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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JMC; AJCR; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Atlantic Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601385697
- ISBN
- 9781601385697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 34.72
€ 52.99
€ 34.72
Hardcover. Includes ten interdisciplinary case studies that represent a range of pest and disease threats to US agriculture, wildlands, and the urban landscape. This book describes possible government responses to these threats. It educates students, practitioners, and academics in the field of economics, verterinary medicine, plant pathology and entomology. Editor(s): Sumner, Daniel A.; Buck, Frank H. Num Pages: 265 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCN; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 185 x 20. Weight in Grams: 663.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813819662
- ISBN
- 9780813819662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.73
€ 174.73
Paperback. By analysing writings of 'the Jeffersonian Circle,' Boorstin explores concepts of God, nature, equality, toleration, education and government in order to illuminate their underlying world view. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226064970
- ISBN
- 9780226064970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.34
€ 31.99
€ 25.34
Paperback. Tracing the life course of American teenagers in the mid-twentieth century, this book presents a historical portrait of growing up. Num Pages: 428 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520076419
- ISBN
- 9780520076419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.60
€ 37.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. Looks at life in Cuba, including descriptions of its people and places. This book illuminates the human face of Cuba, which over the years has largely been hidden. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 166 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Edition
- CA res. please inc. 7.25% tax
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028370
- ISBN
- 9780842028370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.12
€ 52.12
Hardback. Series: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1MBFV; MBP; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801446832
- ISBN
- 9780801446832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.55
€ 37.55
Hardback. This first in-depth English-language study of Argentine fiction films released since the mid-1990s explains how they have registered Argentina s recent experience of capitalism, neoliberalism, and economic crisis. Num Pages: 248 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344575
- ISBN
- 9780822344575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.52
€ 116.52
Paperback. This volume collects W.E.B. Du Bois' sociological writings from 1898 to 1910. The selections include discussion on the conception of sociology and sociological research, especially as a tool in the struggle for racial justice along with an assessment of race relations before and after World War II. Series: Heritage of Sociology S. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226167602
- ISBN
- 9780226167602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.83
€ 38.99
€ 30.83
paperback. It hasn't occurred to even the harshest critics of advertising since the 1930s to regulate advertising as extensively as its earliest opponents almost succeeded in doing. This title examines how these consumer activists sought to limit the influence of corporate powers by rallying popular support to moderate and transform advertising. Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; JFCA; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252072994
- ISBN
- 9780252072994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Paperback. The only way to reverse the historical trends that have made Los Angeles increasingly unliveable, Fulton concludes, is to confront the prevailing "cocoon citizenship,the mind-set that prevents the city's inhabitants and leaders from recognizing Los Angeles's patchwork of communities as a single metropolis. Num Pages: 424 pages, 74, 13 maps, 61 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBT; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801865060
- ISBN
- 9780801865060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.62
€ 42.62
Hardback. Challenging the views of human rights activists, Stoll argues that the Ixils who supported Guatemalan rebels in the early 1980's did so because they were caught in the crossfire between the guerillas and the army, not because revolutionary violence expressed community aspirations. Num Pages: 383 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231081825
- ISBN
- 9780231081825
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Condition: New
€ 149.99
€ 149.99
Hardback. In an era of anxiety about the safety and industrialization of the food supply, kosher food--with $12 billion in sales--is big business. Timothy Lytton tells a story of successful private-sector regulation: how independent certification agencies rescued U.S. kosher supervision from corruption and made it a model of nongovernmental administration. Num Pages: 214 pages, 12 graphs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJC; KNDF; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072930
- ISBN
- 9780674072930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.61€ 48.04
€ 51.61
€ 48.04
Paperback. Provides an account of life behind bars in a controversial new type of prison facility: the private prison. These for-profit prisons are becoming increasingly popular as state budgets get tighter. This book provides a look inside one of these private prisons as told through the eyes of an inmate, K.C. Carceral, who has been in the prison system. Editor(s): Bernard, Thomas J. Series: Alternative Criminology. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799550
- ISBN
- 9780814799550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.18
€ 36.99
€ 31.18
Hardback. American values and institutions are under stress, from terrorist attacks by opposing worldviews abroad to widespread domestic skepticism that American traditions are more valuable than others. In this book, Donald Devine asks whether these values can survive or be defended in a West that questions all traditions. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761828228
- ISBN
- 9780761828228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.44
€ 108.44
Hardback. In this fascinating autobiography, the late Massachusetts Governor and Senator Leverett Saltonstall shares stories from a political career that spanned nearly five decades-from the Massachusetts House of Representatives to the chambers of the U.S. Senate. Num Pages: 288 pages, 54 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; 3JJ; BGHA; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442251434
- ISBN
- 9781442251434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.97
€ 51.97
Paperback. This 2001 book traces the history of the social Survey in Britain and the US, with two chapters on Germany and France. Editor(s): Bulmer, Martin; Bales, Kevin; Sklar, Kathryn Kish. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521188784
- ISBN
- 9780521188784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.43
€ 58.43
hardcover. Events such as the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement have made it imperative for students to grasp the history and possible directions of Latin American political change. This title gives readers both the background and the analytical models necessary for an accurate understanding of this area. Editor(s): Camp, Roderic A. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; GTF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 181 x 28. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842025126
- ISBN
- 9780842025126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.51
€ 143.51
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bonamo, Lucia M. Num Pages: 188 pages, tables, graphs, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 181 x 16. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617615931
- ISBN
- 9781617615931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 235.50€ 156.80
€ 235.50
€ 156.80
Hardback. Looks at late-nineteenth-century American art, and demonstrates the profound role humor played in determining the course of culture in the Gilded Age. This title examines how ambitious artists like Winslow Homer and Augustus Saint-Gaudens rethought the place of humor in their work. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 color illustrations and 92 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272453
- ISBN
- 9780520272453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.52€ 63.14
€ 81.52
€ 63.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764339066
- ISBN
- 9780764339066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.89
€ 30.99
€ 20.89
The Good Fight Continues. World War II Letters from the Abraham Lincol...
. Ed(S): Carroll, Peter N.; Nash, Michael H.;...
Paperback. When the United States entered World War II on December 7, 1941, only one group of American soldiers had already confronted the fascist enemy on the battlefield. This book contains 154 letters selected from thousands held in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives at NYU's Tamiment Library, provides a fresh perspective on aspects of World War II. Editor(s): Carroll, Peter N.; Nash, Michael H.; Small, Melvin. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716601
- ISBN
- 9780814716601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.80
€ 39.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 101 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 101
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604567557
- ISBN
- 9781604567557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.55€ 42.43
€ 58.55
€ 42.43
Paperback. Political parties are the defining institutions of representative democracy and the darlings of political science. This account moves between political theory and political science, and uses resources from both fields to outline an appreciation of parties and the moral distinctiveness of partisanship. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHV; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 37. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148144
- ISBN
- 9780691148144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. Shows how federal intervention spurred a dramatic shift in the language and logic of racial integration in residential neighborhoods after World War II - away from invocations of a mythical racial hierarchy and toward talk of markets, property, and citizenship. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 496 pages, 13 halftones, 4 maps, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226262765
- ISBN
- 9780226262765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.99
€ 36.99
€ 28.99