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Regional & national history
The Slaughterhouse Cases: Regulation, Reconstruction, and the Fourteen...
Labbe, Ronald M., Lurie, Jonathan
Hardcover. The Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1868, sought to protect the rights of newly freed slaves, but it was first put to the test in a row between the butchers and state of New Orleans five years later. This study analyses the case and the controversial Supreme Court decision. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612901
- ISBN
- 9780700612901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.84
€ 74.84
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
€ 151.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814774823
- ISBN
- 9780814774823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. At the height of the debate about the slave trade and its abolition in the 1780s and '90s, each side issued pamphlets in support of its position. This valuable source-book reproduces a selection of representative pamphlets encompassing the arguments for and against. Issues discussed include humanitarianism and the Rights of Man. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243167
- ISBN
- 9781851243167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.40
€ 17.99
€ 14.40
The Slaveholding Republic. An Account of the United States Government'...
Fehrenbacher, Don E.. Ed(S): McAfee, Ward M.
Paperback. Many leading historians have argued that the Constitution of the United States was a proslavery document, but in this text, Don Fehrenbacher refutes this claim in a history that stretches from the Continental Congress to the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Editor(s): McAfee, Ward M. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195158052
- ISBN
- 9780195158052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.85
€ 40.85
Paperback. A groundbreaking history of abolition in the long march toward emancipation from the American Revolution through the Civil War Num Pages: 784 pages, 66 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300227116
- ISBN
- 9780300227116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.15
€ 30.99
€ 22.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801451324
- ISBN
- 9780801451324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.47
€ 70.47
Paperback. The moments that it took Gavrilo Princip to step forward to the stalled car and shoot dead Franz Ferdinand and his wife were perhaps the most fateful of the modern era. An act of terrorism of staggering efficiency, it fulfilled its every aim: it would liberate Bosnia from Habsburg rule and it created a powerful new Serbia, but it also brought.. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 43. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141027821
- ISBN
- 9780141027821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.87
€ 25.99
€ 17.87
Paperback. Recounts the story of the largest mass murder trial in California's history, in which 22 Mexican-American youths were tried and 17 were convicted for a crime to which none of the defendants were ever tied. Opens a window onto a time and place that highlights the historical prejudices of white America towards Mexican Americans. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617470
- ISBN
- 9780700617470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.75
€ 35.75
Hardcover. A definitive work which brings together, for the first time, decades of archaeological research into the Small Isles, presented for a general audience. Provides a tour of both the past and the present for visitors and walkers who would like to know more about the history of these islands. Num Pages: 190 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; HBJD1; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 210. .
- Publisher
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902419923
- ISBN
- 9781902419923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.75
€ 33.99
€ 28.75
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198715825
- ISBN
- 9780198715825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Polperro Heritage Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 2nd Edition 2007 (ne
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953001224
- ISBN
- 9780953001224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.98
€ 11.98
Paperback. Tensions over the 'Tibet Question' - the political status of Tibet - are escalating everyday. The Dalai Lama has gained broad international sympathy in his appeals for autonomy from China, yet the Chinese government maintains a hard-line position against it. This title presents a view of the conflict and a proposal for the future. Num Pages: 165 pages, 16 black-and-white photos. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HBLW; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232. China, Tibet and the Dalai Lama. 165 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. Tensions over the 'Tibet Question' - the political status of Tibet - are escalating everyday. The Dalai Lama has gained broad international sympathy in his appeals for autonomy from China, yet the Chinese government maintains a hard-line position against it. This title presents a view of the conflict and a proposal for the future. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HBLW; JFC; JPS. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 11. Weight: 216.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 165
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520219519
- ISBN
- 9780520219519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.17
€ 31.99
€ 23.17
Paperback. In 1918, as the First World War was drawing to a close, the eminent liberal industrial Lord Leverhulme bought - lock, stock and barrel - the Hebridean island of Lewis. His intention was to revolutionise the lives and environments of its 30,000 people, and those of neighbouring Harris, which he shortly added to his estate. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHL; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Birlinn General United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841583273
- ISBN
- 9781841583273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.52
€ 16.99
€ 15.52
Paperback. A 1999 reissue of a classic text on the French revolution, with an introduction by Gwynne Lewis. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521667678
- ISBN
- 9780521667678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.24
€ 32.24
hardcover. A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 57 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; DSB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300208290
- ISBN
- 9780300208290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.79
€ 29.99
€ 22.79
Paperback. Provides an account of the origins of coffee drinking and coffeehouse society, and in so doing the author reshapes our understanding of the commercial and consumer revolutions in Britain during the long Stuart century. Num Pages: 378 pages, 43 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300171228
- ISBN
- 9780300171228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.42
€ 43.99
€ 31.42
Hardcover. Num Pages: 330 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 78 colour illustrations, 3 maps, 10 black & white tables,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999180
- ISBN
- 9780295999180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.56
€ 81.56
Hardback. A cultural history set in Punjab that examines a body of popular literature to illustrate both the durability of a vernacular literary tradition and the limits of colonial dominance in British India. It asks how qisse, a vibrant genre of epics and romances, flourished in colonial Punjab despite British efforts to marginalize the Punjabi language. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 294 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 9 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262690
- ISBN
- 9780520262690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.39€ 64.61
€ 84.39
€ 64.61
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 36. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719048968
- ISBN
- 9780719048968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.08
€ 151.08