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The Americas

Paperback. Surveying critical episodes in the development of American political parties, this book shows how they address three fundamental problems of democracy: how to regulate the number of people seeking public office, how to mobilize voters, and how to achieve and maintain the majorities needed to accomplish goals once in office. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 392 pages, 24 line drawings, 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
28532nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226012742
ISBN
9780226012742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.36

Paperback. Why Public Service Matters conveys the importance, purpose, and nobility of a career as a civil servant in the United States. Num Pages: 290 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230341494
ISBN
9780230341494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.47

Paperback. Politicians and the political process, even in ostensibly democratic countries, can be deadly. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745649825
ISBN
9780745649825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.08

Paperback. Exploring the struggles of the American elites as they tried to maintain a democratic, modern mass society, this text reveals the limits of a system ultimately benefiting an abstract "average" consumer. It exposes the internal contradictions that would undermine Americans' belief in their ideology. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
270
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226994628
ISBN
9780226994628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.53

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782797012
ISBN
9781782797012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. Conundrums, puzzles, and perversities: these are the author's stock-in-trade. In this book, he focuses on four fundamental features of our legal system, all of which seem to not make sense on some level and to demand explanation. It contains explanations and apt examples that show why the perversity of the law resists any easy resolutions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005812
ISBN
9780226005812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.59

Hardcover. Focuses on four fundamental features of our legal system which seem to not make sense on some level and to demand explanation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB; LNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226426037
ISBN
9780226426037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.96
€ 47.76

Paperback. In this collection of essays on the Vietnam War, eminent scholars of the second Indo-China conflict consider several key factors that led to the defeat of the United States and its allies. Editor(s): Gilbert, Marc Jason. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312295271
ISBN
9780312295271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.15

Paperback. American public policy has become demonstrably more conservative since the 1960s. In demonstrating a strong link between public opinion and policy outcomes, this book represents a substantial contribution to the study of public opinion and voting behavior, policy, and American politics generally. Num Pages: 200 pages, 22 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128702
ISBN
9780691128702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.72

Paperback. Series: King Legacy (Paperback). Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Beacon Press
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807001127
ISBN
9780807001127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.90

Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JPA; JPFK; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 270 x 30. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171678
ISBN
9780691171678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Written by the author who was President Bill Clinton's Press Secretary, this book tells how when Clinton was elected, she was told she would act as his Press Secretary, but only for the transition. But in January of 1993, she did become Press Secretary in spite of the odds. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061140419
ISBN
9780061140419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE INTERNATIONAL
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307473578
ISBN
9780307473578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.02

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hyperion United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781401308209
ISBN
9781401308209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.77

paperback. Series: Focus on. Num Pages: 44 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 70. Series: Focus on. 44 pages. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 210 x 156 x 5. Weight: 70.
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Number of pages
44
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075347
ISBN
9781906075347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.13

Hardcover. Series: Harvard College Library. Num Pages: 176 pages, 64 illustrations, (some colour ). BIC Classification: 1KBBES; GLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 269 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016682
ISBN
9780674016682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.34

Paperback. This anthology of primary materials-the words of American women writers on the act of authorship and their participation in the literary cultures of the nineteenth century- offers revealing insight into Hawthorne's "damned mob of scribbling women." Editor(s): Boyd, Anne E. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892752
ISBN
9780801892752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.38

Paperback. These witty, sharp and carefully crafted poems focus on marriage, intimacy, relationships, power and the body, looking both at the minutiae of domestic space and wider contexts of family, church, village and nation. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWVVS; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 206 x 319. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845232948
ISBN
9781845232948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.83

Hardback. The diversity of women's lives as wives then as widows negotiating the law, patriarchy, family relationships, and the economy in 19th-century Montreal come alive in this first major study of widows in Canada. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774819510
ISBN
9780774819510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 197 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFT; VSG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Bancroft Press United States
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9780963124647
ISBN
9780963124647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.93

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