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Hardcover. Haskell Institute of Lawrence, Kansas, first opened its doors in 1884 to 22 Ponca and Ottawa children, sent there to be taught Anglo-Protestant cultural values. For a century and a quarter since that time, this famous boarding school institution has touched the lives of thousands of students. This book chronicles the institution's formative years. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; JFSL9; JNKS; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616176
ISBN
9780700616176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.55

Hardcover. The presidential campaign of 1848 saw the first strong electoral challenge to the expansion of slavery in the US; most historians consider the appearance of Free Soil Party in that election a major turning point of the 19th century. This title deals with the 1848 election, and clarifies our understanding of a pivotal moment in American history. Series: American Presidential Elections. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHF; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616404
ISBN
9780700616404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.36

Hardcover. Drawn from the farms and towns of Otsego and Herkimer counties, the 121st New York State Volunteer Infantry Regiment served with the Sixth Corps in the Army of the Potomac throughout the Civil War. This book chronicles the epic story of this heroic 'band of brothers'. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 592 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616459
ISBN
9780700616459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.14

Hardcover. The presidential election of 1828 is one of the most compelling stories in American history: Andrew Jackson, hero of the Battle of New Orleans and man of the people, bounced back from his controversial loss four years earlier to unseat John Quincy Adams. This study of Jackson's election separates myth from reality. Series: American Presidential Elections. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JPA; JPHL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616619
ISBN
9780700616619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.75

Hardcover. During America's turbulent antebellum era, the Supreme Court decided important cases - most famously Dred Scott - that spoke to sectional concerns and shaped the nation's response to the slavery question. This title presents a comprehensive examination of the major slavery cases that came before the Court between 1825 and 1861. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616664
ISBN
9780700616664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.05

Paperback. Focuses on the 19th-century transformation in San Francisco from Gold Rush to earthquake to show how the city's diverse residents created a modern American city through everyday "cultural frontiers," such as restaurants, hotels, and annual fairs and expositions, among others." Num Pages: 312 pages, 39 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617227
ISBN
9780700617227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.56

Paperback. Chronicles the case of a runaway slave who was tracked to Boston by his owner. Compellingly details the struggle over his fate and how that became a focal point for national controversy. Reveals how the case became one of the most dramatic and widely publicized events in the long-running conflict over the issue of fugitive slaves. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617364
ISBN
9780700617364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.48

Paperback. A fresh interpretation of the disputed presidential election of 1876 between Rutherford Hayes and Samuel Tilden, which was characterized by allegations of election fraud and a narrow victory by a single electoral vote. Many historians consider this election the precursor to the bitterly divisive 2000 Bush-Gore election. Series: American Presidential Elections. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617876
ISBN
9780700617876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.82

Paperback. A long-anticipated revised edition of one of the most respected and popular guides to the Gettysburg National Military Park. Editor(s): Luvaas, Jay; Nelson, Harold W.; Fullenkamp, Leonard J. Series: US Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Edition
2 Rev Exp
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700618545
ISBN
9780700618545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.74

Hardcover. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 688 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619153
ISBN
9780700619153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.15

Hardcover. This first detailed account of the Denver Anti-Chinese Riot of 1880 tells the complex story of how anti-Chinese nativism in the nineteenth century grew from a regional political issue to a full-fledged national concern. Provides a new way of understanding late nineteenth-century race relations, as well as American sectionalism. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBBWC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619191
ISBN
9780700619191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.99

Paperback. The most thorough and accurate guide book available for one of the most complex and prolonged campaigns of the Civil War by two experts in military history and Civil War battlefield sites. Series: U.S. Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 141 x 36. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
First Edition (US) First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619603
ISBN
9780700619603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.62

Paperback. Chronicles the first four decades of Mahattan, Kansas, as it grew from tent to town. Captures the origins and early life of this quintessential Kansas city in an engaging and informative history. Num Pages: 284 pages, 45 Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700621408
ISBN
9780700621408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.44

Paperback. Examining the breadth of Northern popular culture, J. Matthew Gallman offers a dramatic reconsideration of how the Union's civilians understood the meaning of duty and citizenship in wartime. This groundbreaking study investigates how men and women, both white and black, understood their roles in the People's Conflict. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 336 pages, 69 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469633411
ISBN
9781469633411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.04

Paperback. Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898 Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; JFFK; JFSJ1; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469633503
ISBN
9781469633503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.84

Paperback. Addresses the complicated legacy of pronunciamientos and their place in Mexican political culture Editor(s): Fowler, Will. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 chronology. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803225411
ISBN
9780803225411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.75

Paperback. Based on research from over 1200 wartime letters and diaries written by more than 400 Confederate officers and enlisted men, this text offers a social history of Robert E Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during its final year, from May 1864 to April 1865. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 488 pages, 9 illustrations, 4 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; BGH; DN; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807854143
ISBN
9780807854143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.44

Paperback. Jonathan Daniel Wells contests the popular idea that the Old South was a region of essentially two classes (planters and slaves) until after the Civil War. He argues that, in fact, the region had a burgeoning white middle class that had a profound impact on southern culture, the debate over slavery, and the coming of the Civil War. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations, 9 tables, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JH; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807855539
ISBN
9780807855539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.44

Paperback. Lt Henry Timberlake visited the Cherokee Overhill towns for three months in 1761-62 and accompanied three Cherokee leaders to London to meet with King George III and other political figures. This memoir provides the detailed account of Cherokee life in the eighteenth century. It is illustrated with portraits, maps, and photographs of artifacts. Editor(s): King, Duane H. Num Pages: 128 pages, 25 colour & 75 b&w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807858271
ISBN
9780807858271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.30

Paperback. Removable Type: Histories of the Book in Indian Country, 1663-1880 Num Pages: 272 pages, 38 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807871201
ISBN
9780807871201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.24

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