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Paperback. This book examines Lincoln's leadership by assessing his decision-making process and patterns in shaping military strategy, political affairs, and religious interests during the Civil War. In doing so, it shows how Lincoln defined the presidency in wartime, played the role of party chief, and pointed the moral compass of the nation. Editor(s): Miller, Randall M., Ph.D. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 164 pages, 29 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823243457
- ISBN
- 9780823243457
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Condition: New
€ 32.69
€ 32.69
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rottner, Wesley B. Num Pages: 277 pages, tables, graphs, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; JP; JW; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 261 x 22. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617611131
- ISBN
- 9781617611131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.80€ 147.90
€ 216.80
€ 147.90
Paperback. Focusing on the social dissatisfaction with the modern American suburb, Langdon interviewed designers, developers, planners and residents across the USA to see how suburbs are being built. It examines how the typical suburban design of the past 50 years has exacerbated the stress of daily life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 104 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMK; AMVD; JFF; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558491069
- ISBN
- 9781558491069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Looks at the mechanisms that govern how policy is enacted and implemented in the United States. This book includes essays on topics ranging from those dealing with the microfoundations of congressional output, to large N empirical analyses that assess theories of lawmaking, to policy-centered case studies. Editor(s): Adler, E. Scott; Lapinski, John S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121598
- ISBN
- 9780691121598
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.97
€ 45.99
€ 32.97
Paperback. Demonstrates how caution, confusion, and conflicting goals marked US relations with Trujillo and set the tone for the ambivalent Cold War relations that prevailed until Trujillo's assassination in 1961. This title is for suitable Latin Americanists, historians, political scientists, and specialists in international relations and diplomacy. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJD; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JPA; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822321231
- ISBN
- 9780822321231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.33
€ 34.99
€ 31.33
Paperback. Presents an introduction to the basic principles of the federal deficit, discussing such topics as the history of public debts, the rationale for deficit spending in a recession, and arguments for and against deficit reduction. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Apress
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781430236597
- ISBN
- 9781430236597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.57
€ 30.99
€ 24.57
Hardback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644097
- ISBN
- 9780691644097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.48
€ 103.48
Paperback. This diagnostic history of Argentina's economic prostration is full of timely lessons for readers in the United States about how an irresponsible capitalist elite and cynical politicians can lead a wealthy nation to throw it all away. Num Pages: 221 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780313378799
- ISBN
- 9780313378799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.31
€ 35.99
€ 30.31
Hardcover. This text examines the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and theEnvironment Agency for Englandand Wales and presents an account of the centrality of motivation to undertanding the relative achievements of two green bureaucracies in particular, and of public-sector organizations in general. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; RNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903900697
- ISBN
- 9781903900697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.02
€ 126.02
Paperback. This study celebrates the "anarchistic" film comedies made in the USA in the 1930s, which mocked the creativity and impulsiveness of their protagonists in a form of clowning that ultimately re-established the status quo. Films discussed include "Duck Soup" and W.C. Fields's "It's a Gift". Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, 116 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078559
- ISBN
- 9780231078559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.13
€ 36.99
€ 27.13
Hardback. The first book-length history of an essential American music festival Num Pages: 248 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBER; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819577023
- ISBN
- 9780819577023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.71€ 63.06
€ 68.71
€ 63.06
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive evaluation of the consequences of the Iraq war for the national security of the United States. This work examines both how the war has advanced or retarded the achievement of other important goals of US national security policy and its impact on the ability of the US to pursue its security interests in the future. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF; HBJK; HBLX; HBWS5; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760133
- ISBN
- 9780804760133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.40
€ 40.99
€ 33.40
Paperback. Series: Teaching for Social Justice Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JNA; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Teachers' College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807756263
- ISBN
- 9780807756263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.65
€ 44.99
€ 37.65
Hardback. This book describes and analyzes the emergence of the American global empire and the role of the garrison state in protecting the threatened homeland and defending the declining imperium. Num Pages: 106 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339989
- ISBN
- 9780230339989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Paperback. Offering an investigation of Confederate political culture, this title focuses on the assumptions, values, and beliefs that formed the foundation of Confederate political ideology. It shows how southerners attempted to purify the political process and avoid what they saw as the evils of parties and partisanship. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 440 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; JPF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858189
- ISBN
- 9780807858189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.40€ 48.70
€ 52.40
€ 48.70
paperback. This book is a preliminary attempt to gather together some of the materials of fundamental significance to women's experince at this University. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802039996
- ISBN
- 9780802039996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.32
€ 18.99
€ 18.32
Hardcover. In many ways, the rise and expansion of the Department of Pathology at Baylor mirrors the story of medicine in the 20th century. Tthis title follows its rise from its beginnings in Houston during World War II, when it had staff of two in part of a former Sears store, to its current staff of 329 working in 21,000 square feet of space. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; MBP; MMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas Review Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781881515579
- ISBN
- 9781881515579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 28 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 115 x 33. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811731898
- ISBN
- 9780811731898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.51
€ 20.99
€ 17.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604566970
- ISBN
- 9781604566970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.44€ 42.84
€ 59.44
€ 42.84
Paperback. Nine Mile Canyon is famous the world over for its prehistoric rock art and remnants of ancient Fremont habitation. But it also teems with Old West history that is salted with iconic figures of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Last Chance Byway tells the stories of human endeavour and folly in a place historians have long ignored. Num Pages: 352 pages, 188 illustrations, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWU; HBJK; HBTB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607814429
- ISBN
- 9781607814429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.60
€ 41.60
Paperback. It was during the tumultuous years of the late 1960s and early 1970s that the author turned his attention to the rich history of Oberlin College and its surrounding northern Ohio community. This work includes essays which aim to help put contemporary campus crises and conflicts into historical context. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873388870
- ISBN
- 9780873388870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.43
€ 33.99
€ 28.43
Paperback. Since the 1700s, the landscape of New England has been transformed. This book examines the changes in the area, from the intensive farming through the 19th century to the reforesting of the 20th century, using the models of the land contained in Harvard University's "Fisher Museum". Series: Harvard University Forest S. Num Pages: 80 pages, 49 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; RGBL; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 6. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674003446
- ISBN
- 9780674003446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.25
€ 12.25
Hardback. Reveals the complex and at times contradictory cultural and political processes through which Arabness is forged in the contemporary United States Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758861
- ISBN
- 9780814758861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.86
€ 97.86
Politics and History of Violence and Crime in Central America
Huhn, Sebastian; Warnecke-Berger, Hannes
hardcover. Num Pages: 330 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; JFFE; JKV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349950669
- ISBN
- 9781349950669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.40
€ 175.40