History
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History
Paperback. This updated edition of Michael B. Katz's seminal work, The Price of Citizenship, traces the evolution of the welfare state from colonial relief programs through the war on poverty and into our own age. It argues that in the last decades America has been propelled toward a future of increased inequality and decreased security. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Revised and Updated Ed
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220186
- ISBN
- 9780812220186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.98€ 66.56
€ 68.98
€ 66.56
Paperback. This dark and dazzling history of New York City nightclub life in the 1920s and '30s explores the complex relationships among urban politicians, social reformers, and the business of vice. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221572
- ISBN
- 9780812221572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Covert Operations brings the categories and cultural meanings of secrecy in the Middle Ages out into the open. Isolating five broad areas-confession, women's gossip, medieval science and medicine, marriage and the law, and sodomitic discourse-Lochrie examines various types of secrecy and the literary texts in which they are played out. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221749
- ISBN
- 9780812221749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
paperback. George Cotkin looks at diverse yet central issues such as the problem of evil, moral responsibility, racial identity, and capital punishment, juxtaposed against events such as the bombing of civilians during World War II, the My Lai Massacre, and the invasion of Iraq to demonstrate that moral complexity and confusion can be productive. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222494
- ISBN
- 9780812222494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Hardback. This is the first English translation of a 13th-century work which set down the customary law of Clermont in the Beauvais region of France as it was practiced and understood. The work covers both procedural and substantive law, including the facts and decisions of nearly 100 cases. Translator(s): Akehurst, F. R. P. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 792 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; DNF; HBTB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 792
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812231052
- ISBN
- 9780812231052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.46
€ 137.46
hardcover. Editor(s): Jackson, Richard A. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235425
- ISBN
- 9780812235425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.99
€ 111.99
Hardback. "The Feast of Saint Abraham is characterized by originality, profound scholarship (especially with regard to new manuscript sources), and by clarity and felicity of style.. A fine book."-Bernard McGinn, University of Chicago Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235678
- ISBN
- 9780812235678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.40
€ 69.40
Hardback. How entrepreneurial housebuilders fueled a rapid economy. "A well-written and easily read business book with a historical perspective, quite fit for a general readership interested in the history of American enterprise."-APT Bulletin Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235807
- ISBN
- 9780812235807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.23
€ 82.23
Hardback. "The definition of treason was so contested and the process of the prosecution so fluid that the trials Cunningham explores provide important resources for those interested in the early modern period."-Katharine Eisaman Maus, University of Virginia Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236408
- ISBN
- 9780812236408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.70
€ 92.70
Hardback. "Deeply researched and beautifully crafted, this book is an original contribution to the history of American reform, family, and working-class culture."-Barbara Melosh, George Mason University Num Pages: 272 pages, illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236545
- ISBN
- 9780812236545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.10
€ 64.10
Hardback. Addressing the ways alliterative poems share concerns with history and the often-dangerous confrontation of the present with the past, Christine Chism shifts her focus away from the emphases on meter, dialect, and provenance that have routinely marked studies of alliterative poetry. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 356 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236552
- ISBN
- 9780812236552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.02
€ 105.02
Hardback. "This is a wonderfully measured, insightful, comprehensive treatment of the subject that will, in my estimation, become a standard not only for the academic community but also for the policy and intelligence community."-Dirk Vandewalle, Dartmouth College Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 1KBB; HB; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 321 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236729
- ISBN
- 9780812236729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.13
€ 87.13
Hardback. "Fairy Godfather: Straparola, Venice, and the Fairy Tale Tradition makes the case that the fairy tale, far from rising from the ground as a rural folk tradition, was invented by a city-bound sixteenth-century Italian literary hack, Zoan Francesco Straparola."-Adam Gopnik, New Yorker Num Pages: 176 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; DS; HBTB; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236804
- ISBN
- 9780812236804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.41
€ 80.41
The Yard of Wit. Male Creativity and Sexuality, 1650-1750.
Stephanson, Raymond (Professor Of English, Un...
Hardback. "Raymond Stephanson configures masculinity and its expressions in male creativity historically, biographically, and in sufficient deep-layer detail to persuade the most rigorous of scholars that this work will be a reliable source of enduring worth."-George Rousseau, De Montfort University Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237580
- ISBN
- 9780812237580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.97
€ 104.97
Hardback. "Superb.. The contributors probe the degree of positive interactions between Jews and Christian and also uncover heretofore-hidden Jewish contributions to the Western intellectual tradition."-Choice Editor(s): Coudert, Allison P.; Shoulson, Jeffrey S. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 328 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237610
- ISBN
- 9780812237610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.69
€ 105.69
Hardback. "Bisaha provides the most comprehensive and nuanced account now available of the attitudes of Western intellectuals to the Turks, the Byzantines, and crusading in Renaissance Italy, an important time and place for the formation of Western cultural identity."-James Hankins, Harvard University Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238068
- ISBN
- 9780812238068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.00
€ 127.00
Hardback. Reveals the role of the church in Florence's rise to wealth and power in the fourteenth century. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238235
- ISBN
- 9780812238235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.97
€ 105.97
Hardback. This book traces the evolution of Orthodox Judaism's approach to its nonpracticing brethren, shedding new light on the emergence of Orthodoxy as a specific movement within modern Jewish society. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238655
- ISBN
- 9780812238655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.04
€ 82.04
Hardback. A colorful social and cultural history of the often-overlooked independent radio stations of the 1920s, which played an integral role in shaping the American broadcast system through innovative commercial practices, all the while incurring the wrath of the large corporate stations trying to fulfill radio's utopian cultural potential. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238716
- ISBN
- 9780812238716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.08
€ 63.08
Hardback. In attempting to steer young adults safely away from the dangers of market-driven society, reformers in early America created values that came to define the emerging urban middle class. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238792
- ISBN
- 9780812238792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.52
€ 81.52
Hardback. "This is a major work. Shuger deals with the rules of appropriate language use in early modern Europe, making an argument about censorship in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England that is original, surprising, and, in her thorough presentation, entirely plausible."-Katharine Eisaman Maus, University of Virginia Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 677.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239171
- ISBN
- 9780812239171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.44
€ 93.44
Hardback. The period between 1880 and 1915 marked the first sustained migration of black people into New York City as blacks and whites, both together and in opposition, forged the contours of race relations that would affect the city for decades to come. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239614
- ISBN
- 9780812239614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.66
€ 86.66
hardcover. Her Life Historical offers a major reconsideration of one of the most popular narrative forms in late medieval England-the lives of female saints-and one of the period's primary modes of interpretation, exemplarity. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HRLM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239867
- ISBN
- 9780812239867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.29
€ 98.29
Hardback. In The Crusades and the Christian World of the East, Christopher MacEvitt marshals an impressive array of literary, legal, artistic, and archeological evidence to demonstrate how crusader ideology and religious difference gave rise to a mode of coexistence he calls "rough tolerance." Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HRAM9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240504
- ISBN
- 9780812240504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.85
€ 92.85