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hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801449024
ISBN
9780801449024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.78

paperback. Originally published in 1943 by UNC Press, this text examines how freed slaves in the antebellum South did not enjoy the full rights of citizenship. Even in North Carolina, reputedly more liberal than most southern states, discriminatory laws were so harsh that many voluntarily returned to slavery. Num Pages: 290 pages, 6 maps, 7 tables, appendexes, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807845462
ISBN
9780807845462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 48.56

Paperback. James Oldham reviews developments in English common law during the 18th century, particularly the influence of Lord Chief Justice Mansfield, whose reforming work laid the foundations of modern English and American civil law. Series: Studies in Legal History. Num Pages: 448 pages, 20 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; LAFC; LNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807855324
ISBN
9780807855324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.57

Paperback. Offers an interpretation of the Revolutionary period that places women at the center. This book provides a synthesis of the scholarship on women's experiences during the era, as well as a nuanced understanding that moves beyond a view of the war as either a "golden age" or a disaster for women. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807856970
ISBN
9780807856970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.76

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
€ 18.42

Hardcover. Putting the practices of communication at the center of this intellectual revolution, this title shows how American patriots - the Whigs - used new forms of communication to challenge British authority before any shots were fired at Lexington and Concord. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226061375
ISBN
9780226061375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Hardcover. Detroit's industrial health has long been crucial to the American economy. Today's troubles not withstanding, Detroit has experienced multiple periods of prosperity, particularly in the second half of the 18th century, when the city was the center of the thriving fur trade. This book details this seldom-discussed chapter of Detroit's history. Series: American Beginnings, 1500 - 1900. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 halftones, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226096704
ISBN
9780226096704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.71

Hardcover. "The French Revolution" brings to mind violent mobs, the guillotine, and Madame Defarge, but it was also a publishing revolution: more than 1,200 novels were published between 1789 and 1804, when Napoleon declared the Revolution at an end. This book covers an account of politico-literary moment and its aftermath. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226160580
ISBN
9780226160580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.24

Hardcover. Placing sensibility in dialogue with classical and early-modern antecedents as well as contemporary animal studies, this book uncovers crucial connections between eighteenth-century poetry; theories of communication; and post-absolutist, rights-based politics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226239255
ISBN
9780226239255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.17

Hardcover. 9780226243153. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226243153
ISBN
9780226243153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.03

Hardcover. Offers an account of the development of corporate governance in Britain and Ireland during its earliest stages highlights the role of political factors in shaping the evolution of corporate governance as well as the important debates that arose about the division of authority and responsibility. Num Pages: 360 pages, 18 line drawings, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3JD; 3JF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226261874
ISBN
9780226261874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.29

Hardcover. "The Spirit of the Laws" - Montesquieu's huge, complex, and enormously influential work - is considered one of the central texts of the Enlightenment, laying the foundation for the liberally democratic political regimes. This title argues that the inherently theological project of Enlightenment liberalism is made clear in "Spirit". Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPS; JPA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226645490
ISBN
9780226645490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.50

Paperback. Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1826) has long been recognized as the greatest European portrait sculptor of the late eighteenth century, flourishing during both the American and French Revolutions as well as during the Directoire and Empire in France. Num Pages: 400 pages, 144 color plates, 225 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1896.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226676494
ISBN
9780226676494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 106.18

paperback. George Washington's long career began with defeat in the bloody frontier skirmishes of the French and Indian War and culminated in the role of commanding general of the Continental army in victory over the British army. Among his achievements was the establishment of a professional army. Series: George Washington Bookshelf. Num Pages: 76 pages, 17 colour illustrations, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association United States
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780931917332
ISBN
9780931917332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.90

Hardcover. Explores how strategies of performance shaped American responses to modernity. By examining a variety of early American authors and cultural figures, from Joseph Fichtelberg shows how early Americans created and resisted a dangerously liberating new world Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; AN; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472070947
ISBN
9780472070947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.18

Hardcover. A new look at the "eccentric author" figure in early nineteenth-century America Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472118366
ISBN
9780472118366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.53

Paperback. Offers an understanding of George Washington and the history and government he helped to make. Phelps makes the case for the President's decisive importance to the development of American constitutional republicanism, emphasising the strength and coherence of his political philosophy. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 238 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; JPFM; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700606832
ISBN
9780700606832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.35

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

€ 45.25

Paperback. An examination of the political thought of John Adams. The author seeks to reconstruct the contours and influences of Adams's mental universe, the ideas he challenged, the problems he considered central to constitution-making, and the methods of his reasoning. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700611812
ISBN
9780700611812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.31

Paperback. This work provides an exploration of the issues and events defining the tension between nation, authority and the doctrine of states' rights. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612277
ISBN
9780700612277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.27

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