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Paperback. "This book is among the very best I have seen in an emerging genre of donor-education literature."--Chronicle of Philanthropy Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610391467
- ISBN
- 9781610391467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.06
€ 16.99
€ 16.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 150 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 185 x 15. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590336380
- ISBN
- 9781590336380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.17€ 63.81
€ 83.17
€ 63.81
paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBP; MBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rl United States
- Edition
- Fourth
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442248472
- ISBN
- 9781442248472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.67
€ 48.67
hardcover. A survey of the literature of United States, from prehistoric cave narratives to the radical movements of the sixties and the experimentation of the eighties. Num Pages: 1263 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 69. Weight in Grams: 1970.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 1263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231058124
- ISBN
- 9780231058124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.75€ 132.85
€ 168.75
€ 132.85
Hardcover. This text opens at the point when Washington was immersed in creating a military force to deal with the threat of war with France. Despite this he found time to build houses on Capitol Hill, seek the funds to put his financial affairs in order, and lament the divided state of American politics. Series: Retirement Series. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 989.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918389
- ISBN
- 9780813918389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.65
€ 125.65
Paperback. The Fetterman Massacre occurred on December 21, 1866, at Fort Phil Kearny, a small outpost in the foothills of the Big Horns. The second battle in American history from which came no survivors, it became a cause celebre and was the subject of a congressional investigation. Num Pages: 259 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803257306
- ISBN
- 9780803257306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
Hardback. This bipartisan study analyzes how American presidents have used intellectuals to shape their images and advance their agendas. Tevi Troy examines how these advisers - the president's links to the academic community - create, nurture and bring ideas into the public policy realm. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCX; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742508255
- ISBN
- 9780742508255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 35.83
€ 44.99
€ 35.83
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; HBJK; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- IMG Publications
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780902869691
- ISBN
- 9780902869691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.45
€ 12.45
Paperback. Using theory and data, Gainous and Wagner illustrate how online social media is bypassing traditional media and creating new forums for the exchange of political information and campaigning. Series: Oxford Studies in Digital Politics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTC; JFD; JPVL; UBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199965090
- ISBN
- 9780199965090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.95
€ 57.95
Paperback. "Will shape our thinking about America and the Middle East for years."-Christopher Dickey, Newsweek Num Pages: 864 pages, 68 black-and-white photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; HBJK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393330304
- ISBN
- 9780393330304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.10
€ 52.99
€ 44.10
Paperback. Series: Peabody Museum Collections Series. Num Pages: 120 pages, 50 colour illustrations, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; AFKC; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 202 x 12. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873654036
- ISBN
- 9780873654036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.73
€ 27.99
€ 24.73
Hardcover. This work locates the CIA's origins in government-wide efforts to reorganize national security during the transition from World War II to the Cold War. The author believes that the creation of the CIA was the culmination of years of negotiation among numerous policy makers. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; JPQ; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610242
- ISBN
- 9780700610242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.73
€ 79.73
Paperback. Despite America's pluralistic, fragmented, and generally adversarial political culture, participants in pollution control politics have begun to collaborate to reduce the high costs of developing, implementing, and enforcing regulations. This title uses examples from this traditionally combative policy arena to propose a model for regulation. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406722
- ISBN
- 9780878406722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.35
€ 71.35
Hardback. This study of Argentina over the past 25 years confronts two questions: Why has Argentina, one of Latin America's wealthiest and most developed nations, failed so tragically to reconcile economic modernization and liberal democracy? Why have authoritarian regimes failed even more spectacularly than those led by civilians? Num Pages: 416 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 33. Weight in Grams: 647.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804716727
- ISBN
- 9780804716727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.08
€ 184.08
Hardback. This book focuses on the externally driven difficulties of service workers and agencies in shaping services-such as the consequences of recent conservative social policies on agency life and the way in which the present political environment influences services through privatization. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GTB; JFSG; JKSB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119306
- ISBN
- 9780231119306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.53€ 97.24
€ 129.53
€ 97.24
Hardback. Gendering the Nation-State explores the gendered dimensions of a fundamental organizational unit in social and political science -- the nation-state. Editor(s): Abu-Laban, Yasmeen. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSJ; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814652
- ISBN
- 9780774814652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.38
€ 112.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- African American Images United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934155097
- ISBN
- 9781934155097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Each day we saw the outside world in all its splendour, and each day that view served as a reminder that we had wasted and ruined our lives. This book tells the true story of life inside America's most notorious prison - from terrifying times in solitary confinement to daily encounters with the Birdman. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784750664
- ISBN
- 9781784750664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.66
€ 16.99
€ 12.66
Paperback. Millions of people are incarcerated in America's prisons and jails. This book argues that mass incarceration will not, as many have claimed, reduce crime nor create more public safety. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814742914
- ISBN
- 9780814742914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Conceived within a clandestine relationship between a black man and a married white woman, Spain was born in Mississippi during the mid-1950s. This title portrays the dehumanizing conditions in the prisons, the pervasive abuses in the criminal justice system, and the case for overturning Spain's conspiracy conviction. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; JFSL3; JKV; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566397506
- ISBN
- 9781566397506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.45
€ 38.99
€ 38.45
paperback. Presents information on child abuse in which children are killed. Num Pages: 237 pages, tables, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFFE1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780842026031
- ISBN
- 9780842026031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.15
€ 61.15
Paperback. In 1849, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, and fertile soil of the eastern United States in favor of the rough-hewn lands of the American West. This title brings their perspective to life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 89 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226519623
- ISBN
- 9780226519623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.30
€ 23.99
€ 19.30
Paperback. The American National Election Studies (ANES) is the social science survey program devoted to voting and elections. This book brings together a group of social scientists that developed and tested measures that might be added to the ANES, with the goal of extending scholarly understanding of the causes and consequences of electoral outcomes. Editor(s): Aldrich, John H.; McGraw, Kathleen M. Num Pages: 432 pages, 24 line illus. 98 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151465
- ISBN
- 9780691151465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Hardback. Focusing on the Syria crisis, this book challenges the arguments in favour of the chemical weapons taboo, demonstrating how it can exacerbate a conflict. Series Editor(s): Guittet, Emmanuel-Pierre; Lawler, Peter. Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 1KBB; JPS; JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526104717
- ISBN
- 9781526104717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.31
€ 138.31