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Hardback. The first comprehensive assessment of citizen engagement in Canada, this volume raises challenging questions, not just about the interests and capabilities of Canadians as democratic citizens, but also about the performance of our democratic institutions. Series: Canadian Democratic Audit. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774809191
- ISBN
- 9780774809191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.83
€ 100.83
Paperback. This book traces the Eisenhower administration's enthusiastic pursuit of the profoundly destabilizing technology of nuclear weapons, and its significance for the course of the Cold War. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; JPS; JWK; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022387
- ISBN
- 9781137022387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Heims, Corey D. Num Pages: 101 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JPVH; JW; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 101
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608760855
- ISBN
- 9781608760855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.82€ 44.62
€ 61.82
€ 44.62
paperback. Starting with the American Indian settlements and the early days when the southern-most tip of Manhattan held little more than a bleak outpost of Dutch fur traders, this title tracks the economic development and journeys north, from the Village's beginnings as a refuge from dreaded summer fevers to the Dominican enclave of Washington Heights. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 126 illustrations, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566392891
- ISBN
- 9781566392891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. A historical account of the Women Strike for Peace movement. Amy Swerdlow, a founding member of WSP, restores to the record a chapter on American politics and women's studies. She traces WSP's triumphs, its problems, and its legacy for the women's movement and American society. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 326 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTJ; HBTB; JFFK; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226786360
- ISBN
- 9780226786360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.01
€ 36.99
€ 30.01
Hardback. Shedding new light on the political socialization of American women Series: Social Logic of Politics. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439909270
- ISBN
- 9781439909270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.37
€ 85.37
Paperback. Presents a compendium of twenty-one essays on ethnohistorical historiography that are preceded by a contextualizing introduction, and organized under the topical heads: textual historiography, positive analytic methods using nontextual physical evidence, ethnohistorical synthesis, and the ethical-contextual issues of ethnohistory. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803271159
- ISBN
- 9780803271159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.47
€ 30.99
€ 28.47
hardcover. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFN; JFS; KNT; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479828777
- ISBN
- 9781479828777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.82
€ 95.82
Paperback. Such "mobilizing identitiespropelled women into unprecedented levels of collective action, yet at the same time channeled them away from feminist priorities. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; HBTV; JFSJ1; JPA; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801867644
- ISBN
- 9780801867644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.61
€ 47.61
Hardback. Explores how science shaped Thomas Jefferson's views on politics, religion, economics, and social developments in America. This book examines Jefferson's contributions to anthropology, ethnology, comparative linguistics, paleontology, and medicine. It also demonstrates Jefferson's scientific talents, interests, and accomplishments. Num Pages: 176 pages, 23 colour & 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928548
- ISBN
- 9780813928548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.41
€ 27.99
€ 25.41
Hardback. Offers an examination of Asian immigration to the United States, focusing on three central questions: What causes Asian immigration to the United States? How do post-1965 Asian immigrants impact American society? How do new Asian immigrants and their children adapt to American life? Series: Polity Immigration and Society Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645025
- ISBN
- 9780745645025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.38
€ 72.38
Hardback. In May 1937, seventy thousand workers walked off their jobs at four large steel companies known collectively as "Little Steel." The strikers sought to make the companies retreat from decades of antiunion repression, abide by the newly enacted federal labor law, and recognize their union. This book tells a different story about the conflict. Num Pages: 416 pages, 31 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KNXB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285606
- ISBN
- 9780520285606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.34€ 72.02
€ 93.34
€ 72.02
As a leader of the Southern Regional Council in the 1960s and later as director of the Field Foundation, Leslie Dunbar's advocacy and behind-the-scenes organizing made him one of the most significant people in the civil rights movement. This text gathers 14 of Dunbar's essays and speeches. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122618
- ISBN
- 9780813122618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.07
€ 49.07
Paperback. Winner of the 2011 Thomas E. Skidmore Prize, this new translation of Paulo Fontes's Migration and the Making of Industrial Sao Paulo is a detailed social history of the millions who migrated from Brazil's Northeast to Sao Paulo. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361343
- ISBN
- 9780822361343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. This book chronicles how the "forgotten borough" has grappled with its uneasy relationship with the rest of the City of New York since the 1920s. The authors analyze the politics behind events that have shaped Staten Island. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761858317
- ISBN
- 9780761858317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 68 b/w photos & 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870334979
- ISBN
- 9780870334979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.15
€ 30.99
€ 21.15
Hardcover. The authors use multilateral security governance theory to propose mutual persuasion, institution-building, incorporation of non-state actors into multilateral strategies, collective action, and multilateral governance as a strategy for modern Mexico. Editor(s): Hussain, Imtiaz; Schiavon, Jorge A. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; JPHV; JPSD; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349880
- ISBN
- 9781137349880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. Editor(s): Watson, Lindsey K. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633218871
- ISBN
- 9781633218871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.33€ 132.17
€ 191.33
€ 132.17
paperback. Shows how our reliance on environmental law affects the natural environment through an examination of places in the American landscape such as: Adak Island far off the coast of western Alaska; the Susquehanna River running through New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland; Colton in California's Inland Empire; and, Alamogordo in southern New Mexico. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 scattered black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNKJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KJH0000359
- ISBN
- 9780300126297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.31
€ 8.31
Hardback. Editor(s): Edlin, Aaron S.; Stiglitz, Joseph E. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496. The Financial Crisis, Health Care Reform, and More. 280 pages, 3 figures. Editor(s): Edlin, Aaron S.; Stiglitz, Joseph E. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KC. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 21. Weight: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160148
- ISBN
- 9780231160148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.10
€ 29.99
€ 22.10
paperback. More than 100 highlights of Chicago, from the riverfront to the Loop. Illustrator(s): DeSalvo, John F. Num Pages: 192 pages, 163 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393733938
- ISBN
- 9780393733938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.51
€ 20.99
€ 19.51
Hardcover. 258 color images trace Clevelands growth from modest beginnings in 1900 to thriving manufacturing city in the 1960s. Tour Euclid Park, Public Square, the Municipal Airport, and Playhouse Square and see for yourself that the city of Cleveland was one of t Num Pages: 110 pages, 258 color images. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764330254
- ISBN
- 9780764330254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 25.06
€ 36.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. This book seeks to explain why weak states exist within the international system. Using the cases of Armenia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Lebanon, and Cambodia, the author argues that, if a state is weak and vulnerable, then it can practice an unexpected degree of relative autonomy unfettered by great powers. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; 1FBL; 1FMC; 1KJWVK; JPA; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543882
- ISBN
- 9781137543882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardback. This fascinating analysis of the controversial Symes case of the 1990s examines how class and gender interests clashed over the tax treatment of childcare. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSC; JFSJ; JHBK; LAB; LNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774809566
- ISBN
- 9780774809566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.66
€ 112.66