History: earliest times to present day
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History: earliest times to present day
Paperback. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 346 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press Of Kansas
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617241
- ISBN
- 9780700617241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.70
€ 43.70
Hardcover. The until now secret diary of top-level economist Arthur Burns, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board in the Nixon administration. Provides keen insights into the dynamics and undoing of NIxon's inner circle and reveals how the president exerted political pressure to shape monetary policies that helped to fuel 1970s "stagflation." Editor(s): Ferrell, Robert H. Num Pages: 144 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st edition,
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617302
- ISBN
- 9780700617302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.14
€ 57.14
Paperback. Recounts the story of the largest mass murder trial in California's history, in which 22 Mexican-American youths were tried and 17 were convicted for a crime to which none of the defendants were ever tied. Opens a window onto a time and place that highlights the historical prejudices of white America towards Mexican Americans. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617470
- ISBN
- 9780700617470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.34
€ 37.34
Paperback. A fresh interpretation of the disputed presidential election of 1876 between Rutherford Hayes and Samuel Tilden, which was characterized by allegations of election fraud and a narrow victory by a single electoral vote. Many historians consider this election the precursor to the bitterly divisive 2000 Bush-Gore election. Series: American Presidential Elections. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617876
- ISBN
- 9780700617876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.67
€ 34.99
€ 34.67
Hardcover. An award-winning Civil War historian sheds new light on the Union commanders' central role in the North's victory. He reevaluates the generalship of the victors and lays bare the sometimes vicious rivalries among the Union generals and theffect those clashes had on the war. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617937
- ISBN
- 9780700617937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Paperback. A comprehensive overview that seeks to explain what happened in the 1960s and what happened to how we remember it. Reveals how the mass media have shaped the popular image of a raucous decade in ways that have curtailed its democratic possibilities." Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFD; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618224
- ISBN
- 9780700618224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.66
€ 45.66
Hardcover. Providing the first detailed analysis of a largely neglected aspect of FBI history, this book charts the evolution of the Bureau's efforts to combat the spread of obscenity and its perceived insidious effects. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618255
- ISBN
- 9780700618255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.83
€ 69.83
Hardcover. The first book-length account of the occupation of North Alabama by Union soldiers from 1862 to 1865. Opens a new window on the strength of Confederate nationalism in the region and the Union's evolving policies toward the defiant civilians. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618446
- ISBN
- 9780700618446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.91
€ 70.91
Paperback. A long-anticipated revised edition of one of the most respected and popular guides to the Gettysburg National Military Park. Editor(s): Luvaas, Jay; Nelson, Harold W.; Fullenkamp, Leonard J. Series: US Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev Exp
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618545
- ISBN
- 9780700618545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.86
€ 44.86
Hardcover. Offers a fresh and revealing account of the dramatic 1948 presidential election between President Harry Truman and challenger Thomas Dewey. Recounts a contest with more twists and turns and a different outcome than most contemporaries anticipated, and makes engaging reading for scholar and history buff alike." Num Pages: 272 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618668
- ISBN
- 9780700618668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.27
€ 57.27
Fighting Foreclosure: The Blaisdell Case, the Contract Clause, and the...
Derek S. Hoff John A. Fliter
Paperback. The first book-length study of the landmark 1934 Supreme Court decision that validated efforts by states to offer legislative relief to Depression-era citizens struggling to keep their farms and homes. The close 5-4 decision remains a touchstone for debates over the constitutionality (and benefits) of state intervention to the economy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618729
- ISBN
- 9780700618729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.34
€ 37.34
Hardcover. The fifth and final volume in the author's sweeping study of the political economy of American warfare. Describes the bipolar world that developed from the rivalry between the U.S. and USSR and shows how seventy years of defense spending have bred a monster that has sunk its claws into the very fabric of American life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618743
- ISBN
- 9780700618743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.27
€ 78.27
Paperback. Reveals how Cold War U.S. presidents intervened in Latin America not, as the official argument stated, to protect economic interests or war off perceived national security threats, but rather as a way of responding to questions about strength and credibility both globally and at home. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; HBJK; HBLW; JPHC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618880
- ISBN
- 9780700618880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.28
€ 33.28
Hardcover. The first full-scale, balanced account of President Truman's civil rights policies, tracing how the Missourian outgrew the bigotry of his Jackson County upbringing to become the president who integrated the military and lobbied for key civil rights legislation. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619115
- ISBN
- 9780700619115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.51
€ 69.51
Hardcover. This first detailed account of the Denver Anti-Chinese Riot of 1880 tells the complex story of how anti-Chinese nativism in the nineteenth century grew from a regional political issue to a full-fledged national concern. Provides a new way of understanding late nineteenth-century race relations, as well as American sectionalism. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBBWC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619191
- ISBN
- 9780700619191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.84
€ 78.84
Hardcover. The story of Hoover's numerous wartime battles against Axis, American, and British adversaries, and how they transformed the FBI's culture and intelligence gathering capabilities, helps us understand why the Bureau occupies its powerful position in the national security apparatus today. Num Pages: 349 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619528
- ISBN
- 9780700619528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.43
€ 78.43
Hardcover. The story of how Soviet children experienced the horrors of the Great Patriotic War, both as victims and as heroes who helped make victory possible. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620029
- ISBN
- 9780700620029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
Hardcover. An innovative and thorough history of how Hitler's war to eliminate Europe's Jews and the Wehrmacht's war versus the Allies were in conflict with each other to the material detriment of the latter. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 35 photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620067
- ISBN
- 9780700620067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.19
€ 61.19
Hardcover. Michael Rinella provides careful editing, historical context and analysis to a memoir of a friendship with Oswald during his Dallas days. Editor(s): Rinella, Michael A.; De Mohrenschildt, George. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620135
- ISBN
- 9780700620135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Hardback. In this significantly expanded second edition of The Presidency of George H.W. Bush , John Robert Greene takes full advantage of newly released documents to revisit BushAEs term, to consider his post-presidency accomplishments, and to enhance and clarify our understanding of his place in history. Series: American Presidency Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620791
- ISBN
- 9780700620791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.19
€ 61.19