History: specific events & topics
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History: specific events & topics
Paperback. Editor(s): Turner, Catherine; Barnhisel, Gregory. Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTW; JFD; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558499607
- ISBN
- 9781558499607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.28
€ 41.99
€ 34.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558499782
- ISBN
- 9781558499782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.54
€ 34.99
€ 30.54
paperback. Discusses the underlying causes of the US Civil War as they relate to Missouri and reveals how the war helped create both the legend and the reality of Jesse James and his gang. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBW; JFC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826209597
- ISBN
- 9780826209597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.50
€ 17.99
€ 16.50
Paperback. This book takes a fascinating look at rock art through the lens of archeology and anthropology, offering an innovative model of Fremont society, politics, and worldview. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607810117
- ISBN
- 9781607810117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Paperback. A fascinating look at Lakota lifeways and history through the voices of medicine men and White Hat s personal stories" Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 216 x 175 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607811848
- ISBN
- 9781607811848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.46
€ 29.46
Hardcover. Sasun, a region of Anatolia formerly under Ottoman rule and today part of eastern Turkey, is frequently described as the site where, in 1894, the Turks massacred large numbers of Armenian Christians. This volume provides a close examination of the historical evidence to shed light on what happened at Sasun. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607813842
- ISBN
- 9781607813842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.78
€ 36.99
€ 36.78
Paperback. In this wide-ranging and accessible survey of American labour songs, Ronald D. Cohen chronicles the history behind the work songs of cowboys, sailors, hoboes, and others, as well as the singing culture of groups ranging from the Industrial Workers of the World to Pete Seeger Num Pages: 208 pages, 36 color Illustrations and 6 Black & White. BIC Classification: AVGC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Carquinez Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780974412481
- ISBN
- 9780974412481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.41
€ 26.41
hardcover. Using primary documents, this work examines the characteristics of North Carolina's African-American population in order to explain the social and political factors that shaped economic opportunity for this group from the Civil War until 1915. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 b&w illustrations, 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917337
- ISBN
- 9780813917337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.17
€ 71.17
Paperback. The work focuses on the life of a horse wrangler named Chonrad Stoeckhlin (1549-1587), whose extraordinary visions of the afterlife and enthusiastic practice of the occult eventually led to his death - and to the death of a number of village women - for crimes of witchcraft. Translator(s): Midelfort, H. C. Erik. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918532
- ISBN
- 9780813918532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.19
€ 37.19
hardcover. Challenging the denigration of western-educated Africans as a culturally barren "kleptocratic" elite, this work shows that they occupied a shifting medial position between colonizers and colonized. In the process they created an intellectual culture grounded in indigenous and European sources. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFCX; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813919072
- ISBN
- 9780813919072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.97
€ 108.97
Paperback. A discussion of the probability (shown by DNA tests) that Thomas Jefferson was the father of his slave Sally Hemings's children. The essays reflect the deeper questions the relationship between Jefferson and Hemings has raised about American history and national culture. Editor(s): Lewis, Jan; Onuf, Peter S. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919195
- ISBN
- 9780813919195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.62
€ 49.62
Paperback. A history of Norfolk. It tells the story of America's biggest maritime port from the first contact between a Spanish sailor and a Chiskiack man in 1561 to the city's late-20th-century concerns, including pollution, urban development, racial tensions and traffic in illegal guns. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 785.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919881
- ISBN
- 9780813919881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.45
€ 45.45
The Southern Agrarians and the New Deal. Essays After "I'll Take My St...
. Ed(S): Bingham, Emily S.; Underwood, Thomas...
Hardback. A collection of six essays by key American Agrarians such as Donald Davidson, Andrew Nelson Lytle and Herman Clarence Nixon. Combined with an introduction, they offer a radically revised view of the Agrarian movement as it was redefined and revived during the New Deal. Editor(s): Bingham, Emily S.; Underwood, Thomas A. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JPWD; JPWF; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919959
- ISBN
- 9780813919959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.93
€ 88.93
Hardback. In this work, Marshall Foletta contends that by calling for a new American literature in their journal, "The North American Review", the second-generation Federalists helped American readers break free from imported neo-classical standards, thus paving the way for the American Renaissance. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JPHC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920597
- ISBN
- 9780813920597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.32
€ 88.32
Paperback. An account of the successful adaptation of slavery to industrial labour and freedom in Richmond, Virginia between 1782 and 1865. The book demonstrates how industrial employment allowed blacks to carve out a degree of autonomy and accelerate slavery's demise. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920993
- ISBN
- 9780813920993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.25
€ 37.25
hardcover. This volume gives an account of contraction in household authority and the effects these changes had upon the governmental system. It argues that the disintegration of household powers during the mid 19th century is much more central to the modernization of the period than industrialization. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921259
- ISBN
- 9780813921259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.35
€ 102.35
Hardback. Walker Rumble follows the trail of the Swifts, a group of colourful compositors who became famous by winning typesetting races. Tellingly, at the same time that the most celebrated contests were taking place, technological and cultural forces were threatening the Swifts's way of life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBT; KNTR; TBX; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921617
- ISBN
- 9780813921617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.72
€ 54.72
paperback. In 2000, the University of Virginia Art Museum mounted an exhibition called "Hindsight/Fore-site: Art for the New Millennium", in which 24 artists created works inspired by Thomas Jefferson's legacy. This text contains essays which explore the art-historical significance of the exhibition. Editor(s): Hartz, Jill. Num Pages: 110 pages, 60 colour and 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; GM; HBT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813921839
- ISBN
- 9780813921839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.83
€ 39.83
Hardback. In the hands of a historian such as Stilgoe, the lifeboat becomes a symbol of human optimism, of engineering ingenuity, of bureaucratic regulation, of fear and frailty. Woven through "Lifeboat" are old-fashioned yarns, thrilling tales of adventure that quicken the pulse of readers. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922218
- ISBN
- 9780813922218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. Even before the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, the practice of taking captives was widespread among Native Americans. This book talks about the many reasons behind the Indians taking captives. It offers a comprehensive historical and literary account of Indian captivity in Spanish-controlled territory from the 16th-20th century. Translator(s): Pellon, Gustavo. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925875
- ISBN
- 9780813925875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.55
€ 43.55
Hardback. Unlike many United States industries, railroads are intrinsically linked to American soil and particular regions. Divided into sections that focus on particular aspects of the impending impact of railroads on the landscape, this book moves seamlessly between historical and contemporary analysis. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTK; KNGT; RPT; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926681
- ISBN
- 9780813926681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.53
€ 58.53
Paperback. Captain John Smith covered countless leagues of the Chesapeake Bay and its many tributary rivers, and documented his experiences. This illustrated book takes the reader on Smith's exploratory voyages and reconstructs the Chesapeake environment and its people as Smith encountered them. Num Pages: 416 pages, 60 b&w illustrations, 3 b&w maps & 31 colour maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 871.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927282
- ISBN
- 9780813927282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.84
€ 25.84
Paperback. Drawing upon an archive of manuscript materials, this book illustrates how two generations of a colorful and influential family adapted to social upheaval. It reveals the process by which the world of Washington and Jefferson evolved into the antebellum society of Edmund Ruffin and Thomas Dew. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927442
- ISBN
- 9780813927442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.74
€ 37.74
hardcover. Combining research, political philosophy, and intellectual history, this book explores the invention of universal emancipation - both in the context of the Age of Enlightenment and in relation to certain key figures and trends in contemporary political philosophy. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928029
- ISBN
- 9780813928029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.43
€ 103.43