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Hardback. Series: Focus on American History Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 99 duotone photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; AJC; BGH; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 7747 x 661. Weight in Grams: 1786.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311677
ISBN
9781477311677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.69

Paperback. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is most widely known for the attempted slave revolt led by John Brown in 1859, the nucleus for the interpretation of the national park. This work tells the behind-the-scenes story of how this event was chosen and preserved for commemoration. Series: American Association for State & Local History. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 1KBBFV; 1KBBFW; WN; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759110663
ISBN
9780759110663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.57

Paperback. A groundbreaking account of America's role in global capitalism. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Verso
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781681367
ISBN
9781781681367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 334 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LA; LNKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226469720
ISBN
9780226469720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. While credit for the success of "Citizen Kane" has traditionally been attributed solely to its director, Orson Welles, this study documents the shared creative achievements of Welles and his principal collaborators. Num Pages: 185 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288. 185 pages, Ill. While credit for the success of "Citizen Kane" has traditionally been attributed solely to its director, Orson Welles, this study documents the shared creative achievements of Welles and his principal collaborators. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 12. Weight: 276.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
185
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205673
ISBN
9780520205673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. An eloquent and provocative autobiography of an activist in the 1960s civil rights movement Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JFSL3; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 834.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295976594
ISBN
9780295976594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.60

Paperback. Asian Americans are widely believed to be passive and compliant participants in the US political process if they participate at all. This book maps the actions and strategies of Asian Americans as they negotiate a space in the American political arena. It shows how race, ethnicity, and trans nationalism led to a complex American electorate. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566398954
ISBN
9781566398954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.12

Paperback. Shows what is happening in US economics PhD programs. By examining these programs, this book offers a view of economics. It also shows how much - and in what ways - the field has changed over the years. It includes interviews with students that describe what they think of their field and what graduate economics education is really like. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138510
ISBN
9780691138510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

Paperback. On May 15, 1916, a crowd of 15,000 witnessed the lynching of an 18-year-old black farm worker named Jesse Washington. Most central Texans of the time failed to call for the punishment of the mob's leaders. This work seeks to explain how a culture of violence that nourished this practice could form and endure for so long among ordinary people. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074301
ISBN
9780252074301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. In this oral history, gay Asian Americans talk frankly about their struggle for self-determination and independence. These pioneers in the Los Angeles movement discuss the gay scene in Southern California and the development of a distinctly Asian-American identity. Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian & Pacific Perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBBWF; GTB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511095
ISBN
9780742511095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.00

hardcover. This book uses the life of one man-Walter Lenoir of North Carolina-to explore the origins of southern white identity and the ambiguities and complexities embedded in that history with devotion to the Confederate cause. Lenoirs intention to divest himself of his inherited slaves changed with the war's outbreak and he joined the Confederate army. Series: New Narratives in American History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 b/w halftones, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 178 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195314359
ISBN
9780195314359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.91

paperback. Focused on the inside story of law reform, this book contains portraits of some figures, including Thurgood Marshall, William Kuntsler, and the black law professor Derrick Bell, as well as of movers and shakers such as the attorney C B King of Albany, Georgia, and Margaret Burnham. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGA; JPVH1; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813926957
ISBN
9780813926957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.37

Paperback. Drawing upon an archive of manuscript materials, this book illustrates how two generations of a colorful and influential family adapted to social upheaval. It reveals the process by which the world of Washington and Jefferson evolved into the antebellum society of Edmund Ruffin and Thomas Dew. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927442
ISBN
9780813927442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.02

Paperback. A comprehensive guide to the texts and tunes of an American musical tradition Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC8; AVGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077609
ISBN
9780252077609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Hardback. Americans learned how to make wine successfully about two hundred years ago, after failing for more than two hundred years. This title takes an engaging approach to the history of American wine by telling its story through the lives of 13 people who played significant roles in building an industry that now extends to every state. Num Pages: 311 pages, 36 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269538
ISBN
9780520269538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.99

Paperback. Originally published in 1864, this volume is a telling of the journeys through a rugged and largely unspoiled land. It presents the author's account of the wilderness. It is a personal story of exterior and interior discoveries in a natural setting. Editor(s): Moldenhauer, Joseph J. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 376 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; 3JH; WN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691118772
ISBN
9780691118772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. Shows how mythologies of meritocracy, the land of opportunity, and the American dream remain firmly in place while simultaneously erasing injustices and the struggles of the working poor Num Pages: 277 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; BG; JFC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479814664
ISBN
9781479814664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Since the Pikes Peak gold rush in the mid-nineteenth century, women have gone into the mountains of Colorado to hike, climb, ski, homestead, botanize, act as guides, practice medicine, and meet a variety of other challenges, whether for sport or for livelihood. This book recounts their exploits. Num Pages: 276 pages, 2 maps, 65 photographs, chronology, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803289956
ISBN
9780803289956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.42

Paperback. In 1935 Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter, establishing South America's longest-lasting democratic regime. This text examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture and economy, recasting theories of development for other postcolonial nations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 18 halftones, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; GTF; JHM; JPHV; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Ed.
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226116020
ISBN
9780226116020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; AFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 244 x 12. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Royal British Columbia Museum Canada
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780772647733
ISBN
9780772647733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Editor(s): Zambrana, Ruth Enid; Hurtado, Sylvia. Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477307250
ISBN
9781477307250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JJG; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 32. Weight in Grams: 786.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition, First ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486799629
ISBN
9780486799629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.87

Paperback. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Virgin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KTM0006723
ISBN
9780753500941
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK; HBTB; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 235.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Trine Day United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937584511
ISBN
9781937584511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.65

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