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Paperback. From the 17th century Cavaliers and Uncle Tom's Cabin to Civil Rights museums and the conflicts over the Confederate flag, this book presents a portrait of southern identity, in the blend of history, literature, and culture. It explains how the South first came to be seen and then came to see itself as a region apart from the rest of America. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195315813
- ISBN
- 9780195315813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.64
€ 22.64
Paperback. Takes a look at pivotal moments in the history of the Navy and of the United States. This is also a study of the unchanging demands of leadership at sea, where commanders must make rapid decisions in the heat of battle with lives - and the fate of nations - hanging in the balance. Num Pages: 400 pages, 55 halftones & line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTM; HBW; JWF; JWLF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 533.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195312119
- ISBN
- 9780195312119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.75
€ 21.75
Paperback. Ranging from ragtime to bebop and from Bennie Moten to Charlie Parker, this work aims to capture the golden age of Kansas City jazz. Of interest to those who love jazz, it showcases the lives of the great musicians who made Kansas City swing, with profiles of jazz figures such as Mary Lou Williams, Big Joe Turner, and others. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; AVGJ; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195307122
- ISBN
- 9780195307122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.79
€ 23.99
€ 22.79
Paperback. Shows that Indians and Europeans shared common beliefs about their most fundamental realities - land as national territory, government, record-keeping, international alliances, gender, and the human body. This work includes incidents, letters, and recorded speeches from the Iroquois and Creek confederacies, the Cherokee Nation, and other sources. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JF; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195307108
- ISBN
- 9780195307108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.14
€ 59.14
paperback. This book makes the radical claim that rather than interpreting the Constitution from on high, the Court should be reflecting popular will-or the wishes of the people themselves. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195306453
- ISBN
- 9780195306453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.09
€ 60.09
Paperback. "Harry Potter", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and the "Left Behind" series are the various manifestations of American teenagers' longstanding fascination with the supernatural and the paranormal. Exploring the implications of this fascination for contemporary religious and spiritual practices, this book seeks to discover what teens really believe. Num Pages: 304 pages, Numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLK; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195300239
- ISBN
- 9780195300239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.00
€ 54.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195189728
- ISBN
- 9780195189728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.35
€ 36.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195189421
- ISBN
- 9780195189421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.58
€ 58.58
Paperback. Presents the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education. This book states that the Brown decision actually enraged and energized its opponents. It also states that racial policy is made through silent covenants, unspoken convergences of interest, that ensure that policies conform to priorities set by policy-makers. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195182477
- ISBN
- 9780195182477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.68
€ 32.68
Paperback. A comprehensive, illustrated history of African Americans from 1880 to the present. From Chapter 6 of the single volume edition. Num Pages: 400 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195181357
- ISBN
- 9780195181357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.94
€ 22.94
Paperback. A comprehensive guide to the language of the American legal system. Editor(s): Feinman, Jay M. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CBD; LAT; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195181333
- ISBN
- 9780195181333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.24
€ 15.99
€ 15.24
Paperback. A new interpretation about the coming of the American Revolution, Breen focuses on how the American colonists accumulated consumer goods from England. Num Pages: 400 pages, 44 halftones & line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195181319
- ISBN
- 9780195181319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.34
€ 23.99
€ 23.34
Paperback. Rock 'n roll seemed to be everywhere during the decade, exhilarating, influential, and an outrage to those Americans intent on wishing away all forms of dissent and conflict. As vibrant as the music itself, All Shook Up reveals how rock 'n roll challenged and changed American culture and laid the foundation for the social upheaval of the sixties. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 240 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; HBJK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195177497
- ISBN
- 9780195177497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.23
€ 23.99
€ 22.23
Paperback. It was an age of fascinating leaders and difficult choices, of grand ideas eloquently expressed and of epic conflicts bitterly fought. In 'A Leap in the Dark', historian John Ferling presents a portrait of the American Revolution. Num Pages: 576 pages, numerous halftones and maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195176001
- ISBN
- 9780195176001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.00
€ 26.00
Paperback. Provides readers to rethink much of what is taken for granted about American race relations. This book reconstructs a community in which ownership of property was as significant as skin color in structuring social relations. Why this model of social interaction in race relations did not survive, makes this a critical and urgent work of history. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLH; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 25 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195175370
- ISBN
- 9780195175370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.68
€ 75.68
Paperback. Slave Religion remains the preeminent sythesis of the religious life of slaves in the United States. This new edition will consider the developments in the study of slavery, the religious encounter, religious culture, and reactions to the books over the past twenty five years, as well as the ways the author would write it differently today. Num Pages: 416 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTS; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Updated ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195174120
- ISBN
- 9780195174120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.78
€ 23.99
€ 21.78
paperback. This text establishes historical context for the contemporary debate over the role of unconventional medicine in health care by examining the evolution of the major alternative systems in America from 1800 onwards. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195171624
- ISBN
- 9780195171624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.45
€ 64.45
Paperback. Tells the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange visions and given to blood-chilling wails of pain and fright. Branch accused several women of bewitching her, two of whom were put on trial for witchcraft. This work takes us inside the courtroom - and inside the minds of the surprisingly skeptical Stamford town folk. Series: New Narratives in American History. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 halftones, 2 maps, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; 3JD; HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195161304
- ISBN
- 9780195161304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.94
€ 38.94
paperback. No American denomination identified itself more closely with the nation's democratic ideal than the Baptists, but paradoxically, no denomination could wield religious authority as zealously. Wills demonstrates how a freedom-loving individualists came to embrace an exclusivist spirituality. Series: Religion in America. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HRCC92. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780195160994
- ISBN
- 9780195160994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.46
€ 78.46
Paperback. In an engaging narrative format, In Search of the Promised Land tells the story of the Thomas-Rapier family of Nashville, following Sally Thomas and her sons James, Henry, and John to analyze the complex and ambiguous nature of slavery and freedom in the Old South. Series: New Narratives in American History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 43 halftones & 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 120 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195160888
- ISBN
- 9780195160888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.05
€ 39.05
Hardback. Regulation shapes all aspects of America's fragmented health care industry, from the flow of dollars to the communication between physicians and patients. This book recaps the past and present conflicts that have guided the oversight of each industry segment over the years and explains the structure of regulation. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 619.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195159684
- ISBN
- 9780195159684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.56
€ 121.56
Paperback. Drawing from a variety of resources, this book presents a collection of seminal articles, essays, and documents on the NSC. It also covers such key topics as the rise of the National Security Advisor to a position of prominence, specific challenges to the NSC, and the role of the NSC in a post-Cold War environment. Editor(s): Johnson, Loch K.; Inderfurth, Karl F. Num Pages: 400 pages, 14 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ; JPS; JW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 190 x 18. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195159660
- ISBN
- 9780195159660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.86
€ 130.86
The Slaveholding Republic. An Account of the United States Government'...
Fehrenbacher, Don E.. Ed(S): McAfee, Ward M.
Paperback. Many leading historians have argued that the Constitution of the United States was a proslavery document, but in this text, Don Fehrenbacher refutes this claim in a history that stretches from the Continental Congress to the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Editor(s): McAfee, Ward M. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195158052
- ISBN
- 9780195158052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.33
€ 40.33
Paperback. A provocative new history of the Civil War showing how divisions within the South itself, plus the genius of Abraham Lincoln, won the war for the North. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous halftones & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195156294
- ISBN
- 9780195156294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.08
€ 23.99
€ 21.08