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Hardback. The development of an American science establishment began early in the twentieth century when the federal government began to invest in a national scientific infrastructure. How did this complex marriage between science and government occur? This work is an overview of the science establishment and its relationship with the federal government. Num Pages: 272 pages, 59 halftones, 18 line art. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; PDK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231117067
- ISBN
- 9780231117067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.86€ 50.27
€ 63.86
€ 50.27
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Natural Heritage Books Canada
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554883875
- ISBN
- 9781554883875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.31
€ 26.99
€ 23.31
Paperback. Color photographs display popular Majolica ceramic pitchers, platters, plates, leaf plates, syrups, cigarette holders, ashtrays, humidors, and other forms. Characteristic glazes are presented in their historic context. Num Pages: 160 pages, 554 color photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; AFPC; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764312502
- ISBN
- 9780764312502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.81
€ 36.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. Since the founding of the republic, cartoonists have both made an important contribution to and offered a critical commentary on our society. This book demonstrates the limits of cartooning from the courtroom to the newsroom. It examines the reasons for the declining state of the art and the implications for all of us. Num Pages: 288 pages, 161 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130677
- ISBN
- 9780231130677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
The Portuguese in Canada: Diasporic Challenges and Adjustment
Teixeira, Carlos; da Rosa, Victor M. P.
hardcover. Essays examine the history of the Portuguese diaspora, the Portuguese presence in Newfoundland and its fisheries, language and identity, urban experiences (especially in Montreal and Toronto), and history and literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17 figures, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802098337
- ISBN
- 9780802098337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.64
€ 88.64
Paperback. Critics often claim that prime-time television seemed immune - or even willfully blind - to the landmark upheavals rocking western and American society during the 1960s. This book challenges the assumption that TV programming failed to consider or engage with the decade's youth-led societal changes. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 34 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JJPK; GTB; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822326458
- ISBN
- 9780822326458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.25
€ 33.99
€ 30.25
Hardcover. Americo Paredes (1915-99) is one of the seminal figures in Mexican American studies. This biography of Paredes offers insight into the life and work of this influential scholar, as well as the close relationship between his experience and his thought. Series: Rio Grande/Rio Bravo: Borderlands Culture and Tradition. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 b&w photos, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; BG; DSB; GTB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585445097
- ISBN
- 9781585445097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.75
€ 51.99
€ 43.75
Paperback. Offers readers a chance to look back on a time in American history when the family and the natural world were central in a child's understanding of how to be a conscientious adult. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062210647
- ISBN
- 9780062210647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.53
€ 15.99
€ 13.53
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814722350
- ISBN
- 9780814722350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.65
€ 36.99
€ 33.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 138 x 7. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606920480
- ISBN
- 9781606920480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 38.96
€ 53.40
€ 38.96
Hardback. How migration - especially by Latinos - can create new forms of intimacy across cultural, religious, and ethnic lines Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 458. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439910528
- ISBN
- 9781439910528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.10
€ 78.10
Paperback. Drawing on the analysis of counterterrorism in the years after 9/11 - including the issuance of terror alerts and the decision to invade Iraq - this title presents a case that the Bush administration hyped fear, while obscuring civil liberties abuses and concrete issues of preparedness. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JFD; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226567198
- ISBN
- 9780226567198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Hardcover. Focuses on the role of early African American Christianity in the formation of American egalitarian religion and politics. This book also provides a separate context for understanding how black Christianity and evangelism developed, spread, and interacted with transatlantic religious cultures of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HRCC99; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327983
- ISBN
- 9780820327983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.74
€ 50.99
€ 42.74
Hardcover. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 1KBBFS; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403964793
- ISBN
- 9781403964793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. Exploring such topics as maternal caregiving, childbirth, and women's political roles, this title deals with the groups that challenged older ideals of motherhood, including male critics who railed against female moral authority, psychological experts who hoped to expand their influence, and women who wished to be more than wives and mothers. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226670201
- ISBN
- 9780226670201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.89€ 77.49
€ 92.89
€ 77.49
Hardcover. When a B-29 bomber exploded over Georgia in 1948, the victims' families were denied access to crucial information relating to the accident because the federal government claimed such access would endanger national security. When the Supreme Court upheld that claim in United States v Reynolds (1953), a new precedent was established. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH2; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614646
- ISBN
- 9780700614646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70€ 57.79
€ 62.70
€ 57.79
Hardback. Provides a review on the structure, processes and function of 22 important Latin American coastal marine ecosystems. Each contribution describes the environmental settings, biotic components and structure of the system, considers trophic processes and energy flow, and evaluates the modifying influence of natural and human perturbations. Editor(s): Seeliger, Ulrich; Kjerfve, B. Series: Ecological Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; PSAF; PSP; PSTS; PSVS; RGBP; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540672289
- ISBN
- 9783540672289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 248.70
€ 248.70
Hardback. This book studies the impact of cultural factors on the course of military innovations. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FBH; 1KBB; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804769518
- ISBN
- 9780804769518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.64
€ 137.64
Paperback. Reconstructs a series of murders from the early 1940s that rocked rural Edgefield County, South Carolina. This book features a cast of unlikely antagonists (a store owner, a teacher, and a law enforcement officer), the acts of revenge resulting in 5 murders and a trio of executions, including the first woman to be electrocuted in South Carolina. Num Pages: 440 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570036774
- ISBN
- 9781570036774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 111 pages, b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 111
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888395603
- ISBN
- 9780888395603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.49
€ 15.99
€ 12.49
Hardback. Explores Dorothy West's struggle for recognition outside of the traditional literary establishment, and her collaborations with talented African American women writers, artists, and performers who faced these same problems. Num Pages: 208 pages, 23 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813551456
- ISBN
- 9780813551456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.64
€ 174.64
Hardback. These essays by scholars and popular historians cover every aspect of Washington's life and provide rich new insights into his legacy. Editor(s): Lengel, Edward G. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 678 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1196.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 678
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444331035
- ISBN
- 9781444331035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.37
€ 197.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWU; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 217 x 5. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816524877
- ISBN
- 9780816524877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.33
€ 18.99
€ 17.33
Paperback. Presents an original argument regarding the role of money in national politics Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472085828
- ISBN
- 9780472085828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.42
€ 34.99
€ 29.42