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Mixed media pr. Although millions of African American women were held in bondage over the 250 years that slavery was legal in the United States, Harriet Jacobs (1813-97) is the only one known to have left papers testifying to her life. This collection includes papers of an African American woman held in slavery. Editor(s): Yellin, Jean Fagan. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 36 illustrations, 5 maps, family tree, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 81. Weight in Grams: 1996.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807831311
- ISBN
- 9780807831311
Condition: New
€ 234.96
€ 234.96
Paperback. Analyzing letters and diaries written by soldiers and civilians; and military, church, and diplomatic records, this work tells the story of Irish-American Catholics in the Civil War, and reveals a complex picture of those who fought for the Union. It sheds light on the relationship between Irish-American volunteers and the Union Army. Num Pages: 323 pages, 31 illustrations, 5 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799406
- ISBN
- 9780814799406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.44
€ 33.99
€ 33.44
Hardcover. A Joint Project of the Center for Texas Studies at TCU and TCU Press. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGA; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875655673
- ISBN
- 9780875655673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.55
€ 26.99
€ 26.55
paperback. This Very Short Introduction offers an overview of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. Cheryl A. Wall brings readers to the Harlem of 1920s to identify the cultural themes and issues that engaged writers, musicians, and visual artists alike. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 116. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0024664
- ISBN
- 9780199335558
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Hardback. Editor(s): Schaich, Michael; Gestrich, Andreas. Num Pages: 301 pages, Includes 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472437655
- ISBN
- 9781472437655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.77€ 140.64
€ 158.77
€ 140.64
Paperback. Seven hundred years ago, executioners led a Welsh rebel named William Cragh to a wintry hill to be hanged. They placed a noose around his neck, dropped him from the gallows, and later pronounced him dead. But was he dead? This book tells the story of this putative miracle - why it happened, what it meant, and how we know about it. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 halftones. 2 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HRAX; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126043
- ISBN
- 9780691126043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.86
€ 29.99
€ 21.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 210 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922235664
- ISBN
- 9781922235664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.11
€ 18.99
€ 15.11
Paperback. Stepping beyond traditional histories that have emphasized armed conflict from the view of victors, this work focuses on Morisco women. It argues that these women's lives offer insights on the experiences of Moriscos in general, and on how the politics of religion both empowers and oppresses. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLH; HRAF; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130545
- ISBN
- 9780691130545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. Takes us on a journey to a misty region inhabited by Hallfred the Troublesome Poet, Harald Bluetooth, Ragnar Hairy-Breeches, Ivar the Boneless and Eyvind the Plagiarist, in which literature, history and myth dissolve into one another. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3F; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Group(CA)
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141017754
- ISBN
- 9780141017754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.11
€ 18.99
€ 14.11
From 1789 to 1800, the Federalist and Republican parties held opposing visions for America's future. Historians and general readers alike will be riveted by William Nester's portrayal of the struggle between Federalists and Republicans - a conflict whose core issues resonate in the divisive politics of today's America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976756
- ISBN
- 9781597976756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.65
€ 30.99
€ 27.65
Paperback. The Halifax Explosion of 1917 is a defining event in the Canadian consciousness; this title offers a sustained analytical history of the disaster, using the large federal government archives that contain first-hand accounts and the response of the national authorities. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCV; 3JJF; HBJK; HBTM; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774808910
- ISBN
- 9780774808910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.47
€ 34.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 785.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465049660
- ISBN
- 9780465049660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.92
€ 21.99
€ 20.92
Paperback. The tragic account of a family steeped in the War of Independence in West Cork and divided by the Civil War in which two of the brothers played key roles on opposing sides. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd Cork
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781173756
- ISBN
- 9781781173756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.44
€ 19.99
€ 16.44
Paperback. This book tells the story of the Hakka Chinese in Sarawak, Malaysia, who were targeted as communists or communist sympathizers because of their Chinese ethnicity the 1960s and 1970s. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442615465
- ISBN
- 9781442615465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.67
€ 36.99
€ 34.67
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gaffield, Julia. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black and white illustration. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937878
- ISBN
- 9780813937878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.21
€ 54.21
Paperback. The Habsburgs have been described as demons - responsible for a 'history of atrocities'; and, as dodos - living fossils unable to adapt to the modern world. This book features figures as mad Queen Juana, progressing through Spain with her husband's decaying body; the 'heroically fertile' Maria Theresa; and, the Maximilian, 'Emperor' of Mexico. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 123 x 29. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140236347
- ISBN
- 9780140236347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
paperback. A history of the Habsburg monarchy from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the monarchy's dissolution in 1918. It offers an insight into the problems inherent in the attempt to give peace, stability and common loyalty to a heterogeneous population. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 1DVH; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy. Covers showing light age and shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0030917
- ISBN
- 9780140134988
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Paperback. The Habsburg Empire reached at various times across most of Europe and the New World. At all the critical moments of European history it is there - confronting Luther, launching the Thirty Years War, repelling the Ottomans, and taking on Napoleon. Martin Rady introduces the fascinating and colourful history of the Habsburgs. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 8 black and white images. BIC Classification: 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 9. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198792963
- ISBN
- 9780198792963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. A history of the gypsies, examining the ways they have preserved a distinct heritage and culture that transcends national boundaries. Opening with a study of gypsy origins, the book traces their migration through the early Middle Ages to the present, through the Middle East, Europe and the world. Series: Peoples of Europe. Num Pages: 376 pages, 5. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631196051
- ISBN
- 9780631196051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 47.19
€ 48.99
€ 47.19
Paperback. The invention of Johann Gutenberg - printing by movable type - was a discovery waiting to happen in the fifteenth century. His story is full of paradox: his ambition was to reunite all Christendom, but his invention shattered it; he aimed to make a fortune, but was cruelly denied the fruits of his life's work. This book covers his story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 pages colour. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLH; TBX; TDPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780553819663
- ISBN
- 9780553819663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.08
€ 12.99
€ 11.08