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History: specific events & topics

Written by three prominent historians of the period, Slavery's Ghost forces readers to think critically about the way we study the past, the depth of racial prejudice, and how African Americans won and lost their freedom in nineteenth-century America. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402352
ISBN
9781421402352
Condition: New

€ 58.07

Combining economic theory with the history of technology, Making Tobacco Bright revises several narratives in American history, from colonial staple-crop agriculture to the origins of the tobacco industry to the rise of identity politics in the twentieth century. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBTK; KNDF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402864
ISBN
9781421402864
Condition: New

€ 76.44

SeemanKing Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty by Daniel R. MandellThe Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hull HofferBloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations by Tim Lehman Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421403113
ISBN
9781421403113
Condition: New

€ 69.54

Weaving together the stories of the Old World apple in America and the life and myth of John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard casts new light on both. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11, 7 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407289
ISBN
9781421407289
Condition: New

€ 63.20

Monstrous Motherhood will compel scholars in eighteenth-century studies, women's studies, family history, and cultural studies to reevaluate a foundational assumption that has driven much of the discourse in their fields. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407371
ISBN
9781421407371
Condition: New

€ 69.03

Paperback. Cut These Words into My Stone provides an engaging introduction to this corner of classical literature that continues to speak eloquently in our time. Translator(s): Wolfe, Michael. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; DSC; HBLA1; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408040
ISBN
9781421408040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.96

By asking questions about authenticity, cultural appropriation, and commodification, Thrill of the Chaste considers Amish fiction's effects on Amish and non-Amish audiences alike. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18, 17 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; HBTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408903
ISBN
9781421408903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.14

Paperback. By asking questions about authenticity, cultural appropriation, and commodification, Thrill of the Chaste considers Amish fiction's effects on Amish and non-Amish audiences alike. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18, 17 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; HBTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408910
ISBN
9781421408910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.34

The capstone of Clifford's distinguished career and the definitive book on women teachers in America, Those Good Gertrudes will engage scholars in the history of education and women's history, teachers past, present, and future, and readers with vivid memories of their own teachers. Num Pages: 496 pages, 19, 18 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 839.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414331
ISBN
9781421414331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.35

Paperback. This work presents the story of the opening of the Internet, and parallel developments in the alternate world of computer bulletin board systems. it chronicles the inventive, individualistic, and often cantankerous individuals who have created this new culture. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; UBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Apress
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781430250746
ISBN
9781430250746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.92

Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442218376
ISBN
9781442218376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 151.12

Paperback. Final Voyage: The World's Worst Maritime Disasters tells the stories of the deadliest and most often forgotten maritime tragedies in the history of seafaring. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 maps. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442221673
ISBN
9781442221673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.05

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442222380
ISBN
9781442222380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.62

Paperback. The Renaissance Conscience presents one of the first modern studies to explore the variety of ways in which people during the Renaissance conversed with - and let themselves be guided by - their conscience. Editor(s): Braun, Professor Harald E.; Vallance, Edward. Series: Renaissance Studies Special Issues. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLH; HBTB; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444335668
ISBN
9781444335668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.81

Paperback. Now in paperback, a fascinating look at our nation's history of drinking and its effects on the American character by bestselling author Susan Cheever. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455513857
ISBN
9781455513857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.15

Hardback. Thirty captivating profiles of Christians who risked everything to rescue their Jewish neighbors from Nazi terror during the Holocaust. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBTZ1; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455566297
ISBN
9781455566297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493026180
ISBN
9781493026180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 27 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBJK; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493028740
ISBN
9781493028740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.53

A new gendered approach to the rise of the modern state in Sweden over the long eighteenth century. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ; JPFN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526100641
ISBN
9781526100641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 150.58

Num Pages: 119 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 124 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
119
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550963915
ISBN
9781550963915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.06

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