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Paperback. Examining excavated underwater "treasure sites" and terrestrial pirate lairs found off the coast of Madagascar, throughout the Caribbean, and within the United States, this book explores the romanticized "Golden Age of Piracy," and the "gentleman pirate" Jean Lafitte. Editor(s): Skowronek, Russell K.; Ewen, Charles R. Series: New Perspectives on Maritime History & Nautical Archaeology S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 153 b&w illustrations, 20 tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1K; HBTM; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813030791
- ISBN
- 9780813030791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
Paperback. A path-breaking work when first published in 1973, this book remains the standard work on attempts by the South to spread American slavery into the tropics - Cuba, Mexico and Central America in particular - before the Civil War. Series: New Perspectives on the History of the South. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; 1KLC; 3JH; HBG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813025124
- ISBN
- 9780813025124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. In 1738, the Spanish established the fort-town of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose as the first legal, free Black community in the United States. This book shows how the people of "Fort Mose" shaped Spanish international policy on slavery and provided inspiration for all slaves. Num Pages: 64 pages, 125 colour photographs, 84 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; HD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 280 x 6. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813013527
- ISBN
- 9780813013527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80
Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809333295
- ISBN
- 9780809333295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Paperback. Given his background - growing up in the border state of Missouri - President Truman was an unlikely champion of civil rights. Yet it was he who energized the modern civil rights movement. Michael Gardner analyses Truman's speeches and the appointments he made of like-minded civil rights activists. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809325504
- ISBN
- 9780809325504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Hardcover. The press leak in 1971 of a secret government document about the Vietnam War set off a chain of events that culminated in one of the most important First Amendment decisions in American legal history. This book re-examines what happened, why it mattered, and why it still has relevance today. Editor(s): Prados, John; Porter, Margaret Pratt. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWS2; JPQ; LND; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613250
- ISBN
- 9780700613250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.82
€ 34.82
Paperback. Tying together legal, historical, social, political and literary strands to show how the law itself was implicated in the persistence of slavery, this work sheds new light on slavery and Southern history, as it probes the conscience of a troubled jurist incapable of fully transcending his times. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; LA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612710
- ISBN
- 9780700612710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.26
€ 32.26
Hardcover. This book synthesizes the wartime experiences of American combat soldiers, from the doughboys of World War I to the grunts of Vietnam. The author looks at what motivated these men to serve and how they were turned into soldiers. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 472 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FMV; 1FPK; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612291
- ISBN
- 9780700612291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.97
€ 39.97
Paperback. Much has been written about the lives and art of Heide, but finally the remaining members of the inner circle have entrusted the truth to be told through this intimate biography of John and Sunday Reed. Equal parts romance and tragedy, Modern Love explores the lives of these champions of successive generations of Australian artists and writers. Num Pages: 304 pages, Colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJ; ABQ; BGFA; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522862812
- ISBN
- 9780522862812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.50
€ 50.50
Paperback. The Illusion of Victory demonstrates that most of the rewards of victory in modern warfare are either exaggerated or false. Consequently, long-term political and military stability is denied to both the victorious power and to the defeated one. As a result, neither victory nor defeat deter further outbreaks of war. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522856156
- ISBN
- 9780522856156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.30
€ 46.30
Paperback. Series: Academic Monographs. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; DN; HBJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Edition
- Print on Demand
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522853872
- ISBN
- 9780522853872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.47
€ 56.47
Paperback. Series: Academic Monographs. Num Pages: 405 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; KCF; KNXB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 627.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Edition
- Print on Demand
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522853858
- ISBN
- 9780522853858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.47
€ 56.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJP; BGH; HBJM; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 865.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522853346
- ISBN
- 9780522853346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.47
€ 56.47
Paperback. A classic wartime trilogy originally published in the 1960s, this book is the author's account of his service on HMAS Perth, his account of life as a POW in Burma and coal mining in Nagasaki before the atom bomb freed them. Num Pages: 951 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1M; BTM; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 951
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522850673
- ISBN
- 9780522850673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.55
€ 61.55
Stirring Australian Speeches: Definitive Collection from Botany to Bal...
Cathcart, Michael, Darian-Smith, Kate
Hardcover. Editor(s): Cathcart, Michael; Darian-Smith, Kate. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; DNF; HBJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522846812
- ISBN
- 9780522846812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.04
€ 45.04
Hardcover. A bold application of economic theory to help provide an understanding of the role that law played in the development of the Roman economy Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472115822
- ISBN
- 9780472115822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.01
€ 95.01
Hardcover. Tamar Herzog studies the judiciary in Quito, during 17th and 18th centuries, and shows that in this remote Spanish colony, order was a communal enterprise. The dominant rules were social and theological rather than legal. She reveals the intimacy of relations between the state and this early modern society. Series: History, Languages & Cultures of the Spanish & Portuguese Worlds S. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472113750
- ISBN
- 9780472113750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.14
€ 99.14
Hardcover. In her autobiography, Alice Salomon describes how she became involved in social work and devoted her life to social activism and education, became a prolific author and leading feminist of her time. Her account ends with her expulsion from Germany and emigration to America in 1937. Series: Social History, Popular Culture and Politics in Germany. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472113675
- ISBN
- 9780472113675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.27
€ 104.27
Hardcover. A portrait of the artist as a young man, an examination of the influence of his hometown Series: Studies in Mediaeval & Early Modern Civilization. Num Pages: 277 pages, 8 photographs, 2 maps, 1 drawing. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472113019
- ISBN
- 9780472113019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.27
€ 104.27
Paperback. An account of how Jews in eighteenth and early-nineteenth century England adapted to new circumstances and conditions in order to immerse their culture into a pluralistic state and society. The book also incorporates a consideration of the active role of poor Jews in this process. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472086092
- ISBN
- 9780472086092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.39
€ 33.99
€ 30.39
Crisis and Transformation in Seventeenth-Century China: Society, Cultu...
Chang, Chun-Shu, Chang, Shelley Hsueh-Lun
Paperback. Describes the social and cultural transformation of seventeenth-century China through the life and work of Li Yu Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472085286
- ISBN
- 9780472085286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 48.17
€ 53.99
€ 48.17
Paperback. An introduction to the culture and society of the ancient Near East. Intended for readers seeking insight into the day-to-day life of some of the world's most ancient peoples, this work presents brief explorations of key aspects of the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Asia Minor, and Iran. Num Pages: 328 pages, 33 photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HBLA; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069927
- ISBN
- 9780472069927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.86
€ 40.99
€ 35.86
Paperback. A first-hand account of the genealogy of the discipline, and of the rise of a new era of social history. Geoff Eley tracks the evolution of historical understanding in our time from social history through the so-called "cultural turn," and back again to a broad history of society. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069040
- ISBN
- 9780472069040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.49
€ 30.99
€ 27.49
Paperback. A comprehensive examination of pre-Nazi violence against Jews in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Germany Editor(s): Hoffman, Christhard; Bergmann, Werner; Smith, Helmut Walser. Series: Social History, Popular Culture and Politics in Germany. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472067961
- ISBN
- 9780472067961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.86
€ 40.99
€ 35.86