History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. Sweet Liberty offers a history of Martinique and its relationship to metropolitan France during the final years of slavery in the French empire. It argues that an Atlantic-world approach reveals how race, slavery, class, and gender shaped what it meant to be French on both sides of the ocean. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812241723
- ISBN
- 9780812241723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.95
€ 47.95
Hardcover. Eric R. Schlereth places religious conflicts between deists and their opponents at the center of early American public life. This history recasts the origins of cultural politics in the United States by exploring how everyday Americans navigated questions of religious truth and difference in an age of emerging religious liberty. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812244939
- ISBN
- 9780812244939
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Condition: New
€ 106.77
€ 106.77
Hardcover. In Central Harlem, the symbolic and historic heart of black America, the violent unrest of July 1964 highlighted a new dynamic in the racial politics of the nation. The first "long, hot summer" of the Sixties had arrived. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812248500
- ISBN
- 9780812248500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.43
€ 101.43
hardcover. Unearths an unexpected bloom of liberty in an ex-slave's journal Num Pages: 219 pages, 8 figures/1 table/ 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; BJ; HBTS; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814705100
- ISBN
- 9780814705100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.52
€ 86.52
Paperback. Covering early societies, the classical, postclassical, and modern periods, and the 20th century, and blending the great advances in historical research over the past quarter century, this title represents an important addition to the teaching of world history. Num Pages: 498 pages, 15 b/w figs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814706916
- ISBN
- 9780814706916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Tracing the evolution of each of the bad habits, this title shows how liquor control boards encouraged the consumption of alcohol; how alcoholic beverage producers got their workers deferred from the draft during World War II; and how convenience stores and accounting firms pursued profits by pushing legalized gambling. Editor(s): Burnham, John C. Series: Bad Habits. Num Pages: 378 pages, 34 photographs, 13 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFF; JHM; JMAL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814712245
- ISBN
- 9780814712245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Traces the trajectory of African American social movements from the time Booker T Washington to the present, providing an integrated discussion of class. This title addresses questions crucial to any understanding of Black politics. Num Pages: 315 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814713181
- ISBN
- 9780814713181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Where was God during the Holocaust? And where has God been since? Holocaust Theology provides a panoramic survey of the writings of more than one hundred leading Jewish and Christian thinkers on these profound theological problems. Editor(s): Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. Num Pages: 414 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716205
- ISBN
- 9780814716205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Hardcover. Explores the cultural construction of ethnic economies and markets, the social dynamics of American race, and the fully transnational history of American wine Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 48 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBBWF; HBTB; HBTK; JFFN; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814717387
- ISBN
- 9780814717387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.53
€ 81.53
Paperback. Firearms have long been at the core of our national narratives. This title documents and analyzes the history of firearms in America, exploring various aspects of gun manufacture, ownership, and use - and importantly, the cultural and political implications which this history reveals. Editor(s): Dizard, Jan E.; Muth, Robert M.; Andrews, Stephen P. Num Pages: 517 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; HBT; JFC; WSXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 517
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814718797
- ISBN
- 9780814718797
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Tells the story of how Americans came to drink milk. This title lets us: learn how cow's milk, which was associated with bacteria and disease became a staple of the American diet, and encounter 19th century evangelists who were convinced that cow's milk was the perfect food with divine properties. Num Pages: 310 pages, 32 b&w illustrations, 12 pages of halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719381
- ISBN
- 9780814719381
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Published in conjunction with the History of the City of New York Project. "..a valuable case study in the micropolitics of one of the Progressive era's signature projects." (The Wall Street Journal) "Illuminating .. " (New York magazine) Num Pages: 442 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; TR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719541
- ISBN
- 9780814719541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Frederick Douglass and George Fitzhugh disagreed on virtually every major issue of the day. On slavery, women's rights, and the preservation of the Union their opinions were opposed. This title demonstrates the links between their very different ideas and to show how, operating from liberal principles, they came to such different conclusions. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814722138
- ISBN
- 9780814722138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. A study that exposes the impact of the entangled relations among master, mistress, slave adults and slave children on the sense of identity of individual slave narrators. It explores the ways in which our of the social, psychological, biological - and literary - crossings and disruptions slavery engendered. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814726532
- ISBN
- 9780814726532
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. This work considers the visual languages, politics and poetics of personal appearance. "Dandyism" has been most closely associated with the 19th-century style of men such as Oscar Wilde. This book examines the wider influence of dandyism and considers its destablizing aesthetic effect. Editor(s): Fillin-Yeh, Susan. Num Pages: 304 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JFCA; JFCK; WJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814726969
- ISBN
- 9780814726969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.43
€ 33.99
€ 33.43
Paperback. Questioning whether anti-Semitism is a transitory phenomenon, appearing randomly in Western history, or whether it reflects a deepseated tradition, this volume traces the image of the Jew and the attitudes toward the Jew from the Roman Empire to the reunification of Germany. Editor(s): Gilman, Sander L.; Katz, Steven T. Num Pages: 412 pages, 23 photographs, 9 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814730560
- ISBN
- 9780814730560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. A comprehensive view of the history, beliefs and practices, and sociology of the Hasidic movement founded by Israel Baal Sheen Tov, this simultaneously provides a reflection of the development of the scholarly understanding of Hasidism from the 18th century to the present. Series: Essential Papers on Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 546 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 546
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814734704
- ISBN
- 9780814734704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
paperback. Since pre-colonial days, America has been both torn apart and united by love, sex, and marriage across racial boundaries. This title provides a historical foundation for contemporary discussions of sex across racial lines, which, despite the numbers of interracial marriages and multiracial children, remains a controversial issue. Editor(s): Hodes, Martha. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFCX; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814735572
- ISBN
- 9780814735572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.08
€ 39.08
Paperback. A vivid history of the men who risked censures, stigma, even imprisonment for a cause they believed to be "an extended tour of duty." Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJF; HBTB; HBWS2; JPWF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736357
- ISBN
- 9780814736357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. The first volume to examine young girls' culture in the U.S. in the 20th century. Essays address such topics as board games and the socialization of adolescent girls, dolls and political ideologies, female juvenile delinquency, and more, to demonstrate how cultural discourses shape both the young and teenage girl in America. 9 illustrations. Editor(s): Inness, Sherrie A. Num Pages: 332 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737651
- ISBN
- 9780814737651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35