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The Americas
Paperback. David H. Price uses information from CIA, FBI, and military records to map the connections between academia and the strategic use of anthropological research to further the goals of the U.S. military and outline the major influence the American security state has had on the field of anthropology. Num Pages: 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361251
- ISBN
- 9780822361251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Hardback. David H. Price uses information from CIA, FBI, and military records to map the connections between academia and the strategic use of anthropological research to further the goals of the U.S. military and outline the major influence the American security state has had on the field of anthropology. Num Pages: 488 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361060
- ISBN
- 9780822361060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.33
€ 134.33
Hardback. A story of international power and deception, this title reveals the "special relationship" between the United States and Great Britain. It traces the bitter fights between these intimate allies from Europe to Latin America to Asia as each sought control over the sale of aircraft and technology throughout the world. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBW; JPS; JWG; KNDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024618
- ISBN
- 9780674024618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.16
€ 46.99
€ 39.16
Paperback. Recreates a time when World War III seemed imminent. This book explores a central dimension of American culture and politics - the postwar preoccupation with captivity. It reveals how 'menticide', the calculated destruction of individual autonomy, struck many Americans as a more immediate danger than nuclear annihilation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257313
- ISBN
- 9780520257313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.52
€ 38.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. Interprets postwar civil rights as a Cold War feature. This book argues that the Cold War helped facilitate key social reforms, including desegregation. It discusses the way the Cold War figures into civil rights history. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW3; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152431
- ISBN
- 9780691152431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.79
€ 36.99
€ 26.79
Num Pages: 256 pages, over 300 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 222 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1852.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764337512
- ISBN
- 9780764337512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.17€ 52.50
€ 74.17
€ 52.50
hardcover. Examines roles of gender, race and nation in the geopolitics of Cold War East Asia on the Island of Okinawa. Num Pages: 245 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBTB; HBTW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107079502
- ISBN
- 9781107079502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.41
€ 108.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Wohlforth, William C. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBG; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271022383
- ISBN
- 9780271022383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.13
€ 43.99
€ 38.13
Paperback. Interpretations of Hollywood films of the 1950s and 1960s demonstrate how Cold War homophobia focused on the femme as the lesbian who posed the greatest threat to the nation. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349471
- ISBN
- 9780822349471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.87
€ 30.99
€ 27.87
Paperback. In detailing the complexities of buying fighter aircrafts for the RCAF in the early years of the Cold War, Wakelam also sheds light on contemporary procurement issues. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBW; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774821490
- ISBN
- 9780774821490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
Paperback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; JPVN; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081699
- ISBN
- 9780252081699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.75
€ 29.99
€ 26.75
Hardback. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; JPVN; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040238
- ISBN
- 9780252040238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.52
€ 124.52
Paperback. Focusing on American travel in France after World War II, Cold War Holidays shows how both the U.S. and French governments actively cultivated and shaped leisure travel to advance their foreign policy agendas. Endy reveals how consumerism and globalization played a major role in transatlantic affairs. Series: New Cold War History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 27 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807855485
- ISBN
- 9780807855485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.89
€ 50.89
Paperback. Focused on the region as a whole and drawing from archives in Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Guyana, St. Kitts, Antigua, the U.S. and U.K., this book details the region's impact on the U.S. (particularly on Jim Crow), as it charts the British Empire's retreat in the face of a challenge from Washington. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJ; GTB; JFC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592136285
- ISBN
- 9781592136285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.16
€ 36.99
€ 33.16
Hardback. Series: Cold War History. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312231569
- ISBN
- 9780312231569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.47
€ 122.47
Hardback. "An examination of the legacy of modernism as a cultural movement and propaganda tool during the Cold War and the 1950s in America"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJPG; ACXD; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162302
- ISBN
- 9780231162302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.08
€ 73.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 1KBB; HBTW; JPS; JPVN; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252039690
- ISBN
- 9780252039690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.33
€ 58.33
Hardback. Reconfiguring women's activism in the Cold War era Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252037269
- ISBN
- 9780252037269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.65
€ 54.65
Paperback. From World War II to the early 1970s, social science research expanded in dramatic and unprecedented fashion in the United States. This volume examines how, why, and with what consequences this rapid and yet contested expansion depended on the entanglement of the social sciences with the Cold War. Editor(s): Solovey, Mark; Cravens, Hamilton. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTW; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 220 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388353
- ISBN
- 9781137388353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.75
€ 111.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 Colour illus, 100+ b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; KNGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 175 x 43. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Collector's Guide Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894959773
- ISBN
- 9781894959773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.78
€ 25.99
€ 17.78
Hardback. The first comprehensive description and critique of the six most important historical interpretations of US Cold War foreign policy: Traditionalism, Revisionism, Post-Revisionism, Corporatism, World Systems Theory, and Post-Structuralism. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748620791
- ISBN
- 9780748620791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.71€ 116.90
€ 121.71
€ 116.90
Paperback. For too long, American women have been hidden in the history of the Cold War. This title recovers their significance by examining the activities and ambitions of American women's organisations in the long period of uneasy peace. It is suitable for those in the field of gender and women's history, cultural studies, and American history. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW3; HBTW; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719080449
- ISBN
- 9780719080449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.58
€ 21.58
Paperback. Conventional wisdom holds that television was a co-conspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, that it was a facilitator to the blacklist and handmaiden to McCarthyism. This work argues that, through the influence of television, America actually became a more open and tolerant place. Num Pages: 320 pages, 43 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Edition
- Revised
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129534
- ISBN
- 9780231129534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. Following the story through the dwindling campaign in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Cueto raises questions relevant to today's international health campaigns against malaria, AIDS, and tuberculosis. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; MBN; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421415567
- ISBN
- 9781421415567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.65
€ 34.99
€ 29.65