Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. In 2016 the University of Nebraska Press celebrates its 75th anniversary. In honour of this anniversary, the Press has produced Big House on the Prairie, which features a narrative of press highlights, profiles of key historical employees, and lists its 75 most significant books, 30 journals, and 75 most noteworthy book covers. Num Pages: 96 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: HBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 7. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803288126
- ISBN
- 9780803288126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.42
€ 11.42
paperback. Demythologizing Sutter while giving him a more secure place in western history, this collective portrait exemplifies revisionist scholarship at its best. Editor(s): Owens, Kenneth N. Num Pages: 138 pages, 1 photograph, 1 illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780803286184
- ISBN
- 9780803286184
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Condition: New
€ 17.30
€ 17.30
Hardback. A previously unpublished photo series by Irwin Klein of northern New Mexican counterculture communes from 1967-1971 blended with modern essays on the topic. Editor(s): Klein, Benjamin. Num Pages: 192 pages, 80 photographs, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JJPK; AJB; AJC; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 7112 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285101
- ISBN
- 9780803285101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.75
€ 33.75
Paperback. New edition of the state's history, including updated chapters on the current social, economic, and political climate of Nebraska and new illustrations. Series: Great Plains Photography Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280427
- ISBN
- 9780803280427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.66
€ 37.99
€ 36.66
Paperback. Montana is a ruggedly diverse and strikingly beautiful state, a land that takes hold and won't let go. This title describes the idiosyncratic personalities, restless landscape, unforgettable peoples, and history of the Treasure State. Num Pages: 349 pages, Map, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803273399
- ISBN
- 9780803273399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.94
€ 25.99
€ 23.94
paperback. The legendary mountain men - the fur traders and trappers who penetrated the Rocky Mountains and explored the Far West in the first half on the nineteenth century - formed the vanguard of the American empire and became the heroes of American adventure. This volume presents brief biographies of eighteen representative mountain men. Editor(s): Hafen, LeRoy R. Num Pages: 401 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 202 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803272101
- ISBN
- 9780803272101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.22
€ 22.22
Paperback. In thirteen stories full of rope burns and brush scratches, the author tells of the days when he made a specialty of catching wild cows. Readers of this book learn where the broken bones came from. He tells of his adventures with wild steers, sharing with readers the years he worked in thorny brush and canyon country delivering those animals. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803270886
- ISBN
- 9780803270886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.18
€ 21.99
€ 21.18
Paperback. Pawning was a common credit mechanism in Mexico City in the 19th century. A two-tiered sector of public and private pawnbrokers provided collateral credit. This book shows how Mexican women depended on credit to run their households since the Bourbon era and how the collateral credit business of pawnbroking developed into a profitable enterprise. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269231
- ISBN
- 9780803269231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.56
€ 32.99
€ 31.56
paperback. Considers relations between blacks and browns during the civil rights era Editor(s): Behnken, Brian D. Series: Justice and Social Inquiry. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803262713
- ISBN
- 9780803262713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.00
€ 40.99
€ 36.00
Paperback. Most histories of the Civil War focus on battles and top brass. This title gives a picture of what ordinary soldiers endured every day - in camp, on the march, at the edge of a booming, smoking hell. It is the story of how the Civil War soldier was recruited, provisioned, and disciplined. Num Pages: 413 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 26. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 413
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803261112
- ISBN
- 9780803261112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.23
€ 25.99
€ 24.23
paperback. Takes the reader across the treacherous Missouri River as the spring-softened ice goes out under the horses' feet, into the still wild cow towns, through the round-ups, and the prairie fires. Num Pages: 322 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803250154
- ISBN
- 9780803250154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.31
€ 21.99
€ 21.31
hardcover. During the American Revolution the British enjoyed an alliance with their Native allies in the Great Lakes region of North America. By the War of 1812, however, that "chain of friendship" had devolved into smaller, more local alliances. This book attempts to understand how and why this shift occurred. Num Pages: 390 pages, 10 photographs, 2 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBG; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803248175
- ISBN
- 9780803248175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Hardback. As star players for the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, and prior to that as the first black players to be candidates to break professional baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella would seem to be natural allies. Behind the bitterness were deep and differing beliefs about the fight for civil rights. Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH1; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803246331
- ISBN
- 9780803246331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.51
€ 25.99
€ 24.51
hardcover. Argues that Fremont used both a radical form of the picturesque and an imaginary map to create an aesthetic craving for expansion Num Pages: 1 photograph, 23 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; JFC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803238077
- ISBN
- 9780803238077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.48
€ 30.99
€ 28.48
California Women and Politics: From the Gold Rush to the Great Depress...
. Ed(S): Cherny, Robert W.; Irwin, Mary Ann; ...
paperback. Explores the role women played in California politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Cherny, Robert W.; Irwin, Mary Ann; Wilson, Ann Marie. Num Pages: 424 pages, 18 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803235038
- ISBN
- 9780803235038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.64
€ 49.64
hardcover. A concise overview of all of the terminations and restorations of Native American tribes Num Pages: 334 pages, 4 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 33. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fisical_Book United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803233645
- ISBN
- 9780803233645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.56
€ 55.56
paperback. In 1957, Joseph Spagna and five other men waited to board a bus called the Sunnyland. Their plan was: ride the bus together - three blacks and three whites - get arrested and take their case to the US Supreme Court. This book chronicles the story of an American family against the backdrop of one of the civil rights movement's lesser-known stories. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 286 pages, 5 Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780803217126
- ISBN
- 9780803217126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.63
€ 20.99
€ 20.63
Paperback. Editor(s): Nelson, Michael; Perry, Barbara. Series: A Miller Center of Public Affairs Book. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3, 1 black & white halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479274
- ISBN
- 9780801479274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.24
€ 27.99
€ 26.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801456800
- ISBN
- 9780801456800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.93
€ 24.99
€ 22.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KNS; KNXB2; LNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801456558
- ISBN
- 9780801456558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.24
€ 35.24