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Paperback. Showcases the diversity of quilting materials, methods, and patterns used in the state since the nineteenth century. This book also reveals how quilts serve as conduits of history and culture. It contains chapters that follow various threads of the craft, including Civil War - era quilts, the cotton economy, quilting groups, and more. Editor(s): Weinraub, Anita Zaleski. Series: Wormsloe Foundation Publication. Num Pages: 304 pages, 200 colour and 65 b&w photos, 4 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; WFBQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 260 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820328508
- ISBN
- 9780820328508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.34
€ 42.34
Paperback. These biographies aim to gain Mississippi's womens their place in its written record. The women whose stories are told here range from Felicite Girodeau, who was both a person of colour and a slaveholder, to Vera Mae Pigee, who "mothered" the civil rights movement in the Mississippi Delta. Editor(s): Swain, Martha H. (Cornaro Professor of History Emerita, Texas Women's University, USA); Payne, Elizabeth Anne (Professor of History, University of Mississippi, USA); Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Ditto, Susan. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Volume 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325033
- ISBN
- 9780820325033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Hardcover. These biographies aim to gain Mississippi's womens their place in its written record. The women whose stories are told here range from Felicite Girodeau, who was both a person of colour and a slaveholder, to Vera Mae Pigee, who "mothered" the civil rights movement in the Mississippi Delta. Editor(s): Swain, Martha H. (Cornaro Professor of History Emerita, Texas Women's University, USA); Payne, Elizabeth Anne (Professor of History, University of Mississippi, USA); Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Ditto, Susan. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Volume 1 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325026
- ISBN
- 9780820325026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.20
€ 162.20
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
€ 37.55
€ 37.55
Hardcover. The press leak in 1971 of a secret government document about the Vietnam War set off a chain of events that culminated in one of the most important First Amendment decisions in American legal history. This book re-examines what happened, why it mattered, and why it still has relevance today. Editor(s): Prados, John; Porter, Margaret Pratt. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWS2; JPQ; LND; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613250
- ISBN
- 9780700613250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.88
€ 34.88
Hardcover. What would it mean to "get over slavery"? Is such a thing possible? Is it even desirable? Featuring original essays from an array of established and emerging scholars in the interdisciplinary field of African American studies, The Psychic Hold of Slavery offers a nuanced dialogue upon these questions. Editor(s): Colbert, Soyica Diggs; Patterson, Robert J.; Levy-Hussen, Aida. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFM; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813583969
- ISBN
- 9780813583969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Editor(s): Fowler, Catherine S.; Fowler, Don D. Num Pages: 166 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 1361.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- SAR Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781930618954
- ISBN
- 9781930618954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.88
€ 34.88
Hardback. This bibliography will help to ensure that - even in a world becoming increasingly homogenized by the forces of globalization - unique cultural identities like Cape Breton's can be preserved and nurtured. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCV; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802087126
- ISBN
- 9780802087126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.77
€ 146.77
Paperback. A compilation of Irving Howe's interviews during the last fifteen years of his life. It presents what could be viewed as the sequel to Howe's intellectual autobiography, "A Margin of Hope". Editor(s): Goffman, Ethan; Rodden, John. Num Pages: 315 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535511
- ISBN
- 9781557535511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.97
€ 46.97
Paperback. Shows readers how ideas of Asia operate in Shakespeare performances and how Asian and Anglo-European forms of cultural production combine to transcend the mode of inquiry that focuses on fidelity. This book shows how the history of how Shakespeare became a signifier against which Asian and Western cultures defined themselves. Editor(s): Huang, Professor Alexander C. Y.; Ross, Charles Stanley. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; AN; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535290
- ISBN
- 9781557535290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.43
€ 57.43
Paperback. Chronicles media's role in shaping American life during the tumultuous nineteenth century by focusing specifically on the presentation of race and gender in the newspapers and magazines of the time. This book examines the ways in which American women were portrayed in the national media as they assumed a greater role in public and private life. Editor(s): Sachsman, David B.; Rushing, S. Kittrell; Morris, Roy. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFD; JFSJ; JFSL; KNTJ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535085
