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Hardcover. A multidisciplinary collection of new research in the humanities and social sciences on the role of consumption and consumers in modern Latin American cultures. Editor(s): Sinclair, John; Pertierra, Anna Cristina. Num Pages: 235 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340732
- ISBN
- 9780230340732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Paperback. By considering three case study regions in Mexico during the Colonial era, Climate and Society in Colonial Mexico: A Study in Vulnerability examines the complex interrelationship between climate and society and its contemporary implications. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JH; RBP; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405145824
- ISBN
- 9781405145824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.53
€ 34.53
Hardcover. In this reassessment of the career of Nelson A. Miles - which he began as a volunteer officer in the Civil War - the author suggests that comments made by his enemies influenced the way Miles's career has been viewed by historians and tries to readdress this. Num Pages: 568 pages, 23 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 903.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kent State Univ Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873385947
- ISBN
- 9780873385947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.13
€ 57.13
Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resour...
Backlund, Peter; Janetos, Anthony; Schimel, D...
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour & b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNAC; RNCB; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604569896
- ISBN
- 9781604569896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 34.65
€ 52.99
€ 34.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Klein, Milton M. Num Pages: 864 pages, 139. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 177 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 864
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489914
- ISBN
- 9780801489914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 color photos, color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNSP; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629147611
- ISBN
- 9781629147611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 42.36
€ 51.99
€ 42.36
Paperback. Drawing from Haitian and New Orleanian Vodou, Cuban and South Floridian Santeria, as well as from Afro-Baptist (Caribbean, Geechee, and Bahamian) models of encounter with otherness, "Sacral Grooves, Limbo Gateways" places deep southern texts within the context of Afro-Atlantic modernity. Series: New Southern Studies. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345994
- ISBN
- 9780820345994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.53
€ 44.53
Hardback. Offers a look at how journalists have misreported history. This title shows how the media got history wrong and how those mistakes have been magnified and distorted over time, changing our view and understanding of the past. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470405239
- ISBN
- 9780470405239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.27
€ 26.99
€ 24.27
hardcover. The Appalachian mountain chain once contained the most dramatic mountains on earth. This title examines a succession of beautiful towns along this cordillera, from Alabama through fifteen states to the coast of Maine, revealing how their diverse cultural and geological history were instrumental in forming each town's distinctive character. Num Pages: 320 pages, 129 colour & 54 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; RG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1451.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925240
- ISBN
- 9780813925240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.76
€ 79.76
Paperback. Politicians, citizens, and police agencies have long embraced community policing, hoping to reduce crime and disorder by strengthening the ties between urban residents and the officers entrusted with their protection. This book reveals the reasons why it rarely, if ever, works. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327310
- ISBN
- 9780226327310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. Reveals how Peru s early-twentieth-century labor reforms excluded the majority of the country s laborers. They were indigenous, and the nation s elites saw indigeneity as incommensurable with work, modernity, and industrial progress. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB; JHBL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350132
- ISBN
- 9780822350132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.44
€ 31.99
€ 28.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JHBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477331
- ISBN
- 9780801477331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Explores the moral terrain of America, analyzing the widely held perception that the nation is in moral decline. This book looks at the question from a variety of angles, examining traditional values, secular values, religious values, family values, economic values, and others. Num Pages: 328 pages, 29 line illus. 2 halftones. 29 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127873
- ISBN
- 9780691127873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Training the Excluded for Work: Access and Equity for Women, Immigrant...
Marjorie Griffin Cohen (Ed.)
Paperback. In an attempt to redress social inequities in the workplace, the authors examine various kinds of training programs and recommend specific policy initiatives to improve access to these programs. Editor(s): Cohen, Marjorie Griffin. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JNRV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774810074
- ISBN
- 9780774810074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Paperback. Offers a defense of incrementalism: the theory that the policymaking process typically should involve bargaining, delay, compromise, and, therefore, incremental change. This title argues that incrementalism is one result of a checks-and-balances system in which politicians may disagree over what we want to achieve as a nation. Series: Essential Texts in American Government Series. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408351
- ISBN
- 9780878408351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.70
€ 70.70
Paperback. In this history of the Chicago School of Sociology, Andrew Abbott investigates central topics in the emergence of modern scholarship, paying special attention to "schools of science" and how such schools reproduce themselves over time. Num Pages: 262 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBTB; JH; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226000992
- ISBN
- 9780226000992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.52
€ 40.99
€ 31.52
Paperback. The indigenous people of the Americas have resisted a 500-year assault. During this time, authorities insisted that the toleration of indigenous societies would undermine the states. However, they have started to reverse themselves. This work offers the history behind these times of transition. Series: David Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 340 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFSL9; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press Massachusetts
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009646
- ISBN
- 9780674009646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.53
€ 27.99
€ 24.53
Paperback. An important and timely study of environmental degradation in Central and South America Editor(s): Painter, Michael; Durham, William H. Series: Linking Levels of Analysis S. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps, charts, tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472065608
- ISBN
- 9780472065608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.30
€ 51.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888394590
- ISBN
- 9780888394590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.17
€ 18.99
€ 14.17
Written by three prominent historians of the period, Slavery's Ghost forces readers to think critically about the way we study the past, the depth of racial prejudice, and how African Americans won and lost their freedom in nineteenth-century America. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402352
- ISBN
- 9781421402352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.07
€ 58.07
A study of the massacre at Wounded Knee in history and memory. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190249038
- ISBN
- 9780190249038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.27
€ 68.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1529.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813931579
- ISBN
- 9780813931579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.91
€ 116.91
Paperback. This ringside seat to a historic presidential election allows readers to eavesdrop on the first discussion between the consultants who managed the campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama. Editor(s): Jamieson, Kathleen Hall. Num Pages: 232 pages, 35 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPHF; JPVL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220964
- ISBN
- 9780812220964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. Traces the origins of women in police work, explaining how pioneer policewomen's struggles to gain secure footholds in big city police departments ironically helped to make modern policework one of the most male dominated occupations in the United States. This book shows how female officers handled the complex gender politics of their work. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 227 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ1; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566395601
- ISBN
- 9781566395601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86