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Paperback. Ignorant. Brutal. Male. One of these stereotypes of the Ku Klux Klan offers a misleading picture. This work dismantles the popular notion that politically involved women are always inspired by pacifism, equality, and justice. Num Pages: 244 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; JFSJ1; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257870
ISBN
9780520257870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.93

hardcover. Focusing on the lives and work of women teachers in two rural California counties from 1850 to 1950, Country Schoolwomen explores the social context of teaching, seeking to understand what teaching meant to women teachers, what it provided them, and how it shaped their categories of experience. Num Pages: 356 pages, 19 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804730044
ISBN
9780804730044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

Paperback. From homespun to haute couture, the dresses worn by American brides in the first half of the twentieth century had myriad influences. In this title, the author takes readers on a journey back in time, marking the changes that economics, popular culture, and even politics have made to style over the years. Series: Shire Library USA. Num Pages: 56 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AKTH; WJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 211 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780747812005
ISBN
9780747812005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.89

Paperback. A celebration of contemporary American fiction. It explores how estrangement from America has shaped the fiction of a literary generation. In breaking down the divisions among standard categories of race, religion, ethnicity, and gender, it identifies shared core concerns, values, and techniques among seemingly disparate and unconnected writers. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252070570
ISBN
9780252070570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. This book examines major sports, both professional and intercollegiate, from baseball, football, and basketball to golf, tennis, stock car racing, and extreme sports, to explain how sports became a multibillion-dollar industry as well as a major influence on and reflection of American society. Jay also shows how sports have helped shape racial, gender, national, and class identities. Series: Columbia Histories of Modern American Life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBT; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231125345
ISBN
9780231125345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.78
€ 76.79

Paperback. Editor(s): Sklar, Kathryn Kish; Schuler, Anya; Strasser, Susan; Schuler, Anja. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFK; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484698
ISBN
9780801484698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.40

Paperback. Inner-city schools suffered from far fewer problems a century ago, when black children in most northern cities attended school alongside white children. This title tells the story of how and why these schools came to serve black children so poorly. It compares the circumstances of blacks and white immigrants. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; JFSL1; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226569611
ISBN
9780226569611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.72

Paperback. The farm crisis of the 1980s was the greatest economic disaster to hit rural America since the Depression. The crisis gave rise to a social trauma that affects farmers in the 21st century. This is a chronicle of the experience. Num Pages: 195 pages, 5 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFFA; JHM; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226169132
ISBN
9780226169132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Hardcover. A study of how the role of party agents grew and became professionalised in local political parties. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933402
ISBN
9780861933402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.28

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 57 color illus. 188 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AGC; AMB; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 241. Weight in Grams: 245.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167220
ISBN
9780691167220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.21
€ 51.02

Paperback. Extensive primary research and a rubric that can be applied to burgeoning democracies offer readers valuable tools and information. Editor(s): Stoner, Kathryn; McFaul, Michael. Num Pages: 456 pages, 9, 9 graphs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JPA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Printing
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408149
ISBN
9781421408149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.77

Paperback. A major reinterpretation of Gandhi's life, politics, religion and nation Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; BGH; BGX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781681015
ISBN
9781781681015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.64

Paperback. Looks at important decades in recent history using family memories to contrast life 'then' and 'now'. Series: My Family Remembers. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 4KHJ; 5AH; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 213 x 265 x 5. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Hachette Children´s Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445143552
ISBN
9781445143552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; BGS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Rocky Mountain Books,Canada Canada
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894765374
ISBN
9781894765374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 34 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AFKP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 175 x 9. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816628872
ISBN
9780816628872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Focusing on the most notorious fashion of the 1940s, Zoot Suit traces its enigmatic career during World War II and after, as it spread from Harlem across the United States and around the world. In so doing, this book offers a new perspective on youth culture and the politics of style. Num Pages: 248 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223033
ISBN
9780812223033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardback. The moving story of how a grandmother forgave the men that killed her grandchildren in the Oklahoma City bombing and then reached out to forge lasting relationships with Terry Nichols and extended family members of the convicted bombers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16pp 4/c insert. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; 3JJPR; BM; JPWL2; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Time Warner Trade Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455526192
ISBN
9781455526192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.17

Hardcover. Offers readers an account of the sequence of inter-related events experienced by the field of scholarly publishing in the 20th century. Editor(s): Abel, R.E.; Newlin, Lyman W. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBT; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471219293
ISBN
9780471219293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.96

Hardcover. In the French Third Republic, nursing was an occupation caught in the crosscurrents of conflicting notions about the role of women. This deft political history shows how the turmoil and transformation of nursing during this period reflected the political and cultural tensions at work in the nation. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004917
ISBN
9780674004917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.24
€ 82.58

Hardback. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 23 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300211689
ISBN
9780300211689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.04

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