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Hardback. In 1798 Robert Morris - "financier of the American Revolution", confidante of George Washington, recent US Senator - plunged from the peaks of wealth and prestige into debtor's prison and public contempt. Setting Morris' tale in the context of the nation's founding, this title focuses on an essential yet nearly forgotten American figure. Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-century Culture & History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 56 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300196047
ISBN
9780300196047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.18

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814787014
ISBN
9780814787014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Hardback. While the imperatives of the postmodern eventually gave order to this chaos, Wilkens explains that the same forces are again at work in today's fracturing literary market. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420875
ISBN
9781421420875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.12

Paperback. Untangling the ongoing consequences of Guatemala's 1954 coup d'etat Editor(s): Smith, Timothy J.; Adams, Abigail E. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 black and white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077845
ISBN
9780252077845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Analyses irregular warfare experiences ranging from Hoche's suppression of the Vendee revolt during the French Revolution, to the British wars against semi-organized armies of Marathas and Sikhs in mid-nineteenth-century India, to the Boer War of 1899-1902. Num Pages: 579 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 144 x 43. Weight in Grams: 836.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
579
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803263666
ISBN
9780803263666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 50 b/w photos, 1 map & 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; 1KBBNT; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873518673
ISBN
9780873518673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.89

Paperback. Translator(s): Hynds, Alan. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
Univ of Texas PR ed.
SKU
V9780292781610
ISBN
9780292781610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWB; YQN. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 264 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hodder Education United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435984809
ISBN
9780435984809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.34

Paperback. Series: Publications of the Art Museum, Princeton University. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8 color illus. 96 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QDAG; ACG; AFK; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Art Museum United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780943012179
ISBN
9780943012179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.44

Hardback. For the most part, Brazil's forests were not harvested, but annihilated, and relatively little was extracted for the benefit of Brazilians. This text aims to make sense of what at first glance appears to be the senseless destruction of Brazil's incomparable timber. Num Pages: 344 pages, 6 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3J; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733960
ISBN
9780804733960
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.96

Hardback. Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934), Nathaniel Hawthorne's only son, lived a long and influential life marked by bad circumstances and worse choices. Raised among luminaries such as Thoreau, Emerson, and the Beecher family, Julian became a promising novelist in his twenties, but his writing soon devolved into mediocrity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252038341
ISBN
9780252038341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.04

Hardback. Bow takes a close look at four major bilateral disputes between Canada and the United States to show that contrary to some reports the US has not made coercive linkages between issues to get its own way. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816953
ISBN
9780774816953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.56

Gambling is both a national US pastime and a predominant cultural metaphor ("play the field", "beat the odds", "take a chance on ..").This work by a sports historian, social worker, English professor and gambler seeks to shatter the myths intefering with our understanding of gambling. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813121956
ISBN
9780813121956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.07

Paperback. Life in mid-19 century New York was tough, and violence and corruption were rife. Two gangs, the Dead Rabbits and the Native Americans, were locked in an endless battle for supremacy. Amsterdam Vallon, son of the Rabbits' murdered leader, is seeking vengeance for his father's death at the hands of Bill 'The Butcher'. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
Edition
New edition
SKU
V9780099436744
ISBN
9780099436744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.45

Hardback. Railroads in the Old South demonstrates that a simple approach to the Old South fails to do justice to its complexity and contradictions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19, 7 black & white halftones, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; KNGT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801891304
ISBN
9780801891304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.19
€ 54.92

Paperback. Offers a collection of essays, which consider the history as well as the historiography of the queer identities and struggles that developed in the United States in the midst of widespread upheaval and change. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 figure, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 19. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566398725
ISBN
9781566398725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
0002-
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226989457
ISBN
9780226989457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.46

Paperback. Compelling analysis revealing the endemic violence and systematic impoverishment at the heart of 'development'. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; GTF; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745333946
ISBN
9780745333946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816633388
ISBN
9780816633388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Birnbaum, Pierre; Katznelson, Ira. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSR1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691607825
ISBN
9780691607825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.74
€ 40.69

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470182390
ISBN
9780470182390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 17.11

Hardcover. AUTOPSY OF AMERICA; The Death of a Nation is a harrowing look deep inside the crumbling apocalyptic landscape of America through the eyes of Photojournalist Seph Lawless. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJB; AJCR; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 251. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Carpet Bombing Culture
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908211491
ISBN
9781908211491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.75

Hardcover. This is the account of one person's experience among the Inupiat, who live in a treeless land far north of the Arctic Circle. It records occurrences of healing, spirit manifestation, and premonition in her narrative in a year in the life of an Eskimo community. Num Pages: 289 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; HRQM2; JFSL9; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802121
ISBN
9780875802121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.38

Hardback. Series: Law, Governance and Technology Series. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JPHV; UBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319335926
ISBN
9783319335926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

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