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Regional & national history
Paperback. Winner of the Albert J. Beveridge Award in American History. "Packed with suggestive historical detail."-- Num Pages: 288 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 421.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812212433
- ISBN
- 9780812212433
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Paperback. Editor(s): Cherewatuk, Karen; Wiethaus, Ulrike. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 347.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812214376
- ISBN
- 9780812214376
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€ 32.99€ 29.67
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Paperback. Proffers diverse perspectives on the prehistory of government in Northern France, Spain, Germany, the Low Countries, and England. This book brings political, social, ecclesiastical, and cultural history to bear on topics such as aristocracies, women, rituals, commemoration, and manifestations of power through literary, legal, and scriptural means. Editor(s): Bisson, T. N. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 600.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215557
- ISBN
- 9780812215557
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€ 41.99€ 37.30
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paperback. Editor(s): Andreopoulos, George. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780812216165
- ISBN
- 9780812216165
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Paperback. Opinionated and profoundly undeferential, taverngoers did more than drink; they forced their political leaders to consider whether and how public opinion could be represented in the counsels of a newly independent nation. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812216646
- ISBN
- 9780812216646
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€ 32.99€ 29.51
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Paperback. A study of William Bartram's "Travels", Thomas Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia", and J Hector St John de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer" that situates them within two important intellectual traditions: the literature of travel and the science of natural history. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; HBJK; WN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 305.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812216868
- ISBN
- 9780812216868
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812216967
- ISBN
- 9780812216967
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€ 37.99€ 34.03
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Paperback. "O'Shaughnessy's excellent, clearly written book is an important contribution to Caribbean and US history. He successfully explains why the Caribbean colonists, far from supporting the American Revolution, preferred to keep the British empire intact.. Highly recommended."-Choice Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, 41 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812217322
- ISBN
- 9780812217322
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€ 41.99€ 37.42
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Paperback. "Immediately useful to anyone interested in Spanish history and culture."-Virginia Quarterly Review Editor(s): Cowans, Jon. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218466
- ISBN
- 9780812218466
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paperback. Examines how the struggle between yeoman farmers and landed gentry shaped public life in the colony. It delineates the beliefs of rioters and upholders of order, both of whom wanted control over the land. It also describes how changes in provincial society led farmers to resort to violence as a means of settling property disputes. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812218596
- ISBN
- 9780812218596
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Paperback. Provides a picture of Shays' Rebellion, capturing the spirit of the insurgency, the reasons for the revolt, and its long-term impact on the participants, the state of Massachusetts, and the nation as a whole. Num Pages: 216 pages, 38 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218701
- ISBN
- 9780812218701
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Paperback. During World War I, the first US war in which women were mobilized by the armed services on a mass scale, more than sixteen thousand female personnel served overseas with the American Expeditionary Force. The author presents the stories of servicewomen in the context of women's employment in the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBWN; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812218756
- ISBN
- 9780812218756
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Condition: New
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Paperback. How is American history written? Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alan Taylor answers this question in this collection of his essays from The New Republic, where he explores the writing of early American history. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219104
- ISBN
- 9780812219104
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. An in-depth account of the relationship between the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812219753
- ISBN
- 9780812219753
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Paperback. "An exemplary study of public memory because of its wide vision, its attentiveness to context, and its careful delineation of change over time."-David Waldstreicher, author of In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820 Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 429.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221091
- ISBN
- 9780812221091
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
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Paperback. Stir It Up explores the changing aims of home economics while putting the phenomena of Martha Stewart, Rachael Ray, Ty Pennington, and the "Mommy Wars" into historical context. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221213
- ISBN
- 9780812221213
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Paperback. In the first intellectual biography of the man universally recognized in his own time as the founder of the Atlantic antislavery movement, Jackson demonstrates how Anthony Benezet mediated Enlightenment political and social thought, African travel narratives, and the ideas and experiences of ordinary people to create a new antislavery critique. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221268
- ISBN
- 9780812221268
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€ 37.99€ 34.03
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paperback. Centering on the streets of this metropolis, Simone Roux peers into the secret lives of people within their homes and the public world of affairs and entertainments, populating the book with laborers, shop keepers, magistrates, thieves, and strollers. Translator(s): McNamara, Jo Ann. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221480
- ISBN
- 9780812221480
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Paperback. Protestant Empire is the first comprehensive history of the dramatic clash of peoples and beliefs that emerged in the diverse religious world in the British Atlantic, including England, Scotland, Ireland, parts of North and South America, the Caribbean, and Africa. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221503
- ISBN
- 9780812221503
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€ 37.99€ 33.99
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Paperback. Focusing on the fate of the federal Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, this comprehensive history of the thirty year war over welfare shows how stubborn allegiance to the male-headed household undermined the struggle for economic justice. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221541
- ISBN
- 9780812221541
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€ 37.99€ 33.91
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Paperback. Tinkering takes a fresh look at early automotive design from the bottom up, as a process that included manufacturers, engineers, designers, advice experts, and consumers, from savvy buyers to grass-roots inventors. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221589
- ISBN
- 9780812221589
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South considers the critical role the famous evangelist played in creating the modern American South. Author Steven P. Miller treats Graham as a serious actor and a powerful transitional symbol-an evangelist, first and foremost, but also a profoundly political figure. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221794
- ISBN
- 9780812221794
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Condition: New
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Paperback. This book examines how competing narratives about the Haitian Revolution influenced American public culture during the Civil War. It argues that both antislavery and proslavery groups appropriated the symbols of Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution in their attempts to determine the fate of slavery in the United States. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221848
- ISBN
- 9780812221848
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Paperback. A New Nation of Goods highlights the significant role of provincial artisans in four crafts in the northeastern United States-chairmaking, clockmaking, portrait painting, and book publishing-to explain the shift from preindustrial society to an entirely new configuration of work, commodities, and culture. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 color, 107 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFCD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222005
- ISBN
- 9780812222005
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
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€ 37.34