Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Paperback. Rails Under the Mighty Hudson tells a story that begins in the final years of the nineteenth century and reaches fulfillment in the first decade of the twentieth: namely, the building of rail tunnels under the Hudson River linking New Jersey and New York. Series: Hudson Valley Heritage. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TRF; WGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 9. Weight in Grams: 137.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780823221905
- ISBN
- 9780823221905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.71
€ 35.99
€ 34.71
Paperback. A complete history of the ferryboats which once operated across the Hudson River to Manhatten fron New Jersey and that were owned and operated by various railroad companies in conjunction with their commuter and long distance trains. This work also covers the Staten Island Ferry. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; KNGS; WG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5193 x 7128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823219544
- ISBN
- 9780823219544
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.14
€ 42.99
€ 42.14
Paperback. This text brings together many scholars who have been working through the Freedman's Bureau papers and other sources, to rethink the Bureau's place in securing freedom and remaking the South. It presents a sampling of the range and variety of work being done on the Bureau. Editor(s): Cimbala, Paul A. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 363 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823219353
- ISBN
- 9780823219353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.25
€ 41.99
€ 41.25
Paperback. The King's Ranger explores not only military history but also such aspects of the American past as colonial migration, upheaval in the backcountry.. and the formation of new settlements in the Caribbean. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823219087
- ISBN
- 9780823219087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.05
€ 41.99
€ 41.05
Paperback. Powell addresses the role that the Northern Planters had on the post-Reconstruction system. He deals with a variety of issues, including race relations, the planters' motivations, work habits, capital investment patterns and their gradual disillusionment as problems mounted and profits declined. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218943
- ISBN
- 9780823218943
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. A biography of the Supreme Court Justice of 34 years, Hugo Black, (1886-1971). He once was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and went on to be one of the most celebrated and important civil libertarians in the history of the USA and the 20th century's chief proponent of the First Amendment. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218684
- ISBN
- 9780823218684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. Offers a collection of five satires from the Reformation period, written between 1517 and 1526. This title focuses on the impact and importance of a supporting cast of satirists whose ad hoc productions reached a wider audience, in a more visceral manner, than the rational approach which typified scholarly theological arguments. Num Pages: 122 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DNF; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC9; WHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 13. Weight in Grams: 206.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823214839
- ISBN
- 9780823214839
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Margaret Randall explores the Cuban Revolution's impact on the outside world, tracing Cuba's international outreach in healthcare, disaster relief, education, literature, art, liberation struggles, and sports to show how this outreach is a fundamental characteristic of the Revolution and of Cuban society. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; GTF; HBJK; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363842
- ISBN
- 9780822363842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Paperback. Noenoe K. Silva creates a model indigenous intellectual history of a culture where-using Western standards-none is presumed to exist by examining the work of two lesser-known Hawaiian language writers from the nineteenth-century whose prolific output across many genres created a record of Native Hawaiian cultural history and thought. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363682
- ISBN
- 9780822363682
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. Noenoe K. Silva creates a model indigenous intellectual history of a culture where-using Western standards-none is presumed to exist by examining the work of two lesser-known Hawaiian language writers from the nineteenth-century whose prolific output across many genres created a record of Native Hawaiian cultural history and thought. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363521
- ISBN
- 9780822363521
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Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Hardback. Covering more than 500 years of history, culture, and politics, The Lima Reader seeks to capture the many worlds and many peoples of Peru's capital city, featuring a selection of primary sources that consider the social tensions and cultural heritages of the "City of Kings." Editor(s): Aguirre, Carlos; Walker, Charles F. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 296 pages, 67 illustrations, incl. 14 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363378
- ISBN
- 9780822363378
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Condition: New
€ 116.99
€ 116.99
Hardback. Attiya Ahmad examines the practice of conversion to Islam by South Asian migrant domestic workers in the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf region and how these women's conversions stem from an ongoing process rooted in their everyday experiences as migrant workers rather than a clean break from their preexisting lives. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSJ5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363330
- ISBN
- 9780822363330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSK; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363224
- ISBN
- 9780822363224
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.35
€ 31.99
€ 30.35
Paperback. Hershini Bhana Young engages with the archive of South African and black diasporic performance to examine the absence of black women's will from that archive, showing that alternative critical imaginings juxtaposed against traditional historical research can help to locate where agency and will may reside. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; AN; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363200
- ISBN
- 9780822363200
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. Kaushik Sunder Rajan traces the structure and operation of what he calls pharmocracy-a concept explaining the global hegemony of the multinational pharmaceutical industry. He outlines pharmocracy's logic in two case studies from contemporary India to demonstrate the stakes of its intersection with health, politics, democracy, and global capital. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363132
- ISBN
- 9780822363132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Hardback. Hershini Bhana Young engages with the archive of South African and black diasporic performance to examine the absence of black women's will from that archive, showing that alternative critical imaginings juxtaposed against traditional historical research can help to locate where agency and will may reside. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; AN; HBJH; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363095
- ISBN
- 9780822363095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Hardback. David McDermott Hughes investigates why climate change is not yet a moral issue by examining the history of energy use in Trinidad and Tobago. Drawing parallels between Trinidad's history of slavery and its oil industry, Hughes shows how treating oil as "ordinary" prevents us from making the moral choice to abandon it. Num Pages: 208 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JHMC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363064
- ISBN
- 9780822363064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.12
€ 115.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSK; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362999
- ISBN
- 9780822362999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Paperback. David McDermott Hughes investigates why climate change is not yet a moral issue by examining the history of energy use in Trinidad and Tobago. Drawing parallels between Trinidad's history of slavery and its oil industry, Hughes shows how treating oil as "ordinary" prevents us from making the moral choice to abandon it. Num Pages: 208 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JHMC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362982
- ISBN
- 9780822362982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Hardback. Mark Rifkin explores how Indigenous experiences with time and the dominance of settler colonial conceptions of temporality have affected Native peoplehood and sovereignty, thereby rethinking the very terms by which history is created and organized around time by. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362852
- ISBN
- 9780822362852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Hardback. Taking disability theory out of a Western context, Eunjung Kim questions the assumptions that treating disabilities with cure represents a universal good by examining the manifestations of violence that accompany medical and nonmedical cures in twentieth- and early twenty-first-century Korea. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; JFFE; JFFG; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362777
- ISBN
- 9780822362777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJD; 1KJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362623
- ISBN
- 9780822362623
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. In Punk and Revolution Shane Greene radically uproots punk from its place in Western culture to situate it as a crucial element in Peru's culture of subversive militancy and political violence. Experimenting with form and content, Greene redefines how we think about punk subculture and revolutionary politics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 63 illustrations, 8 page color insert. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; AVGU; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362593
- ISBN
- 9780822362593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Hardback. Alexander Laban Hinton offers a detailed analysis of a former Khmer Rouge security center commandant who was convicted for overseeing the interrogation, torture, and execution of nearly 20,000 Cambodians. Interested in how someone becomes an executioner, Hinton provides numerous ways to consider justice, genocide, memory, truth, and humanity. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJ; HBJF; JHMC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362586
- ISBN
- 9780822362586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83