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Regional & national history
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814737354
- ISBN
- 9780814737354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Looks at the origins, meaning, and uses of Conjure - the African American tradition of healing and harming that evolved from African, European, and American elements - from the slavery period to well into the twentieth century. This work describes Conjure and other related traditions, such as Hoodoo and Rootworking. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HRKT; HRQX; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520249882
- ISBN
- 9780520249882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.86
€ 34.99
€ 25.86
Paperback. Edinburgh's cemeteries have been notorious for centuries, from the infamous Greyfriars to the countless crypts, graveyards and mausoleums that proliferate through the city. This book reveals a host of traditions and stories regarding these distinctive sites, as told by an expert on the subject. Num Pages: 96 pages, 70. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; AMN; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445647982
- ISBN
- 9781445647982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.48
€ 28.48
Paperback. Using interviews, anecdotes, and research, this title depicts the relationships that made Black Mountain College what it was. It documents the college's tenure, from its most brilliant moments of self-reinvention to its lowest moments of petty infighting. It records the financial difficulties that beleaguered the community in its existence. Num Pages: 614 pages, 27 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810125940
- ISBN
- 9780810125940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.63
€ 32.99
€ 29.63
Hardback. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL3; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590879
- ISBN
- 9781137590879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.85
€ 135.85
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844154852
- ISBN
- 9781844154852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.74
€ 42.99
€ 35.74
Paperback. This book relates the tragic circumstances of individual crews as they struggled to find their home bases in low cloud and fog. It contains many photos of aircraft as they were and the remaining impact areas that remain to this day. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473822955
- ISBN
- 9781473822955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.80
€ 20.99
€ 20.80
Paperback. We commonly think of the American Revolution as simply the war for independence from British colonial rule. This title asks us to rethink what we know about the Revolutionary War, to realize that while white Americans were fighting for their freedom, many black Americans were joining the British imperial forces to gain theirs. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226101552
- ISBN
- 9780226101552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.22
€ 23.99
€ 19.22
Paperback. A study of hunting and poaching during the colonial era in Kenya. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map, 4 photos. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; HBJH; HBLL; WSXH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780852559604
- ISBN
- 9780852559604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.57
€ 33.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. In 1932, Atlanta had the South's largest population of educated African Americans. However, Jim Crow's dictates meant they were almost entirely excluded from public life. Ferguson shows how Roosevelt's New Deal opened up oppportunities for black Atlantans struggling to acheive full citizenship. Series: John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 illustrations, 4 tables, 2 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807853702
- ISBN
- 9780807853702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.64
€ 58.64
Black Portsmouth: Three Centuries of African-American Heritage (Revisi...
Sammons, Mark J.; Cunningham, Valerie
paperback. Few people think of a rich Black heritage when they think of New England. In ' Black Portsmouth', Mark J. Sammons and Valerie Cunningham celebrate it, guiding the reader through more than three centuries of New England and Portsmouth social, political, economic, and cultural history as well as scores of personal and site-specific stories. Series: Revisiting New England S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 56 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of New Hampshire Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584652892
- ISBN
- 9781584652892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.85
€ 30.85
Paperback. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 40. Weight in Grams: 964.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199385652
- ISBN
- 9780199385652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.57
€ 40.57
Paperback. This text tells the story of the true provenance of rice in the Americas. It establishes, through agricultural and historical evidence, the vital significance of rice in West African society for a millennium before Europeans arrived and the slave trade began. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1K; KNAC; TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008342
- ISBN
- 9780674008342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.90
€ 36.99
€ 30.90
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318184
- ISBN
- 9781846318184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.63
€ 141.63
Paperback. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of British seafarers of African descent from the Tudor period to the present day. Num Pages: 246 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1H; HBJD1; HBTM; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 186 x 232 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781380147
- ISBN
- 9781781380147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.73
€ 40.73
paperback. Exploring the culture, history and politics of the volatile region which surrounds the Black Sea, the author recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; Ovid's place of exile on what is now the coast of Romania; the decline and fall of Byzantium; the mysterious Christian Goths; and the growth of Russian power across the grasslands. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSK; HBJD; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700911
- ISBN
- 9781784700911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. A study of the African American community under colonial Spanish rule. It provides a counterweight to the better-known dynamics of the Anglo slave South. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 photographs, 6 linecuts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252067532
- ISBN
- 9780252067532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 58 colour images. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JFSL3. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (L) ELT / TEFL; (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Books of Africa Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956638021
- ISBN
- 9780956638021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.55
€ 26.99
€ 23.55
Paperback. AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies of African American heroes. Here is what you want to know about the lives of brave black men and women during the Civil War and Reconstruction: dr. alexander t. Series: Black Stars. Num Pages: 122 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL3; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 234 x 194 x 8. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471220695
- ISBN
- 9780471220695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.57
€ 13.99
€ 12.57
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909384385
- ISBN
- 9781909384385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42