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Regional & national history
Hardcover. A compelling biography which reinserts this forgotten Founding Father into the historical canon and reveals the transatlantic dimensions of early American history Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780814721117
- ISBN
- 9780814721117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.01
€ 48.01
Paperback. Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was not only one of the most important leaders of the nineteenth century women's rights movement but was also the movement's principal philosopher. This title argues that Stanton's work reflects the rich tapestry of American political culture in the second half of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 309 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720950
- ISBN
- 9780814720950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.68
€ 36.99
€ 33.68
Paperback. Organized into three thematic sections - foreign policy and national security, economic policy and social issues, and domestic politics and governance, this book includes essays that cover salient topics such as China's military power, de-communization, growing economic strength, nationalism, and the possibility for democracy. Editor(s): Denoon, David B. H. Series: Current History. Num Pages: 245 pages, 3 maps, 2 tables, 1 photo. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; JPS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720004
- ISBN
- 9780814720004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.49
€ 34.99
€ 31.49
Paperback. Published in conjunction with the History of the City of New York Project. "..a valuable case study in the micropolitics of one of the Progressive era's signature projects." (The Wall Street Journal) "Illuminating .. " (New York magazine) Num Pages: 442 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; TR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719541
- ISBN
- 9780814719541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.68
€ 36.99
€ 33.68
Hardcover. The first comprehensive examination of the lives of Jews throughout New York history Editor(s): Rock, Howard B.; Moore, Deborah Dash. Series: City of Promises. Num Pages: 1000 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 87. Weight in Grams: 2576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814717318
- ISBN
- 9780814717318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.85
€ 117.85
Paperback. Based on extensive interviews with members of the "intifada generation," those who were between 10 and 18 years old when the intifada began in 1987, this book provides a detailed look at the intifada memories of ordinary Palestinians. Num Pages: 285 pages, 6 pages with halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716380
- ISBN
- 9780814716380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.68
€ 36.99
€ 33.68
Paperback. Where was God during the Holocaust? And where has God been since? Holocaust Theology provides a panoramic survey of the writings of more than one hundred leading Jewish and Christian thinkers on these profound theological problems. Editor(s): Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. Num Pages: 414 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716205
- ISBN
- 9780814716205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.68
€ 36.99
€ 33.68
Paperback. In the annals of American criminal justice, two prisons stand out as icons of institutionalized brutality and deprivation: Alcatraz and Sing Sing. This book takes us on a disturbing and poignant tour of Sing Sing's legendary death house, and introduces us to those whose lives Sing Sing claimed. Num Pages: 200 pages, 100 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 11. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716168
- ISBN
- 9780814716168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.31
€ 31.99
€ 29.31
Paperback. How, for example did African Americans, feminists, and labor activists respond to the Titanic disaster? Why did the El train crash take on such symbolic meaning for the citizens of Chicago? In what ways did the San Francisco earthquake reaffirm rather than challenge a predominant faith in progress? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814713464
- ISBN
- 9780814713464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.87
€ 30.99
€ 27.87
Paperback. A new intellectual community came together in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s, a community outside the universities, the professions and, in general, the established centers of intellectual life. This book is a cultural history of this community of free-lance critics. Series: American Social Experience. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780814712320
- ISBN
- 9780814712320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.68
€ 36.99
€ 33.68
Paperback. Alexander Hamilton has been the focus of debate from his day to ours. On the one hand, Hamilton was the quintessential Founding Father, playing a central role in every key debate and event in the Revolutionary and Early Republic eras. Who was he really and what is his legacy? Was Hamilton a closet monarchist or a sincere republican? Editor(s): Ambrose, Douglas; Martin, Robert W. T. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814707241
- ISBN
- 9780814707241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.49
€ 34.99
€ 31.49
Hardcover. Kitchen Table Politics investigates the role that the grassroots activism of middle-class, mostly Catholic homemakers played in the development of conservatism in New York State-and in the national shift toward a conservative politics of "family values." Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248975
- ISBN
- 9780812248975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.43
€ 75.43
Hardback. Appealing to historians working in the fields of business history, political history, and the history of capitalism, Capital Gains highlights the causes, character, and consequences of business activism and underscores the centrality of business to any full understanding of the politics of the twentieth century-and today. Editor(s): Phillips-Fein, Kim; John, Richard R. Series: Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JP; KJB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248821
- ISBN
- 9780812248821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.65
€ 114.65
Hardcover. Drawing from extensive archival research, Out of the Horrors of War demonstrates that disabled citizens in the World War II era organized a national movement for economic security and full citizenship, reshaping the U.S. welfare state and laying the foundation for the disability rights movement. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812248517
- ISBN
- 9780812248517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.32
€ 80.32
Hardcover. In Central Harlem, the symbolic and historic heart of black America, the violent unrest of July 1964 highlighted a new dynamic in the racial politics of the nation. The first "long, hot summer" of the Sixties had arrived. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812248500
- ISBN
- 9780812248500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.74
€ 103.74
Hardcover. Eric R. Schlereth places religious conflicts between deists and their opponents at the center of early American public life. This history recasts the origins of cultural politics in the United States by exploring how everyday Americans navigated questions of religious truth and difference in an age of emerging religious liberty. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812244939
- ISBN
- 9780812244939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.73
€ 113.73
Hardback. Focusing on interpersonal dynamics during conflict in the Republic of Macedonia, Neofotistos describes how Macedonians and Albanians in the city of Skopje responded to threatening political developments, negotiated relationships of power, and promoted indeterminacy on the level of the everyday as a sense of impending war enfolded the capital. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; HBJD; JHMP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812243994
- ISBN
- 9780812243994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.67
€ 81.67
Hardback. Although we may be aware that China and Japan were not nation-states until relatively recently, we still speak and write about Han dynasty China or Jomon Japan. And almost all historians refer to prehistoric China or Japan. Thus imposing the national story on the local, the authors contend, harms the historical record. Editor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; HBJF; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812238204
- ISBN
- 9780812238204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Hardback. The first comprehensive attempt to reconstruct, on its own terms, the world of Athens outside the city walls during the classical fifth and fourth centuries B.C. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237740
- ISBN
- 9780812237740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.65
€ 86.65
Hardback. Sick Economies: Drama, Mercantilism, and Disease in Shakespeare's England teases out the double helix of the pathological and the economic in two seemingly disparate spheres of early modern textual production: drama and mercantilist writing. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237733
- ISBN
- 9780812237733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.27
€ 92.27
Hardback. Taking a look at the work of war writers and examining public records, journalism, and medical writing, this book brings the study of the Civil War into conversation with the critical work on bodily ontology and epistemology and theories of narrative and history. Num Pages: 344 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; MB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812237481
- ISBN
- 9780812237481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.17
€ 86.17
Hardback. "Schorman demonstrates in this readable study of 1890s U.S. society how fashion-which he defines as clothing everyone wears and the symbolic system connected to its choice-reflects the cultural dynamics caused by rapid social change and remnants of past attitudes."-Choice Num Pages: 224 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JH; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812237283
- ISBN
- 9780812237283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.41
€ 74.41
Hardback. Crete was a Venetian colony from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 239 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235623
- ISBN
- 9780812235623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.99
€ 69.99
Hardback. The book documents thirty cases in which university-trained scholars were condemned for disseminating allegedly erroneous opinions in their teaching or writing. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812233186
- ISBN
- 9780812233186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.43
€ 75.43