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The Americas
Paperback. This work places the literary texts of such noted authors as George Washington Cable, W.E.B. DuBois, Alex Haley and Zora Neale Hurston in the context of the history, spiritual traditions, folklore, music, linguistics and politics out of which they were written. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190891
- ISBN
- 9780813190891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.01
€ 46.01
Paperback. Explores the camera work of five women who directed their visions toward influencing social policy and cultural theory. Doris Ulmann, Dorothea Lange, Marion Post Wolcott, Margaret Bourke-White, and Berenice Abbott. Melissa McEuen considers the prisms though which they saw American culture in the 1920s and 1930s. Num Pages: 376 pages, 54 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AJB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190945
- ISBN
- 9780813190945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.58
€ 52.58
Paperback. Series: Religion in the South. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HRCC2; HRCC92. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191287
- ISBN
- 9780813191287
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Condition: New
€ 52.74
€ 52.74
Paperback. The crisis facing the United States in 1850 was a dramatic prologue to the conflict that came a decade later. In this study, Holman Hamilton analyzes the complex events of the anxious months from December 1849, when the Senate debates began, until September 1850, when Congress passed the measures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191362
- ISBN
- 9780813191362
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Condition: New
€ 45.42
€ 45.42
Uncle Will of Wildwood: Nineteenth-Century Life in the Bluegrass
McVey, Frances Jewell, Jewell, Robert Berry
Paperback. This warm and humorous memoir of the nineteenth-century Bluegrass recalls a special moment in Kentucky's past. It was a time of self-sufficient country estates; a time when, as Thomas D Clark writes in his introduction, "every Bluegrass farm gate was the entryway into a ruggedly independent domain." Wildwood was such a domain, ruled by Uncle Will. Illustrator(s): Foose, Robert James. Num Pages: 128 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 191.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191478
- ISBN
- 9780813191478
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Condition: New
€ 33.84
€ 33.84
Paperback. Emphasizes the significance and importance of the Constitution, by examining the most important influences on the American constitutional system, including the Magna Carta and the Declaration of independence. According to the author, an understanding of the Constitution is crucial to comprehending the true meaning of Supreme Court decisions. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191560
- ISBN
- 9780813191560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.76
€ 31.76
Paperback. In this enlightening cultural history of bees and beekeeping in the United States, Horn, herself a beekeeper, shows how the honey bee was one of the first symbols of colonization and how bees' societal structures have shaped our ideals about work, family, community, and leisure. Num Pages: 352 pages, 52 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCA; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191638
- ISBN
- 9780813191638
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Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. Across more than six generations - beginning before the Revolutionary War - the Breckinridge family has produced a series of notable leaders. These often controversial men and women included a presidential candidate, a US vice president, cabinet members, generals, women's rights advocates, congressmen, editors, reformers, and church leaders. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191652
- ISBN
- 9780813191652
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Condition: New
€ 59.68
€ 59.68
Paperback. When Franklin D Roosevelt was sworn in as president, the South was unmistakably the most disadvantaged part of the nation. This work examines the effect of the New Deal on the rural and urban South, its black and white citizens, its poor, and its politics. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191690
- ISBN
- 9780813191690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Paperback. Written by a noted legal theorist, this book details the history and intellectual foundations of freedom of speech, using examples from Socrates, Jesus, and Sir Thomas More. It pays particular attention to freedom of speech as it relates to the US Constitution, and describes potential First Amendment issues, such as cases involving the Internet. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH2; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191737
- ISBN
- 9780813191737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.96
€ 26.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191850
- ISBN
- 9780813191850
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Condition: New
€ 26.25
€ 26.25
Paperback. Recounts the harrowing story of the USS Flier that has all the elements of a classic World War II survival tale: sudden disaster, physical deprivation, a ruthless enemy, friendly guerrillas, and a dramatic escape from behind enemy lines. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192246
- ISBN
- 9780813192246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.42
€ 29.42
Paperback. The role of law in government has been increasingly scrutinized as courts struggle with controversial topics such as assisted suicide, abortion, capital punishment, and torture. Drawing on works of literature and philosophy, as well as US Supreme Court decisions, this title examines the relationship between human nature and constitutional law. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192307
- ISBN
- 9780813192307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.89
€ 27.89
Paperback. Presents stories of Kentucky ghosts. This title contains chapters on haunted places, poltergeists, communication with the dead, and ghosts who linger to resolve unfinished business from their past lives, as well as a chapter about ghosts who reveal themselves through lights, changes in temperature, or sound. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192376
- ISBN
- 9780813192376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.61
€ 26.61
Paperback. Presents an assessment of American historiography and cinematic historians from the advent of sound to the beginning of wartime film production in 1942. Num Pages: 447 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 33. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192390
- ISBN
- 9780813192390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.84
€ 46.84
Paperback. Examines political, social, and cultural changes that have radically altered farming. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192420
- ISBN
- 9780813192420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.31
€ 34.31
Paperback. HBO has grown from a domestic movie channel to an international cable-and-satellite network with a distinctive brand of original programming and landmark shows such as ""The Sopranos"" and ""Sex and the City"". This book explains how HBO's programming transformed cable television. Editor(s): Edgerton, Gary R.; Jones, Jeffrey P. Series: Essential Readers in Contemporary Media and Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192482
- ISBN
- 9780813192482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.10
€ 37.10
Paperback. Work has always been central to the African American experience. Whether as slaves or freedmen, African Americans have struggled to gain economic opportunity. This title analyzes the position of African American workers in the US economy and social order over the past century and a half. Series: African American Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192598
- ISBN
- 9780813192598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.46
€ 31.46
Hardcover. Examines United States Congress' frequent delegation of power by analyzing primary source materials such as bills, committee reports, and the Congressional Record, and demonstrates that Congress is caught between abdication and ambition and that this ambivalence affects numerous facets of the legislative process. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192628
- ISBN
- 9780813192628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.17
€ 75.17
Paperback. Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since September 11, 2001, few issues have been more hotly debated than the United States' role in the world. This title argues that America is the indispensable guardian of the world order. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813193106
- ISBN
- 9780813193106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.36
€ 46.36
Paperback. Down-home Southern cooking is as much a part of Kentucky's heritage as fine horses or bourbon whiskey. This title includes various recipes for Kentucky specialties such as the Chocolate Almond Torte, Tombstone Pudding, and the Real Hot Brown. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813193489
- ISBN
- 9780813193489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.36
€ 25.36
Paperback. This reprinted work on political theory challenges core tenets of our political views deriving from the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. It argues that we need to look to the key documents of the founding era - the Mayflower Compact and the Virginia Bill of Rights. Num Pages: 185 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813208268
- ISBN
- 9780813208268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.98
€ 25.98
Paperback. The author's work traces the experience of Irish-American Catholics from their beginnings as detested, unskilled pioneers of the urban ghetto to their rise as an essentially affluent, powerful, middle-class suburban community. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC7; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- Rev Upd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813208961
- ISBN
- 9780813208961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.72
€ 38.72
Hardcover. Father Theodore Hesburgh was known for his rare energy and ability to carry out a staggering variety of assignments with distinction. This biography traces his life and career, examining his leadership qualities, management strategies and central role as a priest. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 244 x 34. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813209210
- ISBN
- 9780813209210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.49
€ 47.99
€ 40.49