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Paperback. The influence of Greek and Roman authors on our American forefathers finally becomes clear in this fascinating book--the first comprehensive study of the founders' classical reading. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674314269
ISBN
9780674314269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.99

Hardback. More than two centuries after the groundbreaking events of the American struggle for independence, its key figures strike us more as players in a myth than as people who lived, worked, and interacted with one another. This title profiles thirty of the era's best-known individuals, including Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton. Editor(s): Kaminski, John P. Num Pages: 624 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 127 x 39. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927572
ISBN
9780813927572
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.82

hardcover. Drawing on political and social philosophy, this title argues that there is a fundamental philosophical conflict over the role of reason in society between writers in public administration and the designers of the American Constitution. It provides fresh insights for those who are interested in the role of public administration in the US. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405817
ISBN
9780878405817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.64

paperback. Drawing on political and social philosophy, this title argues that there is a fundamental philosophical conflict over the role of reason in society between writers in public administration and the designers of the American Constitution. It provides fresh insights for those who are interested in the role of public administration in the US. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 255.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405824
ISBN
9780878405824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.21

Paperback. The African National Congress was founded a hundred years ago, in January 1912. But the roots of the ANC run even deeper in South African history. In fact, the ANC's founding was the culmination of more than sixty years of organisation by a new class of African modernisers. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJH; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 45. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431402915
ISBN
9781431402915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Harris, Matthew; Kidd, Thomas. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRAM2; HRAX; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195326505
ISBN
9780195326505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.22

Hardback. The founding fathers emphasized a system in which "the people" were allowed to play only a limited role. Radical democrats insisted that the people, and only the people, should rule. Anthony King shows how this initial conflict has played out in the turmoil of our nation's public life, and he offers a way to address it. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674045736
ISBN
9780674045736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 42.90

Paperback. Advances an interpretation of the founding of modern Israel. This book demonstrates how socialist principles were subverted in practice by the nationalist goals to which socialist Zionism was committed. It provides a historical background to Israel's struggle to mobilize its citizenry to support a shared vision of nationhood. Translator(s): Maisel, David. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1; JPFF; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009674
ISBN
9780691009674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 42.14

Paperback. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samuel Eliot Morison traces the roots of American universities in Europe, providing "a lively contemporary perspective..a realistic picture of the founding of the first American university north of the Rio Grande" [Lewis Gannett, "New York Herald Tribune"]. Num Pages: 592 pages, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674314511
ISBN
9780674314511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.75

Hardback. Told by a colonial governor, a Creek military leader, Native Americans, and British colonists, each account of Acorn Whistler's execution for killing five Cherokees speaks to the collision of European and Indian cultures, the struggle to preserve traditional ways of life, and tensions within the British Empire on the eve of the American Revolution. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046863
ISBN
9780674046863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.78

Paperback. FDR's Four Freedoms-Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear-were presented to the American people in his 1941 State of the Union address, and they became the inspiration for a second bill of rights, extending the New Deal and guaranteeing work, housing, medical care, and education. Num Pages: 358 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597972178
ISBN
9781597972178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

paperback. For more than a century, the Northern Arapaho people lived on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming - the fourth largest reservation in the country. This book draws together aspects of the Northern Arapahos' world - myth, language, art, ritual, identity, and history - to offer a vivid picture of a culture that has endured and changed over time. Series: Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians. Num Pages: 376 pages, 7 figures, map, 3 tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260214
ISBN
9780803260214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 612 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; DSK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1257.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
612
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691653853
ISBN
9780691653853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 304.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700622573
ISBN
9780700622573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.00

hardcover. Addresses the politics of environmental change in one of the richest areas of tropical rainforest in Indonesia. Based on studies conducted in three agricultural communities in rural Aceh, this work considers a number of questions: How do customary village and state institutions work? What roles do they play in managing local resources? And more. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 392 pages, 9 tables, 25 illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804752114
ISBN
9780804752114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.59

Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; GTC; JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271048765
ISBN
9780271048765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.87
€ 74.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Hokowhitu, Brendan; Devadas, Vijay. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 312 pages, 37 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; AC; JFD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816681044
ISBN
9780816681044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Even as America asserts itself globally, it lacks a grand strategy to replace "containment of communism." This book outlines a strategy, directing America's powers to the achievement of its large purposes. Central to this strategy is the power of American ideals, what the author calls "the fourth power". Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; JPS; JWK; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KRA0004922
ISBN
9780195300857
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Describing the three great revolutions in the history, this book brings the crisis into full view and points towards our future. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JPP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141975245
ISBN
9780141975245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 382 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780767900461
ISBN
9780767900461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.77

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