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Hardcover. From 1926 to 1933, a transformation swept through the Soviet Union - a militarization of society that was as powerful and far-reaching as the Revolution itself. This work chronicles this transformation and shows why it is central to the understanding of Stalin's consolidation of power. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPHX; JW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700610372
ISBN
9780700610372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.09

Paperback. This is the biography of Benjamin O. Davis Sr., one of just six black officers in the line of the Regular Army in the 86 years from the Civil War to World War II. He became the only one to make the rank of brigadier general. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700609635
ISBN
9780700609635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.63

Paperback. This biography traces the career of General Harold K. Johnson. It provides insight into the nature of civil-military relations at the highest level of American government. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 364 pages, 37 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBTM; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700609529
ISBN
9780700609529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.85

Hardcover. This study reveals the rich exchange of wartime intelligence between the Anglo-American allies and the Soviet Union, as well as the procedures and politics that made such an exchange possible. The book demonstrates that the demand for intelligence outpaced the ability of any one ally to produce it. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700608003
ISBN
9780700608003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.44

Hardcover. An investigation into the transformational and fateful era of 1867-1914 in Russian-American relations. The book explores the fluctuation of economic, diplomatic, social and cultural affairs, personal and professional conflicts, and the evolution of each country's perception of the other. Num Pages: 672 pages, 63 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1184.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700607549
ISBN
9780700607549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.13

Paperback. This volume provides an account of how American people have reshaped the Constitution to meet the country's changing needs. It describes how America has adopted 27 amendments since 1789 and debated and rejected 10,000 more. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700607150
ISBN
9780700607150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.79

Hardcover. In this volume, Herbert Brownell, the man Dwight D. Eisenhower said would make an outstanding president, recounts his achievements and trials as a presidential operative, serving during an administration that faced civil rights issues, the communist witch-hunt and an unpopular war in Korea. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700605903
ISBN
9780700605903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.04

Paperback. Discusses Eisenhower's role as economic manager in the 1950s. The text explores the way policy in the 1950s set a foundation for the economic growth of the 1960s. It raises questions about such subjects as presidential leadership and the economic policy process. Num Pages: 191 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JPQB; KCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700605873
ISBN
9780700605873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.75

Paperback. An account of the Vietnam War, as seen by the American PFCs, sergeants and platoon leaders in the rivers and jungles and trenches. Into their stories, Lehrack has woven a narrative that explains the events they describe and places them into both a historical and a political context. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700605347
ISBN
9780700605347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.11

Paperback. An analysis of Eisenhower's presidency, focusing not on whether he was an active or passive president, but on how his decisions shaped American life in the 1950s and beyond. The authors explore the significance of Eisenhower's policies on a range of issues, from civil rights to atomic testing. Series: American Presidency Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700604371
ISBN
9780700604371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 498 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berkley
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780425281574
ISBN
9780425281574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.49

Paperback. Explores the ways that artists have looked at the world that was created by heavy industry over more than two centuries. This title offers a discussion of twenty-nine key prints and traces the growth and transformation of heavy industry in Britain, France, and America. Num Pages: 50 pages, 36 colour illustrations, notes, bibl. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
50
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807859803
ISBN
9780807859803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.78

Paperback. As early-twentieth-century Chicago swelled with an influx of at least 250,000 new black urban migrants, the city became a center of consumer capitalism. This work argues that this mass consumer marketplace generated a vibrant intellectual life and planted seeds of political dissent against the dehumanizing effects of white capitalism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 27 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807857991
ISBN
9780807857991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.75

Paperback. In this comprehensive exploration of the history and practice of folk medicine in the Appalachian region, Anthony Cavender melds folklore, medical anthropology and Appalachian history and draws extensively on oral histories and archival sources from the 19th to the 21st century. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illustrations, 2 maps, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; MBX; MX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807854938
ISBN
9780807854938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.04

Hardback. Tells the story of Chapel Hill's "town" and "gown" from the earliest architecture of the town and campus to the imposing public and university structures of the early twentieth century and the modernist subdivisions built from the late 1950s through the 1970s. This volume contains photographs and maps. Num Pages: 320 pages, 320 halftones, 12 colour plates, 13 maps, glossary, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JH; 3JJ; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1193.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807830727
ISBN
9780807830727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.71

Hardback. This collection profiles the people who helped shape life in North Carolina in the 20th century. It includes 160 biographical sketches of Tar Heels who made a difference, highlighting their accomplishments in the areas of agriculture, the arts, business, education, law, media, and politics. Editor(s): Covington, Howard E., Jr.; Ellis, Marion E. Num Pages: 624 pages, 160 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 197 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1982.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807827574
ISBN
9780807827574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.73

hardcover. Urban Shocker was a fiercely competitive and colourful pitcher, a spitballer who had many famous battles with Babe Ruth before returning to the Yankees. Delving into Shocker's baseball career, his love of the game, and his battle with heart disease, Steve Steinberg shows the dominant and courageous force that he was. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 3JJG; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803295995
ISBN
9780803295995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.65

Hardback. A previously unpublished photo series by Irwin Klein of northern New Mexican counterculture communes from 1967-1971 blended with modern essays on the topic. Editor(s): Klein, Benjamin. Num Pages: 192 pages, 80 photographs, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JJPK; AJB; AJC; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 7112 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803285101
ISBN
9780803285101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.19

Paperback. Pawning was a common credit mechanism in Mexico City in the 19th century. A two-tiered sector of public and private pawnbrokers provided collateral credit. This book shows how Mexican women depended on credit to run their households since the Bourbon era and how the collateral credit business of pawnbroking developed into a profitable enterprise. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803269231
ISBN
9780803269231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

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

€ 37.99
€ 36.23

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

€ 26.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Offers a rare look into the heart of the average socialist trying to survive the Nazis and rebuild a broken world Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 380 pages, 7 photographs, 1 genealogy, 1 chronology. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803243620
ISBN
9780803243620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.04

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

€ 80.13

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

€ 51.11

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