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Hardback. This volume documents the final eighteen years of William Penn's life, from 1701 to 1718. It opens with his last months as resident proprietor of Pennsylvania--a moment of great importance in the political history of the colony. It ends with his death on 30 July 1718, after a lingering illness. Editor(s): Dunn, Richard S.; Dunn, Mary Maples; Penn, William; Hirsch, Alison Duncan; Wokeck, Marianne S.; Wiltenburg, Joy; Bronner, Edwin Blaine; Horle, Craig W. Series: Papers of William Penn. Num Pages: 842 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 842
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812280500
- ISBN
- 9780812280500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.51
€ 135.51
Hardback. Volume III covers Penn's return to England, his appeal to James II to support religious toleration, his struggle to reestablish his position in England and to manage his colony in America, and his return to Pennsylvania in 1699. Editor(s): Dunn, Mary Maples; Dunn, Richard S.; Wokeck, Marianne S.; Wiltenburg, Joy; Hirsch, Alison Duncan; Horle, Craig W. Series: Papers of William Penn. Num Pages: 816 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 816
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812280296
- ISBN
- 9780812280296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.51
€ 135.51
The Papers of William Penn. William Penn's Published Writings, 1660-17...
Penn, William; Fraser, David; Bronner, Edwin ...
Hardback. A comprehensive, annotated, illustrated bibliography, with essays placing the work in perspective and describing the underground press of the day. Editor(s): Bronner, Edwin Blaine. Series: Papers of William Penn. Num Pages: 576 pages, 135 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812280197
- ISBN
- 9780812280197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.62
€ 123.62
Hardback. This volume, covering the years 1680 to 1684, documents the founding of Pennsylvania. Editor(s): Dunn, Mary Maples; Dunn, Richard S. Series: Papers of William Penn. Num Pages: 734 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 171 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 734
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812278521
- ISBN
- 9780812278521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.49
€ 134.49
Hardback. Aging in America traces the story of aging over the course of the last half century, demonstrating our culture's negative attitudes toward a natural and inevitable human process and offering a deep understanding of the subject's past in order to help anticipate its future. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JFSP31. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248838
- ISBN
- 9780812248838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 40.85
€ 42.99
€ 40.85
hardcover. Armies and Insurgencies in the Arab Spring explores the central problems concerning the role of the armed forces in the contemporary Arab world. Editor(s): Albrecht, Holger; Croissant, Aurel; Lawson, Fred H. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV; JWL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 29. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248548
- ISBN
- 9780812248548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.90
€ 89.90
Hardback. Offering a groundbreaking account of the inner workings of the "arsenal of democracy," Destructive Creation suggests how the struggle to define its heroes and villains has continued to shape economic and political development to the present day. Series: American Business, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWQ; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248333
- ISBN
- 9780812248333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.46
€ 123.46
Hardback. Order and Chivalry explores the role of chivalry in the emergence of the bourgeoisie in fourteenth-century Castile. This book shows how the texts that shaped urban knighthood also transformed the middle class, the idea of the city, and the practice of citizenship in medieval Iberia. Translator(s): Ferguson, Eunice Rodriguez. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812242126
- ISBN
- 9780812242126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.17
€ 95.17
hardcover. Between 1850 and 1880, thousands of women moved to New York City to study art and pursue careers as painters, designers, illustrators, and engravers. This book reconnects their accomplishments to the city's conspicuously democratic art institutions, its burgeoning illustrated press, and the prevailing aesthetic ideal known as the Unity of Art. Series: Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America S. Num Pages: 328 pages, 55 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812240719
- ISBN
- 9780812240719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.95
€ 89.95
hardcover. Her Life Historical offers a major reconsideration of one of the most popular narrative forms in late medieval England-the lives of female saints-and one of the period's primary modes of interpretation, exemplarity. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HRLM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239867
- ISBN
- 9780812239867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.63
€ 94.63
Hardback. The period between 1880 and 1915 marked the first sustained migration of black people into New York City as blacks and whites, both together and in opposition, forged the contours of race relations that would affect the city for decades to come. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239614
- ISBN
- 9780812239614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.30
€ 83.30
Hardback. "This is a major work. Shuger deals with the rules of appropriate language use in early modern Europe, making an argument about censorship in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England that is original, surprising, and, in her thorough presentation, entirely plausible."-Katharine Eisaman Maus, University of Virginia Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 677.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239171
- ISBN
- 9780812239171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.80
€ 89.80
Hardback. Reveals the role of the church in Florence's rise to wealth and power in the fourteenth century. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238235
- ISBN
- 9780812238235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.84
€ 101.84
Hardback. "Bisaha provides the most comprehensive and nuanced account now available of the attitudes of Western intellectuals to the Turks, the Byzantines, and crusading in Renaissance Italy, an important time and place for the formation of Western cultural identity."-James Hankins, Harvard University Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238068
- ISBN
- 9780812238068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.77
€ 112.77
Hardback. "Superb.. The contributors probe the degree of positive interactions between Jews and Christian and also uncover heretofore-hidden Jewish contributions to the Western intellectual tradition."-Choice Editor(s): Coudert, Allison P.; Shoulson, Jeffrey S. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 328 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237610
- ISBN
- 9780812237610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06
€ 92.06
Hardback. "The definition of treason was so contested and the process of the prosecution so fluid that the trials Cunningham explores provide important resources for those interested in the early modern period."-Katharine Eisaman Maus, University of Virginia Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236408
- ISBN
- 9780812236408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.10
€ 89.10
Hardback. How entrepreneurial housebuilders fueled a rapid economy. "A well-written and easily read business book with a historical perspective, quite fit for a general readership interested in the history of American enterprise."-APT Bulletin Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235807
- ISBN
- 9780812235807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.05
€ 79.05
Hardback. "The Feast of Saint Abraham is characterized by originality, profound scholarship (especially with regard to new manuscript sources), and by clarity and felicity of style.. A fine book."-Bernard McGinn, University of Chicago Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235678
- ISBN
- 9780812235678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
hardcover. Editor(s): Jackson, Richard A. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235425
- ISBN
- 9780812235425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.61
€ 107.61
paperback. George Cotkin looks at diverse yet central issues such as the problem of evil, moral responsibility, racial identity, and capital punishment, juxtaposed against events such as the bombing of civilians during World War II, the My Lai Massacre, and the invasion of Iraq to demonstrate that moral complexity and confusion can be productive. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222494
- ISBN
- 9780812222494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. This dark and dazzling history of New York City nightclub life in the 1920s and '30s explores the complex relationships among urban politicians, social reformers, and the business of vice. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221572
- ISBN
- 9780812221572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. This updated edition of Michael B. Katz's seminal work, The Price of Citizenship, traces the evolution of the welfare state from colonial relief programs through the war on poverty and into our own age. It argues that in the last decades America has been propelled toward a future of increased inequality and decreased security. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Revised and Updated Ed
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220186
- ISBN
- 9780812220186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.92€ 67.12
€ 68.92
€ 67.12
Paperback. A general study of Irish history at the time of the American Revolutionary War, specifically dealing with the nine years, 1775 to 1783, from just before the outbreak of the war until about a year after its conclusion. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220100
- ISBN
- 9780812220100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. Series: Stackpole Military History Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 b/w illustrations & 17 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; HBW; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811736008
- ISBN
- 9780811736008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.84
€ 23.99
€ 18.84