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paperback. Considers relations between blacks and browns during the civil rights era Editor(s): Behnken, Brian D. Series: Justice and Social Inquiry. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803262713
ISBN
9780803262713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.00

Paperback. Most histories of the Civil War focus on battles and top brass. This title gives a picture of what ordinary soldiers endured every day - in camp, on the march, at the edge of a booming, smoking hell. It is the story of how the Civil War soldier was recruited, provisioned, and disciplined. Num Pages: 413 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 26. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
413
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803261112
ISBN
9780803261112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.23

Paperback. A guide to twenty National Grasslands in the United States, and Grasslands National Park in Canada. From Chadron to Falls City, Carhenge to the Wayne Chicken Show, Burwell to Omaha and everywhere in between, it captures all that is Nebraska - the people, places, and events that make this state our home. Series: Great Plains Photography Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 82 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; AJC; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7443 x 5969 x 11. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259706
ISBN
9780803259706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.01

hardcover. Chronicles the growth and development of the union movement in Major League Baseball and the key role of the press and public opinion in the players' successes and failures in labour-management relations. Swanson focuses on the most turbulent years, 1966 to 1981. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBS; KNSP; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803255234
ISBN
9780803255234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.43

paperback. Takes the reader across the treacherous Missouri River as the spring-softened ice goes out under the horses' feet, into the still wild cow towns, through the round-ups, and the prairie fires. Num Pages: 322 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Publisher
Bison Books United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803250154
ISBN
9780803250154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.31

hardcover. During the American Revolution the British enjoyed an alliance with their Native allies in the Great Lakes region of North America. By the War of 1812, however, that "chain of friendship" had devolved into smaller, more local alliances. This book attempts to understand how and why this shift occurred. Num Pages: 390 pages, 10 photographs, 2 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KBG; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803248175
ISBN
9780803248175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.98

Hardback. As star players for the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, and prior to that as the first black players to be candidates to break professional baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella would seem to be natural allies. Behind the bitterness were deep and differing beliefs about the fight for civil rights. Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH1; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803246331
ISBN
9780803246331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.51

hardcover. Each of the five photographs in this book generates a dialogue that is as honest and practical as it is spiritual and philosophical. Drawing on history, literature, and his upbringing in the Jewish communities of Brooklyn, Peter S. Temes seeks a new understanding of what it means to be Jewish and what the future holds for the Jewish people. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803239791
ISBN
9780803239791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.25

hardcover. Argues that Fremont used both a radical form of the picturesque and an imaginary map to create an aesthetic craving for expansion Num Pages: 1 photograph, 23 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; JFC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bison Books United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803238077
ISBN
9780803238077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.48

Hardback. Helps us to understand violence in borderland regions generally around the world. Series: Borderlands and Transcultural Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 maps, 1 glossary. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFFE; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803237667
ISBN
9780803237667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.28

paperback. A Lavishly illustrated field notebook supplementing Bull Trout's Gift. Num Pages: 120 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; JFSL9; WNC; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4522 x 6452 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803235281
ISBN
9780803235281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.31

Hardback. A multivalent narrative that reconfigures our understanding of Weston, Charlot, and their era Num Pages: 462 pages, 8 color and 52 black&white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; AGB; AJB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
462
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803235137
ISBN
9780803235137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.05

paperback. Explores the role women played in California politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Cherny, Robert W.; Irwin, Mary Ann; Wilson, Ann Marie. Num Pages: 424 pages, 18 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803235038
ISBN
9780803235038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.82

hardcover. An economic history of baseball in America during the Great Depression. Num Pages: 448 pages, 38 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 38. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803234826
ISBN
9780803234826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.43

Paperback. Retelling of the historic 1934 Princeton/Yale american football game Num Pages: 168 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; WSB; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803234017
ISBN
9780803234017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.27

paperback. Biographical sketches of nine admirable people in and around sports Num Pages: 120 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 9. Weight in Grams: 209.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bison Books United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803234000
ISBN
9780803234000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.30

hardcover. A concise overview of all of the terminations and restorations of Native American tribes Num Pages: 334 pages, 4 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 33. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fisical_Book United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803233645
ISBN
9780803233645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.56

Paperback. A collection of excerpts from the "American Lives" series. Editor(s): Christensen, Alicia. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bison Original United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803228054
ISBN
9780803228054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.86

Paperback. Stretching from western Texas and eastern New Mexico up through Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas, and into Canada, the vast western plains often appear sparse and dry to the casual observer. Organized by plant family, this guide presents 186 species of wildflowers, accompanied by colour photographs. Num Pages: 264 pages, 247 color images; 2 b 15 line drawings; 1 color map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803219052
ISBN
9780803219052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.91

Hardback. In his brief but productive life, noted Muscogee (Creek) writer, humorist, and political activist Alexander Posey (1873-1908) became an influential political spokesperson, man of letters, and advocate for better conditions in Indian Territory. This book presents a collection of the journals and shorter autobiographical works of Posey. Editor(s): Sivils, Matthew Wynn. Num Pages: 200 pages, photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; C; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803216280
ISBN
9780803216280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.40

Paperback. Provides fresh new translations of Native oral literatures of the American Southwest, a region of vital and varied cultures and languages. The collection features songs, stories, chants, and orations from the four major language groups: Yuman, Nadine (Apachean), Uto-Aztecan, and Kiowa-Tanoan. Editor(s): Kozak, David L. Series: Native Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 696 pages, 6 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2JN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 41. Weight in Grams: 954.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
696
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803215757
ISBN
9780803215757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.72

Hardback. A comprehensive atlas of the Great Plains. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 Illustrations, 312 maps, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KB; GBG; RGL; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2032.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803215368
ISBN
9780803215368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.64

Hardback. A study of both internal and external violence in francophone African and Caribbean women's literature. It examines the ways in which women writers lift taboos imposed on them by their society and culture and challenge readers with their unique perspectives on violence. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJ; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803211025
ISBN
9780803211025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.69

paperback. The first sustained account of the archaeology of twentieth-century gold mining sites in Alaska or the Yukon Editor(s): Spude, Catherine Holder; Mills, Robin O.; Gurcke, Karl; Sprague, Roderick. Series: Historical Archaeology of the American West. Num Pages: 376 pages, 28 Illustrations, 8 maps, 27 tables, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 1KBCY; HDT; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803210998
ISBN
9780803210998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

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