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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. This book is a cross--cultural examination of slavery. It draws material from the many regions, and widely separated historical periods, in which slavery has existed -- ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, the Muslim societies of the Middle East and Africa, sub--Saharan Africa and the Americas. Series: New Perspectives on the Past. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631167310
ISBN
9780631167310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.50

Hardback. Here, Professor Blanchard examines why slavery managed to survive for more than three decades after Peru declared its independence despite anti-slavery legislation passed by the liberators at that time. The book focuses on the economics of Peruvian slavery, slave life and the abolition movement. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 272 pages, index, bibliography, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842024006
ISBN
9780842024006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.56

paperback. Here, Professor Blanchard examines why slavery managed to survive for more than three decades after Peru declared its independence despite anti-slavery legislation passed by the liberators at that time. The book focuses on the economics of Peruvian slavery, slave life and the abolition movement. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 272 pages, index, bibliography, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842024297
ISBN
9780842024297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.38

Paperback. In the Ottoman Empire, many members of the ruling elite were legally slaves of the sultan and therefore could, technically, be ordered to surrender their labor, their property, or their lives at any moment. This work offers insights into Ottoman life and thought. It also examines female harem slaves, and slave dealers, and slave owners. Series: Publications on the Near East. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295976426
ISBN
9780295976426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Hardback. A comprehensive collection of primary and secondary readings on the history of slaveholding in the American South. Each topical section contains one major article by a prominent historian, and three primary documents. Editor(s): Halpern, Rick; Dal Lago, Enrico. Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631217343
ISBN
9780631217343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.97

Paperback. A comprehensive collection of primary and secondary readings on the history of slaveholding in the American South. Each topical section contains one major article by a prominent historian, and three primary documents. Editor(s): Halpern, Rick; Dal Lago, Enrico. Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631217350
ISBN
9780631217350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.57

Hardback. Offers a comprehensive analysis of slavery in the First State. This text is suitable for courses in colonial and antebellum history. It provides insight into this period in the nation's history. Num Pages: 270 pages, indexes, tables, maps, charts, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTS; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842025942
ISBN
9780842025942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.08

Paperback. A richly illustrated, accessibly written book with a variety of perspectives on slavery, emancipation, and black life in Savannah from the city s founding to the early twentieth century. Written by leading historians of Savannah, Georgia, and the South, it includes a mix of thematic essays focusing on individual people, events, and places." Editor(s): Harris, Leslie M.; Berry, Daina Ramey, PhD. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820344102
ISBN
9780820344102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.92

Paperback. Despite its pervasive presence in the South Asian past, slavery is overlooked in the region's historiography. This work contributes to a rethinking of slavery in world history. It describes a range of sites and contexts covering more than a thousand years, foregrounding the life stories of individual slaves. Editor(s): Chatterjee, Indrani; Eaton, Richard Maxwell. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1FM; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218735
ISBN
9780253218735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.20

Paperback. It would be easy to assume that, in the eighteenth century, slavery and the culture of taste - the world of politeness, manners, and aesthetics - existed as separate and unequal domains, unrelated in the spheres of social life. This book demonstrates that these two areas of modernity were surprisingly entwined. Num Pages: 392 pages, 73 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KJ; DSB; HBTS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New in Paper ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160979
ISBN
9780691160979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.02

Hardback. A history of the society and economy of Sao Paulo from its origins to the introduction of coffee in the mid-19th century. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 tables, 14 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804744652
ISBN
9780804744652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.93

paperback. Paperback edition of the companion to the four-part PBS series on the history of American slavery which aired February 2005. Num Pages: 256 pages, 123 halftones & line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Edition
Media tie-in
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195304510
ISBN
9780195304510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.27

Paperback. Rather than categorizing Romantic literature as resistant to, complicit with, or ambivalent about the workings of empire, Slavery and the Romantic Imagination views the creative process in light of the developing concept of empathy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218824
ISBN
9780812218824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.80

Hardcover. During America's turbulent antebellum era, the Supreme Court decided important cases - most famously Dred Scott - that spoke to sectional concerns and shaped the nation's response to the slavery question. This title presents a comprehensive examination of the major slavery cases that came before the Court between 1825 and 1861. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616664
ISBN
9780700616664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.04

Hardcover. Series: A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935850
ISBN
9780813935850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.61

Paperback. Series: New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252082023
ISBN
9780252082023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.01

Hardback. Series: New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 246 x 22. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040559
ISBN
9780252040559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.38

Paperback. This selection of articles focuses on Washington's changing attitudes towards the institution of slavery and his everyday relationships with the slaves who shared his Mount Vernon estate. Editor(s): Schwarz, Philip J. Series: George Washington Bookshelf. Num Pages: 182 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9780931917387
ISBN
9780931917387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.94

Hardcover. Addresses the significance of Sylvester Manor's plantation history to American attitudes about diversity, Indian land politics, slavery and Jim Crow, in tension with idealized visions of white colonial community Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 238 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814785775
ISBN
9780814785775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.06

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820327921
ISBN
9780820327921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.26

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