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The Americas
Hardback. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813934044
- ISBN
- 9780813934044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.82
€ 64.82
Hardback. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813933672
- ISBN
- 9780813933672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.09
€ 78.09
Paperback / so. "Never Ask Permission" is a daughter's honest portrait of a charismatic and difficult woman who broke the threads of convention. Also in Elisabeth Scott Bocock readers recognize the flawed but feisty, enduring character of Richmond. 31 illustrations. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; BGA; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813933375
- ISBN
- 9780813933375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.85
€ 19.99
€ 19.85
Hardback. Series: New World Studies (Hardcover). BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813933313
- ISBN
- 9780813933313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.34
€ 78.34
Hardback. Series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, figures, charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813933177
- ISBN
- 9780813933177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGA; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813933092
- ISBN
- 9780813933092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Hardback. Includes two transcriptions of Mary Estelle Elizabeth Cutts's manuscript as well as a study of Cutts's authorship and women's historical writing in the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Allgor, Catherine. Series: Jeffersonian America (Hardcover). Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813932989
- ISBN
- 9780813932989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.29
€ 45.29
Hardback. Series: Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; JPZ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813931272
- ISBN
- 9780813931272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.01
€ 53.01
The Papers of James Madison: 1 February-30 June 1805
. Ed(S): Hackett, Mary A.; Stagg, J. C. A.; C...
hardcover. Editor(s): Hackett, Mary A.; Stagg, J. C. A.; Colony, Anne Mandeville; Harbury, Katharine F.; Johnson, Mary Parke. Series: Secretary of State S. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813930985
- ISBN
- 9780813930985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.84
€ 123.84
hardcover. Shows how the modern Caribbean authors deploy their historical imagination in order to assess and re-evaluate the elusive and often conflicted origins of their own modernity like the Enlightenment and the Age of Revolution in the Caribbean. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813929798
- ISBN
- 9780813929798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.37
€ 72.37
paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813929668
- ISBN
- 9780813929668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.36
€ 35.36
Hardback. The geologically ancient Tidewater region of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina rests precariously atop millions of years of erosion from the nearby Appalachian Mountains. An immense wetland at near sea level, it is host to every conceivable body of fresh water. This book delivers an ecohistory of this waterland. Num Pages: 10 pages, 20 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 1KBBFV; RNF; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 10
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813929217
- ISBN
- 9780813929217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.98
€ 52.98
The Preacher and the Politician: Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, and Ra...
Walker, Clarence E.; Smithers, Gregory D.
hardcover. Barack Obama's inauguration as the first African American president of the US has caused many commentators to conclude that America has entered a postracial age. This title argues otherwise, reminding us that, far from inevitable, Obama's nomination was nearly derailed by his relationship with Jeremiah Wright. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JFSL3; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928869
- ISBN
- 9780813928869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.63
€ 23.99
€ 21.63
Paperback. Documents Delaware's architectural history from different periods. This title covers buildings of many styles, types, and materials, from grand mansions to vernacular structures, and from urban to rural settings. It is illustrated with photographs and maps, and supplemented by a glossary and bibliography. Num Pages: 376 pages, 259 photographs, 46 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFD; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928722
- ISBN
- 9780813928722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.51
€ 50.51
Hardback. Exploring the interface between cultural politics of Black Power and the Black Arts movements and the production of postwar African American popular culture, this book shows how the reliance of Black politics on an oppositional image of African Americans was the formative moment in the construction of authentic blackness as a cultural identity. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928593
- ISBN
- 9780813928593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.34
€ 78.34
Hardback. Taking up the challenge of redefining modernity from a Caribbean perspective instead of assuming that the North Atlantic view of modernity is universal, this book shows how the Caribbean's contributions to the modern world not only provide an accurate account of the past but also have the potential to change the way in which we imagine the future. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; AB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928579
- ISBN
- 9780813928579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.51
€ 83.51
Hardback. Explores how science shaped Thomas Jefferson's views on politics, religion, economics, and social developments in America. This book examines Jefferson's contributions to anthropology, ethnology, comparative linguistics, paleontology, and medicine. It also demonstrates Jefferson's scientific talents, interests, and accomplishments. Num Pages: 176 pages, 23 colour & 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928548
- ISBN
- 9780813928548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.79
€ 25.99
€ 23.79
Hardback. Based on the workshops in Salzburg and Charlottesville sponsored by Monticello's International Center for Jefferson Studies, this title examines a question of longstanding interest to American historians: the nature of the relationship between America and Europe during the Age of Revolution. Editor(s): Sadosky, Leonard J.; Nicolaisen, Peter; Onuf, Peter S.; O'Shaughnessy, Andrew. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928470
- ISBN
- 9780813928470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.51
€ 84.51
hardcover. Documents the period from 1 January through 30 April 1794, a time when Washington continued to focus his efforts as president on preventing the United States from becoming entangled in the continuing war between France and Great Britain. Editor(s): Hoth, David R. Num Pages: 784 pages, 2 maps, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 784
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928463
- ISBN
- 9780813928463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.73
€ 125.73
hardcover. Addresses a controversy of long standing among historians of eighteenth-century America and Virginia - the extent to which internal conflict and/or consensus characterized the society of the Revolutionary era. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928456
- ISBN
- 9780813928456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardback. Roughly 35 million years ago, a stray meteorite dropped out of the sky over Virginia and left an impact that helped shape one of the continent's most distinctive coastlines. This title includes stories that reveal the rich natural history Virginia had compiled long before the first human set eyes on it. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928418
- ISBN
- 9780813928418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.44
€ 30.99
€ 27.44
Hardback. Thomas Jefferson's design for the University of Virginia is widely hailed as a masterpiece. This title presents the story of the University that encompasses the political and architectural worlds, as Jefferson struggled against great opposition to establish a new type of educational institution. Editor(s): Wilson, Richard Guy. Num Pages: 144 pages, 15 colour & 67 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; AMB; AMG; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 262 x 18. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928302
- ISBN
- 9780813928302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.37
€ 35.99
€ 34.37
Paperback. Collects twenty essays that explore the Virginia story in the Civil War era. This title examines Robert E Lee and the issues confronting his men, such as soldier morale and religious conversion. It emphasizes the wartime home front - in some cases reexamining its connection with the battlefront - or explore questions of gender, race, or religion. Editor(s): Wallenstein, Peter; Wyatt-Brown, Bertram. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928289
- ISBN
- 9780813928289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.08
€ 36.08
Hardback. Looks at Virginia's status as the second-largest importer of trash in the United States and uses it as a touchstone for exploring the many controversies around trash generation and disposal. This book examines the garbage issue from a number of perspectives - including considering the links between environmental justice and trash management. Num Pages: 184 pages, 9 b&w photographs, 7 figures, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; RNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928241
- ISBN
- 9780813928241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.61
€ 71.61