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Paperback. With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps - the last all-white branch of the US military - was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. This book tells the story of these pioneering African American Marines. Num Pages: 216 pages, 36 illustrations, 4 maps, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JFSL3; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780807861769
ISBN
9780807861769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.52

Paperback. Nine of America's top legal experts rewrite the landmark desegregation decision as they would like it to have been written. Editor(s): Balkin, Jack M. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH1; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814798904
ISBN
9780814798904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.52

Paperback. A newly updated account of the struggle for disability rights in the U.S. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
2nd
SKU
V9781439907443
ISBN
9781439907443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGB; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781552663240
ISBN
9781552663240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.44

Paperback. Covers the SS United States' active service from 1952 to 1969 when she dominated the seas of Atlantic, sweeping all rivals before her. This title offers insight into the record-breaking liner, how she performed in the secret sea trials and her epic maiden voyage. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 250 x 10. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The History Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752479538
ISBN
9780752479538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 150 black & white illustrations, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 248 x 9. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The History Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752498706
ISBN
9780752498706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.07

Paperback. In a nation that worships the automobile for the freedom, style, and status that it confers, the Indianapolis 500, run on or near Memorial Day eighty-seven times, is an annual rite of passage celebrating Americans' love affair with speed. Num Pages: 258 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 177 x 15. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574889079
ISBN
9781574889079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.67

Paperback. Illuminating the cinematic career of a male pop icon Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; APF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075421
ISBN
9780252075421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.80

Paperback. Containing a new introduction, this book on corporate power offers a theory of the effects of power and powerlessness within the corporation. The theory is updated by considering attitudes and practices in the corporate power structure of the 1990s. Num Pages: 416 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465044542
ISBN
9780465044542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.76

Paperback. Lucrative and complex, the fur trade bound together Europeans and Native peoples of North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. This title offers a look at the broad range of contracts that characterized the fur trade. It explains the working mechanisms of the fur trade and explores how and why it evolved in a North Atlantic context. Editor(s): Sleeper-Smith, Susan. Num Pages: 702 pages, 9 photographs, 5 maps, 14 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSL9; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
702
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803243293
ISBN
9780803243293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.11

Paperback. For ten years, Herbert J. Gans spent considerable time in four major television and magazine newsrooms, observing and talking to the journalists who choose the national news stories that inform America about itself. Here, a new preface outlines the major changes that have taken place in the news. Series: Visions of the American Press S. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810122376
ISBN
9780810122376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

Paperback. Series: Architecture, Landscape, and American Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 74 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816669745
ISBN
9780816669745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Paperback. Focusing on the time period from the intensification of slave importation in 1580 to 1700, this work explores how Afro-Mexicans worked within the limitations imposed on them by the Church and the Spanish Crown in order to develop relationships with peers and superiors, defend themselves against unjust treatment, make money, and gain prestige. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826337993
ISBN
9780826337993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.88

Paperback. The inequalities in the treatment of individuals whose gender, race, class, or sexual orientation relegates them to a minority status are presented as the root cause of social, economic, and political problems in this survey of Canadian social issues. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552661062
ISBN
9781552661062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Presents a portrait of the contemporary American workplace. Based on interviews with workers in four different industries, this book takes us behind the statistics of the economic collapse and into the lives of Americans who are struggling to make ends meet and support their families. Num Pages: 260 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JHBL; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Edition
Pap/Dgd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558497252
ISBN
9781558497252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.71

Paperback. Robert E. Lee gave Joseph E. Johnston an impossible task. Federal armies under Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had rampaged through Georgia on their March to the Sea" and now were cutting a swath of destruction as they marched north from Savannah through the Carolinas." Series: Emerging Civil War Series. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Savas Beatie
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611212457
ISBN
9781611212457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.50

Hardback. In 1985, a black veteran of the civil rights movement offered a bleak vision of a long and troubled struggle. For black men and women, the question is: how free is free? Despite two major efforts to reconstruct race relations, injustices remain. This book probes the story of racial inequality and the fight for freedom in black America. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 188 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031524
ISBN
9780674031524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.27

Paperback. The `sentimental novel', in the tradition established by Samuel Richardson, was very popular in post-revolutionary America. This novel and `Charlotte Temple' were two of the most successful examples. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1facsim. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195042399
ISBN
9780195042399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; 3JM; AVGH; AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Anchor Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385680387
ISBN
9780385680387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.42

