Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Looks at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care. This title argues that two main features have characterized the US health system: a refusal to adopt a right to care and a particularly American approach to the rationing of care. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226102191
- ISBN
- 9780226102191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.78
€ 29.78
Hardback. * Provides an accessible narrative history of Egypt from earliest human settlement to the time of the first pharoahs. * Explores prehistoric foundations of many traditions evident in Ancient Egypt. * Includes chronology, glossary, bibiliography and numerous illustrations -- ideal for student use. . Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3B; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631201694
- ISBN
- 9780631201694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.71
€ 166.71
Paperback. * Provides an accessible narrative history of Egypt from earliest human settlement to the time of the first pharoahs. * Explores prehistoric foundations of many traditions evident in Ancient Egypt. * Includes chronology, glossary, bibiliography and numerous illustrations -- ideal for student use. . Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3B; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217879
- ISBN
- 9780631217879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.83
€ 64.83
Paperback. The Complexity of Robot Motion Planning makes original contributions both to robotics and to the analysis of algorithms. Num Pages: 464 pages, 92 figures. BIC Classification: HBJK; KCP; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 19. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262533157
- ISBN
- 9780262533157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.62€ 48.95
€ 50.62
€ 48.95
Paperback. Offers an account of the violence and repression that defined the murderous Guatemalan civil war of the 1980s. Drawing on interviews with peasants, community leaders, guerrillas, and paramilitary forces, the author creates a richly detailed political portrait of Santa Maria Tzeja, where highland Maya peasants seeking land settled in the 1970s. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 330 pages, 23 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246751
- ISBN
- 9780520246751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.40
€ 42.40
Hardback. The Technical Imagination explores how technology entered the popular imagination in the Argentina of the 1920s and 1930s and how its products helped to shape modern thinking at all levels of Argentine society. Translator(s): Callahan, Xavier. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735421
- ISBN
- 9780804735421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.96
€ 79.96
An Irishman in the Iron Brigade. The Civil War Memoirs of James P. Sul...
Beaudot, William J. K.; Herdegen, Lance J.; S...
Hardback. 17-year-old James P. Sullivan was among the first to answer Lincoln's call for volunteers in 1861. This is a collection of his writings about his days in President Lincoln's army, including accounts of the battles of Brawner Farm, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Series: Irish in the Civil War. Num Pages: 189 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823215003
- ISBN
- 9780823215003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.99
€ 100.99
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612346113
- ISBN
- 9781612346113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.45
€ 43.45
Paperback. social history of slavery. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813515113
- ISBN
- 9780813515113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.76
€ 46.76
Paperback. This is the only general history of Britain's travelling communities in the twentieth century and covers state and legal developments affecting Travellers as well as their experiences of missions, education, warand welfare. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091261
- ISBN
- 9780719091261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.69
€ 26.99
€ 26.69
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FBN; GTB; HBJF1; HPS; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816699490
- ISBN
- 9780816699490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.77
€ 27.99
€ 27.77
Hardback. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816699483
- ISBN
- 9780816699483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.02
€ 125.02
Paperback. Based on extensive on-the-ground research, reveals the human stories behind China's extraordinary growth. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; GTF; HBJF; HBLX; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745332307
- ISBN
- 9780745332307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.77
€ 38.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JMG; HBJD; HBLX; JPFN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838209647
- ISBN
- 9783838209647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.70
€ 42.70
The Photography of Henry K. Landis. Pennsylvania and New York, 1886-19...
Beisert, Oscar; Richman, Irwin
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 213 x 10. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811705691
- ISBN
- 9780811705691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.76
€ 26.99
€ 21.76
Hardback. As a first-hand, on-the-spot account, this is an invaluable source for historians of twentieth-century Europe, the lead-up to World War I and the decline of the Ottoman Empire. Editor(s): Destani, Bejtullah D.; Elsie, Robert. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 1QDT; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780760766
- ISBN
- 9781780760766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.28€ 125.31
€ 141.28
€ 125.31
Hardback. Bela Kiraly recounts his personal experiences of war, revolution, and regime change during a volatile century. Forced to become a professional officer, he rose to the position of commander in chief of Hungary's National Guard in the 1956 revolution and emigrated to the United States following Soviet suppression. Num Pages: 568 pages, ports., maps. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; HBW; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 34. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335799
- ISBN
- 9780880335799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.29
€ 75.29
Paperback. Nine Suitcases is a horror story but, sadly, a true one. Zsolt was both an accomplished novelist and a highly skilled journalist. He reports and analysizes the appalling events, almost immediately after they occurred, with exceptional freshness and a devastating blend of angry despair and cool detachment. Translator(s): Lob, Ladislaus. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712606899
- ISBN
- 9780712606899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.63
€ 20.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. A new section at the end of the book includes three chapters that address methodological issues in the study of spirituality, the symbol-making process of religious experience, and the tension between place and placelessness in Christian spirituality. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- expanded edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801868382
- ISBN
- 9780801868382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.93
€ 43.93
In light of current events related to the North American Free Trade Agreement, the drug war along the border, and immigration issues, Beldon Butterfield's insightful and informative history of the complex relationship between Mexico and the United States is both timely and useful. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612344263
- ISBN
- 9781612344263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.12
€ 30.99
€ 28.12