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Offers the statutes, legal opinions, and studies that students need to structure a argument on a given controversial topic. This title features appendixes which help students conduct legal research. Series: Point/Counterpoint: Issues in Contemporary American Society. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; YQN. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Pub (L)
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604135046
- ISBN
- 9781604135046
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66
Hardcover. Drawing on a range of material from archives in the US and from a variety of primary historical sources, this study places Cather's major fiction in its cultural context. It explores "progressivism", "primitivism" and "Americanization" in such novels as "My Antonia" and "O Pioneers!". Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333634516
- ISBN
- 9780333634516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.81
€ 122.81
This book features the work of 100 important painters, sculptors, photographers, potters, weavers, and jewelers living and working in New Mexico and Arizona today. Their stories and works of art will amaze as well as illuminate. This book provides the most vibrant picture of contemporary Southwestern art that you can find anywhere. Num Pages: 220 pages, 500+ photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1458.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764324147
- ISBN
- 9780764324147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 31.77
€ 48.99
€ 31.77
Hardcover. Contributors examine the nature of industrial illnesses, including silicosis in the Mountain West's hardrock mining industry, and the management of Native American health. The editors offer an overview of the circumstances that created the region's medical history and suggest topics for study. Editor(s): Hildreth, Martha L.; Moran, Bruce T. Series: Wilbur S.Shepperson Series in History & Humanities. Num Pages: 208 pages, 23 b&w photographs, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JKS; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874173048
- ISBN
- 9780874173048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.29€ 46.80
€ 50.29
€ 46.80
Hardcover. After World War II, Woodrow Wilson and his contemporaries engaged in a wide-ranging debate about the fundamental character of American national security in the modern world. This book examines that debate offering a detailed analysis of how US political leaders and opinion makers conceptualized and pursued national security from 1914 to 1920. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps, illustrations, notes, index, biblio. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873389716
- ISBN
- 9780873389716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.32€ 52.89
€ 57.32
€ 52.89
Hardback. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 184 pages, 7 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172101
- ISBN
- 9780691172101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.87
€ 29.99
€ 21.87
Hardback. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823268757
- ISBN
- 9780823268757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.13
€ 170.13
Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 2ADS; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739149041
- ISBN
- 9780739149041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.10
€ 138.10
Hardcover. Editor(s): Cohn, Damian A. Num Pages: 205 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JHBC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 186 x 19. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607414841
- ISBN
- 9781607414841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.19€ 99.65
€ 145.19
€ 99.65
Hardcover. Style and Form in the Hollywood Slasher Film fills a broad scholastic gap by analysing the elements of narrative and stylistic construction of films in the slasher subgenre of horror that have been produced and/or distributed in the Hollywood studio system from its initial boom in the late 1970s to the present. Editor(s): Clayton, Wickham. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 figures, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137496461
- ISBN
- 9781137496461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.67
€ 122.67
C. Allan Jones reminds us that the economic wealth of modern Texas arose from its agricultural heritage. Texans adapted agricultural technology, law, and custom of New Spain, Mexico, Europe and the South to their practical, institutional, and legal needs. The result was a system that was the base for economic strength after the Civil War. Series: Texas A.& M.University Agriculture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 27 line drawings, 5 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585444182
- ISBN
- 9781585444182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.75
€ 51.99
€ 43.75
Hardback. Although the death of the small town has been predicted for decades, during the 1990s the population of rural America actually increased by more than 3 million people. In this work Sonya Salamon explores these rural migrants and the impact they have on small town America. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 halftones, 7 maps, 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734125
- ISBN
- 9780226734125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.68€ 77.49
€ 93.68
€ 77.49
Hardcover. This book is a critical analysis of the technologies of identity-formation in governmental family planning policy. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMA; JPQB; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230607989
- ISBN
- 9780230607989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Paperback. Hiking routes let you explore the same areas of MA, NH, and ME that Thoreau explored. Num Pages: 200 pages, B&W maps and illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WSZC; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781581571967
- ISBN
- 9781581571967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.06
€ 19.99
€ 18.06
Paperback. Come along with Christopher Camuto for a year of transforming experiences in the shadows of the majestic Blue Ridge mountains: hunting grouse with his setter through snowbound forests in winter; wading trout streams in spring; closely observing birds and wildlife through summer; exploring the backcountry, cutting wood, and hunting deer in autumn. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820326832
- ISBN
- 9780820326832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Hardback. Explores the development of health insurance in the United States and Canada. This book shows that Canada's federal structure and its parliamentary institutions encouraged a social-democratic third party that became pivotal in demonstrating the feasibility of universal, public health insurance. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; JKSB; JKSW; JPQB; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691057965
- ISBN
- 9780691057965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.04€ 78.11
€ 103.04
€ 78.11
paperback. Previously published as An American Metropolis, this book is a punchy, definitive history of New York and has been updated to include new material on the Giuliani administration and the events of September 2001. Num Pages: 276 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814751862
- ISBN
- 9780814751862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
K'axob is a Mayan site in the north of modern-day Belize. This site has been carefully excavated to reveal millennium-long occupation. The book is complemented by an accompanying interactive CD. Editor(s): McAnany, Patricia A. Series: Monumenta Archaeologica. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w illus., CD. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1610.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931745093
- ISBN
- 9781931745093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.66
€ 76.66
Paperback. Editor(s): Nunez, Luis V. Num Pages: 64 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594540561
- ISBN
- 9781594540561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.05€ 44.39
€ 62.05
€ 44.39
Paperback. Are eggs the perfect protein, or are they cholesterol bombs? Is red wine good for my heart or bad for my liver? In this title, the author reveals the people and interests who have created and exploited these worries, causing an extraordinary number of Americans to allow fear to trump pleasure in dictating their food choices. Num Pages: 228 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226054902
- ISBN
- 9780226054902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.09
€ 19.99
€ 17.09
Paperback. This book examines a sophisticated effort by radical economic reformers to change the ideology of nationalism in Mexico from 1988-94 and so "reinvent" the country in a way that was more friendly to their market policies, and responses to this by opposition parties. Series: Liverpool Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JPF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318993
- ISBN
- 9781846318993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.63
€ 40.99
€ 35.63
paperback. Offers an analysis of how Mexicans living in Oaxaca City experienced "modernity" during the lengthy "Order and Progress" dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. This book describes how Oaxacans, both elites and commoners, crafted and manipulated practices of tradition and modernity to define themselves and their city as integral parts of a modern Mexico. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 b&w photos, 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822337904
- ISBN
- 9780822337904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.87
€ 30.99
€ 27.87
Paperback. When the US took control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam following the Spanish-American War, it was unclear to what degree these islands were actually part of the US. By looking at what became known as the Insular Cases, this work reveals how America resolved to govern these territories. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614820
- ISBN
- 9780700614820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.63
€ 43.99
€ 36.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520067950
- ISBN
- 9780520067950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.84
€ 37.99
€ 27.84