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Hardcover. Most Southerners who fought in the Civil War were native born, white, and Confederate. However, thousands with other ethnic back-grounds also took a stand - and not always for the South. This book recounts the wartime experiences of the region's German Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition (1st printing)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820327570
ISBN
9780820327570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.98

Hardcover. A new type of historical guide, this book features more than one hundred photographs and illustrations of thirty key sites in and around the Chickamauga battlefield. Civil War scholars and enthusiasts will find a valuable new source for pondering tactical moves and unravelling historic controversies. Num Pages: 139 pages, 103 photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBJK; HBLL; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 921.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325989
ISBN
9780820325989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.07

Hardcover. The private and public writings in this volume reveal the early relationship between renowned Civil War diarist Sarah Morgan (1842-1909) and her future husband, Francis Warrington Dawson (1840-1889). This is a selection of their letters along with articles that Morgan wrote for the "Charleston News and Courier". Editor(s): Roberts, Giselle. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325910
ISBN
9780820325910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.07

Hardcover. This work looks at some of the historical forces actively at work in today's south, drawing pointed, provocative links between the "lost cause" mythology that emerged from the chaos of Confederate defeat, the region's reputation for intolerance and souther evangelical Protestantism. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325613
ISBN
9780820325613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.13

Paperback. The National Council of Churches established the Delta Ministry in 1964 to further the cause of civil rights in Mississippi. This work is a full-length history of one of the largest and most enduring civil rights organizations in the Mississippi movement. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC99; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325323
ISBN
9780820325323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.23

Hardcover. Having encountered the Greensboro Guards through their Civil War diaries and letters, G. Ward Hubbs became interested in the connections between the Guards and the town for which they were named. In this account he argues that they became an important part of their community. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 illustrations, 12 charts, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325057
ISBN
9780820325057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Paperback. These biographies aim to gain Mississippi's womens their place in its written record. The women whose stories are told here range from Felicite Girodeau, who was both a person of colour and a slaveholder, to Vera Mae Pigee, who "mothered" the civil rights movement in the Mississippi Delta. Editor(s): Swain, Martha H. (Cornaro Professor of History Emerita, Texas Women's University, USA); Payne, Elizabeth Anne (Professor of History, University of Mississippi, USA); Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Ditto, Susan. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Volume 1
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325033
ISBN
9780820325033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.65

Hardcover. These biographies aim to gain Mississippi's womens their place in its written record. The women whose stories are told here range from Felicite Girodeau, who was both a person of colour and a slaveholder, to Vera Mae Pigee, who "mothered" the civil rights movement in the Mississippi Delta. Editor(s): Swain, Martha H. (Cornaro Professor of History Emerita, Texas Women's University, USA); Payne, Elizabeth Anne (Professor of History, University of Mississippi, USA); Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Ditto, Susan. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Volume 1 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325026
ISBN
9780820325026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.84

Paperback. This text reconstructs how freed men and women in tobacco-growing Central North Carolina worked to secure a place for themselves in a ravaged region and hostile time. It has a micro-economic history of Gainville County, drawn from public records, that looks at individual's stories. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820324425
ISBN
9780820324425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.80

Paperback. In 1864 William Tecumseh Sherman made Civil War history with his infamous March to the Sea across Georgia. More than a century later, Jerry Ellis set out along the same route in search of the past and his southern and Cherokee heritage. Here he confronts the complexities of his native region. Num Pages: 328 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820324258
ISBN
9780820324258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.02

Hardcover. In this text, Don H.Doyle looks at some unexpected parallels in American and Italian history. He examines both countries' struggle to create an independent, unified nation and the ongoing effort to instill national identity in their diverse populace. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 152 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; JHMC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820323305
ISBN
9780820323305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.22

Hardcover. This study traces the story of how Jacob Mordecai and his family, German-American Orthodox Jews, adopted the Anglo-Irish enlightened pedagogical system developed by Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his daughter Maria. The text includes the complete diary of Rachel Mordecai Lazarus. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820322520
ISBN
9780820322520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.89

Hardcover. This volume explores the often complicated ways in which ethnicity and social rank interacted to determine the relationships that were forged among four categories of women in the Revolutionary and early National Georgia Lowcountry. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 1KBBS; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820321837
ISBN
9780820321837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.75

Paperback. In 1845, black abolitionist Frederick Douglass travelled to Britain on a lecture and fund-raising tour. This is an examination of how that visit affected transatlantic reform movements and Douglass's own thinking. It features the essays of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic. Editor(s): Rice, Alan J.; Crawford, Martin. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820321295
ISBN
9780820321295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.95

Paperback. This collection of post card images presents the panorama of life in early 20th-century Georgia. Family outings, veteran's reunions and market days are some of the occasions depicted, many of the cards represent the only surviving visual record of schools, churches, businesses and public buildings. Editor(s): Doster, Gary L. Num Pages: 240 pages, 620 b&w postcard reproductions. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820321134
ISBN
9780820321134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.00

Hardcover. This memoir begins in 1834, when Cornelia James Pond was born to one of the Old South's wealthiest plantation families, and it ends in 1875, when she was a 41-year-old wife and mother trying to cope in the post-Civil War south. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTB; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820320441
ISBN
9780820320441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.65

Hardcover. Examining the sermons and writings of Protestant clergy, the author finds that clerics on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line (the dividing line between North and South before the Civil War) displayed unanimity in their condemnation of mammonism, which, they believed, would destroy the nation. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC9; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820319056
ISBN
9780820319056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.81

Hardcover. John Franklin Jameson (1859-1937) was instrumental in the development of history as an academic discipline in the United States. This volume includes diary entries covering nearly all of Jameson's collegiate and graduate education and his early teaching career. It also includes letters and reports. Editor(s): Chase, John Terry; Millikan, Frank Rives. Num Pages: 392 pages, 15 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBAH; HBG; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820317137
ISBN
9780820317137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.54

Hardcover. This text examines the struggle of bondpeople to secure and retain for themselves recognised rights as producers and consumers in the context of the brutal, formal slave economy sanctified by the law. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTS; JPVH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820316673
ISBN
9780820316673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.01

Paperback. Four historians consider the popularly held explanations for Southern defeat in the US Civil War - state-rights disputes, inadequate military supply and strategy, and the Union blockade - supporting their discussion with a chronological account of the war's progress. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 maps, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 40. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820313962
ISBN
9780820313962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Paperback. Examines developments in American higher education from the colonial era through the mid-20th century in their social, economic and political context. Topics discussed include the financing of institutions, the curriculum, education of women and blacks, college athletics and student life. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820312842
ISBN
9780820312842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.79

Hardcover. A rare first-person account of life in the twentieth-century South, "He Included Me" weaves together the story of a black family eight children reared in rural Alabama, their mother a schoolteacher, their father a minister and the emerging self-portrait of a woman determined, like her parents, to look ahead." Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820311418
ISBN
9780820311418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.69

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820310701
ISBN
9780820310701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 45.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Benally, Malcolm D. Translator(s): Benally, Malcolm D. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 178 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
1st edition,
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816528981
ISBN
9780816528981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.75

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