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Paperback. Eight of the last twelve presidents were millionaires when they took office. Why is it that most politicians in America are so much better off than the people who elect them - and does the social class divide between citizens and their representatives matter? The author answers this question with a resounding - and disturbing - yes. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 61 line drawings, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226087146
ISBN
9780226087146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.01

Hardcover. Editor(s): Scott, Nicholas D. Num Pages: 153 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
153
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617613296
ISBN
9781617613296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.88
€ 114.05

Hardcover. A compelling biography which reinserts this forgotten Founding Father into the historical canon and reveals the transatlantic dimensions of early American history Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780814721117
ISBN
9780814721117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.52

Hardback. Addresses questions such as: What are the best anthologies of African-American poetry? What have African-American poets written about such highly charged issues as religion? Politics? Patriotism? Slavery? Racism? Money? Sex? What have they written about Harlem? The civil-rights movement? Martin Luther King Jr? Editor(s): Frankovich, Nicholas; Larzelere, David. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC; GBCR; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 180 x 17. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231112345
ISBN
9780231112345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.74
€ 109.50

Paperback. Jazz is one of the most influential American art forms of our time. It shapes our ideas about musical virtuosity, human action, and new forms of social expression. In this text, Nicholas Gebhardt shows how the study of jazz can offer profound insights into American historical consciousness. Num Pages: 232 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226284675
ISBN
9780226284675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 36 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; VXQ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764336126
ISBN
9780764336126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, B/W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 35. .
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465018413
ISBN
9780465018413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.56

Paperback. This updated edition explores two questions: How is the US shaping the rest of the world? And how does it persuade itself that its actions are just? Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 308 pages, notes, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd London
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842774298
ISBN
9781842774298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.28

paperback. Journeying to the dusty heartlands of America's Bible Belt, the author goes in search of the truth behind a startling statistic: 50 million Americans believe the apocalypse will take place in their own lifetimes. Are they devout or deranged? Why do they seem so cheerful about the end of the world? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ebury Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780091910884
ISBN
9780091910884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 7.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 215 x 31. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Watkins Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780289526
ISBN
9781780289526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.59

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

€ 58.90

Hardcover. Editor(s): Brewster, Nicholas J. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVF1; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 258 x 183 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1094.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613246924
ISBN
9781613246924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 331.11
€ 221.86

Hardback. The story of the nation's most shocking crime after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln-the 1874 ax murder of a family of five in the small German-immigrant town of Saxtown that tore apart a community, grabbed national headlines, and revealed the flaws of 19th-Century law enforcement Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 30.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762786978
ISBN
9780762786978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.09

Paperback. Now in paperback, the story of one of our nation's most infamous and horrific crimes: The Saxtown Massacre. The 1874 murder of a family of five near St. Louis grabbed national headlines like no murder had since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and investigations into the crime exposed the flaws of nineteenth-century law enforcement. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 21.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762788606
ISBN
9780762788606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.35

Hardback. This book provides an exhaustive account of the United States Information Agency - an essential element of American foreign policy during the Cold War. Num Pages: 600 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPS; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 183 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1176.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521819978
ISBN
9780521819978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.90

Hardcover. Using newly declassified archives and interviews with practitioners, Nicholas J. Cull has pieced together the story of the final decade in the life of the United States Information Agency, revealing the decisions and actions that brought the United States' apparatus for public diplomacy into disarray. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPP; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340725
ISBN
9780230340725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.56

Hardback. This extended, real-world case study provides an authentic, unvarnished account of a fully-human principal knee deep in what is appropriately called the toughest job in education. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JNK; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781475806694
ISBN
9781475806694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.40

Hardback. William Charles Wells (1757-1817) was one of the foremost, and forgotten, American scientists of the eighteenth century. He should be acknowledged as laying the foundations for modern studies of vestibular function as well as eye movements. This book features his Essay on single vision with two eyes (1792) and his own Memoir of his life (1818). Series: History and Philosophy of Psychology. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; JMM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1850.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306473852
ISBN
9780306473852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.08

Paperback. The growth of industrialism, the rise of professionalism and the decline of slavery led to debates in 19th-century America about the concept of work. This book examines the literary view of this debate, arguing that many writers felt an affinity between the mental labour of writing and manual work. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; HBTB; JFC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226075556
ISBN
9780226075556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Taiwan has a special status for the US, as a leading high-technology economic partner and a place of political and security concern. This text looks at the quantitative and qualitative evidence on the potential effects of a US-Taiwan free trade agreement for maximizing US economic benefits and for securing a prosperous and secure future for Taiwan. Num Pages: 53 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1KBB; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881323672
ISBN
9780881323672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.62

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