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Hardback. Merchant provides a context-setting overview of American environmental history from the beginning of the millennium; an encyclopedia of important concepts, people, agencies, and laws; a chronology of major events; and an extensive bibliography including films, videos, CD-ROMs, and websites. Series: Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; HBT; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 239 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112321
- ISBN
- 9780231112321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.95€ 82.56
€ 108.95
€ 82.56
Paperback. Conventional Choices examines twenty-five different leadership elections over thirty-two years in three of Canada's maritime provinces to explore the backgrounds, attitudes, and motivations of those who select party leaders. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 charts, 56 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774813426
- ISBN
- 9780774813426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.22
€ 40.99
€ 36.22
Paperback. Most research into Mayan civilisation has focused either on the very large or very small settlement community. The papers in this volume seek to readdress this bias, as well as looking at the social implications of settlement diversity. Editor(s): Iannone, Gyles; Connell, Samuel V. Series: Monographs. Num Pages: 160 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; HDD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931745062
- ISBN
- 9781931745062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.46
€ 15.46
Hardback. "IISS An International Institute for Strategic Studies book." Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610396417
- ISBN
- 9781610396417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.51
€ 42.99
€ 28.51
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814728451
- ISBN
- 9780814728451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardcover. Offers an in-depth picture of how the new American hospital operates and offers detailed guidance for undertaking the transition that hospitals must make if they are to adapt. Sherman shows how change can lead to gains in customer satisfaction, quality, staff growth, productivity and profitability. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781555425142
- ISBN
- 9781555425142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.11
€ 83.11
Hardback. This is volume 37 in a series offering genealogists and family-history researchers an indexed source of German-surname immigrants. The entire project covers the period 1850-1890. The data is based upon original passenger lists filed by vessels entering US ports. Editor(s): Glazier, Ira A.; Filby, William P. Series: Germans to America. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; GBC; HBTG; JFFN; JPVH1; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842025027
- ISBN
- 9780842025027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 234.93
€ 234.93
Paperback. In this volume Levi-Strauss explores the mythologies of the Americas, with occasional incursions into European and Japanese folklore, tales of sloths and squirrels are interwoven with discussions of Freud, Saussure, "signification," and plays by Sophocles and Labiche. Translator(s): Chorier, B. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1 colour plate, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; HPCF; HRQ; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226474823
- ISBN
- 9780226474823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. During the 1990s, the United States underwent a dramatic transformation: investing in stocks, once the province of a privileged elite, became a mass activity involving more than half of Americans. This title follows the trajectory of this market populism, and examines the origins and impact of the mass engagement in investing. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 halftones. 1 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145860
- ISBN
- 9780691145860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Presents a collection of essays exploring "catholic" and "Catholic" perspectives on American law - catholic in their claims of universal truths, and Catholic in their grounding in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Editor(s): Scaperlanda, Michael A.; Collett, Teresa S. Num Pages: 382 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; HRCX6; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813214825
- ISBN
- 9780813214825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.86
€ 49.86
Paperback. Amazon Town: A Study of Human Life in the Tropics is Charles Wagley's classic ethnography of peasant life in the Amazon, with updated material by Conrad Kottak and Richard Pace. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199335251
- ISBN
- 9780199335251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.97
€ 78.97
Hardback. Tells the story of postwar America's political evolution through two fascinating figures: Lionel Trilling and Whittaker Chambers. Born at the turn of the twentieth century, they were college classmates who went on to intellectual prominence, sharing the questions, crises, and challenges of their generation. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032583
- ISBN
- 9780674032583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.08€ 59.21
€ 65.08
€ 59.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bricktower
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883283407
- ISBN
- 9781883283407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.21
€ 11.99
€ 10.21
Paperback. Viewing "race talk" through the lens of a California high school and district, this book draws on three years of ethnographic research on everyday race labeling in education. It discusses the role race plays in everyday and policy talk about such familiar topics as discipline, achievement, curriculum reform, and educational inequality. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123950
- ISBN
- 9780691123950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.55
€ 46.99
€ 33.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556524820
- ISBN
- 9781556524820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.26
€ 23.99
€ 22.26
Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; HBJK; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609805968
- ISBN
- 9781609805968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.70
€ 26.99
€ 22.70
Paperback. Jorge Olivares connects the personal, political, and artistic trajectories of the Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990) to Arenas's insights into the Cuban Revolution, the struggles of exiles, and the politics of sexuality. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353966
- ISBN
- 9780822353966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Sklar, Kathryn Kish; Schuler, Anya; Strasser, Susan; Schuler, Anja. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFK; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484698
- ISBN
- 9780801484698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.40
€ 45.40
Paperback. The American Civil War helped to isolate Catholics further from the rest of American society. The service of Catholic soldiers in the Union Army did not eradicate nativism or anti-Catholicism because so many other Catholic northerners prominently opposed the war and emancipation. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823268863
- ISBN
- 9780823268863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 63 colour photos & 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; AJC; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811735551
- ISBN
- 9780811735551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.42
€ 24.99
€ 19.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 129 pages, tables, charts & colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TNCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 129
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606925812
- ISBN
- 9781606925812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.41€ 52.00
€ 73.41
€ 52.00
Hardcover. Eight of the last twelve presidents were millionaires when they took office. Why is it that most politicians in America are so much better off than the people who elect them - and does the social class divide between citizens and their representatives matter? The author answers this question with a resounding - and disturbing - yes. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 61 line drawings, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226087009
- ISBN
- 9780226087009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.58€ 52.12
€ 61.58
€ 52.12
Paperback. The first American frontier lay just beyond the Appalachian Mountains and along the Gulf Coast. Here, successive groups of pioneers built new societies and developed new institutions to cope with life in the wilderness. This book tells the dramatic story of these men and women from the first Kentucky settlements to the closing of the frontier. Series: A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier Series. Num Pages: 696 pages, 13 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 35. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Third
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219329
- ISBN
- 9780253219329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 590 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 222 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865977297
- ISBN
- 9780865977297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.77
€ 33.99
€ 24.77