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Paperback. Includes voices of women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s including Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed, members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions, the Mormon midwife who delivered five babies on the trail between Omaha and Salt Lake City; and, Rachel Fisher. Editor(s): Holmes, Kenneth L. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803272774
- ISBN
- 9780803272774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.84
€ 20.99
€ 20.84
Paperback. Contains the diaries and letters of six Oregon-bound women, as well as the journal of an English Mormon woman who described her experience all the way from Liverpool to Salt Lake City. The words of these pioneer women convey their exhilaration, courage, exhaustion, and terror in traveling so far into the unknown. Editor(s): Holmes, Kenneth L. Num Pages: Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803272873
- ISBN
- 9780803272873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.76
€ 19.99
€ 19.76
Paperback. Explores the changing role of masculinity as the open range slowly disappeared and the cowboys had fewer places to roam Num Pages: 281 pages, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814763414
- ISBN
- 9780814763414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 38 halftones. 3 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138633
- ISBN
- 9780691138633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: AVC; HBT; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781254356
- ISBN
- 9781781254356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. Cows and Catastrophes includes tales of the author's 40 years of farming on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, where he has lived and worked for all his life. Including 32 specially commissioned illustrations by Rory Walker, this book will bring a wry smile to the faces of other farmers who will recognise situations that they too have been in. Illustrator(s): Walker, Rory. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BM; HBTB; KNAC; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Fox Chapel Publishers International
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910456484
- ISBN
- 9781910456484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.33
€ 13.99
€ 11.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804989
- ISBN
- 9780875804989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. In 1932 the Al Saud family incorporated the kingdom of Hijaz, once the cultural hub of the Arabian world, in to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This book traces the fortunes of distinctive and resilient culture of the Hijazis, from the golden age of Hashemite Mecca to Saudi domination to its resurgence. Num Pages: 248 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845118242
- ISBN
- 9781845118242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.93
€ 34.99
€ 29.93
hardcover. Craft Capitalism focuses on Hamilton, Ontario, and demonstrates how the preservation of traditional work arrangements, craft mobility networks, and other aspects of craft culture ensured that craftsworkers in that city enjoyed an essentially positive introduction to industrial capitalism. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; AFT; HBJK; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802091277
- ISBN
- 9780802091277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06
€ 92.06
Paperback. Examines the role of the vernacular arts in Mexico s transformation from a regionally and culturally fragmented country into a modern nation-state with an inclusive and compelling national identity. Num Pages: 424 pages, 16 color illustrations, 23 b&w, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347033
- ISBN
- 9780822347033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.77
€ 33.99
€ 30.77
Paperback. From bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose, a dual biography of two great nineteenth century warriors, General Custer and Crazy Horse, culminating in the Battle of Little Bighorn. Num Pages: 544 pages, 2 x 8pp b-w plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 38. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471158797
- ISBN
- 9781471158797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.49
€ 13.00
€ 11.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 black and white and colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 332 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Gibbs M. Smith Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781423641230
- ISBN
- 9781423641230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.46
€ 33.99
€ 22.46
Hardback. In the early 1900s, British Columbia embarked on a brief but intense effort, with long consequences, to manufacture a modern countryside. For the first time, the state directly intervened in planning and implementing land settlement. This work examines how this process unfolded and assesses its consequences. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 268 pages, 18 b/w illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJC; HBTB; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813372
- ISBN
- 9780774813372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.28
€ 113.28
paperback. In the early 1900s, British Columbia embarked on a brief but intense effort, with long consequences, to manufacture a modern countryside. For the first time, the state directly intervened in planning and implementing land settlement. This title examines how this process unfolded and assesses its consequences. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 b/w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJ; HBTB; RGC; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774813389
- ISBN
- 9780774813389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
Hardback. Creating Canada's Peacekeeping Past delves into diverse representations of Canadian peacekeeping, including National Film Board documentaries, political rhetoric, and high school textbooks to show how peacekeeping became a symbol of Canadian national identity in both French and English Canada. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 544 pages, 17 photographs, 22 line art, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBTB; HBW; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774832489
- ISBN
- 9780774832489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.93
€ 44.99
€ 44.93
Paperback. This work traces the development of country music and its institutionalization from Fiddlin' John Carson's pioneering recordings in Atlanta in 1923 to the posthumous success of Hank Williams. The book also explores what it means to be authentic within popular culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 36. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226662855
- ISBN
- 9780226662855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.79
€ 35.99
€ 28.79
Hardback. The "cold war university" is the academic component of the military-industrial-academic complex. This work discusses the role played by university administrators in making their universities dependent upon military foundation and industrial patronage. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNKG; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205413
- ISBN
- 9780520205413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70€ 49.28
€ 62.70
€ 49.28
Paperback. Shows how seemingly irrational business decisions, inspired in part by the self-interest of the owners but also by their nostalgia for the game, transformed baseball into the national pastime. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; KNSP; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058856
- ISBN
- 9780691058856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.32
€ 53.24
€ 42.32
Paperback. Series: Visible Evidence. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKV; HBTZ; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816676231
- ISBN
- 9780816676231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. Series: Visible Evidence. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKV; HBTZ; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816676224
- ISBN
- 9780816676224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63