusing mostly on military and economic policies in the U.S. and Britain over the past century. Num Pages: 350 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231113274
ISBN
9780231113274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.26

Hardback. Is the United States "overstretched" in its international commitments? This book examines differing responses to overstretch in modern history, focusing mostly on military and economic policies in the U.S. and Britain over the past century. Num Pages: 350 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231113267
ISBN
9780231113267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.84
€ 89.47

Paperback. What comes after white becomes a minority in the United States. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 268 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814735435
ISBN
9780814735435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Explores the cultural anxieties over the putatively deteriorating 'American work ethic', and the class, race, sexual and gender biases at the root of the policy and debates. This title argues that activists could make great strides towards achieving social justice, even in the reactionary climate. Num Pages: 244 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814797556
ISBN
9780814797556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

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