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Paperback. Encountering Ellis Island lays bare the profound and sometimes-victorious story of people chasing the American Dream: leaving everything behind, facing a new language and a new culture, and starting a new American life. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 184 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413686
- ISBN
- 9781421413686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.88
€ 29.99
€ 24.88
Hardback. All historians would agree that America is a nation of nations. But what does that mean in terms of the issues that have moved and shaped us as a people? This book illuminates the myriad ways in which immigration, racial, and ethnic histories have shaped the contours of contemporary American society. Editor(s): Bayor, Ronald H. Num Pages: 1104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 179 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119948
- ISBN
- 9780231119948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.79
€ 152.79
Paperback. This brief history acts as an introduction to the inter-related themes of race, ethnicity and immigration in American history. It spans the years 1600 to 2000, exploring the historical roots of contemporary identity politics. Editor(s): Bayor, Ronald H. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780231129411
- ISBN
- 9780231129411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209153
- ISBN
- 9780253209153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.75
€ 31.99
€ 28.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195340549
- ISBN
- 9780195340549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 112.93
€ 112.93
Hardback. Editor(s): Giere, Ronald N. Series: Minnesota Studies in Philosophy of Science S. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816619795
- ISBN
- 9780816619795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.41
€ 60.41
Paperback. "A fresh and provocative contribution .. the clearest, most penetrating, and best-informed study of the post-1830 antislavery movement that exists." -Richard Bardolph, North Carolina Historical Review Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: HBTS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393954449
- ISBN
- 9780393954449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.17
€ 24.99
€ 23.17
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPA; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 239 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613735404
- ISBN
- 9781613735404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.75
€ 29.99
€ 26.75
Hardback. Focusing on the state of doctoral education in the humanities, this book reports on the Graduate Education Initiative's - the effort undertaken to improve doctoral programs in the humanities and related social sciences - success in reducing attrition and times to degree and the positive changes implemented by specific graduate programs. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 line illus. 64 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142661
- ISBN
- 9780691142661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.16
€ 52.99
€ 38.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- J P Tarcher/Penguin Putnam
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780399528095
- ISBN
- 9780399528095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.00
€ 21.99
€ 21.00
Paperback. In concluding chapters, contributors provide valuable assessments of the critical issues and their practical implications-from state policy initiatives to the privatization of public universities. Editor(s): Ehrenberg, Ronald G. Num Pages: 408 pages, 60, 60 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JNKG; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887130
- ISBN
- 9780801887130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.51
€ 44.51
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, ILLUSTRATED. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316341431
- ISBN
- 9780316341431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.71
€ 30.99
€ 20.71
Paperback. Two years before the action in Lone Survivor, a Green Berets A Team conducted a very different, successful mission in Afghanistan's notorious Pech Valley. Led by Captain Ronald Fry, the Hammerhead Six mission applied the principles of unconventional warfare to "win hearts and minds" and fight against the terrorist insurgency. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp b/w photo insert. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBLX; HBWS4; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316341448
- ISBN
- 9780316341448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.29
€ 18.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. An attack on critics who have, or seem to have, advocated the abolition of the family. Fletcher's targets include Edmund Leach, R.D. Laing, various Marxists, and feminists such as Betty Friedan, Kate Millett and Germaine Greer. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Previous owners name on FFEP, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0008983
- ISBN
- 9780415008754
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Mill...
Ronald Findlay & Kevin H. O'Rourke
paperback. International trade has shaped the modern world. This book examines the successive waves of globalization and 'deglobalization' that have occurred during the past thousand years, looking at the technological and political causes behind these long-term trends. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 648 pages, 30 line illus. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 648
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143279
- ISBN
- 9780691143279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.13€ 39.80
€ 50.13
€ 39.80
Paperback. Prayer in public schools, abortion, gay and lesbian rights - these divisive issues dominate American politics, revealing deep disagreements over basic moral values. This title explores the proper role of religious convictions in American public life. It proposes that religion can and should play an active, positive part in our society. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; HRCM; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406104
- ISBN
- 9780878406104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.51
€ 74.51
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764347993
- ISBN
- 9780764347993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.63€ 47.04
€ 65.63
€ 47.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271023014
- ISBN
- 9780271023014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.84
€ 40.99
€ 31.84
Hardback. Quick Reference for Band Directors is a go-to guide for new and experienced band directors. With tips on recruiting and retaining members, preparing lesson plans and program objectives, developing a booster group, budgeting, classroom management, using technology, and making emergency repairs, this book will soon number among your closest advisors. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: JNU; YQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610483452
- ISBN
- 9781610483452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.72
€ 149.72
Paperback. Politics in America are polarized and trivialized. This title identifies and defends core principles of personal and political morality that various citizens can share. It shows that recognizing such shared principles can make substantial political argument possible and help replace contempt with mutual respect. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138725
- ISBN
- 9780691138725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.00
€ 33.99
€ 25.00