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Paperback. This book argues that, despite the scholarly emphasis on 20th-century congressional history, it is necessary to study the nation's first 150 years in order to understand more fully the evolution and functioning of the modern Congress. Editor(s): Brady, David; McCubbins, Mathew D. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPA; JPHC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804745710
- ISBN
- 9780804745710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 53.17
€ 53.29
€ 53.17
Paperback. Why have federal institutions overseeing employment, employee benefits, childcare, taxation, health care, education, retirement, and social security adopted such a warped and antiquated perspective of traditional family life? And what can be done about it? This work answers these questions. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742545465
- ISBN
- 9780742545465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.00
€ 27.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560728313
- ISBN
- 9781560728313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.55€ 71.61
€ 93.55
€ 71.61
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312085858
- ISBN
- 9780312085858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.74
€ 44.99
€ 39.74
Paperback. The American Philosophers contains papers by current leading philosophers and political theorists that explore the work of the major American philosophers from the colonial period to the present, from Jonathan Edwards to David Kaplan. Editor(s): Wettstein, Howard K.; French, Peter A. Series: Midwest Studies in Philosophy. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume XXVIII
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405119245
- ISBN
- 9781405119245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.16
€ 46.16
Paperback. This unique collection of twenty-two papers was written by Northrop Frye during his student years. Made public only after Frye's death in 1991, all but one of the essays are published here for the first time. Editor(s): Denham, Robert D. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 37. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626867
- ISBN
- 9781442626867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.03€ 57.31
€ 58.03
€ 57.31
Hardback. The powerful interconnections of poet Denise Levertov's life and work Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252037108
- ISBN
- 9780252037108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.68
€ 39.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFK; JPHF; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486418
- ISBN
- 9780801486418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
hardcover. Experience daily life in Maya civilization, from its earliest beginnings to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. Series: Daily Life. Num Pages: 280 pages, 69. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Greenwood United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313351297
- ISBN
- 9780313351297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.85
€ 80.85
Paperback. In June of 1876, the US government's plan to pressure the Lakota and Cheyenne people onto reservations came to a dramatic and violent end with a battle that would become enshrined in American memory. Here, Buchholtz narrates the history of the battle and critically examines the legacy it has left. Series: Critical Moments in American History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415895590
- ISBN
- 9780415895590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.78
€ 49.78
Paperback. Third edition of a bestselling work by one of America's top Constitutional scholars. This update includes discussion of presidential actions during the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama and challenges what the author views as their dangerous expansion of executive power. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Edition
- 3 Revised
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619313
- ISBN
- 9780700619313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.47
€ 43.47
Paperback. This work is an analysis of the role of the vice president in foreign policy. Based on the experiences of the five vice presidents who were the most active in global affairs - Nixon, Mondale, Bush, Quayle and Gore - this work analyzes how he should, or should not, be used in US foreign policy. Series: The Presidency and Public Policy. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102183
- ISBN
- 9780739102183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
paperback. The New York Times Bestseller Superb Lash has reached the highest level of the biographer s art. Wall Street Journal" Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393349764
- ISBN
- 9780393349764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875650166
- ISBN
- 9780875650166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.08
€ 18.08
Paperback. A profile of 30 historically and culturally important objects from the renowned Gardiner Museum, Toronto, which has one of the greatest collections of ceramics in the world. Exquisite craftsmanship is apparent and awe-inspiring in the featured works by illustrious names such as Marc Chagall, Betty Woodman, Marilyn Levine, Wedgewood and Delft. Editor(s): Gotlieb, Rachel; Tsoumis, Karine. Num Pages: 208 pages, 120 colour and b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; AFPC; AGC; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 200 x 19. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Black Dog Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908966674
- ISBN
- 9781908966674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.51
€ 26.99
€ 23.51
Paperback. An investigation into how Catholicism was lived and experienced in the Archdiocese of Oaxaca during Mexico s turbulent late 1800s and early 1900s. Num Pages: 376 pages, 15 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343790
- ISBN
- 9780822343790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. This is the story of a spectacular naval rebellion in which ordinary Brazilian seamen (mostly black and led by a black sailor) overpowered their officers on Dreadnought-class battleships in 1910, to abolish flogging and secure civic rights; it also tells how the sailors suffered lethal retribution, although flogging would never return. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804781091
- ISBN
- 9780804781091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Paperback. Based on intensive, long-term study, this comparative book traces the role of ethics in the formation of modernity in four Western nations (the U.S., Britain, France, and Germany). Series: Legacies of Social Thought Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DFG; 1KBB; HBTB; HPQ; JHBA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847699216
- ISBN
- 9780847699216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31
paperback. Illustrator(s): Jacques, Francis Lee. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 1KBCO; HBJK; RGR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816609192
- ISBN
- 9780816609192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.47
€ 17.99
€ 17.47
Hardback. Focusing on popular huayno music and the ways it has been promoted to Peru's emerging middle class, the author tells a complex story of identity making and the marketing forces entangled with it, providing crucial insights into the dynamics among art, class, and ethnicity that reach far beyond the Andes. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map, 18 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; AVGH; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923956
- ISBN
- 9780226923956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.48€ 82.90
€ 99.48
€ 82.90
Hardback. An insightful examination of the complex functions of Northwest Coast art objects produced between 1922 and 1961, and a vital addition to First Nations and Canadian history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 45 b&w photographs, 1 map, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; ACBK; ACX; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774809542
- ISBN
- 9780774809542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.65
€ 113.65
Hardback. In simple, poignant narrative, Life Lessons from Veterans presents an array of personal stories-from nightmarish fights on the islands of Iwo Jima to the shores of Normandy on D-Day. Life Lessons from Veterans provides a new voice to the bravery and sacrifice of the American soldier defending our freedom through more than thirty stories. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781630761356
- ISBN
- 9781630761356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.38
€ 16.99
€ 16.38
The Color of Wealth. The Story Behind the U.S Racial Wealth Divide.
Lui, Meizhu; Robles, Barbara; Leondar-Wright,...
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 190 x 23. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595580047
- ISBN
- 9781595580047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.85
€ 25.99
€ 23.85
Hardcover. A vivid depiction of the early injustices encountered by a young Mexican-American girl in San Antonio in the 1920s, this book tells the true story of Emma Tenayuca. Emma Tenayuca's story serves as a model for young and old alike about courage, compassion, and the role everyone can play in making the world more fair. Illustrator(s): Ybanez, Terry. Num Pages: 40 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; YNH; YXN. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wings Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916727338
- ISBN
- 9780916727338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.62
€ 24.99
€ 22.62