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paperback. Presents the social and cultural history of the rise of consumer credit in America. This book focuses on the years between 1890 and 1940, when the legal, institutional, and moral bases of consumer credit were established. It challenges the idea that consumer credit has eroded traditional values. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691074559
- ISBN
- 9780691074559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.53€ 47.04
€ 58.53
€ 47.04
Paperback. The book is an excellent springboard for understanding the complex relationship of science, technology, and war in American history. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; TTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887727
- ISBN
- 9780801887727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.40
€ 36.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810883772
- ISBN
- 9780810883772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.58
€ 130.58
Hardback. A candid, savvy, inspiring, and often hilarious memoir by one of America's most fearless political leaders. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393088977
- ISBN
- 9780393088977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.98
€ 29.99
€ 28.98
Hardcover. The fluidity of modern families gives adults more personal choices, but it sometimes comes at the price of economic stability and social well-being Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; LNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472117307
- ISBN
- 9780472117307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.26
€ 117.26
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554887699
- ISBN
- 9781554887699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.25
€ 30.99
€ 27.25
Paperback. A must for any black high school or college student. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; VSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568330808
- ISBN
- 9781568330808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.53
€ 23.99
€ 23.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; G; WMD; WMQL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1168.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Utah State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874217094
- ISBN
- 9780874217094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.30
€ 37.99
€ 35.30
Paperback. American historical writing has traditionally been a form of moral reflection. However this study argues that, in the disillusionment following the 1960s, history abandoned its redemptive potential, and adopted the methodology of the social sciences. It describes the reasons for this change. Num Pages: 318 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; HBA; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Paperback Printing
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226316178
- ISBN
- 9780226316178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.80
€ 40.99
€ 31.80
Hardback. This book is about gender and civic membership in American constitutional politics from the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment through Second Wave Feminism. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753784
- ISBN
- 9780804753784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.70
€ 179.70
Paperback. Catholic colleges and universities have achieved a prestigious place in American higher education, but at the risk of losing their religious identity. This book confronts challenges facing members of the college community, from presidents and trustees through the faculty and deans to professionals, in making a renewed commitment to that mission. Editor(s): Wilcox, John R.; King, Irene H. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; HRCV; JNKC; JNMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408146
- ISBN
- 9780878408146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.48
€ 76.48
Hardcover. The US government is the world's largest financial institution, providing credit and assuming risk through diverse activities. But the potential cost and risk of these actions and obligations remains poorly understood and only partially measured. This book contains research on the measurement and management of these costs and risks. Editor(s): Lucas, Deborah. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 272 pages, 38 line drawings, 29 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226496580
- ISBN
- 9780226496580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.52
€ 128.52
Paperback. This stunning work illuminates today's black experience through the voices of our most transformative and powerful African American poets. Editor(s): Warr, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages, 75 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCP; DCQ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393352733
- ISBN
- 9780393352733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.66
€ 24.66
Paperback. Series: Best Bike Rides Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 45 colour illustrations, 46 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; WSQ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493003846
- ISBN
- 9781493003846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.13
€ 24.99
€ 24.13
Paperback. R. Stephen Warner traces the "new paradigm" interpretation of American religion. Formulatted in the 1990s in response to theories of secularization that focused on the waning plausibility of religions, the new paradigm reoriented to a focus on communities, subcultures, new religious institutions, and the fluidity of modern religious identities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1fig.1tabs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813536231
- ISBN
- 9780813536231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.46
€ 55.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Milkweed Editions United States
- Number of pages
- 95
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571314383
- ISBN
- 9781571314383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.56
€ 16.99
€ 15.56
Paperback. Through an ethnographic case study of Chicago's Little Village, Wounded City demonstrates how competition for political power and state resources undermined efforts to reduce gang violence. Robert Vargas argues that the state, through different patterns of governance, can contribute to distrust and division among community members. Num Pages: 280 pages, 27 bw line art; 2 bw halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JFFE; JFSG; JHMC; JKVJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190245917
- ISBN
- 9780190245917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.35
€ 60.35
paperback. Editor(s): Bauer, Brian S. Translator(s): Bauer, Brian S.; Smith, Vania. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 284 pages, 63 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714854
- ISBN
- 9780292714854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.09
€ 34.99
€ 32.09
Paperback. This new edition of a classic book on the impact of the Vietnam War on Americans reintroduces the haunted voices of the Vietnam era to a new generation of readers Num Pages: 736 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1042.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214959
- ISBN
- 9780253214959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.60
€ 29.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis - dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years. This book shows why compromise is so important, what stands in the way of achieving it, and how citizens can make defensible compromises more likely. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPHV; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- New Preface by the authors
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160856
- ISBN
- 9780691160856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.82
€ 21.99
€ 17.82
paperback. This volume draws on research on bird species and their habitats to explain how basic principles of bird ecology and landscape ecology can help us protect and restore the diversity of North American birds. This edition includes reviews of literature that has appeared since the first edition. Illustrator(s): Zickefoose, Julie. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; RNKH; WNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300093162
- ISBN
- 9780300093162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.43
€ 42.43
Hardback. Authenticity is considered the best way to distinguish the real from the phony, the genuine from the fake. The author proposes a new model for thinking about these issues - racial sincerity. This book offers a kaleidoscope of subjects and stories that directly and indirectly address how race is negotiated in today's world. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4halftones, 6line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFJ; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226390017
- ISBN
- 9780226390017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.06€ 59.65
€ 69.06
€ 59.65
Paperback. Before Recollection. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 90 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691014371
- ISBN
- 9780691014371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.04
€ 33.99
€ 25.04
paperback. Series: Food Lovers' Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WTH; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 25.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780762779437
- ISBN
- 9780762779437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.86
€ 17.99
€ 15.86