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Hardback. A survey of the Getty Museum's 17th- and 18th-century French textiles. The book includes lists of artists and weavers, date and place of manufacture, and materials and techniques used. Also included is an accompanying commentary. Num Pages: 208 pages, 55 colour and 146 b&w illustrations, 1 colour fold-out. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; AC; AFWH; GBC; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 306 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892363797
- ISBN
- 9780892363797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.94€ 72.37
€ 93.94
€ 72.37
Hardcover. A longstanding misconception surrounding the term French noir suggests that the post-war French thriller and film noir were a development of, or response to, a pre-existing American tradition. This book challenges this misconception, examining the complexity of this trans-Atlantic exchange and refocusing debate to include a Franco-French lineage. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230536906
- ISBN
- 9780230536906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardback. Editor(s): McIntyre, Leland; Donaldson, Forrest. Num Pages: 119 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 119
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619424180
- ISBN
- 9781619424180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.83€ 116.23
€ 168.83
€ 116.23
Hardback. Editor(s): Emmett, Lillian. Num Pages: 111 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JPS; KCLT; KNG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633214224
- ISBN
- 9781633214224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.99€ 133.76
€ 194.99
€ 133.76
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641768
- ISBN
- 9780691641768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.01
€ 201.01
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFC; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691612263
- ISBN
- 9780691612263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Hardback. Recounts the life and epic rescue of captured fugitive slave Charles Nalle of Culpeper, Virginia, who was forcibly liberated by Harriet Tubman and others in Troy, New York, on April 27, 1860. This title follows Nalle from his enslavement by the Hansborough family in Virginia through his escape by the Underground Railroad. Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 black & white photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252034398
- ISBN
- 9780252034398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816698134
- ISBN
- 9780816698134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.52
€ 26.99
€ 25.52
Hardback. Congress established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands - more commonly known as the Freedmen's Bureau - in March 1865. Upon its creation this temporary federal agency assumed the Herculean task of overseeing the transition from slavery to freedom in the war-torn South. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823232116
- ISBN
- 9780823232116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
Paperback. A biography of Richard Allen, founder of the first major African-American church and the leading black activist of the early American republic. It describes Allen's continually evolving life and thought, setting both in the context of his times. Num Pages: 359 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBJK; HRCC95; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 359
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758571
- ISBN
- 9780814758571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Utilizes Brown's life to illuminate the concept of freedom as it developed in the United States in the early national and antebellum years Num Pages: 219 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479825233
- ISBN
- 9781479825233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Evaluating changes in liberal political theory and jurisprudence, particularly American liberalism after WWII, this book argues that the expansion of rights for adults has come at a high and generally unnoticed cost. It documents the indifference of liberal theorists and jurists to what were long deemed core elements of children's welfare. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPB; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134703
- ISBN
- 9780691134703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Paperback. An essential book for students and teachers written by two of the Caribbean's leading historians. Num Pages: 312 pages, maps, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QSC; 5AN; JFC; YQH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 275 x 221 x 13. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521435451
- ISBN
- 9780521435451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.32
€ 21.32
hardcover. This work analyzes the beliefs of the Republican Party during the Civil War, how those beliefs changed, and what those changes foreshadowed for the future. Michael Green shows how Republicans wielded federal power to stop a rebellion while maintaining their hold on that power - the intersection of policy and politics. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222759
- ISBN
- 9780823222759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.94
€ 111.94
Paperback. Editor(s): Yacovone, Donald. Num Pages: 570 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556525216
- ISBN
- 9781556525216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.23
€ 26.99
€ 22.23
hardcover. Unearths an unexpected bloom of liberty in an ex-slave's journal Num Pages: 219 pages, 8 figures/1 table/ 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; BJ; HBTS; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814705100
- ISBN
- 9780814705100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardcover. Freedom's Dawn is the first book devoted exclusively to John Brown during the six weeks between his arrest and execution. Louis A. DeCaro traces Brown's evolution from prisoner to convicted felon, to a prophetic figure, and then martyr, finally examining the rise of his legacy. Num Pages: 476 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442236721
- ISBN
- 9781442236721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.51
€ 83.51
Hardcover. In the spring of 1915, Chicagoans elected the city's first black alderman, Oscar DePriest. This book tells the history of three generations of African American activists - the ministers, professionals, labor leaders, clubwomen, and entrepreneurs - who transformed twentieth-century urban politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226135908
- ISBN
- 9780226135908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.89€ 48.07
€ 55.89
€ 48.07
Paperback. Explores the relationship between race, knowledge, and violence that underpins U.S. modernity. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351054
- ISBN
- 9780822351054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Hardcover. Series: Historical Tours. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBE; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- GPP Travel United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762757411
- ISBN
- 9780762757411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.18
€ 17.99
€ 15.18
In the postwar era, producers and consumers of cinema began to demand more freedom to make and view movies that accurately portrayed the complexities of real life. This work details the battles, fought largely in New York City, to secure "freedom of the screen" for film audiences. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124292
- ISBN
- 9780813124292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Hardback. With an approach informed by literary, cultural, African American, and feminist studies, Reed shows how reworking literary materials and conventions liberates writers to push the limits of representation and expression. Series: The Callaloo African Diaspora Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415208
- ISBN
- 9781421415208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.54
€ 51.99
€ 43.54
Paperback. For many of the 200,000 black soldiers sent to Europe with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, encounters with French civilians and colonial African troops led them to imagine a world beyond Jim Crow. This title illuminates how World War I mobilized a generation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062054
- ISBN
- 9780674062054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.03
€ 34.99
€ 30.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 50 b/w Illus, Two-color Interior. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC8; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 280 x 11. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556527739
- ISBN
- 9781556527739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.77
€ 20.99
€ 20.77