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Hardback. Thomas Jefferson once stated that the foremost goal of American education must be to nurture the "natural aristocracy of talent and virtue." American higher education has not achieved the objective of equity implicit in Jefferson's statement. This text explores the cause for this divide. Num Pages: 352 pages, 36 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 875.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923505
- ISBN
- 9780813923505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.48
€ 45.48
Hardcover. To become successful in the bond options market, it is important for professionals to gain a basic, yet thorough understanding of how options are priced, traded, and used in interest-rate risk and fixed-income portfolio management. Series: Wiley Finance. Num Pages: 262 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471525608
- ISBN
- 9780471525608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.24€ 64.37
€ 77.24
€ 64.37
Paperback. How is American history written? Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alan Taylor answers this question in this collection of his essays from The New Republic, where he explores the writing of early American history. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219104
- ISBN
- 9780812219104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Moving through the woods and deserts, dirt tracks and highways to large cities and glorious wildernesses, the author observed America, and the Americans who inhabited it. What he saw was a lonely, generous nation too packed with individuals for single judgements; what he saw made him proud, angry, sympathetic and elated. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141186108
- ISBN
- 9780141186108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.80
€ 11.99
€ 11.80
Reinventing Practice in a Disenchanted World: Bourdieu and Urban Pover...
Cheleen Ann-Catherine Mahar
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292728899
- ISBN
- 9780292728899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
Hardcover. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620970102
- ISBN
- 9781620970102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.11
€ 27.99
€ 24.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNF; LNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479881574
- ISBN
- 9781479881574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.78
€ 39.78
Paperback. Series: Society for American Archaeology. Num Pages: 250 pages, charts, tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HD; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761991946
- ISBN
- 9780761991946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.03
€ 76.03
Paperback. Emma Minde's portraits of the family into which she was given in marriage more than sixty years ago are instructive and touching. She offers rare insight into a life history guided by two powerful forces: the traditional world of the Plains Cree and the influence of the Catholic missions. Translator(s): Ahenakew, Freda; Wolfart, H. C. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BG; JFC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888642912
- ISBN
- 9780888642912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
hardcover. Num Pages: 912 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 283 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pearson United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 912
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780131109360
- ISBN
- 9780131109360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.17
€ 203.17
Hardback. This data-driven book offers insight into the fallacy of widespread opportunity, the fate of the middle class, and the mechanisms that perpetuate income disparity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; KCA; KCP; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417400
- ISBN
- 9781421417400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.88
€ 24.99
€ 20.88
hardcover. John Brady Kiesling, a twenty-year veteran of the foreign service, publicly resigned his position as political counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Athens in February 2003 to protest the Bush administration's impending invasion of Iraq. Num Pages: 320 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597970174
- ISBN
- 9781597970174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.65
€ 36.99
€ 33.65
Hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 36. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465065905
- ISBN
- 9780465065905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.95
€ 32.99
€ 26.95
Hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813931982
- ISBN
- 9780813931982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.76
€ 86.76
Paperback. Correlating climate change and archaeological data, an award-winning historian offers the first comprehensive overview of how the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age significantly impacted the Native cultures of the American Southwest, Southern Plains, and Southeast Series: Clifton & Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3H; 3JB; HDD; JHMC; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292737617
- ISBN
- 9780292737617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803284616
- ISBN
- 9780803284616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.55
€ 33.55
Hardback. A description of the contemporary rural condition and efforts to sustain rural life in one small Minnesota community at the turn of the 21st century. Series: Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire. Num Pages: 176 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742519411
- ISBN
- 9780742519411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.95
€ 155.95
Hardback. Most observers have maintained that US machinations were responsible for the success of General Augusto Pinochet's coup. This book examines one of the most controversial chapters in US intelligence history, the CIA's covert operations in Chile from 1964 to 1974. It shows that the conventional wisdom about the impact of US actions is flawed. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSH; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597970976
- ISBN
- 9781597970976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.08
€ 42.08
Hardcover. Editor(s): Burger, Richard L.; Morris, Craig; Mendieta, Ramiro Matos. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 640 pages, 74 colour photographs, 89 b/w illustrations, 30 maps, 10 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 269 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023517
- ISBN
- 9780884023517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.60€ 50.03
€ 54.60
€ 50.03
Paperback. Analyzes the function of informal institutions in Latin America and how they support or weaken democratic governance. This work examines how informal rules shape the performance of state and democratic institutions, offering insights into contemporary problems of governability, and unrule of law. Editor(s): Helmke, Gretchen; Levitsky, Steven. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTN; JPHV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801883521
- ISBN
- 9780801883521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.74
€ 38.99
€ 32.74
Hardback. The post-Cold War debate over America's role in world affairs has raised old questions about 'morality in foreign policy' in a new form. Should 'the national interest' be our only value in world politics or is the concept itself an exercise in moral reasoning? Num Pages: 145 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Ethics & Public Policy Center Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896331808
- ISBN
- 9780896331808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.66
€ 104.66
Hardcover. Examining the struggles of political third parties in the US, this text focuses on the Populist era. It shows how Populism evolved to challenge the American political system and describes its volatile personalities, controversies, programmes and frustrations. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCX; JPH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607020
- ISBN
- 9780700607020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.05
€ 75.05
Hardback. With essays on US history ranging from American Revolution to the dawn of the twenty-first century, this volume illuminates struggles waged over freedom and citizenship throughout the American past. It demonstrates how opposition to the expansion of democracy has shaped the American tradition as much as movements for social and political change. Editor(s): Sinha, Manisha; Von Eschen, Penny. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141109
- ISBN
- 9780231141109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 50.79
€ 65.36
€ 50.79
Paperback. This book explores how French Canada's aspirations migrated north with natural resource development, creating a culture of hydroelectricity that continues to shape territorial planning and relations with Aboriginal peoples in the province. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 624 pages, 24 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; JFSL9; RNT; THRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774824170
- ISBN
- 9780774824170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.39
€ 40.99
€ 36.39