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Paperback. Southern music has flourished as a meeting ground for the traditions of West African and European peoples in the region, leading to the evolution of various traditional folk genres, bluegrass, country, jazz, gospel, rock, blues, and southern hip-hop. This volume celebrates this essential element of southern life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 47 illustrations, 2 maps, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; GBC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807859087
ISBN
9780807859087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.30

Hardcover. Presenting papers pertaining to Grant's first term in office, this volume covers areas such as his climb-down over the annexation of Santo Domingo, legislation to facilitate federal intervention in the persecution of blacks in the South, his Indian policy and the Treaty of Washington. Editor(s): Ferraro, William M.; Lisec, Aaron M.; Dotson, Sue E. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 164 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1365.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809321971
ISBN
9780809321971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.52

Hardcover. From mid-August to mid-September 1863, Union major general William S Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland maneuvered from Tennessee to north Georgia in a bid to rout Confederate general Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee and blaze the way for further Union advances. This title covers every angle of the campaign, from its prelude to its denouement. Editor(s): Woodworth, Steven E. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809329809
ISBN
9780809329809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.57

Hardcover. Editor(s): Marszalek, John F. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBC; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809330911
ISBN
9780809330911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Green, Paul M.; Holli, Melvin G. Num Pages: 333 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK; JPHC; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809331987
ISBN
9780809331987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.68

Hardcover. Few American Civil War operations matched the controversy, intensity, and bloodshed of Confederate general John Bell Hood's ill fated 1864 campaign against Union forces in Tennessee. In the first ever anthology on the subject, The Tennessee Campaign of 1864, fourteen prominent historians and emerging scholars examine this operation. Editor(s): Woodworth, Steven E.; Grear, Charles D. Series: Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809334520
ISBN
9780809334520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.52

Paperback. Captures in words and pictures the emotions that circled around one man in Chicago in the early 1980s: Harold Washington. This book gives readers a window onto a man who won over an entire city. Num Pages: 120 pages, colour photographs throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPN; AJCR; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 889.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810124462
ISBN
9780810124462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.42

Hardcover. Collects essays by philosophers responding to John Sallis's Transfigurements: On the True Sense of Art as well as his other works on the philosophy of art, including Force of Imagination and Logic of Imagination. Each of the chapters engages Sallis's work on both ancient and new senses of aesthetics as a beginning that is always beginning again. Editor(s): Jones, David; Wirth, Jason M.; Schwartz, Michael. Series: Comparative and Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 images in gallery. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; HPCF3; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810131590
ISBN
9780810131590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.59

Paperback. Editor(s): Dittmar, Linda; Michaud, Gene. Num Pages: 387 pages, 42pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; APF; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
387
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813515878
ISBN
9780813515878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.45

Paperback. This anthology on race in early cinema examines the origins, dynamics, and ramifications of racism and Eurocentrism and the resistance to both during the early years of American motion pictures. It addresses such subjects as miscegenation and assimilation and their impact on early cinema. Editor(s): Bernardi, Daniel. Num Pages: 350 pages, 66 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813522760
ISBN
9780813522760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.62

Paperback. This anthology seeks to revolutionize the way the Harlem Renaissance is viewed. It seeks to redress the emphasis on male writers, offering a balanced collection of writers - men and women, gay and straight, famiiar and obscure. It includes poetry, short stories, drama, essays, music and art. Editor(s): Patton, Venetria K.; Honey, Maureen. Num Pages: 544 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2ABM; ACX; AVGC6; DNF; DQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 184 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813529301
ISBN
9780813529301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.71

Paperback. Brings together twelve original essays that document and explore competing explanations for how and why conversion has occurred. This volume pays close attention to who converts, under what circumstances, the meaning of conversion to the individual, and how the change affects converts' beliefs and actions. Editor(s): Steigenga, Timothy J.; Cleary, Edward L. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJP; HRCS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813542027
ISBN
9780813542027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.82

Hardcover. Editor(s): Phillips, Robert A. Num Pages: 225 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 889.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press Medicine
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813572222
ISBN
9780813572222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.82

Paperback. Design with Culture: Claiming America's Landscape Heritage presents an introduction along with eight essays by landscape historians that argue against the diminution of early preservationists work. The book uncovers the holistic stewardship ethic that drove pioneering landscape preservation advocates. Editor(s): Birnbaum, Charles A.; Hughes, Mary V. Num Pages: 216 pages, 55ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813923307
ISBN
9780813923307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.81

Paperback. Offering an overview of minority representation, this title examines several aspects of representation, including both Latino and African American perspectives, and a range of topics, ranging from the dynamics of partisanship to various groups' perceptions of the political system. It reveals the American representative democracy. Editor(s): Segura, Gary M.; Bowler, Shaun. Num Pages: 328 pages, 39 tables, 2 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPHF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813923383
ISBN
9780813923383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.11

Paperback. George Washington used his Mount Vernon estate to preserve the memory of events that had created a new nation. This book constitutes a chronicle of the Washington estate's ascent to the status of national shrine, and offers evidence of Mount Vernon's role in helping forge American national identity. Editor(s): Lee, Jean B. Num Pages: 304 pages, 48 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925158
ISBN
9780813925158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.71

Paperback. Argues that the Haitian Revolution nonetheless had an enduring cultural and political impact, particularly on peoples and communities that have been marginalized in the historical record and absent from the discourses of Western historiography. This book interrogates the literary, historical, and political discourses that the Revolution produced. Editor(s): Garraway, Doris L. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926865
ISBN
9780813926865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Shapiro, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Henry R Luce Director of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies Ian (Yale University, Connecticut Yale University Yale University, Connecticut Yale University, Connecticut Yale University, Connecticut Yale University, Connecticut Yale University, Connecticut Yale University, Connecticut Yale University, Connecticut); Tebeau, Kahreen. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928272
ISBN
9780813928272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Hardcover. Editor(s): Hammond, John Craig; Mason, Matthew. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813931050
ISBN
9780813931050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.21

Hardcover. Editor(s): Smith, Faith. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813931128
ISBN
9780813931128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.67

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