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Paperback. On September 4, 1957, after the Supreme Court struck down racial segregation in public schools, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus called up the National Guard to surround Little Rock Central High School, preventing black students from going in. This title offers a landmark of American history. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159614
- ISBN
- 9780691159614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.94
€ 32.99
€ 23.94
paperback. Grasp the unique history of Quebec? Easy. Packing in equal parts fun and facts, History of Quebec For Dummies is an engaging and entertaining guide to the history of Canada's second-largest province, covering the conflicts, cultures, ideas, politics, and social changes that have shaped Quebec as we know it today. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 186 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118440551
- ISBN
- 9781118440551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.37
€ 24.99
€ 20.37
Hardback. This book explores everyday life of the Greek gods, including what their bodies were made of and how they were nourished, the organization of their society, and the sort of life they led in Olympus and the human world. It also shows how citizens carried on everyday relations with the gods. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Series: Mestizo Spaces/Espaces Metisses. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 half-tone 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736138
- ISBN
- 9780804736138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.06
€ 151.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Clear Light Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940666603
- ISBN
- 9780940666603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.74
€ 33.99
€ 22.74
Paperback. The decline of Britain as a world power was the result of long-term economic change and two world wars. After World War II, America finally displaced Britain on the world stage. This work analyzes the stages of displacement and the feelings aroused by the process on both sides of the Atlantic. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW; JW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333662847
- ISBN
- 9780333662847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 42.86
€ 43.99
€ 42.86
Hardcover. Our nation began with the simple phrase 'We the People.' But who were and are 'We'? This title draws on historical, psychological, and social research to answer that question by tracking the evolution of American character and culture over three centuries. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226251431
- ISBN
- 9780226251431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.63€ 43.04
€ 50.63
€ 43.04
Hardcover. Presents diaries and correspondence left by members of the tokkotai and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the World War II. Outside of Japan, these kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This book explores writings, which speak otherwise. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BTM; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226619507
- ISBN
- 9780226619507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.27
€ 48.99
€ 37.27
paperback. Union Soldiers and the Northern Home Front: Wartime Experiences, Postwar Adjustments explores the North's Civil War in ways that brings fresh perspectives to our knowledge of the way soldiers and civilians interacted in the Civil War North. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 508 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 28. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221462
- ISBN
- 9780823221462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.24
€ 46.99
€ 41.24
Hardback. Editor(s): Blowen, Sarah; Demossier, Marion; Picard, Jeanine. Series: Contemporary France Series. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817280
- ISBN
- 9781571817280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.19
€ 157.19
Paperback. Every year millions of Americans visit national parks and monuments, state and municipal parks, battlefield areas, historic houses, and museums. For anyone interested in our natural and manmade heritage, this book offers guidance for exploring educational and recreational resources. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 4th Revised & enlarged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858677
- ISBN
- 9780807858677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.41
€ 34.41
Hardcover. Looks at the lives and careers of four prominent historians, and discusses the political implications for progress. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBAH; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674713758
- ISBN
- 9780674713758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.37
€ 53.99
€ 44.37
Hardback. With an adventurous writing style, Anand Pandian explores the transformative potential of cinema, following Tamil films from the spark of artistic impulse through their production, marketing, and reception to show how cinema recasts the ordinary experience of everyday life. Num Pages: 360 pages, 51 illustrations, incl. 1 in color. BIC Classification: 1FK; APFA; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359579
- ISBN
- 9780822359579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.05
€ 120.05
Paperback. The story of Hitler's formative experiences as a soldier on the Western Front - now told in full for the first time, presenting a radical revision of Hitler's own account of this time in Mein Kampf. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 606. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KKD0009115
- ISBN
- 9780199226382
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Clavius was influential throughout Europe in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This book uses his own publications, as well as archival materials, to trace the central role he played in integrating traditional Ptolemaic astronomy and Aristotelian natural philosophy into an orthodox cosmology. Num Pages: 314 pages, 17 half-tones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226469294
- ISBN
- 9780226469294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.79
€ 46.99
€ 35.79
Paperback. This volume brings together the varied artistic, critical and cultural productions by women scholars, critics and artists between 1790-1900. It looks at women working outside conventional canons, and are shown how they negotiated relationships with canonical forms of artistic production. Editor(s): Bellamy, Joan; Laurence, Anne; Perry, Gillian. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719057205
- ISBN
- 9780719057205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.55
€ 36.55
Hardback. This historical and sociological analysis focuses on the African-American higher education system. Its central themes concern university structure, bureaucracy and transplantation. It also provides an analysis of all factors which have affected both African and African-American higher education. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761801757
- ISBN
- 9780761801757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.26
€ 106.26
paperback. Num Pages: 311 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFML; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Merlin Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850366549
- ISBN
- 9780850366549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.14
€ 32.99
€ 28.14
hardcover. Editor(s): Clarke, Peter; Questier, Michael. Series: Camden Fifth Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 36.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107130364
- ISBN
- 9781107130364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.87
€ 90.87
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898723462
- ISBN
- 9781898723462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Paperback. Ecological Revolutions: Nature, Gender, and Science in New England Num Pages: 398 pages, 1 table, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; RN; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871805
- ISBN
- 9780807871805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Paperback. Editor(s): Bassett, Thomas D. Series: Princeton Studies in American Civilization. Num Pages: 824 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 824
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691627298
- ISBN
- 9780691627298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 145.75
€ 145.75
Hardcover. An authoritative and wide-ranging single volume history of Eastern and Western philosophy, from ancient times to the present day. Among the movements discussed are: Vedanta, Taoism, Platonism, Islamic and Jewish mysticism, Zen Buddhism, Cartesianism, Kantian Idealism, Marxism and Pragmatism. Num Pages: 584 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBT; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 176 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1158.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631232605
- ISBN
- 9780631232605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.31
€ 143.31
Hardcover. Explores the cultural construction of ethnic economies and markets, the social dynamics of American race, and the fully transnational history of American wine Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 48 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBBWF; HBTB; HBTK; JFFN; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814717387
- ISBN
- 9780814717387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.08
€ 79.08
Hardback. This exciting collection of documents offers readers access to primary material illustrating the experiences of women in Britain in politics, society and daily life in the period 1770 to the 1970s. Series Editor(s): Bennett, Harry. Series: Documents in Modern History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719069543
- ISBN
- 9780719069543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.62
€ 139.62