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Regional & national history
Hardback. An aristocratic member of a prominent Philadelphia family, Sidney George Fisher was a prolific man of letters. He kept a detailed diary that chronicled not only daily life in America's second city but also the key political, social, and cultural events of the 19th century. This book talks about the Fisher's diary written during the Civil War. Editor(s): White, Jonathan W. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: BG; DNJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823227273
- ISBN
- 9780823227273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.26
€ 100.26
Hardback. In the Election of 1872 the conflict between President US Grant and Horace Greeley has been typically understood as a battle for the soul of the ruling Republican Party. This book argues that the campaign was more than a narrow struggle between Party elites and a class-based radical reform movement. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPL; JPQB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 226 x 32. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823227099
- ISBN
- 9780823227099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.58
€ 100.58
Hardback. Offers the study of a largely ignored legacy. Scouring archives, discovering diaries, and memoirs in private houses and forgotten drawers, this title recovers the voices of the generation - bootblacks and poets, film directors and farmers, miners, anarchists, and seamstresses - compelled to tell their stories. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; BGA; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226788
- ISBN
- 9780823226788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.67
€ 115.67
Hardback. John Romeiser has woven both the North African diary and Whitehead's memoir of the subsequent landings in Sicily into a vivid, unvarnished, and completely riveting story of eight months during some of the most brutal combat of the war. Series: World War II: The Global, Human and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226757
- ISBN
- 9780823226757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.05
€ 55.05
Hardback. The battle of Chancellorsville decimated the Union Eleventh Corps, composed of large numbers of German-speaking volunteers. This work reconstructs the battle and its aftermath from the German-American perspective, military and civilian. It critically analyzes the performance of the German regiments. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 238 pages, 2 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226504
- ISBN
- 9780823226504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.66
€ 105.66
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive account of one of the most complex, and conflicted, arenas of the Second World War. Drawing on a range of sources, this book synthesizes political, military, social, economic, diplomatic, and cultural history. Series: World War II: The Global, Human and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 560 pages, 4 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226276
- ISBN
- 9780823226276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.41
€ 106.41
Hardback. In this concise, clearly written book, Thomas and Michael Christofferson provide a balanced introduction to every aspect of the French experience during World War II. Series: World War II: The Global, Human and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 491.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823225620
- ISBN
- 9780823225620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.49
€ 105.49
Hardback. Finally available in one volume, these ten classic essays by a leading scholar track the way key political, factional, and legal struggles, shaped by popular commitment to constitutional principles, affected the framing, interpretation, and enforcement of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. With a major introduction and updates throughout. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 316 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 579.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823225538
- ISBN
- 9780823225538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.57
€ 122.57
Hardback. As an Army lieutenant, the author served in Tokyo as an intelligence officer. He translated thousands of letters, interviews, and other documents by Japanese citizens of all kinds, and came to know, as few Americans could, the hearts and minds of a defeated people as they moved slowly to democracy. This is a chronicle of his experience in Japan. Series: World War II: The Global, Human and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823225156
- ISBN
- 9780823225156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.05
€ 44.05
Hardback. The contributors: William C. Davis, Craig Symonds, John Quarstein, David Mindell, Howard Fuller, Mabry Tyson, Joseph Gutierrez, Jeff Johnson, Tim Mulligan, and Harold Holzer. Editor(s): Holzer, Harold. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 pages b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224807
- ISBN
- 9780823224807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.38
€ 111.38
Hardback. In this book, a leading historian takes the full measure of Lincoln's reputation. Drawing on a range of primary documents Hans Trefousse gives the voices of Lincoln's own time. Politicians and ordinary people, soldiers and statesmen, abolitionists and slaveholders alike, give a chorus of American opinion. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224685
- ISBN
- 9780823224685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.89
€ 93.89
hardcover. Presents a portrait of a modest man who simply refused to play by the rules. This book reminds us of the many ways human beings can resist evil. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224401
- ISBN
- 9780823224401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.71
€ 103.71
