Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. Including suffragists, civil rights activists, and movers and shakers in politics and in the music industries of Nashville and Memphis, as well as many other notables, this collective portrait of Tennessee women offers fresh perspectives and insights into their dreams, their struggles, and their times. Editor(s): Freeman, Sarah L. Wilkerson; Bond, Beverly Greene. Num Pages: 456 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; BGH; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329499
- ISBN
- 9780820329499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.87
€ 50.87
Tennessee Women: Their Lives and Times (Southern Women: Their Lives an...
Sarah L. Wilkerson Freeman
Hardcover. Including suffragists, civil rights activists, and movers and shakers in politics and in the music industries of Nashville and Memphis, as well as many other notables, this collective portrait of Tennessee women offers fresh perspectives and insights into their dreams, their struggles, and their times. Editor(s): Freeman, Sarah L. Wilkerson; Bond, Beverly Greene. Num Pages: 456 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; BGH; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Volume 1 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329482
- ISBN
- 9780820329482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.55
€ 165.55
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
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
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
€ 160.36
€ 160.36
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
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
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
€ 50.05
€ 50.05
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
€ 65.97
€ 65.97
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
€ 37.55
€ 37.55
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
€ 45.62
€ 45.62
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
€ 42.51
€ 42.51
Paperback. This annotated edition of George Strother Gaines' "Reminiscences" provides a glimpse into the early history of the Mississippi-Alabama Territory and antebellum Alabama. Series: Library of Alabama Classics Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations, notes, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817308971
- ISBN
- 9780817308971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.03
€ 27.03
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
€ 65.97
€ 65.97
Hardcover. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 440 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610441
- ISBN
- 9780815610441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.33
€ 46.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813035062
- ISBN
- 9780813035062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809333295
- ISBN
- 9780809333295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Paperback. Given his background - growing up in the border state of Missouri - President Truman was an unlikely champion of civil rights. Yet it was he who energized the modern civil rights movement. Michael Gardner analyses Truman's speeches and the appointments he made of like-minded civil rights activists. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809325504
- ISBN
- 9780809325504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Hardcover. This is a study of James Madison, a central figure in American History. It illuminates his impact upon the America imagined by the farmers, his ongoing influence on the nation and the tragedy of his success in foreclosing the possibility of a radical Jeffersonian America that never was. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st (full number line)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700606436
- ISBN
- 9780700606436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.47
€ 60.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJP; BGH; HBJM; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 865.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522853346
- ISBN
- 9780522853346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.47
€ 56.47
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
€ 104.27
€ 104.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 329 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472034796
- ISBN
- 9780472034796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.69
€ 34.99
€ 31.69
Paperback. Presents the stories of twelve fascinating women and their contributions to the development and progress of Old World archaeology. This book examines the life of pioneer archaeologists in the early days of the discipline, tracing their path from education in the classics to travel and exploration and eventual international recognition. Editor(s): Cohen, Getzel M.; Joukowsky, Martha Sharp. Num Pages: 616 pages, 10 illustrations, 47 photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; HD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472031740
- ISBN
- 9780472031740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.37
€ 42.99
€ 38.37
Paperback. Sent to the Congo (Zaire) in the 50s, as fieldworker for a Belgian cultural agency, Vansina helped to found the field of African history as a scholarly speciality. This memoir describes Vansina's life and career on three continents, against the background of the collapse of colonialism in Africa. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; BGHA; HBTQ; HBTR; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299143244
- ISBN
- 9780299143244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
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
€ 20.99€ 15.90
€ 20.99
€ 15.90
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€ 33.19
€ 46.99
€ 33.19