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Paperback. Custer's Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history - 130 years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue about even the most basic details surrounding the Little Bighorn. Evan S. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844137633
- ISBN
- 9781844137633
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.26
€ 21.99
€ 17.26
Paperback. Explores the complex racial, class, and gender divides in contemporary American cities Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JFSP2; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814783122
- ISBN
- 9780814783122
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. Why do we have copyrights? What's "fair use"? This book provides a commentary on the most pressing issues facing law, art, property, and the digital world of remixed culture. Num Pages: 72 pages, chiefly Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; LNRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 214 x 4. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344186
- ISBN
- 9780822344186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Hardback. This 26th annual volume of the Index was produced with the cooperation of 298 periodicals from Canada, US, and the Caribbean, and includes nearly 7000 entries for individual poets, and over 20,000 entries for individual poems. Series: Index of American Periodical Verse. Num Pages: 682 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; DSBH; DSC; GBCR; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 40. Weight in Grams: 930.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 682
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810835450
- ISBN
- 9780810835450
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Condition: New
€ 219.27
€ 219.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 48 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; YNNR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 286 x 219 x 10. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888394620
- ISBN
- 9780888394620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.46
€ 24.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. Since the 1990s, gay and lesbian civil rights organizations have increasingly focused on the right of same-sex couples to marry, which represents a major change from earlier activists' rejection of the institution. This title explores this shift and its connections to the transformation of the US from a welfare state to a neo-liberal one. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895291
- ISBN
- 9780226895291
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.55
€ 36.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. The Sacco-Vanzetti affair is the most famous and controversial case in American legal history. It divided the nation in the 1920s, and it has continued to arouse deep emotions, giving rise to an enormous literature. This title treats a dramatic and hitherto neglected aspect of the cause celebre that raised. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; JPFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691026046
- ISBN
- 9780691026046
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.04
€ 38.99
€ 28.04
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Edition
- First World Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780727886903
- ISBN
- 9780727886903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.71
€ 27.99
€ 23.71
Hardback. In From Washington to Moscow veteran US Foreign Service officer Louis Sell draws archival sources and memoirs-many in Russian-as well as his own experiences to trace the history of US-Soviet relations between 1972 and 1991 and to explain what caused the Soviet Union's collapse. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361794
- ISBN
- 9780822361794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 102 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1KBBNT; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873515160
- ISBN
- 9780873515160
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.99
€ 18.99
€ 16.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, 20 black & white halftones, 20 colour illustrations, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 9. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608932740
- ISBN
- 9781608932740
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.22
€ 19.99
€ 19.22
Paperback. In addition, this detailed industry case study helps explain information technology's so-called productivity paradox, showing that firms took roughly two decades to achieve the initial computerization and process integration that the industry set as objectives in the 1950s. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 364 pages, 42, 28 black & white halftones, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890864
- ISBN
- 9780801890864
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.22
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€ 28.22
Paperback. Editor(s): Warren, Jason W. Series: Warfare and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JPA; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479875573
- ISBN
- 9781479875573
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Hardback. This work examines violence in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, looking at two conceptually linked forms of perilous face-to-fact encounters: Carnival, a bacchanalian festival, and briga, a potentially lethal street confrontation. Num Pages: 308 pages, 21 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLSB; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719261
- ISBN
- 9780804719261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.06
€ 185.06
Hardback. More than twelve million immigrants, many of them children, passed through Ellis Island's gates between 1892 and 1954. Children also came through the "Guardian of the Western Gate," the detention center on Angel Island in California that was designed to keep Chinese immigrants out of the United States. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 b&w photos, chronology, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTD; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972963
- ISBN
- 9781597972963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.29
€ 39.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, viii, 220 p. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA; LNB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 0002-
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226331881
- ISBN
- 9780226331881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 27.67
€ 35.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Brazil, Vietnam, and Zambia, this volume integrates youth studies with urban studies, and argues that youth is an experience in its own right, not merely a transition from childhood to adulthood. It includes case studies in three cities - Recife, Hanoi, and Lusaka. Series: Tracking Globalization. Num Pages: 248 pages, 37 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1HFMZ; 1KLSB; JFSG; JFSP2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219695
- ISBN
- 9780253219695
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.41
€ 29.99
€ 26.41
Hardcover. Incompatible with God's Design is the first comprehensive history of the Roman Catholic women's ordination movement in the United States. Mary Jeremy Daigler explores how the focus on ordination and not merely "increased participation" in the life and ministries of the church has come to describe a broad movement. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; HRCV4; HRCX4; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810884793
- ISBN
- 9780810884793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.75
€ 142.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Rosenthal, Sarah. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 201 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564785848
- ISBN
- 9781564785848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.65
€ 32.99
€ 27.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Running Press. Num Pages: 256 pages, Color photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; WBN; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Running Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762457472
- ISBN
- 9780762457472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. A comprehensive survey of the effect of US military bases abroad, including the movements against them. Editor(s): Lutz, Catherine. Series: Transnational Institute. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 maps + 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745328324
- ISBN
- 9780745328324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.52
€ 36.99
€ 28.52
Hardback. During the long decade from 1848 to 1861 America was like a train speeding down the track, without an engineer or brakes. The new territories acquired from Mexico had vastly increased the size of the nation, but debate over their status - and importantly the status of slavery within them - paralyzed the nation. This book examines these issues. Editor(s): Finkelman, Paul; Kennon, Donald R. Series: Perspective History of Congress 1801-1877. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 497.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821419779
- ISBN
- 9780821419779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
paperback. Best Easy Day Hikes West L.A. includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes. The 20 hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please. Series: Best Easy Day Hikes Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WSZC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 107 x 15. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762752607
- ISBN
- 9780762752607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.35
€ 10.99
€ 10.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611470604
- ISBN
- 9781611470604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.77
€ 148.77