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Regional & national history
Hardcover. An examination of 1920s and 1930s Alsace, to reveal the many faces of fascism. The study of the region, with its interplay of French, German and Alsatian nationalities, proves a framework for understanding how this ideology has matured over time to fit changing contexts. Num Pages: 258 pages, map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802381
- ISBN
- 9780875802381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.61
€ 47.61
Hardcover. This work traces the construction of Russia's cultural landscape, showing how 19th-century representations of nature reflected and shaped Russians' ideas about themselves and their nation. It should appeal to those who are interested in landscape history and in Russian art and culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AMV; HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875803036
- ISBN
- 9780875803036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.19
€ 56.19
Hardcover. What did it mean to be Russian as the imperial era gave way to Soviet rule? The author turns to a unique art form produced in the village of Palekh to investigate how artists and craftsmen helped to reshape Russian national identity. This book follows the development of Palekh art as it adapted to dramatic changes in the Russian nation. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JH; 3JJ; ACB; AFT; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875803395
- ISBN
- 9780875803395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.72
€ 48.72
Hardcover. Who ruled the countryside in late Imperial Russia? On the rare occasions that tsarist administrators dared pose the question so boldly, their discouraged answer was that peasants ruled. This title challenges this dominant paradigm of the closed village by investigating the ways peasants engaged tsarist laws and the local institutions. Num Pages: 281 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875803708
- ISBN
- 9780875803708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.88
€ 49.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 361 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804279
- ISBN
- 9780875804279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.43
€ 42.43
Hardcover. A pivotal period in Russian history, the Time of Troubles in the early seventeenth century has taken on new resonance in the country's post-Soviet search for new national narratives. This title provides comprehensive study of the church during the Troubles. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2; HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804460
- ISBN
- 9780875804460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.32
€ 60.32
Hardcover. The Northwest Territory sparked heated debates over race and civil rights in the nascent United States from the moment of its founding. Part of the "Early American Places" series, this book contributes to the study of slavery and social activism in nineteenth-century America. Series: Early American Places. Num Pages: 325 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804576
- ISBN
- 9780875804576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.86
€ 139.86
Hardcover. Recounting the creation of the West German Foreign Office, this study explores three of the central themes in the early history of the Federal Republic: the integration of the new state into the international community, the cooptation of German elites by the new political system, and the creation of government in a state under foreign occupation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804637
- ISBN
- 9780875804637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.32
€ 60.32
Hardcover. Alexander I was a ruler with high aspirations for the people of Russia. Cosseted as a young grand duke by Catherine the Great, he ascended to the throne in 1801 after the brutal assassination of his father. This biography focuses on the complex forces that shaped Alexander's tumultuous reign. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 39. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804668
- ISBN
- 9780875804668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.61
€ 47.61
Hardcover. For France, the decade and a half before the Great War were years of plenty. The author examines daily life, the prevailing national mood, and the attitudes of France's prime ministers in July 1914 and August 1939, the months preceding the two world wars. Num Pages: 189 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804682
- ISBN
- 9780875804682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.46
€ 28.46
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804712
- ISBN
- 9780875804712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.85
€ 58.85
Hardcover. One hundred and fifty years after Kansas became a state, historians are still uncovering the implications of its history as a territory. While most histories focus on the facts of the violence, this book focuses on the question of why both the local and national governments allowed the violence to continue unstaunched for so long. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804866
- ISBN
- 9780875804866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.86
€ 139.86
Hardcover. Offers a sweeping account designed to amplify major figures, moments, milestones, and turning points in Polish history. This book includes important battles and illustrious individuals, alliances forged by marriages and choices of religious denomination, among others. Num Pages: 506 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 42. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804873
- ISBN
- 9780875804873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.72
€ 48.72
Paperback. Exploring the confrontation between atheism and the lower classes' traditional beliefs, this work offers a fresh interpretation of early Soviet efforts to create an atheistic, scientific society. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HRQA5; JH; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875805955
- ISBN
- 9780875805955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Paperback. Near the end of World War II, four days after Allied armies landed at Normandy, a unit of Waffen SS en route to the front surrounded the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane and, without warning, massacred its citizens. In an effort to come to grips with this tragedy, Jean-Jacques Fouche explores the massacre from several points of. Translator(s): Sices, David; Atkinson, James B. Num Pages: 286 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806013
- ISBN
- 9780875806013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Lovers, companions, and husband and wife, Catherine and Prince Grigory Potemkin were also close political partners. This work reveals the complexity of Catherine and Potemkin's personal relationship in light of changes in matters of state, foreign relations, and military engagements. It gives insights into Catherine's passions, and her world. Editor(s): Smith, Douglas. Translator(s): Smith, Douglas. Num Pages: 475 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 475
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806075
- ISBN
- 9780875806075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806556
- ISBN
- 9780875806556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. Historians have long viewed the rural Midwest as a place more representative of "Real America" than any other region from New England to the Deep South. Though the rural Midwest contains many cultures, a commitment to modernity and progress are a common element among them. In this book, contributors present the myriad distinctions of the area. Num Pages: 335 pages, 22 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806945
- ISBN
- 9780875806945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. One hundred and fifty years after Kansas became a state, historians are still uncovering the implications of its history as a territory. While most histories focus on the facts of the violence, this book focuses on the question of why both the local and national governments allowed the violence to continue unstaunched for so long. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807065
- ISBN
- 9780875807065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Paperback. Wajorese migrants exhibited remarkable versatility in adapting to local conditions in the areas where they settled. They perpetuated their own culture overseas while simultaneously using various assimilation strategies such as intermarriage to thrive in their adopted homelands. The author reconstructs the story of the Wajorese diaspora. Num Pages: 220 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HBJF; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Not Avail
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807126
- ISBN
- 9780875807126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49