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Paperback. Riots and demonstrations, the lifeblood of American social and political protest in the 1960's, are now largely a historical memory. This book argues that the protest has not disappeared - it has simply moved off the streets into the country's core institutions. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCX; JFFK; JPWF; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691010083
ISBN
9780691010083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.06

Hardback. Editor(s): Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; ABA; AGC; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816698929
ISBN
9780816698929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.69

Paperback. A behind-the-scenes look at "the most powerful committee in the history of the world," the small group of men and women who work, often in secret, within the White House to make the most fateful decisions of our time. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586484231
ISBN
9781586484231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 14.47

hardcover. This book compares how the American draft system and the French conscription system came to be. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107024984
ISBN
9781107024984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ABC; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226434469
ISBN
9780226434469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Offers an account of how Peruvian emigrants raise and remit money and what that activity means for themselves and for their home communities. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284746
ISBN
9780520284746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.10

Paperback. Examines antiwar, student, and black protest, and studies the responses of the law enforcement and judicial communities to violent protest. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTJ; JPF; LBBR; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740989
ISBN
9780814740989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.82

Hardcover. This book provides a historical narrative of the Argentine tax system in the twentieth century. It argues that the failure to build permanent trust between the state and the civil society and the unraveling of confidence within Argentine society itself account for the collapse of the progressive tax system. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBT; JPA; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230341265
ISBN
9780230341265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSG; U. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403997104
ISBN
9781403997104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.19

Hardback. Snell argues that the future of youth tobacco policy depends on the continued funding of tobacco prevention programmes, and shows how the tobacco industry is shifting its marketing approach to minority populations and developing nations. Series: Criminal Justice, Delinquency and Corrections. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; KNDF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275982393
ISBN
9780275982393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.04

Hardcover. This volume includes chapters from educators across the U.S. who are preparing inservice teachers to work with emergent bilingual students in classrooms. Editor(s): Freeman, Yvonne S.; Freeman, David E. Series: Advances in Research on Teaching. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNFR; JNMT; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784414948
ISBN
9781784414948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Milkman, Ruth. Series: ILR Press Books. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFS; JHBL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486173
ISBN
9780801486173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.88

Hardcover. This edited volume offers thorough coverage of the business of investment banking, including much inside information based on the extensive professional experience of the contributors. Comprising 32 chapters, covering every facet of investment banking, from its historical origins in the U.S. Series: Frontiers in Finance Series. Num Pages: 592 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFK; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 962.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471815624
ISBN
9780471815624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 468.52

Hardback. This book explains why countries have adopted different policies for working parents through a comparative historical study of four nations: France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 tables, 19 figures. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804754132
ISBN
9780804754132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.83

Hardcover. Experts from business, academia, governmental agencies and non-profit think tanks to form a transnational and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the combined challenges of environmental sustainability and energy security in the United States and Germany. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; JPB; RNK; RNT; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137334473
ISBN
9781137334473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.74
€ 70.08

Board book.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Our World of Books United States
Number of pages
20
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602190092
ISBN
9781602190092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.47

Paperback. This timely assessment of the evolution of masculine culture will be welcomed and debated by social and intellectual historians for years to come. Series: Gender Relations in the American Experience. Num Pages: 424 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFP; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407647
ISBN
9781421407647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.56

paperback. The title of a poem is often seen as no more than a convenient means of reference. But in shorter lyric poems the title can often be as long as a line of verse, and as allusive. This is a theoretical, critical, and historical exploration of the traditions for titling shorter English poems. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735179
ISBN
9780804735179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Yale University Press New Haven, CT
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300104462
ISBN
9780300104462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.74
€ 40.69

Paperback. A biography of Branch Rickey, the man who signed Jackie Robinson, and invented baseball's farm system. Num Pages: 728 pages, 18 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
728
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803224537
ISBN
9780803224537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.82

Paperback. This text offers a sweeping view of urban religion in response to the transformations of de-industrialized large cities. Focusing on Chicago, it explores the ways in which religious organizations both reflect and contribute to changes in American pluralism. Editor(s): Livezey, Lowell W. Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 364 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814751589
ISBN
9780814751589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.65

Hardcover. The untold history of the seminal cultural venue Jabberjaw-the underground star of Los Angeles's historic indie scene of the 1990s. Num Pages: 240 pages, 300 colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPR; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 301 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1888.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rizzoli
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847839964
ISBN
9780847839964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873514002
ISBN
9780873514002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. In this ethnography of the Cancha mega-market in Cochabama, Bolivia, Daniel M. Goldstein examines what it means for the market's poorest vendors to maintain personal safety and economic stability by navigating systems of informality and illegality and how this dynamic is representative of the neoliberal modern city. Series: Global Insecurities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360452
ISBN
9780822360452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.59

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