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Province of Reason.

WARNER, Sam Bass, Jr. · 1984

A$19.00 (€11.68 | $12.87 | £9.74 | ¥2,056)

Harvard University Press, 1984. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. Small tear to dj. Examines the history of Boston from 1850 to 1980 through the biographies of 14 Bostonians, from Robert Grant to Rachel Carson. 302pp.

Mirror for Americans. Likeness of the Eastern Seaboard.

BROWN, Ralph H. · 1960

A$19.00 (€11.68 | $12.87 | £9.74 | ¥2,056)

Da Capo Press, 1960 (1943). Reprint. Hardcover. Small 4to. Slight bump to top edge & top corner, some pencilling & penning, o/wise good condition in dj. B/W illus. Takes as its basis the seven-volume The Geography and History of America by Ebeling & synthesizes it into an exam...

Static Society: The Paradox of Latin America.

MANDER, John. · 1969

A$22.00 (€13.52 | $14.91 | £11.28 | ¥2,380)

Victor Gollancz, 1969. Hardcover. Condition vg with slight sunning to spine of price-clipped dj & a small mark to dj. 348pp. Examines the countries that make up Latin America.

GM Passes Ford, 1918 - 1938. Designing the General Motors Performance-Control System.

KUHN, Arthur J. · 1986

A$22.00 (€13.52 | $14.91 | £11.28 | ¥2,380)

Pennsylvania State University Press, 1986. Hardcover. Slight bump to RH edge of boards, small mark to dj, o/wise good condition. Examines how General Motors surpassed Ford in company performance & market share, attributing this success to the introduction of a performance-cont...

Dig or Die. Papers Given at the World Methodist Historical Society Wesley Heritage Conference at Wesley College within the University of Sydney 10-15 August 1980.

UDY, James S. & CLANCY, Eric G. ed. · 1981

A$39.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | £20.00 | ¥4,219)

World Methodist Historical Society, 1981. Hardcover. B/W illus. Good condition in dj. Examines the history of rural Methodism in New South Wales 1836 - 1902, the hymns of Charles Wesley, Methodism among the Aborigines, the Maori & the South Pacific, etc. Scarce. 335pp.

The Politics of Fun. Cultural Policy and Debate in Contemporary France.

LOOSLELEY, David L. · 1997

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Berg, 1997 (1995). Wrappers. Condition vg. An authoritative study which "... considers contemporary policies for the arts in France and the cultural & political issues they have raised". 279pp.

Borderwork. Feminist Engagements With Comparative Literature.

HIGONNET, Margaret R. · 1994

A$23.00 (€14.14 | $15.58 | £11.79 | ¥2,488)

Cornell University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Good condition. No dj. Examines cross-cultural constructions of female subjects, genre theory, sites of critical practice etc. 335pp.

Cases in European Human Resource Management.

KAKABADSE, Andrew & TYSON, Shaun ed. · 1994

A$70.00 (€43.03 | $47.43 | £35.90 | ¥7,573)

Routledge, 1994. Second edition. Paperback. Provides "... broad, practical insights into the strategic and operational aspects of human resource management..." focusing on key issues within the current European context. Scarce. Out of print. Good condition. 201pp.

Geschichte der Deutschen Reformation. Mit Portraits, Illustrationen und Beilagen.

BEZOLD, Dr. Friedrich Von. · 1890

A$77.00 (€47.33 | $52.17 | £39.49 | ¥8,330)

Berlin, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1890. Hardcover. Tissue-guarded B/W plates, Fold-out B/W plates. B/W illus. In gothic German script. Neat repair to spine, letters marked to bottom of spine but no other "library" markings. Wear to corners, some rubbing to lower edges...

The Making of a History. Walter Prescott Webb and The Great Plains.

TOBIN, Gregory M. · 1976

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University of Texas Press, 1976. Hardcover. Spine of dj sunned, o/wise good condition. B/W illus. Traces "...the elements that went into the planning and writing of The Great Plains and that account for its distinctive approach to the writing of a regional history". 184pp. ISB...

The Oregon Question. Essays in Anglo-American Diplomacy & Politics.

