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Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; BT; WSZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894974707
ISBN
9781894974707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Almost 35 years before New York saw the first great battle waged by the new United States of America for its independence, rumours of a slave conspiracy spread in the city, leading to the conviction and execution of over 70 slaves. This text retells the dramatic story of these landmark trials. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
Text is Free of Markings
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612468
ISBN
9780700612468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.48

Paperback. Imaginatively conceived, deeply informed, and elegantly written, Sensory Worlds of Early America convincingly establishes sensory experience as a legitimate object of historical inquiry and vividly brings America's colonial era to life. Num Pages: 344 pages, 25, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801883927
ISBN
9780801883927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.29

Paperback. An excellent overview of the field."-Journal of Legal History, reviewing Law and People in Colonial America Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421410067
ISBN
9781421410067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.75

SeemanKing Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty by Daniel R. MandellThe Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hull HofferBloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations by Tim Lehman Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421403113
ISBN
9781421403113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.54

Hardback. An excellent overview of the field."-Journal of Legal History, reviewing Law and People in Colonial America Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781421410050
ISBN
9781421410050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.01
€ 54.87

Paperback. Wide-ranging in scope, inclusive in content, the revised edition of The Brave New World continues to provide professors, students, and historians with an engaging and accessible history of early North America. Num Pages: 544 pages, 17, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884832
ISBN
9780801884832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.19

Paperback. SeemanKing Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty by Daniel R. MandellThe Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hull HofferBloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations by Tim Lehman Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421403120
ISBN
9781421403120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.58

Paperback. Aaron Burr was an enigma even in his own day. Founding father and vice president, he engaged in a duel with Alexander Hamilton resulting in a murder indictment that effectively ended his legal career. This book unveils a cast of characters ensnared by politics and law at the highest levels of government. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; LAZ; LNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615926
ISBN
9780700615926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.60

Paperback. In late 17th-century Salem, Massachusetts, neighbours turned against neighbours and children against parents with accusations of witchcraft. This text examines what created an epidemic of accusations that resulted in the investigation of nearly 200 colonists and, for many, trial and incarceration. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700608591
ISBN
9780700608591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; WH; WNCB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589880924
ISBN
9781589880924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.33

Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 398 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 814.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764347870
ISBN
9780764347870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 28.26

Hardback. Series: History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KLSA; 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJQ; HBLW3; HBWS; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474291149
ISBN
9781474291149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.72
€ 116.46

Hardcover.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
358
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844155835
ISBN
9781844155835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.45
€ 52.22

Hardcover. For Frederick Douglass, the iconic 19th-century slave and abolitionist, the foundations for his arguments in support of racial equality rested on natural rights and natural law. This title examines the philosophic core of Douglass' political thought, offering an understanding of its depth and coherence. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615728
ISBN
9780700615728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.31

Paperback. The first comprehensive examination of the early blues industry and the music it produced Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 280 pages, 31 photographs; 9 tables; 688 lines of music. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; AVGK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076763
ISBN
9780252076763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801477164
ISBN
9780801477164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.56

Hardback. This book reveals the complete truth behind the wave of Cuban baseball talent coming to MLB, placing recent events in the context of Cuban baseball history before delving into the stories of the major Cuban stars who have left the island. It shares their personal histories, explains why many chose defection, and details their harrowing journeys. Num Pages: 386 pages, 22 black & white halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; JFFN; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 721.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442247987
ISBN
9781442247987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.26

Hardcover. Before skyscrapers and streetlights glowed at all hours, American cities fell into inky blackness with each setting of the sun. But over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, technologies began to light up streets, buildings, and public spaces. This book depicts the changing experience of the urban night over this period. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226036021
ISBN
9780226036021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 79.37

Paperback. A collection of essays from scholars, pundits, activists, and political leaders the world over. It provides a panoramic perspective on an international controversy often marked more by heat than reason. Editor(s): Brooks, Roy L. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 185 x 255 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814713327
ISBN
9780814713327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Presents the story of the year - 1875 to 1876 - when the young novelist Henry James moved to Paris, drawn by his literary idols living at the center of the early modern movement in art. This narrative combines biography and criticism and uses James' writings to tell the story from his point of view. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138428
ISBN
9780691138428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. This text argues that melodrama is a crucial mode of expression in modern literature. After studying stage melodrama as a dominant popular form in the 1800s, the author looks at Balzac and Henry James, to show how these "realist" novelists created fiction using rhetoric and excess of melodrama. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADF; AN; DSBF; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
251
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300065534
ISBN
9780300065534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.11

Paperback. This book tests the proposition that the humanities can, and at their best do, represent a commitment to ethical reading. And that this commitment, and the training and discipline of close reading that underlie it, represent something that the humanities need to bring to other fields: to professional training and to public life. Editor(s): Brooks, Peter. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JNA; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257058
ISBN
9780823257058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.72

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBWN; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647388
ISBN
9780691647388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.28

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