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North America
Hardback. Traces the path of electricity through early American culture, exploring how the relationship between human, natural, and divine powers was understood in the 18th Century. This book offers a view of the origins of American science and the cultural meaning of the American Enlightenment. It talks about the revolutionary New World of wonder. Num Pages: 378 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; PDX; PHK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022997
- ISBN
- 9780674022997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.13
€ 47.99
€ 40.13
Paperback. "[Makes] history, with all its messiness, ugliness, and even humanity, come vividly alive."-Chicago Tribune Num Pages: 448 pages, 27 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393326062
- ISBN
- 9780393326062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.92
€ 32.99
€ 27.92
Paperback. Even as a pup, Davy Crockett 'always delighted to be in the very thickest of danger.' This book describes his earliest days in Tennessee, his two marriages, his career as an Indian fighter, his bear hunts, and his electioneering. Num Pages: 211 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803263253
- ISBN
- 9780803263253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.34
€ 17.99
€ 17.34
Paperback. In A Narrow Vision, Brian Titley chronicles the career of Confederation poets Duncan Campbell Scott in the Department of Indian Affairs between 1880 and 1932. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774804202
- ISBN
- 9780774804202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. A history of American immigration policies and the political and social factors that produced them. It shows how America has struggled to shape the immigration process to construct the kind of population it desires. Num Pages: 672 pages, 22 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030749
- ISBN
- 9780674030749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.90
€ 37.99
€ 31.90
Paperback. Editor(s): Moen, Phyllis; Dempster, McClean Donna; Walker, Henry A. Series: ILR Press Book. Num Pages: 360 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KHN0001975
- ISBN
- 9780801485886
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Few of us question the slips of green paper that come and go in our purses, pockets, and wallets. Prior to the Civil War, the United States did not have a single, national currency. Instead, countless banks issued paper money in a bewildering variety of denominations and designs - more than ten thousand different kinds by 1860. Num Pages: 480 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032446
- ISBN
- 9780674032446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.07
€ 45.99
€ 38.07
Hardback. A groundbreaking reassessment of when, and why, Canada's army broke away from its British imperial roots to become a truly national force. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774826396
- ISBN
- 9780774826396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.94
€ 106.94
Paperback. The landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region varies dramatically from parched desert lowlands to semiarid tropical forests and frigid subalpine meadows. This book looks at the relationships of plants and animals with the land and people, through time and across landscapes. Editor(s): Phillips, Steven John; Comus, Patricia Wentworth; Dimmitt, Mark Alan; Brewer, Linda M. Num Pages: 590 pages, 432 b/w line illustrations and photos, 24-page color insert. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KLCM; RGBA; RNC; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287471
- ISBN
- 9780520287471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.85
€ 45.99
€ 32.85
Hardback. Offering a balance between analysis, personal memoir, and foreign policy remedies, this book injects much-needed wisdom into the public discussion of long-term US-Muslim relations. This title argues that an engagement with the Muslim world benefits the national interest of the United States. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135250
- ISBN
- 9780691135250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Eschelbacher, Andrew. Num Pages: 200 pages, 170 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD2; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 289 x 248. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300226218
- ISBN
- 9780300226218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Despite many successes in the field of conservation, species extinction rates continue to climb and wild areas and habitats continue to be lost. Many look to more (or better) biology and ecology to solve the problem but the obstacles are not just scientific but political. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190145
- ISBN
- 9781405190145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.84
€ 58.84
Paperback. A consideration of the power of institutions to shape politics and political life. Believing that constitutionalism needs to go beyond the arbitrary exercise of political power, the contributors argue that it should be designed to achieve economic efficiency, informed democratic control, and other valued political ends. Editor(s): Elkin, Stephen L.; Soltan, Karol Edward. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Chicago University Press Chicago
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226204642
- ISBN
- 9780226204642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.40
€ 42.99
€ 33.40
Paperback. Adding to the growing body of scholarship on the long civil rights struggle. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 392 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJG; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550. Race and Class Struggles in Depression-Era Baltimore. Series: Radical Perspectives. 392 pages, 40 photographs. Adding to the growing body of scholarship on the long civil rights struggle. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJG; JFSL1; JHMC. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 23. Weight: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353591
- ISBN
- 9780822353591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPA; KCQ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 407. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804787000
- ISBN
- 9780804787000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.27
€ 15.27
Paperback. Since the end of World War II, poverty in the United States has been a persistent focus of social anxiety, public debate and federal policy. This book argues that poverty will not be reduced or eliminated until the political factors that contribute to its continuation are taken into account. Editor(s): Kushnick, Louis; Jennings, James. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814742396
- ISBN
- 9780814742396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. America is a nation making itself up as it goes along. From the first conception of a New World in the sixteenth century to the latest re-envisioning of that world in cartoons, television, science fiction, and hip hop, this book gives us a fresh, kaleidoscopic view of what Made in America means. Editor(s): Marcus, Greil; Sollors, Werner. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 1128 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1580.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 1128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064102
- ISBN
- 9780674064102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.91
€ 45.99
€ 37.91
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 150 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 258 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1974.
- Publisher
- Ten Speed Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607745945
- ISBN
- 9781607745945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 45.63
€ 59.15
€ 45.63
Paperback. A New Nation of Goods highlights the significant role of provincial artisans in four crafts in the northeastern United States-chairmaking, clockmaking, portrait painting, and book publishing-to explain the shift from preindustrial society to an entirely new configuration of work, commodities, and culture. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 color, 107 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFCD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222005
- ISBN
- 9780812222005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. Facing an economic crisis in the 1980s, the Hollywood moved to control the ancillary markets of videotape, video disk and pay-cable. The studios found themselves targeted for acquisition by global media and communications companies. This book examines the transformation that took Hollywood from the production of theatrical film to media software. Series: History of the American Cinema S. Num Pages: 585 pages, 187 b/w photographs, 34 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; APF; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 177 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1028. Hollywood Under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980-1989. Series: History of the American Cinema S. 585 pages, 185 b&w photographs, 38 tables. Facing an economic crisis in the 1980s, the Hollywood moved to control the ancillary markets of videotape, video disk and pay-cable. The studios found themselves targeted for acquisition by global media and communications companies. This book examines the transformation that took Hollywood from the production of theatrical film to media software. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; APF; KNTC. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 27. Weight: 1028.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 585
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232662
- ISBN
- 9780520232662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 36.34
€ 49.99
€ 36.34