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In the Beginning Was the Word provides a sweeping, engaging, and insightful survey of the relationship between the Bible and public issues from the beginning of European settlement through the American Revolution. Num Pages: 448 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HRAM2; HRAX; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 703.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190263980
ISBN
9780190263980
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.62

An original study based on never before seen State Department documents, this book examines reactions around the world to the execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190265885
ISBN
9780190265885
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 41.45

Paperback. Filling a gap in presidential history, Roosevelt's Second Act uncovers in complex detail what lay behind Roosevelt's decision to stand for an unprecedented third term, and examines the multiplicity of conflicting forces at work on him. Num Pages: 392 pages, 28 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190266288
ISBN
9780190266288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.66

Paperback. A groundbreaking and lyrically written work that explores the world of the Pacific Ocean. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 hts. BIC Classification: HBJM; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190498757
ISBN
9780190498757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.91

Expelling the Poor argues that immigration policies in nineteenth-century New York and Massachusetts, driven by cultural prejudice against the Irish and more fundamentally by economic concerns about their poverty, laid the foundations for American immigration control. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190619213
ISBN
9780190619213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.73

Paperback. Louis P. Masur uses Abraham Lincoln's final public address in April 1865 to trace the debate over reconstruction policies from the earliest days of the Civil War. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190620097
ISBN
9780190620097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190672164
ISBN
9780190672164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.55

Paperback. Examines Black pre-Civil War culture and the slave family, detailing sexual attitudes, courtship practices and wedding ceremonies, childrearing, familial roles, language, and discipline. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Revised, Enlarg
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195025637
ISBN
9780195025637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 151.02

Hardcover. Integrating all aspects of life, from politics and law to the economy and culture, "Empire of Liberty" offers a marvelous account of this pivotal era when America took its first unsteady steps as a new and rapidly expanding nation. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 244 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1218.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195039146
ISBN
9780195039146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 44.79

Paperback. This treatise argues that the American West serves as a testament to a dependence upon water as the "shaping force" of a region's history and development. It defines the West as a "modern hydraulic society" dependent on man-made systems of irrigation such as dams, irrigation ditches and canals. Num Pages: 416 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; KNBW; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195078060
ISBN
9780195078060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.52

Describes how the Nazi propaganda machine produced conscripts for Hitler's army who were fully convinced of the view of "inferior peoples", and argues that these ideas, rather than the exigencies of war, motivated the atrocities of the SS during World War II. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JPFQ; JPVN; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195079036
ISBN
9780195079036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.19

Paperback. Secession Debated is a colorful and gripping tale told in the words of the actual participants, one which sheds new light on one of the great and hitherto neglected verbal showdowns in American history. It is essential to a full understanding of the origins of the war between the states. Editor(s): Freehling, William W.; Simpson, Craig M. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195079456
ISBN
9780195079456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.35

Paperback. This history of Latin America during its period of independence has been revised and updated to include new material based on recently published research, as well as augmented references covering areas of special contemporary interest. The bibliography has also been updated. Num Pages: 352 pages, halftones, map. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195084023
ISBN
9780195084023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.84

Paperback. Twentieth century Los Angeles has been the focus of one of the most profound and complex interactions between distinct cultures in U.S. history. In this pioneering study, Sanchez explores how Mexican immigrants "Americanized" themselves in order to fit in, thereby losing part of their own culture. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 halftones & line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195096484
ISBN
9780195096484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.47

Paperback. This study integrates a wide range of material on the women of ancient Greece and Rome into one volume. It gathers primary written and visual documentation on the lives of these women and presents them in a chronological sequence, within their historical and cultural contexts. Num Pages: 448 pages, numerous halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195098624
ISBN
9780195098624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 188.97

Paperback. The Classical Roman Reader provides access to literary, artistic, social, religious, political, scientific, and philosophical texts that shaped Roman thinking and helped form the backbone of Western culture. Editor(s): Atchity, Kenneth John. Num Pages: 480 pages, 49 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AH; DSB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 187 x 32. Weight in Grams: 843.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195127409
ISBN
9780195127409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.96

Paperback. This study consists of an examination of the presidency, the personalities who defined it, and the strategies that led to their triumphs or defeats. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195145823
ISBN
9780195145823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.34

The gripping story of the 1950s polio scare and of the intense-and intensely bitter-competition to find the first vaccine. Num Pages: 368 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; MBN; MBX; MJN; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195152944
ISBN
9780195152944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.74

Paperback. Chronicles the political, economic, and social changes that revolutionized Europe during the nineteenth century. This text facilitates assignment of supplemental readings. It includes chronologies, reading lists, maps, and illustrations for ease of reference. This text is useful for any undergraduate course on 19th-Century European history. Num Pages: 416 pages, Numerous maps, tables, halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195156225
ISBN
9780195156225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 132.81

Paperback. In an engaging narrative format, Sleuthing the Alamo employs a particular archival "find" in each chapter to show how the meaning of the Texas Revolution, and especially the Alamo battle, cannot be understood without examining the construction of the histories and myths about the birth of the Texas Republic. Series: New Narratives in American History. Num Pages: 228 pages, 4pp full colour plates, numerous halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 122 x 171 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195163506
ISBN
9780195163506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.18

Paperback. This title unveils the whole history of US presidential elections, from the seamless ascent of General George Washington to the bitterly contested election of George W. Bush. Each chapter contains a brief essay describing an election and presenting "campaign highlights" that bring to life the quadrennial confrontation in all its shame and glory. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195167160
ISBN
9780195167160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.96

Paperback. Boasting 100 illustrations, lively anecdotes, and skillfully written narratives by leading experts, "No Small Courage" captures the variety and importance of American women's experience, demonstrating that the history of our nation cannot be fully understood without focusing on changes in women's lives. Editor(s): Cott, Nancy F. Num Pages: 656 pages, 115 halftones, line illus. & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 277 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195173239
ISBN
9780195173239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.94

Paperback. Explores the life of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826): first Secretary of State, second Vice President, fifth President of the United States, and a renaissance man of early America. This biography sets him in context, as a member of the Virginia gentry, an able and skilled lawyer, a talented politician, and the finest writer of his era. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195181302
ISBN
9780195181302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.55

Paperback. The first new history of the First Crusade since Steve Runciman's classic trilogy on the Crusades written in the 1950's. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195189056
ISBN
9780195189056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.13

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