Hardback. One of the legendary reporters of World War II, the author covered important Allied invasion and campaign in Europe-from landings in Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio on the Italian front to Normandy, where he went ashore with the First Army Division. This book collects his dispatches that are classics of war journalism. Editor(s): Romeiser, John B. Series: World War II: The Global, Human and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 380 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGB; HBJD; HBWQ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224128
- ISBN
- 9780823224128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.84
€ 73.84
Hardback. Francis C. Barlow rose from lieutenant to general, suffered two serious wounds in combat, and played critical roles in battles at Fair Oaks, Gettysburg, and Spotsylvania. Presented here, his war correspondence offers insight into a civilian learning the realities of war and the burdens of command. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823223237
- ISBN
- 9780823223237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.75
€ 111.75
Hardback. Explores a little-known chapter in the history of American politics - the struggle between states and the federal government over the costs of fighting the Civil War. Focusing on Kansas, Kentucky, and Missouri, this book explores the process by which states were reimbursed by Washington in the intergovernmental contact of the 19th century. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 1KBBN; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 443.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222599
- ISBN
- 9780823222599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.12
€ 83.12
Hardback. "A marvelous story.. will be consulted as long as World War II and the Spanish Civil War are studied.. Cane is a very good writer." Frank F. Mathias, author of The GI Generation: A Memoir Series: World War II: The Global, Human and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 268 pages, photographs, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; BGHA; BJ; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 27. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222513
- ISBN
- 9780823222513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.00
€ 56.00
Hardback. Each November, Lincoln and Civil War enthusiasts mark the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address by gathering together for the annual Lincoln forum. This is a selection of the Lincoln Forum lectures which offer re-examinations of Lincoln as military leader, communicator, family man and icon. Editor(s): Simon, John Y. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 262 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 619.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222148
- ISBN
- 9780823222148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.78
€ 100.78
Hardback. This text is the complete life story of one of the most controversial yet least well known generals on either side during the Civil War. The number one graduate of the West Point class of 1843, William Buel Franklin served in the US Army's Corps of Topographical Engineers. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 392 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 30. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221486
- ISBN
- 9780823221486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.53
€ 112.53
Hardback. Union Soldiers and the Northern Home Front: Wartime Experiences, Postwar Adjustments explores the North's Civil War in ways that brings fresh perspectives to our knowledge of the way soldiers and civilians interacted in the Civil War North. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 508 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 34. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221455
- ISBN
- 9780823221455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.04
€ 113.04
Hardback. In celebration of the publication of The Union Preserved: A Guide to the Civil War Records in the New York State Archives, the New York State Archives Partnership Trust held a two-day symposium on New York's role in the Civil War. This title offers a compilation of the papers that were presented at the symposium. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 135 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 135
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221394
- ISBN
- 9780823221394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.89
€ 104.89
Hardback. This is the story of two immigrants, William and Katherine Brueckmann, who started a new life in America's first industrial city, Paterson New Jersey Committed to a socialist dream, they struggled to improve life for fellow immigrants, but their vision of a socialist America was never realized. Num Pages: 205 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHMC; KND; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221332
- ISBN
- 9780823221332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.14
€ 100.14
Hardback. "A Free Ballot and a Fair Count" examines the efforts by the Department of Justice to implement the federal legislation passed by Congress in 1870-71 known as the Enforcement Acts. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPVH1; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823220830
- ISBN
- 9780823220830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.48
€ 94.48
Hardback. A New Birth of Freedom: The Republican Party and Freedmen's Rights, 1861-1866, is an account of how laws, policies and constitutional amendments defining and protecting the personal liberty and civil rights of the country's African American population were adopted during the Civil War. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; JPVH1; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823220106
- ISBN
- 9780823220106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.35
€ 121.35
hardcover. A memoir by William H. Whyte. The battle for control of Guadalcanal in 1942 and what the Americans learned from it forms the heart of the book. The battle was the first real test of land combat between the United States and Japan. Num Pages: 145 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWD; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823220076
- ISBN
- 9780823220076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.06
€ 103.06