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paperback. This book records Charleston's development from 1670 and ends with an afterword on the effects of Hurricane Hugo in 1989, drawing with special care on information from every facet of the city's life-its people and institutions; its art and architecture; its recreational, social and intellectual life; its politics and city government. Num Pages: 555 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
555
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872497979
ISBN
9780872497979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.22

Hardcover. A collection of new essays and columns published in the wake of the 2015 Charleston, SC massacre, along with excerpts from key scholarly books. It draws from a variety of disciplines history, sociology, urban studies, law, critical race theory and includes discussion questions and a selected and annotated bibliography for further reading." Editor(s): Williams, Chad; Williams, Kidada; Blain, Keisha. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JMG; JFSL3; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820349565
ISBN
9780820349565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.15

Hardback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ACXD; AGB; AGH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633450271
ISBN
9781633450271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.32

Paperback. Charles Taylor's work as an intellectual historian, epistemologist and normative political theorist has made him a leading figure in contemporary social philosophy. This book examines the problem of political fragmentation through an analysis of Taylor's thought and politics. Series: 20th Century Political Thinkers. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521278
ISBN
9780742521278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.29

Hardcover. Proposes a fresh assessment of the artist, firmly re-establishing his place as a national figure in the canon of American painting Editor(s): Plotek, Ariel. Num Pages: 95 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 243 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1300.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
San Diego Museum of Art United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780937108505
ISBN
9780937108505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.93

Paperback. Forty years after the Manson Family murders, this is the definitive account of the crimes that shocked the world. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 B & W plate sections. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340977033
ISBN
9780340977033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. Locating representations of Ives within American cultural history Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252037498
ISBN
9780252037498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.09

Paperback. Shows Charles Ives in the context of his world in a number of ways. This volume features essays which examine Ives' relationships to European music and to American music, politics, business, and landscape. It also shows Ives as a composer well versed in four distinctive musical traditions who blended them in his mature music. Editor(s): Burkholder, Peter J. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 464 pages, 13 halftones 3 b&w illus 1 map 50+ music exs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVA; AVGC6; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780691011639
ISBN
9780691011639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.89
€ 42.58

Hardback. During the era of segregation, the Journal of Negro Education published research vital to overturning racial segregation as public policy. Charles Thompson's editorials inspired and mobilized activists, slowly molding public support for human rights. A major player for the NAACP, Thompson chronicles the highs and lows of the civil rights struggle. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611475210
ISBN
9781611475210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.85

Hardback. This is an account of the life of German nationalist and revolutionary Charles Follen. His life embraces many historical issues, he conspired in the first political murder of modern German history, fled to Switzerland, then America where he was instrumental in the importation of German ideas. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674110113
ISBN
9780674110113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.16
€ 69.19

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Dundurn United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780919670761
ISBN
9780919670761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.83

Hardcover. This critical study of the literary magazines, underground newspapers, and small press publications that had an impact on Charles Bukowski's early career, draws on archives, privately held unpublished Bukowski work, and interviews to shed new light on the ways in which Bukowski became an icon in the alternative literary scene in the 1960s. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137343543
ISBN
9781137343543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.83

hardcover. Charles Brockden Brown's Revolution and the Birth of American Gothic illuminates the social and political influences on the nation's first professional novelist and reveals the surprising origins of one of American literature's most popular and enduring genres. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812237863
ISBN
9780812237863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691653020
ISBN
9780691653020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.02

Hardback. The essays in this volume explore continuities and changes in the role of philanthropic organizations in Europe and North America in the period around the French Revolution. Included is an analysis of policies towards poverty in different countries, and the development of welfare states. Editor(s): Cunningham, Hugh; Innes, Joanna. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFFA; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333674048
ISBN
9780333674048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.05

paperback. Charity and Sylvia is the intimate history of the extraordinary marriage of two ordinary early American women. Their story, drawn from the women's personal writings and other original documents, reveals that same-sex marriage is not as new as we think. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Publication date
2016
SKU
V9780190627317
ISBN
9780190627317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.76

Hardback. Editor(s): Arrick, Leonel. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
146
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624179907
ISBN
9781624179907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.11
€ 70.85

Paperback. An ethnographic study of faith-based poverty relief programs in 30 congregations in the rural south. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JFFA; JHMP; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814799024
ISBN
9780814799024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226047867
ISBN
9780226047867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Series: Difference Incorporated. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816675463
ISBN
9780816675463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

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