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Voters' Verdicts: Citizens, Campaigns, and Institutions in State Supre...
Bonneau, Chris W., Cann, Damon M.
Hardcover. Addresses contemporary concerns with judicial elections by investigating factors that influence votersAE decisions in the election of state supreme court judges. Chris Bonneau and Damon Cann demonstrate that the move to nonpartisan elections, while it depresses political participation, does little to mute the effects of partisanship and ideology. Series: Constitutionalism and Democracy. Num Pages: 192 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937595
- ISBN
- 9780813937595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.18
€ 52.18
Paperback. Offers an account of a revolution that saw the first true agrarian reform in Central America. This book analyses the tragic destruction of that revolution. It states that in no other Central American country was US intervention so decisive and so ruinous, and shows that the intervention can be blamed on no single 'convenient villain'. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 line drawing, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 33. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780691025568
- ISBN
- 9780691025568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.67€ 52.29
€ 66.67
€ 52.29
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Mathiason, Jerry. Num Pages: 203 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; AM; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873513272
- ISBN
- 9780873513272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.07
€ 31.99
€ 30.07
Paperback. "An important, accessible book on a crucial subject. The author .. writes about reform efforts with contagious energy and palpable authority. Food for thought and action." --The New York Times Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; KNAC; TVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610391023
- ISBN
- 9781610391023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. Placing her focus on the membership of the Salvation Army and its transformation as an organization within the broader context of literature on class, labour and women's history, Taiz reveals the character of American working-class culture and religion in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 illustrations, 8 tables, 3 figs, appendix, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807849354
- ISBN
- 9780807849354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.95
€ 50.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGLA; DSBH; DSK; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295999364
- ISBN
- 9780295999364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.98
€ 118.98
Paperback. Fully revised and featuring an examination of how each of the presidents learned from history and juggled the demands on diplomacy, this comparative study of presidential war-making elucidates how effective executive leadership-or its absence-directly affects the outcome of wars. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891243
- ISBN
- 9780801891243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.64
€ 33.99
€ 28.64
paperback. Editor(s): Dave, Shilpa; Nishime, LeiLani; Oren, Tasha. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 28. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479815739
- ISBN
- 9781479815739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.92
€ 38.99
€ 34.92
Hardback. At the beginning of the 20th century, American reformers saw vocational education as a promising way to cure many of the nation's economic and social ills. These essays address the question of whether the ensuing educational reforms had any effect on the problems they were supposed to solve. Editor(s): Kantor, Harvey A.; Tyack, David. Num Pages: 380 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804711210
- ISBN
- 9780804711210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.72
€ 108.72
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853459972
- ISBN
- 9780853459972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.17
€ 16.99
€ 16.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809333448
- ISBN
- 9780809333448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.06
€ 24.99
€ 22.06
Paperback. Embarking on an ethnographic journey to the inner barrios of Havana among practitioners of Ifa, a prestigious Afro-Cuban tradition of divination, this book reevaluates Western ideas about truth in light of the practices and ideas of a wildly different, and highly respected, model. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 halftones, 6 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HRKT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226349213
- ISBN
- 9780226349213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.91
€ 36.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. Shows the involvement of black Americans with Islam reaches back to the earliest days of African presence in North America. This book explores these roots in the Middle East, West Africa, and antebellum America. It tells the story of the "Prophets of the City" - the leaders of the urban-based African-American Muslim movements in the 20th century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216304
- ISBN
- 9780253216304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.72
€ 27.99
€ 25.72
Art collecting in America's Gilded Age was fraught with uncertainty and dubious business practices. In no other partnership is this more evident than that of Henry Walters, and Bernard Berenson, the era's preeminent connoisseur of Italian Renaissance painting. This title tells the story of this close yet contentious relationship. Num Pages: 248 pages, 32, 18 black & white halftones, 14 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801895128
- ISBN
- 9780801895128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.77
€ 54.77
paperback. Avi Friedman was named one of "10 men who will change the way we live" by "Wallpaper" How the home has changed in the past fifty years. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; AMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773529342
- ISBN
- 9780773529342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.04
€ 40.04
Hardback. The first biography published after Chavez's death, tracing his life from a poor rural family to the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 206 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745334660
- ISBN
- 9780745334660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.71€ 81.49
€ 97.71
€ 81.49
Paperback. Series: Difference Incorporated. Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL3; VFVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816683079
- ISBN
- 9780816683079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Hardback. Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks Pocket Guide is an information-packed, pocket-size guide that helps visitors get the most out of their park visit in a unique, convenient, and portable package. Series: Falcon Pocket Guides Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWU; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 91 x 130 x 15. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762749430
- ISBN
- 9780762749430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.45
€ 10.99
€ 10.45
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
€ 38.99
€ 30.81
hardcover. With chronological chapters featuring emblematic Arctic explorers - including Elisha Kent Kane, Charles Hall, and Robert Peary - this title reveals why the North Pole, a region so geographically removed from Americans, became an iconic destination for discovery. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MTN; 3JH; HBJK; HBJQ; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226721842
- ISBN
- 9780226721842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.96€ 76.71
€ 91.96
€ 76.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL3; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Univ Tennessee Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572331464
- ISBN
- 9781572331464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.24
€ 25.24
Paperback. A guide to twentieth-century American poetry. It explores the material, historical and social contexts in which twentieth-century American poetry was produced. It also includes a biographical dictionary of major writers with entries on poets ranging from Robert Frost to Adrienne Rich. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220268
- ISBN
- 9780631220268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.10
€ 46.10
Num Pages: 272 pages, 100 Colour Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 262 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1186.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307461384
- ISBN
- 9780307461384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.41
€ 36.99
€ 34.41
Hardback. An examination of the educational experiences of Native students in urban schools in Phoenix, Arizona Series: Indigenous Education. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 map, 15 tables, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JJP; JFSL9; JNKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803229853
- ISBN
- 9780803229853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.47
€ 69.47