- ISBN
- 9781557535085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.49
€ 35.99
€ 32.49
Paperback. Covers the 2008 presidential election with state-by-state analyses of how the presidential election, from the nomination struggle through the casting of votes in November, played out in the South. This book also includes examinations of important elections other than for president. Editor(s): Kapeluck, Branwell DuBose; Moreland, Laurence W.; Steed, Robert P. Num Pages: 360 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557289155
- ISBN
- 9781557289155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.02
€ 38.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Bernhardt, Annette; Boushey, Heather; Dresser, Laura; Tilly, Chris. Series: LERA Research Volume. Num Pages: 324 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913447970
- ISBN
- 9780913447970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.19
€ 32.99
€ 28.19
Hardcover. Implementing many of the trends in contemporary indigenous studies, this title includes seventeen original essays that tackle indigenous identity, cultural perseverance, economic development, and urbanization in a wide array of American Indian and First Nations populations. Editor(s): Wunder, John R.; Kinbacher, Kurt E. Num Pages: 470 pages, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726413
- ISBN
- 9780896726413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.90
€ 47.99
€ 42.90
Paperback. Editor(s): Chari, Sangita; Lavallee, Jaime M. N. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870717208
- ISBN
- 9780870717208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. Radicalized in a brutal era of repeated violence against hard-working men and women, Mother Jones criss-crossed the country to demand higher wages and safer working conditions. This work recounts her story explaining the dramatic times through which she lived and to which she contributed so much. Series: Women's Biography Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826348104
- ISBN
- 9780826348104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.98
€ 29.98
Paperback. Examines a dramatic, complex episode in the early history of New Spain that stands as an instructive counterpoint to the much more familiar, triumphalist narrative of Spanish daring, resilience and victory embodied in the oft-told tale of the conquest of central Mexico. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 halftones, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826344939
- ISBN
- 9780826344939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Shows that although plantation slavery was a horrible reality for many Africans and their descendants in Latin America, blacks experienced many other realities in Iberian colonies. This work analyses a treatise by a seventeenth-century Muslim scholar in Morocco and argues it shaped the slave trade to Latin America. Editor(s): Landers, Jane G.; Robinson, Barry M. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826323972
- ISBN
- 9780826323972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.57
€ 45.57
Paperback. The Witchcraft Outbreak at Abiquiu, New Mexico, occurred between 1756 and 1766, five decades after the witchcraft trials at Salem, Massachusetts. The Genizaro (hispanicized Indian) land grant of Abiquiu was the crown jewel of Governor Velez Cachupin's plan to achieve peace for the benefit of the early New Mexican colonists. Illustrator(s): Strock, Glen. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 halftones, 19 drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826320322
- ISBN
- 9780826320322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Hardcover. Editor(s): Peart, Daniel; Smith, I. P. Num Pages: 288 pages, tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937700
- ISBN
- 9780813937700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.86
€ 70.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Leche, Christine Dumaine. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JMG; BTM; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936611
- ISBN
- 9780813936611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.77
€ 18.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Editor(s): McDonald, Robert M. S. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936505
- ISBN
- 9780813936505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.12
€ 38.12
Paperback. "This volume includes interdisciplinary essays on slave narratives from the Atlantic world of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, focusing on lesser known examples of the genre"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Aljoe, Nicole N.; Finseth, Ian Frederick. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936383
- ISBN
- 9780813936383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.87
€ 43.87
Hardcover. "This volume includes interdisciplinary essays on slave narratives from the Atlantic world of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, focusing on lesser known examples of the genre"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Aljoe, Nicole N.; Finseth, Ian Frederick. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936376
- ISBN
- 9780813936376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.63
€ 82.63