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Hardcover. A history of elite women who were concubines and wives of powerful slave-soldiers, known as Mamluks, who dominated Egypt both politically and militarily in the eighteenth century. Series: Syracuse Uni Press: Middle East Beyond Dominant Paradigms. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JF; HBJH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632931
ISBN
9780815632931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.78

Hardcover. Irelands status as an island nation with a history of emigration has meant the development of a body of diasporic cultural memory. This book opens new pathways into the body of Irish cultural memory, demonstrating time and again the ways in which memory is supported by the negotiations of individuals within wider cultural contexts. Editor(s): Frawley, Oona. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBAH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632979
ISBN
9780815632979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.71

Hardcover. The recent political history of Lebanon has been defined by the legacy of war. While much has been written about the tragedy of the civil war, this title is the first book focused on the evolution of the postwar political scene. Editor(s): El-Husseini, Rola. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633044
ISBN
9780815633044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.75

Hardcover. Provides a better understanding of the modernist nation-building processes in post-Ottoman Turkey through a rare perspective in the field that stresses the social and cultural dimensions and everyday negotiations that occurred during the leadership of Mustafa Kemal. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633174
ISBN
9780815633174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.21

Hardcover. Drawing on extensive federal, state, and tribal archival research, Hauptman explores the political background of the Kinzua dam while also providing a detailed, at times very personal account of the devastating impact the dam has had on the Seneca Nation and the resilience the tribe has shown in the face of this crisis. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633280
ISBN
9780815633280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.66

Hardcover. Explores the relationship among the German confessional divide, collective memories of religion, and the construction of German national identity and difference. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLW; HRCC2; HRCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633365
ISBN
9780815633365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.33

Hardcover. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBJF1; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633587
ISBN
9780815633587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.06

Hardcover. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633808
ISBN
9780815633808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.87

Paperback. Four historians consider the popularly held explanations for Southern defeat in the US Civil War - state-rights disputes, inadequate military supply and strategy, and the Union blockade - supporting their discussion with a chronological account of the war's progress. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 maps, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 40. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820313962
ISBN
9780820313962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Paperback. This collection of post card images presents the panorama of life in early 20th-century Georgia. Family outings, veteran's reunions and market days are some of the occasions depicted, many of the cards represent the only surviving visual record of schools, churches, businesses and public buildings. Editor(s): Doster, Gary L. Num Pages: 240 pages, 620 b&w postcard reproductions. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820321134
ISBN
9780820321134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.00

Paperback. In 1845, black abolitionist Frederick Douglass travelled to Britain on a lecture and fund-raising tour. This is an examination of how that visit affected transatlantic reform movements and Douglass's own thinking. It features the essays of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic. Editor(s): Rice, Alan J.; Crawford, Martin. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820321295
ISBN
9780820321295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.95

Hardcover. This volume explores the often complicated ways in which ethnicity and social rank interacted to determine the relationships that were forged among four categories of women in the Revolutionary and early National Georgia Lowcountry. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 1KBBS; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820321837
ISBN
9780820321837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.75

Hardcover. This study traces the story of how Jacob Mordecai and his family, German-American Orthodox Jews, adopted the Anglo-Irish enlightened pedagogical system developed by Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his daughter Maria. The text includes the complete diary of Rachel Mordecai Lazarus. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820322520
ISBN
9780820322520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.89

Hardcover. In this text, Don H.Doyle looks at some unexpected parallels in American and Italian history. He examines both countries' struggle to create an independent, unified nation and the ongoing effort to instill national identity in their diverse populace. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 152 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; JHMC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820323305
ISBN
9780820323305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.22

Paperback. In 1864 William Tecumseh Sherman made Civil War history with his infamous March to the Sea across Georgia. More than a century later, Jerry Ellis set out along the same route in search of the past and his southern and Cherokee heritage. Here he confronts the complexities of his native region. Num Pages: 328 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820324258
ISBN
9780820324258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.02

Paperback. This text reconstructs how freed men and women in tobacco-growing Central North Carolina worked to secure a place for themselves in a ravaged region and hostile time. It has a micro-economic history of Gainville County, drawn from public records, that looks at individual's stories. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820324425
ISBN
9780820324425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.80

Hardcover. Having encountered the Greensboro Guards through their Civil War diaries and letters, G. Ward Hubbs became interested in the connections between the Guards and the town for which they were named. In this account he argues that they became an important part of their community. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 illustrations, 12 charts, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325057
ISBN
9780820325057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Paperback. The National Council of Churches established the Delta Ministry in 1964 to further the cause of civil rights in Mississippi. This work is a full-length history of one of the largest and most enduring civil rights organizations in the Mississippi movement. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC99; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325323
ISBN
9780820325323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.23

Hardcover. This work looks at some of the historical forces actively at work in today's south, drawing pointed, provocative links between the "lost cause" mythology that emerged from the chaos of Confederate defeat, the region's reputation for intolerance and souther evangelical Protestantism. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325613
ISBN
9780820325613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.13

Hardcover. The private and public writings in this volume reveal the early relationship between renowned Civil War diarist Sarah Morgan (1842-1909) and her future husband, Francis Warrington Dawson (1840-1889). This is a selection of their letters along with articles that Morgan wrote for the "Charleston News and Courier". Editor(s): Roberts, Giselle. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325910
ISBN
9780820325910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.07

Hardcover. A new type of historical guide, this book features more than one hundred photographs and illustrations of thirty key sites in and around the Chickamauga battlefield. Civil War scholars and enthusiasts will find a valuable new source for pondering tactical moves and unravelling historic controversies. Num Pages: 139 pages, 103 photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBJK; HBLL; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 921.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325989
ISBN
9780820325989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.07

Hardcover. Most Southerners who fought in the Civil War were native born, white, and Confederate. However, thousands with other ethnic back-grounds also took a stand - and not always for the South. This book recounts the wartime experiences of the region's German Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition (1st printing)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820327570
ISBN
9780820327570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.98

Hardcover. Covers Nobel Peace Prize winner, Jimmy Carter's achievements and setbacks in light of what has been at once his greatest asset and flaw: his stubborn, faith-driven integrity. This book includes the energy crisis, the Iran hostage situation, the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal and other treaties, and the diplomatic emphasis on human rights. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329147
ISBN
9780820329147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.09

Hardcover. Including suffragists, civil rights activists, and movers and shakers in politics and in the music industries of Nashville and Memphis, as well as many other notables, this collective portrait of Tennessee women offers fresh perspectives and insights into their dreams, their struggles, and their times. Editor(s): Freeman, Sarah L. Wilkerson; Bond, Beverly Greene. Num Pages: 456 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; BGH; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Volume 1 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329482
ISBN
9780820329482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.46

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