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The Americas

Paperback. Traces the political and legal history of the Indians of Robeson County, arguing that Lumbee political activities ave been powerfully affected by the interplay between their own and others' conceptions of who they are. This book offers insights into the workings of racial ideology and practice in both the past and the present South. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803261976
ISBN
9780803261976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. For more than a century, Americans have been captivated by the legend of General George Armstrong Custer. But, the various truths of Custer's life and last stand prove elusive. Custer's life spans two great eras of American history. This work offers an account of life and legend of this controversial figure. Num Pages: 540 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1K; BG; GTB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 770.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803262669
ISBN
9780803262669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Highlights the large array of Indigenous linguistic and cultural groups of the US Southeast. The traditional and modern Native literature genres showcased include stories that speakers perceive to be in the past, genres that have developed alongside these stories, and modern story types that have sometimes supplanted traditional tales. Editor(s): Haag, Marcia. Series: Native Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 366 pages, 1 map, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 2JN; CF; DQ; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780803262874
ISBN
9780803262874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.26

Paperback. Even as a pup, Davy Crockett 'always delighted to be in the very thickest of danger.' This book describes his earliest days in Tennessee, his two marriages, his career as an Indian fighter, his bear hunts, and his electioneering. Num Pages: 211 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803263253
ISBN
9780803263253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.34

Paperback. Analyses irregular warfare experiences ranging from Hoche's suppression of the Vendee revolt during the French Revolution, to the British wars against semi-organized armies of Marathas and Sikhs in mid-nineteenth-century India, to the Boer War of 1899-1902. Num Pages: 579 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 144 x 43. Weight in Grams: 836.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
579
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803263666
ISBN
9780803263666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardback. These stories tell, as no previous book has, the history of the larger-than-life role of Jews in America's pastime. Num Pages: 544 pages, 75 photographs, 2 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1383.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803264755
ISBN
9780803264755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.21

Hardback. Series: Outdoor Lives. Num Pages: 232 pages, 37 photographs, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BG; BM; RN; WNGF; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803265233
ISBN
9780803265233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.58

Hardback. Offers a cultural history of the Pacific Northwest volcanoes and the environmental impact of outdoor recreation in this region. It probes the relationship betweenthese volcanoes and regional identity, particularly in the era of mass mountaineering and population growth in the Northwest. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 images. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; RBC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803265479
ISBN
9780803265479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 589 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGE; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
589
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803266315
ISBN
9780803266315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.44

Paperback. Often portrayed by past historians as an Indian fighter in the West, Kit Carson (1809-68) has become a historical pariah - a brutal murderer who betrayed the Navajos, an unwitting dupe of American expansion, and a racist. He was simply a man of the 19th century whose racial views and actions were like those of his contemporaries. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803266421
ISBN
9780803266421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. In 1885 a genteel New England girl traveled to the western frontier to open a school on the Great Sioux Reservation. This book bears witness to a critical and tragic era in Lakota history and reveals the frequently contradictory attitudes of outsiders drawn to them. Editor(s): Graber, Kay. Num Pages: 183 pages, Illus, Map. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Second
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803267527
ISBN
9780803267527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.42

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 photographs, 1 drawing, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803268432
ISBN
9780803268432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.32

Hardback. Offers an innovative study of early radio technologies and the Mexican Revolution, examining the foundational relationship between electronic wireless technologies, single-party rule, and authoritarian practices in Mexican media. J. Justin Castro bridges the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution, discussing technological continuities and change. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 images, 1 map, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; APW; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803268449
ISBN
9780803268449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.26

Paperback. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 294 pages, 12 photographs, 1 map, 1 glossary, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; KNXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 433.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269712
ISBN
9780803269712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Combining Stewart's letters with Susanne K George's extensive research, this book presents a candid portrait of Elinore, the illness, disappointments, and grinding hard work that lay behind her genial public persona; the family, neighbors, and correspondents who peopled her letter-stories and shared her life. Series: Women in the West. Num Pages: Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803270428
ISBN
9780803270428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.76

Paperback. Starting with Sacajawea, the Shoshone guide for Lewis and Clark, this title gives an overview of pioneers: Narcissa Whitman, trailblazer to Oregon and missionary to the Indians; Esther Morris and Carrie Chapman Catt, leaders for women's suffrage; and Willa Cather, the writer to transmute the experience of western women into serious literature. Num Pages: 179 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
179
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803270732
ISBN
9780803270732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.87

Paperback. Includes twenty tales that add up to a true account of author's experiences around the corrals, livery stables, and wagon yards of the West. This title contains tales that range from tricks to make an old horse seem young (at least until the poor creature died from the side effects of the scam) to a recipe for making a dapple-gray mule. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WNGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803270862
ISBN
9780803270862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.76

Paperback. Fremont's report documents the opening of the West even as it offers a firsthand look at the making of the American myth Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 photograph, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271357
ISBN
9780803271357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. A masterful portrait of Nez Perce efforts to control their own future Num Pages: 440 pages, 63 illustrations, 10 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271371
ISBN
9780803271371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.63

Paperback. It is unparalleled in history, the procession of Latter-Day Saints pushing handcarts from Iowa City and Florence (Omaha) to their promised Zion by the Great Salt Lake. Describing the migration, this work draws on diaries and reports of the participants, rosters of the ten companies, and a collection of the songs sung on the trail. Num Pages: Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803272552
ISBN
9780803272552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.69

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