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Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansion
by Nugent, Walter
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New in New dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1400042925
- ISBN 13
- 9781400042920
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Alfred A. Knopf. New in New dust jacket. 2008. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 1400042925 . Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over black boards, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with maps and photographs. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine condition; unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEW/NEW.. Maps and B&W Photographs. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xvii, 387, (2) pp .
Synopsis
Walter Nugent taught history at the University of Notre Dame for sixteen years and at Indiana University for twenty-one years before that. As a visiting professor he has also taught, lectured, and lived in England, Israel, Germany, Poland, and Ireland. He has published eleven previous books and nearly two hundred essays and reviews. He is a past president of the Western History Association and a former member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He lives in Highland Park, Illinois, with his wife, the historian Suellen Hoy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28967
- Title
- Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansion
- Author
- Nugent, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- Stated First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1400042925
- ISBN 13
- 9781400042920
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- 1400042925, United States History, US Territorial Expansion, US Foreign Relations, US Imperialism, US Aggression
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Cloth
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