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Paperback. Series: Globalization and Community. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 b&w photos, 5 maps, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1KBBEY; JPQB; JPR; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816677436
- ISBN
- 9780816677436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JPFC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Edition
- Not Indicated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271010878
- ISBN
- 9780271010878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.11
€ 43.99
€ 34.11
Hardback. Fifteen brilliant essays on the kind of culture created by the magic of the marketplace in 1980s America, from architecture to the yuppie ascendancy. Editor(s): Mills, Nicolaus. Num Pages: 254 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929587356
- ISBN
- 9780929587356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.77
€ 32.77
Paperback. This comprehensive political, military, social, and intellectual history of America's tumultuous mid-nineteenth century offers a new interpretation of how the struggle of Kansas politicians and settlers over the meaning of liberty for whites eventually led to a broadening definition of liberty that included the rights of blacks. Num Pages: 384 pages, 26 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614929
- ISBN
- 9780700614929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. In this account of mass media images, David Ruth looks at Al Capone and other "invented" gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s. It shows that the media gangster was less a reflection of reality than a projection created from Americans' values, concerns and ideas about what would sell. Num Pages: 200 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; JFC; JFD; JKVM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226732183
- ISBN
- 9780226732183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.46
€ 35.99
€ 28.46
Hardback. The American public has increasingly heard that teacher unions and quality education are contradictory terms and that unions are responsible for the failure of public schools. This volume has a far more positive perspective on the achievements and value of teacher unions and our public education system. Editor(s): Urban, Wayne; Wolman, Paul; Henderson, Ronald D. Series: Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research Policy and Praxis. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762308286
- ISBN
- 9780762308286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.85
€ 128.85
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 986 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 986
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634081
- ISBN
- 9780691634081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 500.37
€ 500.37
Hardcover. In the mid- to late 1940s, a group of young men rattled the psychiatric establishment by beaming a public spotlight on the squalid conditions and brutality in our nation's mental hospitals and training schools for people with psychiatric and intellectual disabilities. This book presents the extraordinary efforts of these courageous men. Series: Critical Perspectives on Disability. Num Pages: 584 pages, 50 black-&-white illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBTB; HBWQ; JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609155
- ISBN
- 9780815609155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.17
€ 48.99
€ 46.17
Hardcover. A jaw-droppingly intricate and visually gorgeous follow-up to the perennial bestseller My New York, featuring our nation's capital. Num Pages: 40 pages, Illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 5AD; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 236 x 314 x 11. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316126120
- ISBN
- 9780316126120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.86
€ 20.99
€ 15.86
Hardback. aeo The first in depth study of American sexuality at the time of the conquest of the Americas. aeo Sheds new light on conventional ways of examining the sexual relations, mainly between males, encountered by the Spaniards and Portugese entering the Americas during the Conquests. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; JFSJ; JFSL9; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745607276
- ISBN
- 9780745607276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. A groundbreaking study of how concepts of virtue and vice are used to deny American women full political rights Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HPS; JFFK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 15. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439908945
- ISBN
- 9781439908945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.72
€ 31.99
€ 28.72
Paperback. Compelling as well as informative, Portraits of African American Life since 1865 gives students a heightened understanding of the evolution of what it has meant to be black and American through more than 150 years of U.S. history. This book is ideal for African American history courses. Editor(s): Mjagkij, Nina. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 252 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029674
- ISBN
- 9780842029674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.82
€ 63.82
Hardcover. Americans believe strongly in the socially transformative power of education, and more. How did we get here? This book presents four competing visions of "the race problem" and documents how an individualistic paradigm, which presented white attitudes as the source of racial injustice, gained traction. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226238449
- ISBN
- 9780226238449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.25€ 78.29
€ 94.25
€ 78.29
Paperback. Presents an account of the economic impact of immigration on America. This work reveals that the benefits of immigration have been exaggerated and that, if we allow immigration to continue unabated and unmodified, we are supporting an astonishing transfer of wealth from the poorest people in the country, who are disproportionately minorities. Num Pages: 296 pages, 40 line illus., 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088969
- ISBN
- 9780691088969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.91€ 46.33
€ 58.91
€ 46.33
Hardback. A comprehensive documentation of the pervasive influence of global warming alarmism on various aspects of society. Editor(s): Michaels, Patrick J. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cato Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935308447
- ISBN
- 9781935308447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.40
€ 26.99
€ 25.40
paperback. Passing Strange attempts to bring contemporary race studies and contemporary Shakespeare studies into an honest and sustained dialogue, demonstrating both how and why instability is the nature of the relationship between Shakespeare and race in American popular culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Usa United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780199987962
- ISBN
- 9780199987962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.19
€ 64.19
Hardback. Alan B. Anderson and the volume's contributors provide an important resource for understanding contemporary Aboriginal life in Canada. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSG; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802098870
- ISBN
- 9780802098870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.85
€ 91.85
Hardcover. He was one of the most intriguing characters of the Civil War era. As famous for his courage as for his ornate uniforms and flamboyant style, he won intrepid victories on the peninsula of Virginia and successfully defended Texas during the long war's waning days. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780471159414
- ISBN
- 9780471159414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.63
€ 33.99
€ 26.63
In this expansive one-volume account of the native peoples of North America, eminent historian William Brandon-who devoted much of his life to examining this subject-presents this revelatory history of the development and culture of the native peoples of North America, from their incipience through the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589790360
- ISBN
- 9781589790360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.23
€ 37.99
€ 35.23
Hardback. The discovery and imparting of knowledge are the essential undertakings of any university. Designed with over 300 illustrations and photographs, this title tells the remarkable story of the administrators, boards, faculty, students, and programs that have made Georgetown a leading institution of higher education. Num Pages: 384 pages, 75 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HRLP; JNB; JNMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589016903
- ISBN
- 9781589016903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.22
€ 26.22
Paperback. This title provides a portal to the past, a mirror of the present, and a window to the future for a remarkable land and its people. It brings to life the rich mix of history, culture, economics, and wilderness that characterizes the Adirondack region, including its vast capacity for adaptation and recovery. Num Pages: 296 pages, 150 colour figures, maps, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 299 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607571
- ISBN
- 9780815607571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.97
€ 26.97
Paperback. Darkening Mirrors analyzes the complicated relationships between African American identity, as reflected in performances, and the forces of imperialist and racial oppression. Num Pages: 352 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; AN; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822349235
- ISBN
- 9780822349235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.63
€ 41.99
€ 37.63
Paperback. The contributors of these essays assess and employ philosophy as an activity taking place within experience and culture. The essays reveal a variety of approaches to the transition in which American philosophy is currently engaged, reinvesting its importance from a new angle of vision. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823216314
- ISBN
- 9780823216314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.13
€ 41.99
€ 37.13
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gomes Coe, Heloisa Helena; Osterrieth, Margarita. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633219526
- ISBN
- 9781633219526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.93€ 169.83
€ 250.93
€ 169.83