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Paperback. * Genuinely revelatory account of a famous military victory, fully updated for the 20th anniversary of the conflict in April 2002. Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 8, B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KLSA; 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HB; JWKF; JWL; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751520712
- ISBN
- 9780751520712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.48
€ 14.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. Takes readers into the ritualized world of mainstream American addiction treatment. This book explores the puzzling question: why do addiction counselors dedicate themselves to reconciling drug users' relationship to language in order to reconfigure their relationship to drugs? Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 halftones. 11 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JHMC; MMZR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144504
- ISBN
- 9780691144504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.29
€ 45.99
€ 32.29
Paperback. This excellent collection of selections from leading scholars on who the soldiers were, how they lived, and why they fought is a fine introduction to years of research that seeks to answer that question. Editor(s): Barton, Michael; Logue, Larry M. Num Pages: 515 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 515
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798805
- ISBN
- 9780814798805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Hardback. This study aims to show how gender, capitalism, race and ethnic minority status, and patriarchal social structure lead to the formation of new roles for Korean working women in the US. It also examines how immigrant women's work experiences in a new society affect their perception of gender roles. Num Pages: 166 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF; TDG; TDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761804635
- ISBN
- 9780761804635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.53
€ 106.53
Paperback. Takes an interdisciplinary approach to Latin American social and cultural identities. With broad regional coverage, and an emphasis on Canadian perspectives, this book focuses on Latin American contact with other cultures and nations. Editor(s): Yovanovich, Gordana; Huras, Amy. Num Pages: 348 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554581832
- ISBN
- 9781554581832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.71
€ 49.71
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
€ 55.20
€ 55.20
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HRC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226232317
- ISBN
- 9780226232317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 39.13
€ 49.99
€ 39.13
Hardcover. In Central Harlem, the symbolic and historic heart of black America, the violent unrest of July 1964 highlighted a new dynamic in the racial politics of the nation. The first "long, hot summer" of the Sixties had arrived. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812248500
- ISBN
- 9780812248500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.19
€ 104.19
Paperback. A study of India's struggle towards independence, which examines the quest in the broader context of the USA's response to the question of Asian nationalism. The author views American foreign policy at a time of important change in America's attitude towards the colonial world. Num Pages: 393 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231100458
- ISBN
- 9780231100458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.87
€ 55.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465030095
- ISBN
- 9780465030095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.21
€ 32.99
€ 27.21
paperback. Num Pages: 370 pages, 2 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Transcript Publishing Germany
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837634655
- ISBN
- 9783837634655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.43€ 49.55
€ 64.43
€ 49.55
Hardcover. Community colleges enroll half of the nation's undergraduates. Yet only 40 percent of entrants complete an undergraduate degree in six years. Redesigning America's Community Colleges explains how two-year colleges can increase their students' success rate quickly and at less cost, through a program of guided pathways to completion. Num Pages: 297 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 30. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674368286
- ISBN
- 9780674368286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.52
€ 46.99
€ 38.52
Paperback. This is a collection essays written by F.H. Cardoso during his tenure as President of Brazil. They document the transformation of Cardoso's economic and political approach and span Cardoso's early theoretical work through his pragmatic agenda for Brazil in a rapidly changing world economy. Editor(s): Font, Mauricio A. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742508934
- ISBN
- 9780742508934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.31
€ 92.31
Paperback. Aimed at college-level geography students, the book will be of great interest to general readers, historians, politicians, and anyone involved in making policies relating to Maryland places. Num Pages: 320 pages, 44, 1 black & white halftones, 43 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414829
- ISBN
- 9781421414829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.64
€ 52.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780425274101
- ISBN
- 9780425274101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 12.89
€ 21.99
€ 12.89
Paperback. Covers the entire Cold War period from the Yalta Conference of 1945 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. This book analyzes the Cold War and the various ways that it impacted American life: how it stimulated the economy, was a primary agent of social cohesion (at least until the Vietnam War), and greatly inflated presidential power. Series: Problems in American History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 29. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577180524
- ISBN
- 9781577180524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.28
€ 56.28
paperback. Colonial Proximities traces the encounters between aboriginal peoples, mixed-race populations, Chinese migrants, and Europeans in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century British Columbia. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBTQ; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774816342
- ISBN
- 9780774816342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.95
€ 40.99
€ 35.95
Paperback. Find your own path through the beautiful state of Utah Num Pages: 256 pages, 100 color photographs and 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWU; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781682680827
- ISBN
- 9781682680827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.65
€ 20.99
€ 19.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; AFKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 31.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894898799
- ISBN
- 9781894898799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 18.97
€ 27.99
€ 18.97
Hardcover. Part of a series that provides an integrated treatment of all the major rivers and estuaries of the contiguous United States. Both the physical and biological characteristics of pristine river environments are presented in detail. This volume covers the Colorado River. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; RBKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- Volume 5
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471303480
- ISBN
- 9780471303480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 423.74
€ 423.74
Hardback. An analysis of the complex political and economic relationship between the United States and the Phillipines. Although the United States had negligible economic interests in the Philippines, it saw a strong US military presence there as a necessary part of its global defence. Series: Modern America. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804722803
- ISBN
- 9780804722803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.46
€ 71.46
Paperback. Examines several topics, including the business of baseball (industrial and labour relations, Curt Flood, law and organised baseball); social commentary biographies (the work of Stephen Jay Gould and Ken Burns, for example); and, culture of the game as it spreads across the globe to places like Australia, Japan, and Latin America. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white halftones, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935412243
- ISBN
- 9781935412243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.43
€ 17.99
€ 17.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870336331
- ISBN
- 9780870336331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.34
€ 20.99
€ 17.34
Paperback. Throw it in your backpack, hop on the subway, and explore. Illustrator(s): Klingler, Mark A. Num Pages: 356 pages, 216, 100 colour plates, 101 figures, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 646. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0007566
- ISBN
- 9780801886829
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99