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Regional & national history
Paperback. Given his background - growing up in the border state of Missouri - President Truman was an unlikely champion of civil rights. Yet it was he who energized the modern civil rights movement. Michael Gardner analyses Truman's speeches and the appointments he made of like-minded civil rights activists. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809325504
- ISBN
- 9780809325504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Hardcover. The press leak in 1971 of a secret government document about the Vietnam War set off a chain of events that culminated in one of the most important First Amendment decisions in American legal history. This book re-examines what happened, why it mattered, and why it still has relevance today. Editor(s): Prados, John; Porter, Margaret Pratt. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWS2; JPQ; LND; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613250
- ISBN
- 9780700613250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.82
€ 34.82
Paperback. Tying together legal, historical, social, political and literary strands to show how the law itself was implicated in the persistence of slavery, this work sheds new light on slavery and Southern history, as it probes the conscience of a troubled jurist incapable of fully transcending his times. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; LA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612710
- ISBN
- 9780700612710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.26
€ 32.26
Hardcover. This book synthesizes the wartime experiences of American combat soldiers, from the doughboys of World War I to the grunts of Vietnam. The author looks at what motivated these men to serve and how they were turned into soldiers. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 472 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FMV; 1FPK; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612291
- ISBN
- 9780700612291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. Much has been written about the lives and art of Heide, but finally the remaining members of the inner circle have entrusted the truth to be told through this intimate biography of John and Sunday Reed. Equal parts romance and tragedy, Modern Love explores the lives of these champions of successive generations of Australian artists and writers. Num Pages: 304 pages, Colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJ; ABQ; BGFA; HBJM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522862812
- ISBN
- 9780522862812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.50
€ 50.99
€ 50.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJP; BGH; HBJM; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 865.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522853346
- ISBN
- 9780522853346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.14
€ 56.14
Stirring Australian Speeches: Definitive Collection from Botany to Bal...
Cathcart, Michael, Darian-Smith, Kate
Hardcover. Editor(s): Cathcart, Michael; Darian-Smith, Kate. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; DNF; HBJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522846812
- ISBN
- 9780522846812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.77
€ 44.99
€ 44.77
Hardcover. Tamar Herzog studies the judiciary in Quito, during 17th and 18th centuries, and shows that in this remote Spanish colony, order was a communal enterprise. The dominant rules were social and theological rather than legal. She reveals the intimacy of relations between the state and this early modern society. Series: History, Languages & Cultures of the Spanish & Portuguese Worlds S. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472113750
- ISBN
- 9780472113750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.14
€ 99.14
Hardcover. A portrait of the artist as a young man, an examination of the influence of his hometown Series: Studies in Mediaeval & Early Modern Civilization. Num Pages: 277 pages, 8 photographs, 2 maps, 1 drawing. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472113019
- ISBN
- 9780472113019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.27
€ 104.27
Paperback. A comprehensive examination of pre-Nazi violence against Jews in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Germany Editor(s): Hoffman, Christhard; Bergmann, Werner; Smith, Helmut Walser. Series: Social History, Popular Culture and Politics in Germany. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472067961
- ISBN
- 9780472067961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.86
€ 40.99
€ 35.86
Paperback. A social history of the merchant class of 14th- and 15th-century London Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472060726
- ISBN
- 9780472060726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.13
€ 44.99
€ 39.13
Paperback. A peek at the gifts the Greeks offered to their gods Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472036288
- ISBN
- 9780472036288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.99
€ 48.99
€ 43.99
Paperback. Hawaiian culture as it met foreign traders and settlers is the context for Sahlins's structuralist methodology of historical interpretation Num Pages: 96 pages, 1 figure, 2 photographs. BIC Classification: 1QSP; HBA; HBJM; HBLC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472027217
- ISBN
- 9780472027217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
€ 20.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; HBJD1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299297046
- ISBN
- 9780299297046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.78
€ 31.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Stern, Steve. Translator(s): Appelbaum, Nancy P.; Drzewie, Joanna. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299289249
- ISBN
- 9780299289249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.29
€ 34.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299289041
- ISBN
- 9780299289041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 522 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 522
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299101145
- ISBN
- 9780299101145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.50
€ 45.99
€ 45.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 130 pages, b/w illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939923779
- ISBN
- 9780939923779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.82
€ 21.99
€ 15.82
paperback. In "Egypt's Legacy", Michael Rice explains the majesty and enduring appeal of Egyptian civilization. He draws on Jungian psychology to show why Egypt has been so important in the history of the West. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415268769
- ISBN
- 9780415268769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.98
€ 56.98
Hardcover. "I'd rather go to France with Ina Caro than with Henry Adams or Henry James."-Peter Prescott, Newsweek Num Pages: 400 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; WTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 169 x 32. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393078947
- ISBN
- 9780393078947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.69
€ 30.99
€ 27.69
Four Years With The Iron Brigade: The Civil War Journal Of William Ray...
Ray, William; Herdegen, Lance J.; Murphy, She...
hardcover. Based on an major recent discovery-the Civil War as seen from the front ranks of a legendary fighting unit Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306811197
- ISBN
- 9780306811197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.00
€ 46.99
€ 33.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HRAX; HRCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Canadian Inst of Ukranian Study Pr
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781895571363
- ISBN
- 9781895571363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.78
€ 41.99
€ 29.78
Paperback. A story of two very different men whose lives catastrophically interweaved over the course of some nine months in the late 1960s: one was a thief and con man called James Earl Ray, the other one of the greatest American figures of the twentieth century, Martin Luther King Jr Hampton Sides follows in Ray's footsteps as he escapes from prison. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BTC; HBJK; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780718192068
- ISBN
- 9780718192068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.45
€ 16.99
€ 12.45
paperback. Examines the representation of blackness on television at the height of the southern civil rights movement and again in the aftermath of the Reagan-Bush years. This book looks at how television's ideological projects with respect to race have supported or conflicted with the industry's incentive to maximize profits or consolidate power. Num Pages: 168 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFD; JFSL3; JPVH1; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691016573
- ISBN
- 9780691016573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 28.53
€ 39.99
€ 28.53