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hardcover. Offers a collection of essays that seeks to historicize one of our nation's founding fathers. Challenging attempts to appropriate Jefferson to serve all manner of contemporary political agendas, this work argues that historians must look at Jefferson's language and life within the context of his own place and time. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925783
ISBN
9780813925783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

Hardback. As his presidency drew to a close, Woodrow Wilson came to realize the claim history would soon have on the documentary record of his life and work. This work looks not just at Wilson's life and career, but also at the way Wilson was represented by Baker and other biographers, as well as in the media. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926544
ISBN
9780813926544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.55

paperback. Focused on the inside story of law reform, this book contains portraits of some figures, including Thurgood Marshall, William Kuntsler, and the black law professor Derrick Bell, as well as of movers and shakers such as the attorney C B King of Albany, Georgia, and Margaret Burnham. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGA; JPVH1; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813926957
ISBN
9780813926957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.96

Hardback. When newly elected Virginia governor Linwood Holton escorted his children into an integrated Richmond public school in 1970, he delivered the coup-de-grace to the Byrd machine. This memoir offers a behind-the-scenes account of his private and public life at a critical juncture in the political history of Virginia and the nation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927206
ISBN
9780813927206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.96

paperback. To many Americans, Thomas Jefferson is the architect of our freedom. This book takes into the Jefferson's world, to help us understand what it meant to be a man of his time. Num Pages: 376 pages, 48 b&w illustrations & 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927329
ISBN
9780813927329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.36

Hardback. Explores how science shaped Thomas Jefferson's views on politics, religion, economics, and social developments in America. This book examines Jefferson's contributions to anthropology, ethnology, comparative linguistics, paleontology, and medicine. It also demonstrates Jefferson's scientific talents, interests, and accomplishments. Num Pages: 176 pages, 23 colour & 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928548
ISBN
9780813928548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.79

Hardback. Editor(s): Molineux, Will. Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 b&w illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: BG; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813929033
ISBN
9780813929033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.17

hardcover. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813931555
ISBN
9780813931555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.82

Hardback. Includes two transcriptions of Mary Estelle Elizabeth Cutts's manuscript as well as a study of Cutts's authorship and women's historical writing in the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Allgor, Catherine. Series: Jeffersonian America (Hardcover). Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932989
ISBN
9780813932989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGA; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933092
ISBN
9780813933092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.24

Paperback / so. "Never Ask Permission" is a daughter's honest portrait of a charismatic and difficult woman who broke the threads of convention. Also in Elisabeth Scott Bocock readers recognize the flawed but feisty, enduring character of Richmond. 31 illustrations. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; BGA; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933375
ISBN
9780813933375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.85

Hardback. Num Pages: 85 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRCS; VFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers United States
Number of pages
85
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842350990
ISBN
9780842350990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.88

paperback. Suetonius has often been used as if he were an historian, and at the same time criticised for not being one. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages, p. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBAH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856685385
ISBN
9780856685385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.54

paperback. On the morning of April 27, 1935, Louis N Hammerling fell to his death from the nineteenth floor of an apartment in New York City, where he lived alone. Hammerling was one of the most influential Polish immigrants in America and the leading voice and advocate of the Eastern Europeans who had come to the country seeking a better life. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807218
ISBN
9780875807218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.47

Hardback. Gun ownership has long been a hot-button topic in the United States, and the National Rifle Association has the reputation of being an organisation of primarily politically conservative members. Num Pages: 300 pages, 16 b notes; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; WSXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597976909
ISBN
9781597976909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.85

Paperback. Provides an account of life of the author's first tour of duty in Vietnam - the blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. First published in 1987, this book shows an eager young recruit growing before the reader's eyes into a proud but bloodied combat veteran. Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGHA; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585446049
ISBN
9781585446049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.29

Hardcover. This latest volume in the definitive six-volume biography of Herbert Hoover tracks Hoover's life and career from 1918 to 1928 - a period defined largely by his role as United States Secretary of Commerce and leading directly to his election as the thirty-first President of the United States. Num Pages: 607 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 45. Weight in Grams: 982.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230103085
ISBN
9780230103085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.81

paperback. This detailed reference guide, based on a vast amount of source data, traces every known detail of Hitler's career, with extensive quotation both from Hitler's own speeches and writings and from those of his contemporaries. This second edition features an enlarged and updated bibliography and introduction. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230202849
ISBN
9780230202849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.38

Hardback. Patrick Pearse was not only leader of the 1916 Easter Rising but also one of the main ideologues of the IRA. Based on new material on his childhood and underground activities, this book places him in a European context and provides an intimate account of the development of his ideas on cultural regeneration, education, patriotism and militarism. Num Pages: 438 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230248717
ISBN
9780230248717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.53

Hardcover. The British economist Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-59) reconceptualized economics as a theory of economic welfare and a logic of policy analysis. Misconceptions of his work abound. This book, an essay in demystification and the first reading of the entire Pigouvian oeuvre, stresses his pragmatic and historicist premises. Series: Great Thinkers in Economics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3JH; 3JJ; BGB; KCA; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252714
ISBN
9780230252714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.52

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