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Hardcover. The Norfolk museum that would one day bear the Chrysler name was always a good museum of its kind, home to a respectable collection serving a smallish city. This work paints a vivid picture of this provincial museum's transformation into one of the finest art museums on the East Coast. It also delivers a portrait of Walter Chrysler. Num Pages: 160 pages, 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; AGC; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927183
- ISBN
- 9780813927183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.65
€ 25.99
€ 23.65
Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston (Buildings of the Unit...
Naomi Miller Keith N. Morgan
Hardcover. Analyzes the architecture, landscape, and planning patterns of the capital of Massachusetts and forty surrounding cities and towns that fan out from Boston Harbor. Illustrated with photographs and maps, this book assesses built form from initial colonial settlement in the 1630s through twenty-first-century additions to the Boston area landscape. Series: Buildings of the United States Series of the Society of Architectural Historians. Num Pages: 704 pages, 462 b&w photographs, 74 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1588.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927091
- ISBN
- 9780813927091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.64
€ 103.64
Paperback. Considers fragments of experience recorded in oral histories and newspapers as well as those produced in twentieth-century novels, films, and television that reveal how the black body in pain functions as a rhetorical device and as political strategy. This book investigates America's love-hate relationship with black bodies in pain. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926810
- ISBN
- 9780813926810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.12
€ 32.12
Hardcover. Examines voluntary associations in Philadelphia from the Revolution into the 1830s, revealing how - in the absence of mass political parties or a party system - these associations served as incubators and organizational infrastructure for the development of intense partisanship in the early republic. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 b&w illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926483
- ISBN
- 9780813926483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. Diaspora studies have tended to privilege urban landscapes over rural ones, wanting to avoid the racial homogeneity, conservatism, and xenophobia usually associated with the latter. This book examines the work of various writers to show how it expresses the appeal that rural and wilderness spaces can hold for the diasporic imagination. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926391
- ISBN
- 9780813926391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.48
€ 35.48
Hardcover. Explores the century-long process whereby the Massachusetts Bay Colony went from a distant outpost of the incipient British Empire to a stable society integrated into the transatlantic economy. This title demonstrates how small infrastructure improvements established the foundation for more ambitious, overseas adventures. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 b&w illustrations, 1 map, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926360
- ISBN
- 9780813926360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.25
€ 52.25
Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that seeks to historicize one of our nation's founding fathers. Challenging attempts to appropriate Jefferson to serve all manner of contemporary political agendas, this work argues that historians must look at Jefferson's language and life within the context of his own place and time. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926117
- ISBN
- 9780813926117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.73
€ 31.73
Paperback. Based on Theodor de Bry's 1590 edition of Thomas Hariot's book, this facsimile edition presents de Bry's engravings, based on John White's sixteenth-century watercolors, in their original hand-colored form. Accompanying the Latin facsimile is an English text. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 text & 86 facsimile illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; WCS; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1188.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926056
- ISBN
- 9780813926056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.13
€ 57.13
Paperback. Pocahontas may be the most famous Native American who ever lived, but during the settlement of Jamestown, and for 2 centuries afterward, the great chiefs Powhatan and Opechancanough were the subjects of considerably more interest and historical documentation than the young woman. This book provides the biographies of these three important figures. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925967
- ISBN
- 9780813925967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.89
€ 37.89
Hardcover. Explores the lives and work of fifteen black labor historians and social scientists as seen through the prisms of gender, class, and time. This biography offers portraits of these seminal figures, following them through their educations, their often groundbreaking work in economic and labor studies, and their invaluable public advocacy. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSL3; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 703.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925509
- ISBN
- 9780813925509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.65
€ 57.65
Hardcover. Examines the legal and moral complexities democracies face when dealing with terrorism. This book is useful to students and teachers of law, political science, and philosophy, as well as to citizens and activists concerned with the impact of terrorism on civil liberties. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBH; 1KBB; JPHV; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925318
- ISBN
- 9780813925318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.33
€ 53.33
