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Paperback. Correspondence between a Japanese couple separated in different internment camps in the US during WWII reveals the human side of this tragic and shameful episode in US history. Early chapters detail their lives in Japan, their arrival in Seattle in 1919, and their lives in the US up until 1941. Inc Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 316 pages, 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976457
- ISBN
- 9780295976457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.78
€ 37.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 121 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590332948
- ISBN
- 9781590332948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.83
€ 40.99
€ 28.83
Hardback. During his career at Harvard, Morton Horwitz changed the questions legal historians ask. In this book, Horwitz's students re-examine legal history from America's colonial era to the late twentieth century. They ask classic Horwitzian questions, of how legal doctrine, thought, and practice are shaped by the interests of the powerful. Editor(s): Hamilton, Daniel W.; Brophy, Alfred L. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033467
- ISBN
- 9780674033467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.32
€ 48.99
€ 40.32
Hardback. This text looks at the legendary puquios of Nasca, the underground aqueduct system built by Incans which is arguably responsible for this strange abundance of water. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFC; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739106419
- ISBN
- 9780739106419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.12
€ 157.12
LIFE was one of the premiere sources of news about the Vietnam War. This special book includes new interviews with veterans, a special photo essay on the history of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, a pictorial report on unified Vietnam today, and a revisiting of LIFE's editorial treatment of the war. Editor(s): The Editors of Life. Num Pages: 176 pages, photographs included. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 263 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Time Inc Home Entertaiment United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618931016
- ISBN
- 9781618931016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.05
€ 31.05
Hardback. Should youth be treated as adults when they break the law? How can youth be deterred from crime? What factors should be considered in how youth are punished? What role should the police have in schools? This book deals with these questions. Editor(s): Zimring, Franklin E.; Tanenhaus, David S. Series: Youth, Crime, and Justice. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVQ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479816873
- ISBN
- 9781479816873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.03
€ 95.03
Paperback. Adds the perspectives, realities, struggles, and spiritualities of US Latinas to the larger feminist theological discourse. Editor(s): Aquino, Maria Pilar; Machado, Daisy L.; Rodriguez, Jeanette. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCM; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 319 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292705128
- ISBN
- 9780292705128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. Series: Backpacking. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WTH. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Wilderness Press
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780899973241
- ISBN
- 9780899973241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.71
€ 20.99
€ 19.71
Hardcover. Num Pages: 137 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629488400
- ISBN
- 9781629488400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.11€ 123.66
€ 184.11
€ 123.66
Paperback. Facility management - as any profession encompassing multiple disciplines and integrating technology, people and physical space - is not only complicated but fraught with occasions to be exposed to various legal liabilities Successful facility managers need the ability to manage risk well. Num Pages: 272 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJMV4; LNCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 241 x 14. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470674741
- ISBN
- 9780470674741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.95
€ 81.95
Paperback. Analyzes nearly 40 stories, from mythic narratives predating Columbus to contemporary American Indian fiction, representing various traditional Native American culture areas. This work reveals how preconceptions deriving from our hypervisual, print-dominated culture distort our understanding of essential functions and forms of oral storytelling. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2JN; DSB; JFHF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803277854
- ISBN
- 9780803277854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.13
€ 33.99
€ 31.13
Paperback. The M3 and M5 light tanks saw action in every theatre of World War II and continued in service long after the end of the war around the world. This volume details its development and fighting history. Illustrator(s): Badrocke, Mike. Series: Osprey New Vanguard S. Num Pages: 48 pages, 17 colour and 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; JWD; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 4. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855329119
- ISBN
- 9781855329119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.43
€ 20.99
€ 17.43
Paperback. Includes twelve essays from intellectuals, historians and policy-makers that challenge America to take a hard look at the coming crises in our foreign policy. This work presents a case for repairing our depleted military, for a crash program of missile defense, and for a rethinking of whom our possible adversaries and real strategic partners are. Editor(s): Kagan, Robert; Kristol, William. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 39.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781893554160
- ISBN
- 9781893554160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.86
€ 16.99
€ 14.86
Hardcover. After September of 1921, membership declined and morale in the UNIA began to weaken. The final failure of the Black Star Line resulted when negotiations with the United States Chipping Board for the purchase of the long proposed African ship collapsed in March 1922. Deals with the period of crisis in the UNIA's political and economic fortunes. Editor(s): Hill, Robert A.; Ball, Tevvy; Blum, Erika; Bair, Barbara. Series: The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Num Pages: 1192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 171 x 79. Weight in Grams: 1852.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520054462
- ISBN
- 9780520054462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.66€ 72.97
€ 96.66
€ 72.97
Hardcover. A focused, invaluable guide to nonprofit legal terminology and definitions The Bruce R. Hopkins Nonprofit Law Dictionary is a thorough professional reference for the terminology and definitions surrounding the law of tax-exempt organizations. Author Bruce R. Series: Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance, and Management Series. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; KJVX; LNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 186 x 38. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118996089
- ISBN
- 9781118996089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.21
€ 100.21
Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn-...
Yochelson, Bonnie, Czitrom, Daniel
Paperback. Before publishing his book How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis (1849-1914) spent his first years in the US as an immigrant and itinerant laborer, until he landed a job as a muckraking reporter. This book places Jacob Riis' images in historical context. It explores Riis' reporting and activism within the gritty specifics of Gilded Age New York. Num Pages: 296 pages, 96 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; AJB; AJCR; BGH; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 80 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226182865
- ISBN
- 9780226182865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.62
€ 21.99
€ 18.62
Hardback. Concentrating on ideology and cultural values, this text explores the motivations that caused Northerners to fight America's Civil War. The book addresses the intellectual and social elites of Northern society, but also assesses the opinions of the common man on the subject and ideology of war. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 16. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823217984
- ISBN
- 9780823217984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.64
€ 83.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 114 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 180 x 12. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607415350
- ISBN
- 9781607415350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.68€ 96.55
€ 142.68
€ 96.55
Hardcover. Among the challenges for democracies in Latin America and Southern Europe are weakened political parties, politicized militaries, compromised judiciaries, corrupt police forces and widespread citizen distrust. These essays offer an examination of the political structures and institutions bequeathed by authoritarian regimes. Editor(s): Hite, Katherine; Cesarini, Paola. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KL; JPHV; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268020194
- ISBN
- 9780268020194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.74
€ 138.74
Paperback. This book explores how whiteness and Indigeneity are articulated through commonplace symbols of Canadian identity and how the work of contemporary artists is subverting these nostalgic accounts of the past. Num Pages: 525 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSL9; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 525
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774820264
- ISBN
- 9780774820264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.07
€ 40.99
€ 36.07
Hardcover. Fine hardback book in excellent contidtion.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- powerHouse Books New York
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KNH0011559
- ISBN
- 9781576872215
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Glazier is with the Temple-Balch Institute's Center for Immigrant Research, Philadelphia; Filby is former director of the Maryland Historical Society. They present the latest volume in a series for genealogists and historians. The data on Italian immigrants contained in the text is derived from the original ship manifest schedules, currently housed Editor(s): Glazier, Ira A.; Filby, William P. Series: Italians to America. Num Pages: 552 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; GBC; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 171 x 45. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842050920
- ISBN
- 9780842050920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 242.92
€ 242.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JNR; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Impact Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570230332
- ISBN
- 9781570230332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.58
€ 30.99
€ 21.58
Num Pages: 224 pages, 350 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 308 x 240 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1682.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764327520
- ISBN
- 9780764327520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 41.21
€ 47.99
€ 41.21