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Regional & national history
paperback. Despite a long and eventful reign, Britain's George II is a largely forgotten monarch, his achievements overlooked and his abilities misunderstood. This biography paints a richly detailed portrait of the many-faceted monarch in his public as well as his private life. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 552.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300187779
- ISBN
- 9780300187779
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.08
€ 29.99
€ 20.08
paperback. A landmark biography of the charismatic king beloved of fourteenth-century England Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 752 pages, 28 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1160.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300194081
- ISBN
- 9780300194081
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.21
€ 29.99
€ 24.21
paperback. A new appraisal of the first Tudor queen, her European connections, her ambitions and intentions, and the religious violence that stained her short reign Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pp-section of b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 670.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300194166
- ISBN
- 9780300194166
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 19.30
€ 29.99
€ 19.30
paperback. Series: The English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16 pp. b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300229714
- ISBN
- 9780300229714
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.63
€ 29.99
€ 21.63
Paperback. This work addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, and the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 671.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299130749
- ISBN
- 9780299130749
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Condition: New
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
Paperback. Cornelia Peake McDonald's story records a personal battle of her own - a southern woman's struggle in the midst of chaos to provide safety and shelter for herself and her nine children. Her diary shows that history is as much a domestic subject as an account of the public affairs of men. Series: Wisconsin Studies in American Autobiography. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299132644
- ISBN
- 9780299132644
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Condition: New
€ 25.76
€ 25.76
Paperback. This work addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, and the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 435.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299139841
- ISBN
- 9780299139841
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Condition: New
€ 29.30
€ 29.30
Hardcover. Emil Fackenheim's life work was to call upon the world at large to confront the Holocaust as an unprecedented assault on the Jewish people, Judaism, and all humanity. Here, he looks back on his life, at the profound and painful circumstances that shaped him as a philosopher and a committed Jewish thinker. Series: Modern Jewish Philosophy & Religion: Translations & Critical Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299175900
- ISBN
- 9780299175900
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.89
€ 45.99
€ 45.89
Hardcover. To understand the genocide and other dramatic events of Rwanda's recent past, one must understand the history of the earlier realm. Jan Vansina provides a critique of the history recorded by early missionaries and court historians. Translator(s): Vansina, J. Series: Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture. Num Pages: 354 pages, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299201203
- ISBN
- 9780299201203
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Condition: New
€ 70.51
€ 70.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299285142
- ISBN
- 9780299285142
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Condition: New
€ 34.56
€ 34.56
Paperback. This work is a political investigation into the historical and ideological foundations of black education. It situates black education within the context of America's rise to corporate-industrial power in the latter half of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century. Series: Teaching for Social Justice Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Teachers' College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807740422
- ISBN
- 9780807740422
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Condition: New
€ 44.06
€ 44.06
Paperback. An historical look at the social and economic life of French colonial Illinois, the author draws on and translates from eighteenth-century French the Kaskaskia Manuscripts which French notaries used and the papers of the Marquis de Vaudreuil. Num Pages: 152 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 231.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809325368
- ISBN
- 9780809325368
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Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Hardcover. Describes the regimental history of Chicago's Irish Volunteers. This book tells the story of Chicago's 90th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, the only Irish regiment in Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's XV Army Corps. It exposes the racial issues that affected the soldiers of the 90th Illinois. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809328901
- ISBN
- 9780809328901
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.26
€ 44.99
€ 44.26
Paperback. "First published by Patrice Press in 1985. Second edition published in 1996"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 542 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809333806
- ISBN
- 9780809333806
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Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Paperback. Based on the major primary sources of Roman history, this book recalls the experiences of the ancient Romans through a thousand years of their history. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 35. Weight in Grams: 703.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814315941
- ISBN
- 9780814315941
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Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Paperback. A definitive ethnological study of the Iroquois' subsistence, religious traditions, laws, and customs. Illustrator(s): Fenton, William Nelson. Num Pages: 158 pages, illustrations, maps, port. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815601159
- ISBN
- 9780815601159
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Condition: New
€ 27.12
€ 27.12
Paperback. This is a study of Arab writers such as Ghada al-Samman, Hanan al-Shaikh, Emily Nasrallah and Etel Adnan. It presents a constructive literary approach to the ravages of the civil war in the Lebanon. The ways in which women's consciousness is awakened in terms of female liberation is a theme. Num Pages: 228 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; DSBH; HBJF1; HBW; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815603771
- ISBN
- 9780815603771
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.40
€ 21.99
€ 21.40
Paperback. An investigation into the history of women in New Jersey, this book provides portraits of women from many walks of life, from the colonial period to the present. It contains biographies of notable women whose lives and public contributions have been especially significant. Num Pages: 486 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1347.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815604181
- ISBN
- 9780815604181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.88
€ 32.88
Paperback. This volume describes how the initiation of young girls into the sexual practices of the commune became a major source of conflict. The study appraises information about the history, practices, organization, and principles of Oneida. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815605232
- ISBN
- 9780815605232
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.60
€ 21.99
€ 20.60
Paperback. Red Jacket was an Iroquois diplomat who, as a representative of the Seneca and Six Nations, met and negotiated with American presidents from George Washington to Andrew Jackson. This book covers his career and reflects on the treaty negotiations between Indian nations and other parties. Series: Iroquois & Their Neighbors S. Num Pages: 180 pages, 8 illustrations, 2 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815605485
- ISBN
- 9780815605485
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.03
€ 21.99
€ 20.03
Paperback. This study argues that both England and its American social experiments were the underdeveloped elements of an empire emerging on both sides of the Atlantic and that the pivotal moment of that empire, the so-called "Glorious Revolution", was in fact a military coup driven by religious fears. Num Pages: 398 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTV; HRA; JPWQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815605584
- ISBN
- 9780815605584
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Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. Chronicling the experience of New York City's Jewish families during the Great Depression, this work tells the story of a generation of immigrants and their children as they faced an uncertain future in America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606178
- ISBN
- 9780815606178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.07
€ 21.99
€ 21.07
Paperback. In this text, W. Dale Nelson sheds light on the history of the presidential retreat Camp David. Using memoirs, archives and interviews, he relates how F.D. Roosevelt selected the site, how Truman made the first improvements and how succeeding chief executives have used the camp's facilities. Num Pages: 344 pages, 23 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606321
- ISBN
- 9780815606321
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Condition: New
€ 19.25
€ 19.25
Paperback. When World War II erupted in Europe, Konrad Charmatz was a prospering businessman in Sosnowiec, Poland, a loving son and an aspiring poet. For the next seven years he witnesses the Holocaust as it destroyed his family, country and culture. This is his memoir of those years. Translator(s): Beckerman, Miriam Dashkin. Num Pages: 256 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607069
- ISBN
- 9780815607069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.97
€ 26.99
€ 24.97