Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Hardcover. Gathers 142 letters written by Mary Telfair of Savannah to her best friend Mary Few of New York. Telfair was born in 1791 to a wealthy, slaveholding family. Few, born in 1790, moved with her family from Savannah to New York in 1799. Self-exiled because of their antislavery views, the Fews never returned Georgia yet remained close to the Telfairs. Editor(s): Wood, Betty. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KBBFG; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329208
- ISBN
- 9780820329208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Hardcover. Covers Nobel Peace Prize winner, Jimmy Carter's achievements and setbacks in light of what has been at once his greatest asset and flaw: his stubborn, faith-driven integrity. This book includes the energy crisis, the Iran hostage situation, the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal and other treaties, and the diplomatic emphasis on human rights. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329147
- ISBN
- 9780820329147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.09
€ 153.09
Hardcover. Offers insights into the rise of the nature essay as a genre, the role of popular magazines as shapers and conveyors of public values, and the dynamism of place in terms of such opposed concepts as retreat and engagement, nature and culture, and wilderness and civilization. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327884
- ISBN
- 9780820327884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.57
€ 60.57
Paperback. The story of Junius Irving Scales - the only American ever to be convicted solely for being a member of the Communist Party - following Scales from his privileged southern upbringing through the awakening of his social conscience, his civil- and labor-rights work, his arrest and trials, his disillusionment with the Party, and his time in prison. Num Pages: 480 pages, 13 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820327853
- ISBN
- 9780820327853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.88
€ 47.88
Hardcover. The private and public writings in this volume reveal the early relationship between renowned Civil War diarist Sarah Morgan (1842-1909) and her future husband, Francis Warrington Dawson (1840-1889). This is a selection of their letters along with articles that Morgan wrote for the "Charleston News and Courier". Editor(s): Roberts, Giselle. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325910
- ISBN
- 9780820325910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.07
€ 63.07
Paperback. In 1845, black abolitionist Frederick Douglass travelled to Britain on a lecture and fund-raising tour. This is an examination of how that visit affected transatlantic reform movements and Douglass's own thinking. It features the essays of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic. Editor(s): Rice, Alan J.; Crawford, Martin. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820321295
- ISBN
- 9780820321295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.95
€ 35.95
Hardcover. This memoir begins in 1834, when Cornelia James Pond was born to one of the Old South's wealthiest plantation families, and it ends in 1875, when she was a 41-year-old wife and mother trying to cope in the post-Civil War south. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTB; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820320441
- ISBN
- 9780820320441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.65
€ 43.65
Hardcover. A rare first-person account of life in the twentieth-century South, "He Included Me" weaves together the story of a black family eight children reared in rural Alabama, their mother a schoolteacher, their father a minister and the emerging self-portrait of a woman determined, like her parents, to look ahead." Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820311418
- ISBN
- 9780820311418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.69
€ 40.69
Hardcover. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBJF1; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633587
- ISBN
- 9780815633587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.06
€ 63.06
Hardcover. In her autobiography, Alice Salomon describes how she became involved in social work and devoted her life to social activism and education, became a prolific author and leading feminist of her time. Her account ends with her expulsion from Germany and emigration to America in 1937. Series: Social History, Popular Culture and Politics in Germany. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472113675
- ISBN
- 9780472113675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.96
€ 105.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 130 pages, b/w illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939923779
- ISBN
- 9780939923779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.75
€ 21.99
€ 15.75
Four Years With The Iron Brigade: The Civil War Journal Of William Ray...
Ray, William; Herdegen, Lance J.; Murphy, She...
hardcover. Based on an major recent discovery-the Civil War as seen from the front ranks of a legendary fighting unit Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306811197
- ISBN
- 9780306811197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.01
€ 46.99
€ 33.01
paperback. The sixty-year reign of George III (1760-1820) witnessed and participated in some of the most critical events of modern world history. This biography deals comprehensively with the politics, the wars, and the domestic issues, and harnesses the richest range of unpublished sources in Britain, Germany, and the United States. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300136210
- ISBN
- 9780300136210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.47
€ 29.99
€ 22.47
Paperback. The famous poem, If by Rudyard Kipling is said to be based on the life of Jameson, and the suffering he endured as a result of the 1896 raid that he and his Rhodesian and Bechuanaland policemen carried out on Paul Kruger's Transvaal Republic. This engaging biography recounts the life of this colonial statesman known as 'Dr Jim' or 'The Doctor'. Num Pages: 336 pages, 100 b/w photos, sketches, maps. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- 30 Degrees South Publishers South Africa
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920143589
- ISBN
- 9781920143589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.37
€ 17.99
€ 16.37
hardcover. Through his virtuoso research into Creighton's own voluminous papers, Donald Creighton captures the twentieth-century transformation of English Canada through the life and times of one of its leading intellectuals. Num Pages: 496 pages, 41. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; BGH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649477
- ISBN
- 9781442649477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.55
€ 95.55
Hardback. The Letterbooks of John Evelyn, a collection of more than eight hundred letters selected by Evelyn himself, constitutes an essential new resource for scholars of seventeenth-century England. Num Pages: 1328 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 184 x 77. Weight in Grams: 2520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 1328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647862
- ISBN
- 9781442647862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.05
€ 212.05
"The World Is Our Parish" uses John King Gordon's professional and intellectual journey to reveal the confluence of liberal Christianity, social democracy, and internationalism in Canadian politics and thought. Num Pages: 384 pages, 22. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647732
- ISBN
- 9781442647732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.69
€ 86.69
Paperback. In A Great Rural Sisterhood, Linda M. Ambrose uses a wealth of archival materials from both sides of the Atlantic to tell the story of Watt's remarkable life and the creation of the Associated Country Women of the World. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442615793
- ISBN
- 9781442615793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Paperback. Mike captures Pearson's intellect, his sense of humour, and his humanity, offering a charming look at the youth of a great statesman. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442615649
- ISBN
- 9781442615649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
paperback. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPA; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613263
- ISBN
- 9781442613263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.39
€ 52.99
€ 47.39