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Hardcover. The ten-volume Colonial Series, covering the years 1748-1775, takes the young Washington through his command of the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War and then focuses on his political and business activities as a Virginia planter during the fifteen years before the American Revolution. Num Pages: 409 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 37. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813909233
ISBN
9780813909233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.67

Hardcover. Americans did not at first cherish the idea of political severance from their mother country. What and who changed their minds? To answer this, this text looks at three men who could be called the ?archtitects of independence?, the first presidents of the United States. Num Pages: 104 pages, ports. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813906942
ISBN
9780813906942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Chapman, Mary; Mills, Angela. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813553535
ISBN
9780813553535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.08

Paperback. In 1978, residents of predominantly African American Warren County, North Carolina, were horrified to learn that the state planned to build a landfill in their country to hold forty thousand cubic yards of soil that was contaminated with PCBs from illegal dumping. This book traces the approaches that residents took to contest environmental racism. Num Pages: 220 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; HBJK; HBTB; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813546780
ISBN
9780813546780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.14

Paperback. The 1960s are commonly considered to be the beginning of a distinct "teenage culture" in America. But did this highly visible era of free love and rock 'n' roll really mark the start of adolescent defiance? This title follows the roots of American teenage identity further back, to the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFN; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813543109
ISBN
9780813543109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.25

Paperback. Presenting an illustrated history, this book calls upon several photographs and newspaper clippings that uncover the story of how the Irish in New Jersey maintained their cultural roots. It is suitable for those interested in the cultural heritage of a proud and accomplished people. Num Pages: 240 pages, 181 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813538600
ISBN
9780813538600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.78

Hardcover. Focuses on the discrepancy between the representation and the reality of children's experiences within welfare institutions. This book argues that this discrepancy stems from conflicts over middle and working-class notions of citizenship. It urges readers to reconsider the stereotypically dire situation of families living in poverty. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813537221
ISBN
9780813537221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.94

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812972337
ISBN
9780812972337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.04

Paperback. During the 1860s, W.D. Howells was the American consul in Venice. This text is his humorous portrait of the city. He swam in the Grand Canal, dined with the rich and mingled with the humble. Howells tells his story with wit and curiosity. Illustrator(s): Pennell, Joseph. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; BGHA; DNF; HBJD; HBLL; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Marlboro Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810160859
ISBN
9780810160859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.90

Paperback. This text is the memoir of a French girl whose mother was taken by the SS in 1944 and interned in Aushwitz. On her return at the end of the war, the mother's health was irreparably damaged, but she wanted to talk. Unwilling to put her story in writing herself, the task was left to her daughter. Translator(s): Wainhouse, Austryn. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Marlboro Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810160774
ISBN
9780810160774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.02

Paperback. Translator(s): Shepley, John. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Marlboro Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810160514
ISBN
9780810160514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.97

Hardcover. Num Pages: 129 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Marlboro Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810160507
ISBN
9780810160507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.81

Hardcover. Num Pages: 67 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Marlboro Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810160200
ISBN
9780810160200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.26

Paperback. "This edited collection saw its beginnings in an international conference titled "The Second World War: Popular Culture and Cultural Memory," organized in 2011 by Lucy Noakes, Juliette Pattinson, and myself at the University of Brighton"--Acknowledgements. Editor(s): Rau, Petra. Series Editor(s): Lassner, Phyllis. Series: Cultural Expressions of World War II. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810133280
ISBN
9780810133280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.17

Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJ; HBW; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810130111
ISBN
9780810130111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.83

Paperback. "First published 2006 by PublicAffairs under the title The First and Final Nightmare of Sonia Reich: A Son's Memoir." Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810127951
ISBN
9780810127951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.61

Paperback. 'Bridges of Memory' tells of those in Chicago who left social, political, and economic oppression for political freedom and opportunity as had never been known - and of forms of prejudice and segregation. These recollections comprise a record of a neighbourhood, a city, a society, and a people undergoing unprecedented changes. Num Pages: 616 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBTB; HBTD; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810123151
ISBN
9780810123151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.91

Hardcover. Recalling his experience of the ghetto at six years old, Michal Glowinski, attentive to the distance between a child's experience and an adult's reflection, revisits the images and episodes of his childhood. He explores the horror of those years, the fragility of existence, and the fragmented nature of memory itself. Translator(s): Shore, Marci. Series: Jewish Lives S. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; BG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810119581
ISBN
9780810119581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.74

Hardcover. A discussion of methodological problems relating to evidence, inference and interpretation. By pursuing these interests across divergent topics and fields, this work explores how such truth-seeking, proof-finding methods work, and of what it means to prove something in a range of contexts. Editor(s): Twining, William; Hampsher-Monk, Iain. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA; LAB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810118935
ISBN
9780810118935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.13

Paperback. The autobiographical novel is Gauch's attempt to come to terms with his father, Herman Gauch - a physician who had joined the National Socialists in the 1920s, who wrote six books of "race research" as a member of the SS, and who to his dying day remained an unrepentant Nazi. Translator(s): Radice, William. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; BG; FA; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810118904
ISBN
9780810118904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.61

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