History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Hardback. Using a theoretical framework built on Lacan and Foucault, Licia Fiol-Matta traces the careers of four iconic female Puerto Rican singers to explore how their voices, performance style, physical appearance, and subject matter of their songs challenged social and cultural norms. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 312 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJP; AVC; AVG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362821
- ISBN
- 9780822362821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.33
€ 115.33
Hardback. Using the multiple meanings of "wake" to illustrate the ways Black lives are determined by slavery's afterlives, Christina Sharpe weaves personal experiences with readings of literary and artistic representations of Black life and death to examine what survives in the face of insistent violence and the possibilities for resistance. Num Pages: 192 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362838
- ISBN
- 9780822362838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.73
€ 107.73
Hardback. Mark Rifkin explores how Indigenous experiences with time and the dominance of settler colonial conceptions of temporality have affected Native peoplehood and sovereignty, thereby rethinking the very terms by which history is created and organized around time by. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362852
- ISBN
- 9780822362852
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Condition: New
€ 110.28
€ 110.28
Hardback. Hershini Bhana Young engages with the archive of South African and black diasporic performance to examine the absence of black women's will from that archive, showing that alternative critical imaginings juxtaposed against traditional historical research can help to locate where agency and will may reside. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; AN; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363095
- ISBN
- 9780822363095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.28
€ 110.28
Hardback. Michelle D. Commander traces how black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa through speculative literature and film and travel to cultural heritage sites as means to create a sense of homecoming, belonging, and connection with their ancestors, spiritual realm, and Africa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363118
- ISBN
- 9780822363118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.28
€ 110.28
Paperback. Hershini Bhana Young engages with the archive of South African and black diasporic performance to examine the absence of black women's will from that archive, showing that alternative critical imaginings juxtaposed against traditional historical research can help to locate where agency and will may reside. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; AN; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363200
- ISBN
- 9780822363200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Michelle D. Commander traces how black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa through speculative literature and film and travel to cultural heritage sites as means to create a sense of homecoming, belonging, and connection with their ancestors, spiritual realm, and Africa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363231
- ISBN
- 9780822363231
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. Noenoe K. Silva creates a model indigenous intellectual history of a culture where-using Western standards-none is presumed to exist by examining the work of two lesser-known Hawaiian language writers from the nineteenth-century whose prolific output across many genres created a record of Native Hawaiian cultural history and thought. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363521
- ISBN
- 9780822363521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.28
€ 110.28
Paperback. Noenoe K. Silva creates a model indigenous intellectual history of a culture where-using Western standards-none is presumed to exist by examining the work of two lesser-known Hawaiian language writers from the nineteenth-century whose prolific output across many genres created a record of Native Hawaiian cultural history and thought. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363682
- ISBN
- 9780822363682
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Powell addresses the role that the Northern Planters had on the post-Reconstruction system. He deals with a variety of issues, including race relations, the planters' motivations, work habits, capital investment patterns and their gradual disillusionment as problems mounted and profits declined. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218943
- ISBN
- 9780823218943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. This text brings together many scholars who have been working through the Freedman's Bureau papers and other sources, to rethink the Bureau's place in securing freedom and remaking the South. It presents a sampling of the range and variety of work being done on the Bureau. Editor(s): Cimbala, Paul A. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 363 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823219353
- ISBN
- 9780823219353
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. Brian Cudahy offers a fascinating tribute to the world the subway created. Taking a fresh look at one of the marvels of the 20th century, Cudahy creates a vivid sense of this extraordinary achievement-how the city was transformed once New Yorkers started riding in a hole in the ground. Num Pages: 388 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBT; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823222933
- ISBN
- 9780823222933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Hardback. Congress established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands - more commonly known as the Freedmen's Bureau - in March 1865. Upon its creation this temporary federal agency assumed the Herculean task of overseeing the transition from slavery to freedom in the war-torn South. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823232116
- ISBN
- 9780823232116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.17
€ 113.17
Hardback. Assesses the current situation of Europe ten years after the adoption of the single currency. Examines the genealogy of the idea of Europe from the Greek confrontation with the Asia to the conflict between the Roman Empire and Christianity. Discusses the role of secularization in the shaping of modern Europe. Editor(s): Carrera, Alessandro. Translator(s): Verdicchio, Massimo. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267163
- ISBN
- 9780823267163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.72
€ 102.72
Hardback. The book traces the process of creating of a new German memory of the Holocaust after the fall of the Wall. Combining theoretical analysis with historical case studies, the book revisits crucial debates and controversial issues out of which Germany's new 'memory culture' emerged as a collective project and work in progress. Translator(s): Clift, Sarah. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Translation
- SKU
- V9780823267279
- ISBN
- 9780823267279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardback. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823268757
- ISBN
- 9780823268757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.45
€ 159.45
Hardback. Features a concept of sacred humanity embedded in African-American religious thought historically and available for a more scientifically and morally grounded African-American religiosity in the present and future. Also traces indications of this concept in select writings of Anna Julia Cooper, W. E. B. Du Bois, and James Baldwin. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRC; HRLB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823269815
- ISBN
- 9780823269815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.85
€ 106.85
Paperback. Features a concept of sacred humanity embedded in African-American religious thought historically and available for a more scientifically and morally grounded African-American religiosity in the present and future. Also traces indications of this concept in select writings of Anna Julia Cooper, W. E. B. Du Bois, and James Baldwin. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRC; HRLB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823269822
- ISBN
- 9780823269822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823271306
- ISBN
- 9780823271306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823271313
- ISBN
- 9780823271313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20