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The Americas
Hardback. In the five-month period covered by this volume of the "Secretary of States Series", Madison and Jefferson work jointly to acquire final possession of, and establish a preliminary government for, the territory acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of May 1803. Num Pages: 720 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921204
- ISBN
- 9780813921204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.40
€ 128.40
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hackett, Mary A.; Stagg, J. C. A.; Colony, Anne Mandeville; Harbury, Katharine E.; Johnson, Mary Parke. Series: Secretary of State S. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935713
- ISBN
- 9780813935713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.16
€ 128.16
Hardcover. Covers the period between 4 March 1817, when Madison left the presidency, and 31 January 1820, years when he and Dolley Payne Madison settled once again into the rhythms of rural life at their beloved home, Montpelier. Editor(s): Mattern, David B.; Stagg, J. C. A.; Johnson, Mary Parke; Colony, Anne Mandeville. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928494
- ISBN
- 9780813928494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.73
€ 126.73
Hardcover. Covers the eight-month period between 8 February and 24 October 1813, during which the United States continued its military struggle against Great Britain. This volume presents Secretary of War John Armstrong's memorandum on the spring campaign against Canada, recommending attacks on Kingston and York (Toronto). Editor(s): Kreider, Angela; Stagg, J. C. A.; Colony, Anne Mandeville; Cross, Jeanne Kerr; Johnson, Mary Parke; King, Martha J.; Perry, Wendy Ellen. Num Pages: 800 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927565
- ISBN
- 9780813927565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.61
€ 127.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 121 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 9. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865976887
- ISBN
- 9780865976887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardcover. Beginning with Madison's return to Washington from Montpelier, this fourth volume in the "Secretary of State" series ends with the acquisition of Louisiana by the United States. The letters show Madison's response to the "Louisiana Crisis" as it happened and annotation aids understanding of events. Editor(s): Stagg, J. C. A.; Cross, Jeanne Kerr; Perdue, Susan Holbrook; Barber, Ellen J. Num Pages: 720 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917474
- ISBN
- 9780813917474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.98
€ 123.98
Hardcover. During the period of this third volume of the "Secretary of State" series, Madison was concerned with ongoing problems in foreign policy, particularly US relations with the European powers. Diplomatic letters describe his efforts to defend American commercial rights. Num Pages: 608 pages, annotations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915418
- ISBN
- 9780813915418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Hardcover. What exactly is the happy ending? Is it simply a cliche, as commonly supposed? Why has it earned such an unenviable reputation? What does it, or can it, mean? This book traces the historical development of the scholarly approaches taken towards the cinematic happy ending. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748680177
- ISBN
- 9780748680177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.58€ 102.99
€ 106.58
€ 102.99
Paperback. Offers a critical study of the 'happy ending' in classical and contemporary Hollywood cinema. This book encourages students and scholars of film to reconsider some tenacious critical preconceptions, inviting them to approach afresh their understandings of perhaps the most infamous narrative convention in Hollywood cinema. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748699773
- ISBN
- 9780748699773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.11
€ 38.99
€ 35.11
Paperback. Winner of the 2007 Banff Mountain Festival Book Awards Grand Prize (The Phyllis & Don Munday Award): "A riveting account of a long-ago mountaineering disaster."-Time Num Pages: 432 pages, maps; 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 37. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393331967
- ISBN
- 9780393331967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. Collects the historical research and writing on African Americans in Texas. Covering the time period between 1820 and the late 1970s, this title highlights the significant role that black Texans played in the development of the state. It is suitable for those interested in the history of black Texans. Editor(s): Glasrud, Bruce A. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726093
- ISBN
- 9780896726093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.61
€ 51.61
paperback. Finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in History. "Like Lauren Hillebrand's Unbroken..Target Tokyo brings to life an indelible era." -Ben Cosgrove, The Daily Beast Num Pages: 672 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393352276
- ISBN
- 9780393352276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.40
€ 20.99
€ 20.40
Paperback. Considers setting and place as irreducible features of the human condition and sociocultural existence. Focusing on a range of periods in places from France to the Balkans and from Siberia to San Diego, this work concentrates on such subjects as the Lockean landscapes, 19th-century Australian and North American landscape paintings, and zoos. Num Pages: 448 pages, 15 tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVWYB; 1FPC; 1HFGS; 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 33. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822322665
- ISBN
- 9780822322665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardback. Detailed history and understanding of the screenplay from 1963-1980. Series: Guide to Critical Reviews. Num Pages: 708 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APF; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 43. Weight in Grams: 967.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 708
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810815537
- ISBN
- 9780810815537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.99
€ 175.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069697
- ISBN
- 9780252069697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Offers a panoramic history of the American Catholic laity. This title tells the story of this ancient church from the perspective of ordinary Americans, the lay believers who have kept their faith despite persecution from without and clergy abuse from within. It focuses on the intricacies of prayer and ritual. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAX; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034884
- ISBN
- 9780674034884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.97
€ 35.99
€ 30.97
paperback. As city editor of Pulitzer's New York Evening World, Charles E Chapin was the model of the take-no-prisoners newsroom tyrant: he drove reporters relentlessly - and kept his paper in the center ring of the circus of big-city journalism. This book tracks Chapin's rise from legendary Chicago street reporter to celebrity powerbroker in New York. Series: Communications & Media Studies. Num Pages: 470 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGB; BTC; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222681
- ISBN
- 9780823222681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.51
€ 40.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195392425
- ISBN
- 9780195392425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.13
€ 21.99
€ 21.13
Paperback. "With a new preface by the author"--Cover. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Preface
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163901
- ISBN
- 9780691163901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.48
€ 26.99
€ 20.48
Hardback. James McPherson evokes the meaning and significance of the Civil War Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199375776
- ISBN
- 9780199375776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.63
€ 33.99
€ 28.63
Paperback. Recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War including the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. Num Pages: 944 pages, maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780140125184
- ISBN
- 9780140125184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 14.42
€ 24.99
€ 14.42
Hardcover. This book covers one of the most turbulent periods of the USA's history, from the Mexican War in 1848 to the end of the Civil War in 1865. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 944 pages, 16pp halftones, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1364.
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195038637
- ISBN
- 9780195038637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.90
€ 76.90
Paperback. The author's main contention is that the American Civil War was the real Revolutionary War, and that Lincoln was the catalyst of this revolution. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195076066
- ISBN
- 9780195076066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.13
€ 24.99
€ 21.13
Paperback. This publication of the wartime letters of Roswell Lamson marks a major addition to US Civil War literature. Throughout the war, Lamson always seemed to be where the action was and these letters describe the part he played in these events. Lamson's correspondence reveals his deep ambivalence about the war. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 halftones, 8 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KTG0005947
- ISBN
- 9780195130935
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99