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If the railroads won the Gilded Age, the coal industry lost it. Railroads epitomized modern management, high technology, and vast economies of scale. By comparison, the coal industry was embarrassingly primitive. This book shows how disorder in the coal industry disrupted the strategic plans of the railroads. Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 287 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBJK; HBTB; KNGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814764985
- ISBN
- 9780814764985
Condition: New
€ 62.30
€ 62.30
Paperback. With its detail, depth, compassion and vision Campo's work makes an invaluable contribution to the growing literature on the unplanned and the undesigned spaces and activities in cities today. Highly illustrated and artfully researched, the book will draw readers into a unique space in one of New York City's most popular boroughs. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 color, 50 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251865
- ISBN
- 9780823251865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.27
€ 40.99
€ 35.27
Presents the guiding theme that is the importance of preserving the tension between that which may be unified and that which is disorganized, random, and miscellaneous. This book examines this theme in literature, artistic performance, economics, statecraft, and human rights. Editor(s): Coleman, Martin A. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. .
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257225
- ISBN
- 9780823257225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 98.06
€ 98.06
Paperback. This is a national history of American race relations, examined through the lens of housing discrimination. The book graphically demonstrates the variety of methods used by whites to thwart the racial integration of their neighbourhoods. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697014
- ISBN
- 9780847697014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.10
€ 59.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 18 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PSAF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Tidewater Pub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870334672
- ISBN
- 9780870334672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.17
€ 18.99
€ 14.17
Paperback. Editor(s): Pate, Alexs D.; Fletcher, Pamela R.; Powell, Otis J. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873519731
- ISBN
- 9780873519731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.49
€ 19.99
€ 19.49
Num Pages: 574 pages, 48 pp of photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1332.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 574
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407376
- ISBN
- 9780887407376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.12
€ 37.99
€ 25.12
Num Pages: 176 pages, over 200 b/w and color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JWG; JWMV; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887409127
- ISBN
- 9780887409127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.18
€ 48.99
€ 32.18
Hardcover. At the start of the 1960s, jazz entered a unique new period of revolution as African-American musicians redefined the art form in the context of the civil rights movement, afro-centric rhythm and thought and an ideology of black economic empowerment. This title features hundreds of photographs of the new jazz musicians in the USA in the 1960s. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 300 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Soul Jazz Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957260016
- ISBN
- 9780957260016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 49.82
€ 52.99
€ 49.82
Series: Broke-Ass Stuart's Guide to Living Cheap. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; VSB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Falls Media United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780978817893
- ISBN
- 9780978817893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.20
€ 15.20
Paperback. In the tradition of Black Elk's Vision, this is the only children's book about Buffalo Bird Woman, a Native American gardener Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; 3JH; 5AG; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 255 x 257 x 7. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Abrams United States
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781419718380
- ISBN
- 9781419718380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.78
€ 11.78
Hardcover. Introduces you to constellations and weather, rocks and minerals, plants and wildflowers, and trees and shrubs. This title helps you learn to read the clouds - and understand why one shape predicts rain and another sunshine. Num Pages: 448 pages, 400 Colour Photographs, 300 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 248 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426211744
- ISBN
- 9781426211744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 39.50
€ 42.99
€ 39.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 350 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 248 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- National Geographic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426211751
- ISBN
- 9781426211751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 39.73
€ 42.99
€ 39.73
Hardcover. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 186 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442227095
- ISBN
- 9781442227095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.51
€ 74.51
History of U.S. Nuclear Testing and its Influence on Nuclear Thought, ...
Blades, David M.; Siracusa, Joseph M.
As states continue to pursue nuclear weaponry, nuclear testing remains an important political issue in the twenty-first century. This survey examines how and why the U.S. conducted nuclear tests from 1945 through 1963 and the resulting influence on key questions from normalization and de-normalization up to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963. Num Pages: 246 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBW; JPSF; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442232006
- ISBN
- 9781442232006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.48
€ 154.48
Hardback. In 1987 NFL players went on strike, demanding better pay and the right to seek free agency. Determined to keep the league going, teams pulled replacements from wherever they could-from the semi-pros to bar stools, in order to create makeshift teams. Three-Week Professionals: Inside the 1987 NFL Players' Strike finally tells their stories. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; WSBX; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442241541
- ISBN
- 9781442241541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.79
€ 54.79
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451684575
- ISBN
- 9781451684575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.04
€ 19.99
€ 18.04
Hardcover. This is a narrative restaurant cookbook with 75 recipes that elevate and freshen traditional Southern/soul dishes by infusing the food with Bay Area freshness and focus on ingredients. Num Pages: 224 pages, more than 80 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452122342
- ISBN
- 9781452122342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. Focusing on the Syria crisis, this book challenges the arguments in favour of the chemical weapons taboo, demonstrating how it can exacerbate a conflict. Series Editor(s): Guittet, Emmanuel-Pierre; Lawler, Peter. Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 1KBB; JPS; JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526104717
- ISBN
- 9781526104717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.31
€ 138.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AJC; AVGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 202 x 18. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ECW Press,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550228731
- ISBN
- 9781550228731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.67
€ 24.99
€ 22.67