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Paperback. "Based on subtle, imaginative readings of autobiographies, memoirs, fiction and secondary sources, ["Campus Life"] tells the story of the changing mentalities of American undergraduates over two centuries." Michael Moffatt, "New York Times Book Review "" Num Pages: 348 pages, 103 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226353739
ISBN
9780226353739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.26

Paperback. When one thinks of the New Deal era, the issue of the environment does not immediately come to mind. Yet New Deal policies had a huge impact on environmental thinking, defining a new role for the federal government in the scientific management of the natural environment. Editor(s): Woolner, David B.; Henderson, Henry L. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. 288 pages. Editor(s): Woolner, David B.; Henderson, Henry L. When one thinks of the New Deal era, the issue of the environment does not immediately come to mind. Yet New Deal policies had a huge impact on environmental thinking, defining a new role for the federal government in the scientific management of the natural environment. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWQ. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 18. Weight: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230619685
ISBN
9780230619685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.04

Hardback. Documents from the late FBI director's secret files reveal for the first time the shocking extent of FBI activities in spying on prominent Americans and political groups. Num Pages: 391 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
391
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929587677
ISBN
9780929587677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.50

Hardcover. Editor(s): Fields, Brian. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LBBM; LNDH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 231 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634826792
ISBN
9781634826792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 303.69
€ 225.10

Hardcover. Through US military history, Lavender directly confronts the dominant US viewpoint of redemptive violence, the concept that a nation can use its military to improve the human condition. Alternatives are presented in order to encourage the current recessive worldview that supports conflict resolution, cooperation, collaboration and peaceful efforts. Series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTJ; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137482358
ISBN
9781137482358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 24, 2 black & white line drawings, 14 black & white tables, 8 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501704833
ISBN
9781501704833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 39 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Tidewater Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870336072
ISBN
9780870336072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469629391
ISBN
9781469629391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.63

Paperback. Propitiating the supernatural forces that could grant bountiful crops or wipe out whole villages through natural disasters was a sacred duty in ancient Peruvian societies. This book examines the evidence for ancient Peruvian sacrificial offerings of human beings and animals, as well as the cultural contexts in which the offerings occurred. Editor(s): Benson, Elizabeth P.; Cook, Anita G. Num Pages: 227 pages, 66 halftones, 47 line drawings, 3 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292708945
ISBN
9780292708945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.42

Paperback. An epic story of a legendary Marine company's valor and sacrifice in the Korean War brought to gripping, cinematic light by an acclaimed historian Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 pages b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306820441
ISBN
9780306820441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.97

Hardback. A collection of essays examining modern politics, and ways that philosophy has tried to understand contemporary political dilemmas. They discuss historical problems posed by the French and American Revolutions, and actual political problems in Eastern Europe, the European community and the USA. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HPCF; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847681624
ISBN
9780847681624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.00

Hardcover. Editor(s): Grey, George B. Num Pages: 242 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KC; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 182 x 20. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590330531
ISBN
9781590330531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.52
€ 68.61

Paperback. * written by one of the world's leading anthropologists; * fills the gap for an accessible comparative study of the history of capitalism; * examines the causes and nature of the West's position of economic advantage; * challenges assumptions about long--term European supremacy of a culturala kind. . Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBG; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745631912
ISBN
9780745631912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.76

Paperback. Uncovers the history of the orphan asylum, founded in New York City in 1836 as America's first orphanage for African American children Series: Empire State Editions. Num Pages: 220 pages, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251957
ISBN
9780823251957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.74

Num Pages: 20 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; YBCB. Category: (JN) Preschool (0-5). Dimension: 150 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Our World of Books United States
Number of pages
20
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602190634
ISBN
9781602190634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 27 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764331534
ISBN
9780764331534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.23

Hardcover. Takes a look at efforts to rein in campaign spending and counter efforts in the courts to preserve the status quo. The author reveals how both Congress and the courts have navigated uneasily between the Scylla of corruption and the Charybdis of suppressing political speech. This book is a guide to the controversies emerging from the facts. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700614035
ISBN
9780700614035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.45

Paperback. Historically Nicaragua has been mired in poverty and political conflict, yet the country has become a model for the successful emergence of democracy in a developing nation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 tables, 17line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; 3JJPR; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226019727
ISBN
9780226019727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. Examines the feminist, African-American and avant-garde counter-cultures that flourished in the USA between the two World Wars. It discusses such topics as public art in the Depression, the proletarian subculture and the social poetics of Kenneth Fearing, Muriel Rukeyser and Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 316 pages, 128 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082792
ISBN
9780231082792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.42

Hardcover. This book looks at the Guatemalan peace process, which was successful in providing a development program to modernize the economy and national infrastructure with the support of international organizations and negotiating parties, analyzing the extent to which peace processes offer opportunity for progressive social transformation. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; GTJ; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230600515
ISBN
9780230600515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.86

Paperback. This is the second annual of "CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture", a thematic volume with selected papers from material published in the journal in volumes 3.1-4 (2001) and 4.1-4 (2002). Editor(s): Fitz, Earl E.; McClennen, Sophia. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSB; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557533586
ISBN
9781557533586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.71

Paperback. Presents the history of the turbulent years between the end of World War II and the fall of Richard Nixon. Focusing on the 1960s, this book shows how the consensus was shattered by the converging blows of racial upheaval, the Vietnam War, and a pervasive crisis of authority in American society. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 143 x 39. Weight in Grams: 814.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
With a New afterword by the author
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691122885
ISBN
9780691122885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.16
€ 41.21

Paperback. This text provides a chronicle of contemporary independent American films from the late 1970s up to 1999. It documents the socio-economic, political and artistic forces that led to the rise of independent films and looks at the tension between Hollywood and indie films. Num Pages: 601 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 902.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
601
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814751244
ISBN
9780814751244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.18

Marshall retired at the beginning of 1949, but his respite from public service would be short-lived. Editor(s): Bland, Larry I.; Stevens, Sharon Ritenour; Holt, Daniel D.; Stoler, Mark A. Series: The Papers of George Catlett Marshall. Num Pages: 880 pages, 50, 46 black & white illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1308.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
880
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407920
ISBN
9781421407920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 113.97

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