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Written by three prominent historians of the period, Slavery's Ghost forces readers to think critically about the way we study the past, the depth of racial prejudice, and how African Americans won and lost their freedom in nineteenth-century America. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402352
- ISBN
- 9781421402352
Condition: New
€ 60.97
€ 60.97
Hardback. Series: Ecology & History. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421819
- ISBN
- 9780821421819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.79
€ 89.79
Paperback. Series: Ecology & History. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421826
- ISBN
- 9780821421826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.09
€ 34.99
€ 32.09
Paperback. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTS; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348056
- ISBN
- 9780820348056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.10
€ 27.99
€ 26.10
hardcover. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTS; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348025
- ISBN
- 9780820348025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.29
€ 84.29
Hardcover. Examines how the demands of western settlers, the potential of western disunion, and local, popular politics determined the fate of slavery and freedom in the West between 1790 and 1820. This book demonstrates that local political contests and geopolitical realities were responsible for determining slavery's fate in the West. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition first Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926698
- ISBN
- 9780813926698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.36
€ 46.99
€ 46.36
Paperback. Written by three prominent historians of the period, Slavery's Ghost forces readers to think critically about the way we study the past, the depth of racial prejudice, and how African Americans won and lost their freedom in nineteenth-century America. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402369
- ISBN
- 9781421402369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.89
€ 27.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. Explores both the material culture of slavery as well as its representation in literature. This book considers the place of slaves in Plato's "Meno", Aristotle's "Politics", Aesop's "Fables", Aristophanes' "Wasps", and Euripides' "Orestes". Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226167893
- ISBN
- 9780226167893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.86
€ 36.99
€ 29.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTANB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826220974
- ISBN
- 9780826220974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.51
€ 31.99
€ 27.51
hardcover. First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714631424
- ISBN
- 9780714631424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.62
€ 191.62
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010421
- ISBN
- 9781847010421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.65
€ 98.65
Hardback. Most studies of ancient Greek politics focus on formal institutions such as the political assembly and the law courts. This book suggests that Greek literature reveals traces of popular culture that can be further illuminated by comparison with later historical periods. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140056
- ISBN
- 9780691140056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 42.23
€ 52.92
€ 42.23
Paperback. Apparently innocuous, sugar is a substance which brings with it a profound disquiet. This title provides the account of the historical transformations which sugar's representation has undergone, providing a resource for scholars in Slavery, Caribbean, Black Atlantic, Postcolonial and Literary Studies. Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846317491
- ISBN
- 9781846317491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Hardcover. In 1853, Eyre Crowe, a young British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. Harrowed by what he witnessed, he captured the scene in sketches that he would later develop into a series of illustrations and paintings. This book uses Crowe's paintings to explore the texture of the slave trade in Richmond, Charleston, and New Orleans. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 colour plates, 125 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 179 x 23. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- y First edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226559339
- ISBN
- 9780226559339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.76
€ 122.76
Hardcover. A detailed history showing that the free blacks and "contraband" slaves who joined the US Navy during the Civil War were essential to Northern victories at sea. Through their role in preserving the Union, they helped to win recognition for African Americans as full citizens. Num Pages: 252 pages, 12ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802862
- ISBN
- 9780875802862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 45.73
€ 48.99
€ 45.73
Paperback. Shows that although plantation slavery was a horrible reality for many Africans and their descendants in Latin America, blacks experienced many other realities in Iberian colonies. This work analyses a treatise by a seventeenth-century Muslim scholar in Morocco and argues it shaped the slave trade to Latin America. Editor(s): Landers, Jane G.; Robinson, Barry M. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826323972
- ISBN
- 9780826323972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.94
€ 41.99
€ 41.94
Hardback. In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. became a common seaman, and soon his Two Years Before the Mast became a classic. Literary acclaim did not erase the young lawyer s memory of floggings he witnessed aboard ship or undermine his vow to combat injustice. Jeffrey Amestoy tells the story of Dana s determination to keep that vow." Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674088191
- ISBN
- 9780674088191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.33
€ 47.99
€ 40.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475924
- ISBN
- 9780801475924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.46
€ 38.99
€ 35.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801447402
- ISBN
- 9780801447402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.57
€ 140.57
Paperback. In an engaging narrative format, Sleuthing the Alamo employs a particular archival "find" in each chapter to show how the meaning of the Texas Revolution, and especially the Alamo battle, cannot be understood without examining the construction of the histories and myths about the birth of the Texas Republic. Series: New Narratives in American History. Num Pages: 228 pages, 4pp full colour plates, numerous halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 122 x 171 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195163506
- ISBN
- 9780195163506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.33
€ 39.33