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paperback. Firsthand accounts from the Civil Rights Movement's frontlines Editor(s): Huntley, Horace; McKerley, John W. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 photographs; 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTD; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252076688
- ISBN
- 9780252076688
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€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. A detailed account of labor corruption in the 1930s and the zealous journalist who railed against it Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 black and white photographs; 6 line drawings; 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252076664
- ISBN
- 9780252076664
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.81
€ 34.99
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Paperback. Realities of the street-level American Communist experience during the worst years of the Depression Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 photographs; 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252076381
- ISBN
- 9780252076381
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Paperback. The engaging lives that single women led in spite of (or perhaps because of) their "spinsterhood" Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076312
- ISBN
- 9780252076312
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. An American labor leader's eyewitness perspective on the rise of Nazi power in Weimar-era Berlin Editor(s): Collomp, Catherine; Groppo, Bruno. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075599
- ISBN
- 9780252075599
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45
Paperback. The cultural and industrial reconstruction of the South, explored through a major figure in early black music Num Pages: 216 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGK; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252075452
- ISBN
- 9780252075452
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
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Paperback. Offers insights into the potential for sex education to address adolescent challenges, particularly for girls. This book illuminates the tensions between and among adults and youth attempting to make sense of sex in a society that was then, as much as today, both sex-phobic and sex-saturated. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075315
- ISBN
- 9780252075315
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Paperback. Examines the folklore of Mary Ellen Pleasant's real and imagined powers. Addressing the lack of a historical record of black women's lives, this book argues that the silences and mysteries of Pleasant's past, whether never recorded or intentionally omitted, reveal as much about her life as what has been documented. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252075278
- ISBN
- 9780252075278
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.15
€ 24.99
€ 23.15
Paperback. American mass culture's conservative response to the Great Depression and the coming of World War II Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: GTC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252075049
- ISBN
- 9780252075049
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
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paperback. The case for woman suffrage, economic equality, and citizenship in WWI Num Pages: 264 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBWN; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252074967
- ISBN
- 9780252074967
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.96
€ 34.99
€ 31.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Kellner, Bruce. Num Pages: 384 pages, 61 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGA; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252074622
- ISBN
- 9780252074622
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
paperback. Until recently, women in the Red Army have only been a small part of the history of the Long March Num Pages: 304 pages, 31. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252074561
- ISBN
- 9780252074561
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€ 30.99€ 27.59
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Paperback. Sifting through reports from newspapers, magazines, personal memoirs, and letters, this work brings readers the first-person accounts of marches, encampments, skirmishes, and full-blown battles, as seen by participants on both sides of the civil war. It features illustrations, including maps of battlefields, troop movements, and fortifications. Editor(s): Cozzens, Peter. Num Pages: 632 pages, 120 Line Drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 798.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252074516
- ISBN
- 9780252074516
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. In the aftermath of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the systematic exile and incarceration of thousands of Japanese Americans, the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council was born. This book examines the Council's work and the challenges it faced in an atmosphere of pervasive wartime racism. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JFSL; JNKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074493
- ISBN
- 9780252074493
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
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paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 458. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074288
- ISBN
- 9780252074288
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Investigates how Chinese immigrants to the United States transformed themselves into Chinese Americans during the period between 1911 and 1927. This study also documents the emergence of permanent Chinese American communities, or Chinatowns. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 264 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252073892
- ISBN
- 9780252073892
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. Reveals the complexities of a people reclaiming their own history. This title ponders how the dual act of recovering - and recovering from - history necessitates private and public mediation between remembering and forgetting, speaking out and remaining silent. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 264 pages, 100 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 4522 x 407. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252073724
- ISBN
- 9780252073724
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
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Paperback. Offering analysis of the sociology of photography's art world and its galleries and exhibitions, this book demonstrates the importance of the venues created by impresarios and others that proved essential to photography's extraordinary dissemination. Num Pages: 424 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJG; AJ; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 254 x 32. Weight in Grams: 898.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252073229
- ISBN
- 9780252073229
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. Herbalists, diviners, nurses, midwives, and veterinary practitioners flourished in the medical world of eighteenth-century Saint Domingue. Using Western, African, and Caribbean remedies, they treated the maladies of slaves, white residents, and animals. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252073212
- ISBN
- 9780252073212
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.10
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€ 23.10
Paperback. Explores the ways in which immigrant lives are shaped by transnational bonds, globalization, family ties, and personal choice, and the ways in which they engender a sense of belonging and a sense of themselves as "Americans." It considers a plurality of historical, economic, regional, familial, and cultural contexts. Editor(s): Gabaccia, Donna R.; Ruiz, Vicki L. Series: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series. Num Pages: 576 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 788. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780252073052
- ISBN
- 9780252073052
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. Analyzes the processes of migration and settlement of Sicilian fishers from three villages in Western Sicily to Monterey, California. This title demonstrates that the cannery work done by Sicilian immigrant women is crucial in terms of the identity formation and community development. Series: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073007
- ISBN
- 9780252073007
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.07
€ 24.99
€ 23.07
paperback. It hasn't occurred to even the harshest critics of advertising since the 1930s to regulate advertising as extensively as its earliest opponents almost succeeded in doing. This title examines how these consumer activists sought to limit the influence of corporate powers by rallying popular support to moderate and transform advertising. Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; JFCA; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252072994
- ISBN
- 9780252072994
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Reveals the American showman P T Barnum as, by turns, a moral reformer, a habitual hoaxer, an insightful critic, a savvy puffer, a master of images, a sparkling writer, a relentless provocateur, and an early advocate of family entertainments. This title tracks the shifting personas of the great showman and his representational choices. Editor(s): Cook, James W. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 16. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252072956
- ISBN
- 9780252072956
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.03
€ 23.99
€ 22.03
Paperback. The origins and impact of America's black Left Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072710
- ISBN
- 9780252072710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.04
€ 33.04