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c 1800 to c 1900

Hardback. From a distinguished historian, a detailed and compelling examination of how the early Republic struggled with the idea that "all men are created equal" Num Pages: 400 pages, 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197112
ISBN
9780300197112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.79

Hardback. Despite claims that written exams narrowed the curriculum, ruined children's health, and turned teachers into automatons, once tests took root in American schools their legitimacy was never seriously challenged. William Reese puts today's battles over standards and benchmarks into perspective by showcasing the history of the pencil-and-paper exam. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JNB; JNKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073043
ISBN
9780674073043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.39
€ 51.57

Paperback. The Burr trial pitted Marshall, Jefferson and Burr in a dramatic three-way contest that left a permanent mark on the new nation. Series: Cambridge Studies on the American Constitution. Num Pages: 242 pages, 12 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330. Law, Politics, and the Character Wars of the New Nation. Series: Cambridge Studies on the American Constitution. 237 pages, 12 b/w illus. 1 map. The Burr trial pitted Marshall, Jefferson and Burr in a dramatic three-way contest that left a permanent mark on the new nation. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Dimension: 157 x 226 x 14. Weight: 330.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
237
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107606616
ISBN
9781107606616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.36

Paperback. Transcribed directly from hunters, the stories described here relate adventures in the hazardous environment of Greenland in the mid 19th century. Editor(s): Rink, Signe. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; 3JH; HBTB; WSSN5; WSZ; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 107 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
International Polar Institute
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780996193849
ISBN
9780996193849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.58

Paperback. This sourcebook is designed for undergraduate students taking survey courses in the modern period. The primary sources illuminate and extend the reader's understanding of the themes at the heart of Britain's transformation over the course of the last three centuries. Editor(s): Wasson, Ellis. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444333725
ISBN
9781444333725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 48.83

Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JFCV; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158602
ISBN
9780231158602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Hardcover. Tells the tale of seven Virginians who strongly supported the Confederacy from beginning to end. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 264 pages, photographs, maps, bibliographic essay, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842050548
ISBN
9780842050548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.51

Paperback. America's expansion west was the driving force for issues of democracy, politics, race, freedom, and property. This book re-writes the history of the United States through a western lens. It reflects the important role of the West in national narratives of American history, from 1850 to the late twentieth century. Num Pages: 348 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291416
ISBN
9780520291416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.62

Hardback. Written for scholars and students alike, Plantation Kingdom is an accessible and fascinating study. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419398
ISBN
9781421419398
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.57
€ 46.36

Paperback. Constitutes a comprehensive overview of "Francophone Postcolonial Studies". Moving away from reductive geographical or linguistic surveys of the Francophone world, this collection of original essays provides a thematic discussion of the complex historical, political and cultural links between France and its former colonies. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; GTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340808023
ISBN
9780340808023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.52

Paperback. Strikingly argued, richly researched, and methodologically sound, this wide-ranging look at how choices about sex triumphed over established class systems and artificial racial boundaries supplies a refreshing contribution to the history of early Louisiana. Series: Early America: History, Context, Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL1; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415734
ISBN
9781421415734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.84

Paperback. Michel Foucault observed that 'the birth of philology attracted far less notice in the Western mind than did the birth of biology or political economy.' This book shows that philology left an indelible mark on Western visions of history and contributed directly to some of the most horrifying ideologies of the twentieth century. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; CF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030626
ISBN
9780674030626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; AVGC5; AVH; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479724
ISBN
9780801479724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226215150
ISBN
9780226215150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.11

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
€ 26.72

Hardback. A sophisticated and significant contribution to the literature on state building and the history of international relations, The Logic of Conformity is a fascinating study of how the concept of sovereignty is reshaped by the entrance of newcomers. Series: Japan and Global Society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442641884
ISBN
9781442641884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.82

Paperback. Reading Victorian Poetry offers close readings of poems from the Victorian era by a highly renowned scholar. The selection includes a range of canonical and lesser known writers. Series: Wiley Blackwell Reading Poetry. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119121411
ISBN
9781119121411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.89

Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber (1782-1871) was long considered one of the most typically French as well as one of the most successful of the opera composers of the 19th century. He studied under Cherubini, and it was not long before his opera-comique "La Bergere Chateleine" (1820), established him as an operatic composer. This title tells his story. Editor(s): Letellier, Robert Ignatius. Num Pages: 299 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 291 x 208 x 20. Weight in Grams: 898.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Number of pages
299
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781443829663
ISBN
9781443829663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 31.26

Hardcover. With gorgeous art from award-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis, "The First Step" is an inspiring look at the story of four-year-old Sarah Roberts, the first African American girl to try to integrate a white school, and how her experience in 1847 set greater change in motion. Illustrator(s): Lewis, E. B. Num Pages: 40 pages, color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 5AF; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 280 x 215. Weight in Grams: 457.
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802737397
ISBN
9780802737397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Essays written by Antoinette Burton since the mid-1990s trace her thinking about modern British history and engage debates about how to think about British imperialism in light of contemporary events. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349020
ISBN
9780822349020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.34

Hardback. Frances Knight shows how late Victorian Britain reacted to the bold agendas being set by the thinkers of the fin de siecle Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HRAM2; HRAX; HRCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 33. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Sew
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780768915
ISBN
9781780768915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.13
€ 123.40

Hardcover. A history of Brighton College Num Pages: 288 pages, 340 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 192 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1084.
Publisher
Phillimore & Co.
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850339789
ISBN
9780850339789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.49

Paperback. .
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807847558
ISBN
9780807847558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.48

Hardback. The book traces the development of British Indian literature from the early days of the 19th century through the Victorian period. Previously unstudied poems and essays drawn from the thriving periodicals culture of British India are examined alongside novels and travel-writing by authors including Emma Roberts and Philip Meadows Taylor. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748640683
ISBN
9780748640683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 101.60

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