MERK, Frederick. · 1967

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Harvard University Press, 1967. Hardcover. Good condition in price-clipped dj. Several ex-libris stamps. Examines the six negotiations, with emphasis on the last, held between the United States & Great Britain from 1812 to 1846 to resolve the issue over the Oregon Country. 427pp.

America Rebels. Narratives of the Patriots.

DORSON, Richard M. ed. · 1953

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Pantheon, 1953. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. B/W illus. Includes the personal narratives of Ethan Allen, George Rogers Clark, Nathaniel Fanning, James Moody etc. xi, 347pp.

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing. Critical Issues for the 90s. Advances in Expermental Medicine and Biology Volume 349.

POUPARD, James A., WALSH, Lori R. & KLEGER, Bruce ed. · 1994

A$45.00 (€27.66 | $30.49 | £23.08 | ¥4,868)

Plenum Press, 1994. Hardcover. Slight bump to top edges, o/wise good condition. No dj. B/W photos & illus. Examines the issues relating to antimicrobial susceptibility testing that face the clinical microbiologist. 191pp.

The Biology and Prevention of Aerodigestive Tract Cancers. Advances in Expermental Medicine and Biology Volume 320.

NEWELL, Guy R. & HONG, Waun Ki ed. · 1992

A$47.00 (€28.89 | $31.84 | £24.10 | ¥5,085)

Plenum Press, 1992. Hardcover. Good condition. No dj. B/W photos & illus. Presents an update on the biology, epidemiology, & prevention of aerodigestive tract cancers. The biology emphasizes the concept of field cancerization & its quantitation by the use of new intermediate b...

New Concepts in the Pathogenesis of NIDDM. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Vol. 334.

OSTENSON, Claes Goran, EFENDIC, Suad & VRANIC, Mladen ed. · 1993

A$70.00 (€43.03 | $47.43 | £35.90 | ¥7,573)

Plenum Press, 1993. Hardcover. Bump to bottom edges, o/wise condition vg. No dj. Contains papers from the New Concepts in the Pathogenesis of NIDDM symposium held in 1992. Papers were presented on different aspects of the pathogenesis of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus...

States of Belonging. German-American Intellectuals and the First World War.

KELLER, Phyllis. · 1979

A$27.00 (€16.60 | $18.29 | £13.85 | ¥2,921)

Harvard University Press, 1979. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. B/W photos. Explores the conflicting loyalties and allegiances of Hugo Mnsterberg, Geroge Sylvester Viereck, and Hermann Hagedorn during World War I. 324pp.

A Florentine Commission.

FRANK, Michael. · 1989

A$30.00 (€18.44 | $20.33 | £15.38 | ¥3,246)

Souvenir Press, 1989. 1st (true) UK edition. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. A story based around Da Vinci's famous portrait of the Mona Lisa. Scarce. 173pp.

National Problems. 1885 - 1897.

DEWEY, Davis Rich. · 1968

A$43.00 (€26.43 | $29.13 | £22.05 | ¥4,652)

Greenwood Press, 1968 (1907). Reprint. Hardcover. Six fold-out maps. Condition vg. No dj. Includes chapters on the reformation of the civil service (1885 to 1888), the organization of labor as a political force (1884 to 1888), tariff agitation (1885 to 1889), the national supe...

The Great Market Debate in Soviet Economics. An Anthology.

JONES, Anthony & MOSKOFF, William ed. · 1991

A$29.00 (€17.83 | $19.65 | £14.87 | ¥3,137)

Sharpe, 1991. Paperback. Ex-libris stamp to title-page, o/wise condition vg. Examines the need for a market, the concept of a market, property and the market, price reform, money and banking, the transition to a market, & the plans put forward for such a transition. 409pp.

Effective Schools for Disaffected Students. Integration and Segregation.

COOPER, Paul. · 1993

A$27.00 (€16.60 | $18.29 | £13.85 | ¥2,921)

Routledge, 1993. Paperback. As new. Offers practical insights into making disaffected students feel secure, valued & respected, within both mainstream and segregated settings. 267pp.