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Results 1945 - 1968 of 5394
c 1800 to c 1900
Hardcover. Selim Aga was eight years old when he was abducted from the Nuba Mountains of Sudan and sold into slavery and auctioned 2000 miles away in Egypt to the highest bidder. Born around 1827, Selim was killed in a war in Liberia in 1875. Here, the author has pieced together the life of this remarkable man, using Selim's own narrative. Num Pages: 208 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JH; BGH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905222179
- ISBN
- 9781905222179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.49
€ 23.99
€ 16.49
Paperback. A bestseller in 1859, Self-Help became one of Victorian Britain's most important statements on the allied virtues of hard work, thrift, and perseverance. Smiles's book is the precursor of today's motivational and self-improvement literature and encapsulated the aspirational Victorian desire for social advancement. Editor(s): Sinnema, Peter W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552450
- ISBN
- 9780199552450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Hardback.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227874
- ISBN
- 9780807827291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Cook, Jon. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552528
- ISBN
- 9780199552528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Havel, Hippolyte. Editor(s): Berkman, Alexander. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 205 x 37. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- AK Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849352567
- ISBN
- 9781849352567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.81
€ 17.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199535774
- ISBN
- 9780199535774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Hardcover.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843510116
- ISBN
- 9781843510116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 20.49
€ 25.00
€ 20.49
Paperback. Translator(s): Sprinchorn, Evert. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JH; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679744
- ISBN
- 9780816679744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. A collection of letters written by Robert Louis Stevenson throughout his remarkable life. Selected from the eight critically-acclaimed volumes of Stevenson's letters, the letters have been annotated and put in context by the editor, an authority on Stevenson's life and work. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BG; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 41. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300091243
- ISBN
- 9780300091243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardcover. This selection of letters represents every major private and public event in Adams's life from 1858 to 1918 and confirms his reputation as one of the greatest letter writers of his time. The letters are to an array of correspondents including American presidents, Henry James and young children. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16 halftones and 2 line drawings on a 12-page black & white insert. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674387577
- ISBN
- 9780674387577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.33€ 75.54
€ 84.33
€ 75.54
Paperback. Keats's letters are 'the most notable and most important ever written by any English poet' (T. S. Eliot). This new edition revises and updates Robert Gittings's selection and includes 170 letters, a new introduction and notes, list of correspondents and full index Editor(s): Gittings, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Critical ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555734
- ISBN
- 9780199555734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
Hardback. Provides a cross-section of contemporary American film criticism from 1896-1960. The volumes reprint reviews in their entirety from periodicals such as Photoplay, Film Reports, The Moving Picture World, Variety, and The New York Times. Of immense value for gauging contemporary reaction-both popular and serious-to the best-known films of the past. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810815759
- ISBN
- 9780810815759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.37
€ 107.37
Paperback. Focuses on the means employed by former slaves in Charleston, South Carolina to adjust to their status as a free people and to battle attempts by whites to regain control over them. This study attempts to understand how the freedmen saw themselves in the new order and to shed light on their hopes and aspirations. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216090
- ISBN
- 9780253216090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.87
€ 23.99
€ 21.87
Paperback. Blues recording artist and critic Adam Gussow begins his story in the 1890s, when the spectacle lynching of blacks became an insidious part of Southern life. Gussow identifies veiled references to real life incidents of these lynchings within the words of Blues songs and literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGK; DSBF; DSBH; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226310985
- ISBN
- 9780226310985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.37
€ 43.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Chronicles media's role in shaping American life during the tumultuous nineteenth century by focusing specifically on the presentation of race and gender in the newspapers and magazines of the time. This book examines the ways in which American women were portrayed in the national media as they assumed a greater role in public and private life. Editor(s): Sachsman, David B.; Rushing, S. Kittrell; Morris, Roy. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFD; JFSJ; JFSL; KNTJ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535085
- ISBN
- 9781557535085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.13
€ 34.99
€ 31.13
Hardback. Presses an understanding of the roles of women in public life and offers a history of urban America. This book also offers evidence that women established a broad and durable solidarity that spanned differences of race, class, and political experience. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095394
- ISBN
- 9780691095394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.15€ 68.28
€ 89.15
€ 68.28
Paperback. Throughout the eighty-year period of tram transport (1873-1953), Birmingham grew appreciably as a city. Based on the Birmingham's twenty-eight tram routes in operation during 1937, this title takes readers on an illustrated variety of tram journeys, with places and points of interest being identified on the way. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JH; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 9. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752427874
- ISBN
- 9780752427874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Hardcover. Following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Kansas Territory was a national issue that dominated America's press. This book offers a study of national media coverage devoted to the beleaguered territory, unearthing examples of what Americans were saying about Kansas and showing how those words affected the course of national events. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616121
- ISBN
- 9780700616121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.97
€ 74.97
Hardback. In attempting to steer young adults safely away from the dangers of market-driven society, reformers in early America created values that came to define the emerging urban middle class. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238792
- ISBN
- 9780812238792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.37
€ 78.37
Hardback. Carlson views the Lewis and Clark expedition as just one of several schemes to seize Western lands from foreign powers and extend the United States. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 b&w maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566634908
- ISBN
- 9781566634908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.14
€ 27.99
€ 24.14
Hardback. By 1830, many other important national concerns had become critically entangled with land disposition, creating points of ideological tension among rival regions, parties, and interests in the early years of the republic-particularly in Jacksonian America. Series: Reconfiguring American Political History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412757
- ISBN
- 9781421412757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.46€ 51.62
€ 56.46
€ 51.62
Hardcover. Offers an account of religion and society in nineteenth-century America. Exploring the eruptions of religion in New York's penny presses, the budding fields of anthropology and phrenology, and Moby-Dick, this book challenges the strict separation between the religious and the secular that remains integral to discussions about religion. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 344 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HRAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226533230
- ISBN
- 9780226533230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.09€ 78.69
€ 95.09
€ 78.69
Hardcover. Mil Penner was brought up on a Mennonite family farm in Section 27 in McPherson County, Kansas. In this collection of vignettes, he traces the influence of pioneer roots on the present generation as he chronicles the transformation of the land from untouched prairie to productive farm. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; HRCZ; KNAC; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700611966
- ISBN
- 9780700611966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.33
€ 43.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400079230
- ISBN
- 9781400079230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.70
€ 23.99
€ 17.70