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The Americas

Samels, accomplished authors and scholars of leadership in higher education, The Provost's Handbook is destined to become the go-to resource for deans, presidents, trustees, and chief academic officers everywhere. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416250
ISBN
9781421416250
Condition: New

€ 81.93

This book celebrates the 39 players, managers, and team executives who have been elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame for the baseball feats they achieved during their tenure with this storied ballclub and over their careers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 667.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589790087
ISBN
9781589790087
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white halftones, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JMP; MBPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Beacon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
50486th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807001271
ISBN
9780807001271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.30

Hardback. This book, based on extended ethnographic and multi-method research in a small town in Canada, adds new perspectives on the ways that citizenship is produced and reproduced under conditions of neoliberalism. Num Pages: 21 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774828215
ISBN
9780774828215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.06

Paperback. Traces the rhetoric of reform across American history, examining such pivotal periods as the American Revolution, slavery, McCarthyism, and today's gay liberation movement. This book argues that the rhetoric of reform in America represents the continuation of a tradition separate from the commonly accepted principles of the Greeks. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814719244
ISBN
9780814719244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. American religious professionals occupy a prominent role in shaping the interests and attitudes of their congregations. Djupe and Gilbert analyse national data from a survey of over 2400 Episcopal and Evangelical Lutheran Church of America clergy, looking at their motivations for political action. Num Pages: 272 pages, tables, figures, notes, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC91; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511934
ISBN
9780742511934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.59

Paperback. The Prophetic Anti-Gallic Letters was published in 1836 based on Adam Thom's editorials in Montreal Herald. They were never reprinted, despite their importance. More than an anti-French, anti-Republican tract, The Anti-Gallic Letters are crucial to understanding how British North America mutated into the Dominion of Canada in 1867. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Baraka Books Canada
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771860918
ISBN
9781771860918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.54

Hardback. Editor(s): Tsesis, Alexander. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; JPVH1; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141444
ISBN
9780231141444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.23
€ 61.01

Hardcover. Examines how the idea of wilderness has shaped the management of public lands since the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964 Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 60 black & white illustrations, 16 maps, 60 b&w illus., 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 38. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991757
ISBN
9780295991757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.90

Paperback. How can educators survive in the whirlwind restructuring and reform caused by the digital age? Will information technology improve learning, and how? This work answers these questions, by surveying the next 20 years in education. Num Pages: 160 pages, tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810840829
ISBN
9780810840829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.77

Hardback. It was in response to the dramatic economic shifts of the 20th century that the institution of private pensions was born. The rise and growth of this financial support system that commands millions of dollars of investment is the subject of this book. Series: A Pension Research Council book. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 168 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674945203
ISBN
9780674945203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.21
€ 47.67

Paperback. Presents a classic that had a spectacular immediate impact on national politics. This book tells a history of America and its political ideals and an analysis of contemporary ills, from rampant economic inequality to unchecked corporate power. Series: The James Madison Library in American Politics. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
New Foreword
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160689
ISBN
9780691160689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. Takes look into the reality of life in an East Los Angeles housing project where gangs have a longstanding presence. This work examines the wide variations in income and social capital that exist among the ostensibly poor, mostly Mexican American residents. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 b&w illus., 2 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JKV; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292717312
ISBN
9780292717312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. The Progressives offers comprehensive coverage of the origins, evolution, and notable events that came to define the pivotal period of American history known as the Progressive Era. Integrating themes of class, race, ethnicity, and gender throughout, it provides a concise, engaging account of a fascinating era in U.S. Series: The American History Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118651070
ISBN
9781118651070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.08

Hardcover. The Progressives offers comprehensive coverage of the origins, evolution, and notable events that came to define the pivotal period of American history known as the Progressive Era. Integrating themes of class, race, ethnicity, and gender throughout, it provides a concise, engaging account of a fascinating era in U.S. Series: The American History Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118651209
ISBN
9781118651209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.98

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137300522
ISBN
9781137300522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.61

Paperback. This book, written in a more conversational style, puts in a single volume most of what any faculty member would need to teach an upper level undergraduate course on the presidency. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
266
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137300539
ISBN
9781137300539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.06

Paperback. Offers a fundamental reinterpretation of postwar American fiction, asserting that it can be properly understood only in relation to the rise of mass higher education and the creative writing program. Num Pages: 480 pages, 9 halftones, 13 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062092
ISBN
9780674062092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.14

Paperback. The inside story of the Bechtel family and the empire they've controlled since the construction of the Hoover Dam. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2x8pg 4-c inserts;. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; KJZ; KNJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476706474
ISBN
9781476706474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.69

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PST; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226454863
ISBN
9780226454863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 35.68

Paperback. A comprehensive account of the role of professional economists in the economic, social and environmental crises of the early 21st century Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JM; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745335858
ISBN
9780745335858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. A book that aims both to demystify and to reconstitute 'Hawthorne' as an object of study by rereading Hawthorne's fictions, mainly those from the early 1840's to 1860, in the context of the emergence of a distinctively middle-class personal life (the domestic emotional revolution that accompanied the industrial revolution. Num Pages: 252 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719483
ISBN
9780804719483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.67

Hardback. Translator(s): Spedding, Alison. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Edition
Translation
SKU
V9780857423344
ISBN
9780857423344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 31.03

Paperback. Series: North American Religions. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479856763
ISBN
9781479856763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.48

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