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Hardback. Explores the story of rural shock work and Stakhanovism in the Soviet countryside in the late 1930s. This book attempts to contextualize Stakhanovism, considering historical context, changing party priorities, propaganda, the press, the nature of farm leaderships, shortages, peasant attitudes, gender, purges, and local organizations. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742541269
- ISBN
- 9780742541269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.26
€ 178.26
Paperback. Explores the story of rural shock work and Stakhanovism in the Soviet countryside in the late 1930s. This book attempts to contextualize Stakhanovism, considering historical context, changing party priorities, propaganda, the press, the nature of farm leaderships, shortages, peasant attitudes, gender, purges, and local organizations. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742541276
- ISBN
- 9780742541276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.37
€ 91.37
Hardback. Brings together the author's important reflections on the historian's craft and its importance. This work examines the ways in which the dynamic events of the second half of the 20th century have significantly altered the way historians approach the past and highlights the incredible power they hold in shaping a national identity. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742542525
- ISBN
- 9780742542525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.38
€ 64.38
Hardback. This concise history focuses on the development of American conservatism in the twentieth century up to the present. Series: Critical Issues in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742542846
- ISBN
- 9780742542846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.70
€ 83.70
Hardback. A Concise History of American Antisemitism shows how Christianity's negative views of Jews pervaded American history from colonial times to the present. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HB; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742543126
- ISBN
- 9780742543126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.95
€ 162.95
Hardback. This book describes the most important events and people in Jewish history from Abraham to the present day, in a very concise, accessible way. These 'read-bites' include up-to-date essays discussing the impact of 9-11; the Iraq War, Muslim fundamentalism, and rise of European anti-Semitism on the Jewish people. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742543652
- ISBN
- 9780742543652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.46
€ 180.46
Paperback. Recounts the life and career of American president Ronald Reagan. This work covers his small-town Midwestern roots through to his Hollywood film star days to his presidential role as redeemer of the American dream and victorious leader in the Cold War. It also analyzes the qualities of leadership that enabled him to meet each challenge and crisis. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742543768
- ISBN
- 9780742543768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.97
€ 40.97
Hardback. Explores the turbulent election of 1968 and its significance in the larger context of American history. Looking through the eyes of the year's most important players including Robert Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, Martin Luther King, Hubert Humphrey, and more, the author shows the importance of domestic upheaval on the election. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742543911
- ISBN
- 9780742543911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.27
€ 27.99
€ 24.27
hardcover. Brings together twelve biographical essays that explore the region's political, economic, and social development since the Civil War. These essays chronicle the lives of ordinary Americans whose lives and contributions help to highlight the great transformations that occurred in the South. Editor(s): Klotter, James C. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742544758
- ISBN
- 9780742544758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.18
€ 138.18
Hardback. Richard B Russell, a Southern Democrat, used his positions of power to force an otherwise liberal internationalist foreign policy establishment to heed his non-interventionist, militarist, and Southern nationalist approaches to international crises. This book takes another look at Russell's role as foreign policy maker during the Cold War. Series: Biographies in American Foreign Policy. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742544970
- ISBN
- 9780742544970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.26
€ 130.26
Hardback. Series: The African American History Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742545137
- ISBN
- 9780742545137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.86
€ 69.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; APFA; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742545267
- ISBN
- 9780742545267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.84
€ 39.84
Hardback. Rethinking Poles and Jews focuses on the role of Holocaust-related material in perpetuating anti-Polish images and describes organizational efforts to combat them. Without minimizing contemporary Polish anti-Semitism, it also presents more positive material on contemporary Polish-American organizations and Jewish life in Poland. Editor(s): Cherry, Robert; Orla-Bukowska, Annamaria. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742546653
- ISBN
- 9780742546653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.04
€ 157.04
Paperback. Combining diverse sociological and philosophical theories, The Path of the Devil is a comparative analysis of the witch hunts of the early modern era. The author broadens his investigation through new quantitative analyses of the role of apocalyptic crises such as plague, war and other hardship. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 3JB; HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742546974
- ISBN
- 9780742546974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.12
€ 59.12
Paperback. Draws on the story of two African American combat divisions as they experienced military service during World War II. This work provides a historical account which is built around personal interviews and correspondence with participants, National Archive research, as well as military archive materials. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742548053
- ISBN
- 9780742548053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.53
€ 32.53
Hardback. Between 1967 and 1991, almost half of the entire Jewish population of the Soviet Union left for freedom to Israel, America, and other western countries. This book tells the story of the American Jewish community's involvement in this exodus, and explores how such a massive emigration occurred. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549357
- ISBN
- 9780742549357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.80
€ 162.80
Paperback. Offers a fresh perspective on Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, telling the story of how American Jewish women played a leading role in achieving Zionist goals and shaping the state of Israel. This book also traces Hadassah's involvement in the child rescue movement, which saved thousands of children from Nazi-occupied Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBT; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 176 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549388
- ISBN
- 9780742549388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.82
€ 59.82
Hardback. Brings together enlightening, important, and amusing selections from Hamilton's speeches, published writings and personal letters. As we come to understand his thoughts on subjects as diverse as the Constitution, love, war, liberty and honor, we find that his words are often as applicable in our own time as they were in his. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549753
- ISBN
- 9780742549753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.92
€ 23.99
€ 20.92
Hardback. Brings together noted scholars in American history, constitutional law, and political science to examine the role that the Louisiana Purchase played in shaping both the expansionist policies of the 19th century and critical interpretations of the Constitution. Editor(s): Levinson, Sanford; Sparrow, Bartholomew. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549838
- ISBN
- 9780742549838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.00
€ 162.00
The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898
. Ed(S): Levinson, Sanford; Sparrow, Bartholo...
paperback. Brings together noted scholars in American history, constitutional law, and political science to examine the role that the Louisiana Purchase played in shaping both the expansionist policies of the 19th century and critical interpretations of the Constitution. Editor(s): Levinson, Sanford; Sparrow, Bartholomew. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549845
- ISBN
- 9780742549845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.80
€ 62.80