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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
€ 52.99
€ 38.06
The Art of Wonder: Inspiration, Creativity, and the Minneapolis Instit...
Minneapolis Institute Of Arts (Ed.)
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 37.99
€ 34.82
Taxation and Society in Twentieth-Century Argentina (Studies of the Am...
José Antonio Sánchez Román
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 122.83
Environmental Sustainability in Transatlantic Perspective: A Multidisc...
Achilles, Manuela, Elzey, Dana
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 33.99
€ 30.59