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Regional & national history
Paperback. A study that exposes the impact of the entangled relations among master, mistress, slave adults and slave children on the sense of identity of individual slave narrators. It explores the ways in which our of the social, psychological, biological - and literary - crossings and disruptions slavery engendered. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814726532
- ISBN
- 9780814726532
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. Among the most prominent icons of the American south is that of the southern belle, immortalized by such figures as Scarlett O'Hara, Dolly Madison, and Lucy Pickens (whose elegant image graced the Confederate $100 bill). This title fills a gap in southern history and women's history. Editor(s): Farnham, Christie Anne. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814726556
- ISBN
- 9780814726556
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. Features three intellectual currents in East European Jewry - Hasidism, Rabbinic Mitnagdism, and Haskalah. Focusing on the social and intellectual odysseys of merchants, maskilim, and rabbis, and their varied attempts to combine Judaism and European culture, this title chronicles the story of these first modern Jews of Russia. Editor(s): Fishman, David E.; Funabashi, Yoichi. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814726600
- ISBN
- 9780814726600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. A work which sets out to show that the separation of Church and State is invoked to further Christian domination of American society. The book contains material of interest to scholars of Church history, Jewish persecution, normative political theory and constitutional law. Editor(s): Feldman, Stephen M. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRC; JP; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814726846
- ISBN
- 9780814726846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. New York is the oldest continually occupied city in America, with hundreds of place names offering a guide to the city's history. This book traces the origins of the names of Manhattan's streets, avenues, parks and corners, from it's life as a Dutch trading port to a modern, multicultural city. Num Pages: 207 pages, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GBC; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727126
- ISBN
- 9780814727126
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Considers the conditions of early America which shaped and were shaped by ideals of masculinity Editor(s): Foster, Thomas A. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727812
- ISBN
- 9780814727812
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. Why did the Danes risk their lives to rescue the Jewish population? Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, 1map,ports. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814730119
- ISBN
- 9780814730119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
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Paperback. "Jim Crow New York" provides readers with both scholarly analysis and access to a series of extraordinary documents, including extensive excerpts from the resonant speeches made at New York's 1821 constitutional convention and additional documents which recover a diversity of voices. Editor(s): Gellman, David Nathaniel; Quigley, David. Num Pages: 353 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814731505
- ISBN
- 9780814731505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
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Hardcover. Explores the roots and identities of many of America's most recognizable citizens Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Media tie-in
- SKU
- V9780814732649
- ISBN
- 9780814732649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.82
€ 34.82
Paperback. Examines the change in the role of campus life in the 1960s and early 1970s and the way in which the peace campaign became a national movement. The work studies how outside forces affected the campus antiwar protests and illustrates the depth of the anguish over US involvement in Vietnam. Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; GTJ; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JNMF; JNMN; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814735121
- ISBN
- 9780814735121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
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Paperback. A vivid history of the men who risked censures, stigma, even imprisonment for a cause they believed to be "an extended tour of duty." Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJF; HBTB; HBWS2; JPWF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736357
- ISBN
- 9780814736357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. The Mexican Revolution impacted both Mexican and African Americans. Drawing on archives on both sides of the border, a host of cutting-edge studies and oral histories, Horne chronicles the political currents which created and then undermined the Mexican border as a relative safe haven for African Americans. Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736739
- ISBN
- 9780814736739
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. Explores the dual discourse on female sexual mobilization that emerged during World War II. Num Pages: 251 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBWQ; JFSJ1; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814737392
- ISBN
- 9780814737392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
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Paperback. The first volume to examine young girls' culture in the U.S. in the 20th century. Essays address such topics as board games and the socialization of adolescent girls, dolls and political ideologies, female juvenile delinquency, and more, to demonstrate how cultural discourses shape both the young and teenage girl in America. 9 illustrations. Editor(s): Inness, Sherrie A. Num Pages: 332 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737651
- ISBN
- 9780814737651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
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Hardback. Offers a concise and far-reaching synthesis of the Church's role from the earliest contact between the Spanish and native tribes until the modern day Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HRCC7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740033
- ISBN
- 9780814740033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.69
€ 39.69
Paperback. Reveals that New York's interlocking network of private benevolence and municipal relief promoted a racialized and gendered definition of poverty and citizenship Num Pages: 349 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814741078
- ISBN
- 9780814741078
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Condition: New
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paperback. Editor(s): Judge, Edward H. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814742235
- ISBN
- 9780814742235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
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paperback. John Brown Russwurm (1799-1851) played a pioneering role as an educator, abolitionist, editor, government official, emigrationist and colonizationist. He is the first African American graduate of Maine's Bowdoin College, and co-founder of "Freedom's Journal". This title presents an account of Russwurm's life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814742907
- ISBN
- 9780814742907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.99
€ 24.99
€ 22.99
Paperback. Examines representations of Arabs, Islam and the Near East in nineteenth-century American culture Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJK; JFC; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814745182
- ISBN
- 9780814745182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
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Paperback. An analysis of the writings and speeches of the American founders. Kann (political science, U. of Southern Calif.) looks at how the founders deployed a "grammar of manhood" that provided informal rules for stigmatizing disorderly men, justifying citizenship for deserving men, and elevating exceptio Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814747148
- ISBN
- 9780814747148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
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Paperback. A cornucopia of the familiar and the forgotten, the historic and the ephemeral, the heroic and the banal. This handy reference work takes us from Verrazano's arrival in 1524 into the November 2001 election of a new mayor for the new millennium. Num Pages: 367 pages, b&w illustrations and photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 21. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814747513
- ISBN
- 9780814747513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. With annotated footnotes, this work explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. It also includes an introduction that provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. Num Pages: 147 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780814747933
- ISBN
- 9780814747933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
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Paperback. A history of the American Federation of Labor, which played a key role in wartime production and was a major actor in the contentious relationship between the state, organized labor, and the working class in the 1940s. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814748244
- ISBN
- 9780814748244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
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Hardback. Offers a new way of thinking about the largely unacknowledged "productivity of the unproductive" Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFC; JFSJ2; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814748909
- ISBN
- 9780814748909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.38
€ 91.38