Paperback. Examines the post-Revolutionary creative endeavors of Afro-Cuban women. Taking on the question of how African diaspora cultures practice remembrance, this book reveals the ways in which these artists restage the confrontations between modernity and tradition. It shows how their accomplishments were silenced in official Cuban history and culture. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; AB; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925264
- ISBN
- 9780813925264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.87
€ 33.87
Paperback. Tracing the history of parking, this study with a range of interesting illustrations, discusses the role of parking in downtown revitalization efforts and, by contrast, its role in the promotion of outlying suburban shopping districts and its incorporation into our neighborhoods and residences. Num Pages: 308 pages, 80 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RPC; RPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925196
- ISBN
- 9780813925196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.71
€ 34.71
Hardcover. 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 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925141
- ISBN
- 9780813925141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Paperback. With inclusion of Brazil in a comparative study of literary texts and their engagement with Western modernity, this study shows how the "peripheral" replications of modernity in contemporary Caribbean and Latin American texts differ crucially from their European models, and addresses issues that many post colonial theorists have struggled with. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KLSB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923765
- ISBN
- 9780813923765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.69
€ 31.69
Paperback. Given the ways in which spirituality functions in the work of Black women writers and filmmakers, the author proposes that what these women embrace in their narrative construction and characterization is the responsibility of the priestess, bearing and distributing "life-force" to sustain the community of people who read and view their work. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923703
- ISBN
- 9780813923703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.08
€ 29.08
Paperback. Examines the novels of four Caribbean women writers who have radically reformulated the meanings of the national, geographical, sexual, and racial concepts through which postcolonial studies represents difference. This book represents a phase in postcolonial studies that calls for a fundamental rethinking of the terminology and assumptions. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923475
- ISBN
- 9780813923475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.26
€ 29.26
Across the Continent: Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and the Making of Am...
Edited By Douglas Seefeldt, Jeffrey L. Hantma...
Hardcover. Across the Continent is an examination of Lewis and Clark's expedition. Essays look at the global politics that provided the context for the expedition and at the interest in science that grew from it and justified its undertaking. It considers the legacies of it on Native Americans and the control of the expansion of the American Empire. Editor(s): Seefeldt, Douglas; Hantman, Jeffrey L.; Onuf, Peter S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; JPSL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Charlottesville
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923130
- ISBN
- 9780813923130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.13
€ 54.13
Paperback. Surveying the entire Shenandoah River drainage system, including the Allegheny Mountains to the west, this book takes you by county through many of the region's stocked trout streams, as well as the wild trout streams of Shenandoah National Park, with advice for both spinning and fly-fishing. Num Pages: 112 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 1KBBFW; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922966
- ISBN
- 9780813922966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.35
€ 14.99
€ 14.35
Hardcover. In a literary environment dominated by men, the first American to earn a living as a writer on both sides of the Atlantic was, miraculously, a woman. This is Hannah Adam's biography, which focuses primarily on the intimate connection between Adams's reading and her own literary work. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 803.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press Virginia
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922720
- ISBN
- 9780813922720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.55
€ 74.55
Paperback. Here, Scott Herring studies work on American National Parks from a wide spectrum of creative minds, from early figures such as Muir and Thomas Moran to later observers of the parks such as Ansel Adams, Sylvia Plath, Edward Abbey, and Rick Bass. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922577
- ISBN
- 9780813922577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.49
€ 32.49
Paperback. To what extent has the demand for a vicarious experience of other cultures fuelled the expectation that the most important task for writers is to capture and convey authentic cultural material? This text argues that authenticity is in fact a restrictive category of literary judgment. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922553
- ISBN
- 9780813922553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.49
€ 33.49
Hardcover. Largely ignored in American literary history, the magazine was extremely popular throughout the 19th century, with editors describing the form as a virtual "necessity". This book covers a variety of magazines and authors emphasizing their engagement with the social issues of the day. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 b&w illustrations, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922409
- ISBN
- 9780813922409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.14
€ 62.14
Hardcover. Part guidebook and part exploration into literary history, this book explores how natural surroundings inspired works of literature set along the Appalachian Trail. The author examines how our modern estrangement from the natural world has affected our mental well-being. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921679
- ISBN
- 9780813921679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.13
€ 53.13