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paperback. Contending that even at its best patriotism subverts the democracy it purports to value, this book turns to patriotism's defenders to show how they must jettison democracy to champion patriotism. Drawing from various aspects of American political and popular culture, this book presents examples to disclose patriotism's self-defeating character. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341109
ISBN
9780822341109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.12

Paperback. Presents an account of the controversial "Geronimo Campaign" of 1885-86, which offers a firsthand picture of the famous Chiricahua warrior and the men who finally forced his surrender. The author knew most of the people involved in the campaign and was himself in charge of Indian scouts. Num Pages: 265 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1KB; BG; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
5th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803258402
ISBN
9780803258402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.81

hardcover. This title drills deeply into the broken American health care industry-demonstrating how the medical industry's self-serving interests have run afoul of safe care. Written by passionate experts in multiple relevant fields, this book shows readers how the system works, why it works this way, how it harms and often kills people and how we can fix it. Editor(s): Brown, Cheryl L.; James, John T. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442231603
ISBN
9781442231603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.61

Hardcover. Series: King Legacy (Hardcover). Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Beacon Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807000717
ISBN
9780807000717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; JFCA; JPHC; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0014807
ISBN
9780062686480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. In this volume, junior faculty of color and senior university administrators come together to present new challenges and frameworks for understanding diversity in the twenty-first century academy. Editor(s): Fryberg, Stephanie A.; Martinez, Ernesto Javier. Series: Cities and the Global Politics of the Environment. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JNKH; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137456052
ISBN
9781137456052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.10

Paperback. Looks at the social transformation of inner city ghettos, offering an evaluation of the convergence of race and poverty. Rejecting both conservative and liberal interpretations of life in the inner city, this title offers essential information and a number of solutions to policymakers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 line drawings, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSG; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226901268
ISBN
9780226901268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.15

Paperback. Bruce A. Kimball attacks the widely held assumption that the idea of American "professionalism" arose from the proliferation of urban professional positions during the late nineteenth century. This first paperback edition of The "True Professional Ideal" in America argues that the professional ideal can be traced back to the colonial period. Num Pages: 444 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; KCF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847681433
ISBN
9780847681433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.90

Paperback. Translator(s): Burke, Janet; Humphrey, Ted. Num Pages: 498 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
498
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603842907
ISBN
9781603842907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.01

Paperback. "Remarkable..a richly detailed, affecting account..Giridharadas seeks less to uplift than illuminate..Which of these men is the "true American" of the title? That there is no simple answer to that question is Giridharadas's finest accomplishment."--Ayad Akhtar, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; BTP; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393350791
ISBN
9780393350791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.22

Hardcover. The US, China, and Japan form a 'troubled triangle,' with each country negotiating its foreign policy toward the other two in response to economic and security pressures that operate as an interrelated duality. Written by international relations experts, this book examines how the three countries respond to this set of pressures and to each other. Editor(s): Inoguchi, Takashi; Ikenberry, G. John. Series: Asia Today. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JM; JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137321992
ISBN
9781137321992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.55

Hardback. Editor(s): Baker, Houston A.; Simmons, K. Merinda. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231169349
ISBN
9780231169349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Baker, Houston A.; Simmons, K. Merinda. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231169356
ISBN
9780231169356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.79

Hardcover. Editor(s): Powrie, Phil; Davies, Ann; Babington, Bruce. Num Pages: Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; APFA; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Wallflower Press United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904764090
ISBN
9781904764090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.65
€ 71.30

Paperback. Editor(s): Powrie, Phil; Davies, Ann; Babington, Bruce. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; APFA; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Wallflower Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904764083
ISBN
9781904764083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 13.67

Paperback. For many years to come, race will continue to be a source of controversy and conflict in American society. For many of us it will continue to shape where we live, pray, go to school, and socialize. We cannot simply wish away the existence of race or racism, but we can take steps to lessen the ways in which the categories trap and confine us. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470452080
ISBN
9780470452080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.14

Paperback. Offers an historical interpretation of Venezuela's Chavez, Bolivia's Morales and Ecuador's Correa - South America's most prominent '21st century socialists'. This book shows how the consensual market oriented policymaking that characterized almost all of South America in the 1990s has now given way to something quite different. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745647494
ISBN
9780745647494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.18

Hardback. Offers an historical interpretation of Venezuela's Chavez, Bolivia's Morales and Ecuador's Correa - South America's most prominent '21st century socialists'. This book shows how the consensual market oriented policymaking that characterized almost all of South America in the 1990s has now given way to something quite different. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745647487
ISBN
9780745647487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.22

Paperback. This final volume to Patricia E. Roy's pivotal trilogy exploring racial discrimination against Chinese- and Japanese-Canadians examines the removal of all Japanese-Canadians from the BC coast during WWII, while Chinese-Canadians gained the right to vote in 1947. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 b/w photos, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBC; GTB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774813815
ISBN
9780774813815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 40.03

Paperback. From Lyndon Johnson's closest domestic adviser during the White House years comes a book in which has been called "a joy to read" (Stephen Ambrose) Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 pg b&w photo insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476798790
ISBN
9781476798790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307742315
ISBN
9780307742315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.68

Hardcover. This book analyzes and offers fresh insights into the trickster tradition including African American, American Indian, Euro-American, Asian American, and Latino/a stories, Morgan examines the oral roots of each racial/ethnic group to reveal how each group's history, frustrations, and aspirations have molded the tradition in contemporary literature. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137344717
ISBN
9781137344717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.17

Hardback. This landmark anthology collects speeches, letters, newspapers, journals, poems, and songs to demonstrate that John Brown's actions at Harpers Ferry altered the course of history. Without Brown, the Civil War probably would have been delayed by four years and emancipation movements in Brazil, Cuba, even Russia might have been disrupted. Editor(s): Stauffer, John; Trodd, Zoe. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 640 pages, 1 halftone, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1052.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674048850
ISBN
9780674048850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.90
€ 47.40

paperback. McClanahan looks for answers in the history of her family Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 344 pages, 35 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustriert.
SKU
V9780253008596
ISBN
9780253008596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.51

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