Hardcover. Reports of tinkering's death have been greatly exaggerated. In this book, readers will see how tinkering has been the guiding force behind both major corporate-sponsored innovations such as the personal computer and Ethernet, and smaller scale inventions with great potential. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; KJH. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 248 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 418. 224 pages. Reports of tinkering's death have been greatly exaggerated. In this book, readers will see how tinkering has been the guiding force behind both major corporate-sponsored innovations such as the personal computer and Ethernet, and smaller scale inventions with great potential. Cateogry: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; KJH. Dimension: 248 x 164 x 22. Weight: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465009237
ISBN
9780465009237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.24

Paperback. A detailed analysis of America s first national recreation area " Series: America's National Parks Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; RG; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nevada Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781943859153
ISBN
9781943859153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062262844
ISBN
9780062262844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 144 x 8. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
3rd Edition
SKU
V9780892725649
ISBN
9780892725649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.64

Hardcover. Contributing to the historiography of transnational and global transmission of ideas, "Connections after Colonialism" examines relations between Europe and Latin America during the tumultuous 1820s. Editor(s): Brown, Matthew; Paquette, Gabriel. Num Pages: 328 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KLS; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817317768
ISBN
9780817317768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.56

Paperback. From the 1920s through the 1960s, scores of small, independent record companies nurtured distinctly American music: jazz, blues, gospel, country, rhythm and blues, and the 1950s offspring of R&B, rock n' roll. This title profiles ten such companies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 33 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVG; AVX; HBTB; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214348
ISBN
9780253214348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.54

Paperback. History, Culture, Politics. Series: Latin America Readers. 688 pages, 105 illustrations, 10 colour plates, 1 map. Editor(s): Grandin, Greg; Levenson, Deborah; Oglesby, Elizabeth. Brings together more than 200 texts and images in a broad introduction to Guatemala's history, culture, and politics. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; GTB; HBJK. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 44. Weight: 990.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351078
ISBN
9780822351078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.20

Paperback. The White House Situation Room is arguably the most important facility in the most important building in the world. As the president's intelligence and alert center, it provides vital communication and crisis management capabilities to the chief executive and his advisers. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781574887006
ISBN
9781574887006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.67

Hardback. Based on evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this book documents the mechanisms through which geographical and historical conditions - such as climate, access to water transportation, and early legal systems - impacted political and judicial institutions and economic growth. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 58 line illus. 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; KCZ; LAZ; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136042
ISBN
9780691136042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

Paperback. The first comprehensive survey and analysis of War on Terror themes in post-9/11 American television. Critiques those shows that either blindly or intentionally supported the Bush administration's security policies, showing how popular culture mediated a profound national trauma." Series: Culture America. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700618385
ISBN
9780700618385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.67

Hardback. A detailed and thorough challenge to the Revisionist historians' claims that the Vietnam War was in fact won in the period after the 1968 Tet Offensive only to be thrown away by media influence on a war weary public. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 illustrations, 27 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780700623525
ISBN
9780700623525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Wieseltier, Leon. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 145 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810124882
ISBN
9780810124882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.60

Paperback. Suzanne Farrell, world-renowned ballerina, was one of George Balanchine's most celebrated muses and remains a legendary figure in the ballet world. In this memoir, she recalls career, professional and personal attachments, and their attendant controversies with a frankness and common sense. Num Pages: 336 pages, 38 b&w photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASDL; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813025933
ISBN
9780813025933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 307 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826327802
ISBN
9780826327802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Garrow, Professor David J (Emory University). Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Tennessee Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870495274
ISBN
9780870495274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.09

Paperback. The United States patent system has become sand rather than lubricant in the wheels of American progress. This work tells the story of how changes in patenting - an institutional process that was created to nurture innovation - have wreaked havoc on innovators, businesses, and economic productivity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJMV6; LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127941
ISBN
9780691127941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.72

Paperback. Presenting stories that represent the diversity of Virginia's Indians, this book offers an introduction to the history of Virginia Indians, a native American community. Num Pages: 112 pages, 45 b&w illustrations, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Second
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925486
ISBN
9780813925486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.82

Hardback. Editor(s): Dominguez, Jorge I.; Covarrubias, Ana. Num Pages: 494 pages, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL4; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 183 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1042.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415842389
ISBN
9780415842389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 272.96

Board book.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Our World of Books United States
Number of pages
24
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780977797936
ISBN
9780977797936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; HBTB; JFSG; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Transaction Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560009832
ISBN
9781560009832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 48.52

Paperback. Focusing on the agency of enslaved Africans and their descendants in the South, this work argues for the systematic recovery of subjugated knowledge, histories, and cultural practices of those traditionally silenced and overlooked by national heritage projects and national public memories. Num Pages: 178 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781598745498
ISBN
9781598745498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.80