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Hardcover. This volume examines the ways in which 19th-century novels and texts that portrayed women performing charity helped to make the inclusion of this work in the domestic sphere seem natural. It examines the contradictions this caused within the domestic ideal by making women "public persons". Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920887
- ISBN
- 9780813920887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Paperback. Focusing on "Amos 'n' Andy", a nightly American radio comedy in the 1930s, this text unveils a tale of America's shifting colour line, in which two professional directors of blackface minstrel shows produced a series so complex that it won admirers ranging from ultra-racists to racial egalitarians. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APW; HBJK; HBLW; JFD; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920924
- ISBN
- 9780813920924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.38
€ 37.38
Hardcover. An examination of the supposed role of poverty, the fear of poverty and other negative work incentives in the era of early industrial capitalism and escalating sectional conflict over slavery. This text examines a wide spectrum of antebellum American thought on these and related issues. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Virginia
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921150
- ISBN
- 9780813921150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.92
€ 75.92
Paperback. This volume gives an account of contraction in household authority and the effects these changes had upon the governmental system. It argues that the disintegration of household powers during the mid 19th century is much more central to the modernization of the period than industrialization. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921266
- ISBN
- 9780813921266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.29
€ 34.29
Paperback. This volume interweaves such diverse themes as colonial slavery and apartheid, human and carnivore evolution and science and romance, to show how we create the past and understand the present. Num Pages: 60 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921297
- ISBN
- 9780813921297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.63
€ 22.63
Paperback. The author of this text set out to capture and relate the history of her ancestors - African Americans in central Virginia after the Civil War. Using plantation documents and oral histories in the form of stories, anecdotes and sayings, she has created a history of a slave community. Series: American South Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTG; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921372
- ISBN
- 9780813921372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.41
€ 32.41
Hardcover. Enter the bustling realm of domestic workers at Maymont House from 1893 to 1925, the opulent mansion of Richmond multimillionaire James H. Dooley. Drawing on personal letters, business documents and oral histories, O'Leary examines the parallel and divergent viewpoints of server and served. Num Pages: 192 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First printing.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921600
- ISBN
- 9780813921600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.54
€ 46.54
Hardcover. What was it like to be a slave in colonial South Africa? What difference did freedom make? John Edwin Mason presents complex answers after delving into the slaves' experience within the slaveholding patriarchal household, primarily during the period from 1820 to 1850. Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921785
- ISBN
- 9780813921785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.34
€ 93.34
Paperback. What was it like to be a slave in colonial South Africa? What difference did freedom make? John Edwin Mason presents complex answers after delving into the slaves' experience within the slaveholding patriarchal household, primarily during the period from 1820 to 1850. Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921792
- ISBN
- 9780813921792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.77
€ 38.77
Paperback. In 1631, at the epicentre of the worst excesses of the European witch-hunts, Friedrich Spee, a Jesuit priest, published the "Cautio Criminalis", a book speaking out against the trials that were sending thousands of innocent people to gruesome deaths. Translator(s): Hellyer, Marcus. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX5; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921822
- ISBN
- 9780813921822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.55
€ 34.55
Hardcover. British social critics in the Romantic tradition stigmatized industry as a threat to aesthetic "culture". Bizup argues that early Victorian advocates of industry sought to resist the power inherent in this opposition by portraying automatic manufacture itself as a cultural force or agent. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922461
- ISBN
- 9780813922461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.68
€ 61.68
Hardcover. The persecution and suffering of the Armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the Ottoman Empire, reached a peak in the era of World War I. This text explores the American response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to President Wilson from his Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Henry Morgenthau. Num Pages: 216 pages, 22 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922676
- ISBN
- 9780813922676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.73
€ 39.73
Hardcover. George Washington used his Mount Vernon estate to preserve the memory of events that had created a new nation. This book constitutes a chronicle of the Washington estate's ascent to the status of national shrine, and offers evidence of Mount Vernon's role in helping forge American national identity. Editor(s): Lee, Jean B. Num Pages: 304 pages, 48 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925141
- ISBN
- 9780813925141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. A combination of environmental history, travel writing, literary criticism, and memoir, this book features a pivotal figure who is the nineteenth-century diplomat and writer George Perkins Marsh, generally regarded as America's first environmentalist. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBTB; RNA; WTLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925769
- ISBN
- 9780813925769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.26
€ 49.26
Paperback. In the wake of World War II, the Nazi genocide of European Jews has come to stand for "the unspeakable," posing crucial challenges to the representation of suffering. This book argues against the "unspeakable" as any kind of inherent quality of such an event. It shows how, when, and why the term "unspeakable" is used. Num Pages: 278 pages, 3 b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTS; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925813
- ISBN
- 9780813925813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.83
€ 35.83
Paperback. Pocahontas may be the most famous Native American who ever lived, but during the settlement of Jamestown, and for 2 centuries afterward, the great chiefs Powhatan and Opechancanough were the subjects of considerably more interest and historical documentation than the young woman. This book provides the biographies of these three important figures. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925967
- ISBN
- 9780813925967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.38
€ 38.38
Paperback. 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; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926117
- ISBN
- 9780813926117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.13
€ 32.13
Hardcover. Explores the century-long process whereby the Massachusetts Bay Colony went from a distant outpost of the incipient British Empire to a stable society integrated into the transatlantic economy. This title demonstrates how small infrastructure improvements established the foundation for more ambitious, overseas adventures. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 b&w illustrations, 1 map, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926360
- ISBN
- 9780813926360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.71
€ 53.71
Hardcover. Examines voluntary associations in Philadelphia from the Revolution into the 1830s, revealing how - in the absence of mass political parties or a party system - these associations served as incubators and organizational infrastructure for the development of intense partisanship in the early republic. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 b&w illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926483
- ISBN
- 9780813926483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.03
€ 68.03
Hardcover. Offers a comparative study of child labor in eighteenth-century America. Focusing on Philadelphia, Boston, and Charleston, this title examines the work experiences of children and analyzes regional differences in child labor according to gender, race, and class. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 figures, 16 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; JHBL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927138
- ISBN
- 9780813927138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Paperback. Examines the ways in which a government is created and how, in the face of great difficulties as well as great possibilities, its citizens are represented. Presenting political and constitutional history, this book can serve as an introduction to issues of representation for students in the fields of political science, as well as history and law. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 141.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927220
- ISBN
- 9780813927220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.57
€ 20.57
Paperback. Analyzes the early years of the French Revolution to reveal the true difficulty of founding a liberal democracy in the midst of continual warfare, repeated coups d'etat, and endemic civil strife. This book highlights the role played by violence and fear in generating illiberal politics. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16 b&w illustrations 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927299
- ISBN
- 9780813927299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.47
€ 41.47
Hardcover. Covers the eight-month period between 8 February and 24 October 1813, during which the United States continued its military struggle against Great Britain. This volume presents Secretary of War John Armstrong's memorandum on the spring campaign against Canada, recommending attacks on Kingston and York (Toronto). Editor(s): Kreider, Angela; Stagg, J. C. A.; Colony, Anne Mandeville; Cross, Jeanne Kerr; Johnson, Mary Parke; King, Martha J.; Perry, Wendy Ellen. Num Pages: 800 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927565
- ISBN
- 9780813927565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.61
€ 127.61
Hardcover. When the 1848 revolutions failed to create stable democratic governments in Europe, many Americans declared that their own revolutionary tradition was superior. This is a study of American politics, culture, and foreign relations in the mid-nineteenth century, illuminated through the reactions of Americans to the European revolutions of 1848. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927992
- ISBN
- 9780813927992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.45
€ 60.45