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Paperback. This collection of essays features twelve "heroes" from the American West. Schaefer profiles pioneers of the West - the doctors, explorers, and cowboys who settled the challenging landscape and built communities in the Old West. These unsung champions highlight the unglorified work of the West that was achieved without violence and gunslinging. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BK; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826357663
- ISBN
- 9780826357663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
paperback. Offers the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the body"(self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. This book examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places them in historical, social, cultural, and doctrinal context. Series: Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HREP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780824867898
- ISBN
- 9780824867898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.27
€ 30.27
hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; HBTB; JHB; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824856748
- ISBN
- 9780824856748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.02
€ 76.02
Hardback. Originally published in French as: Pluralismes scientifiques: enjeux aepistaemiques et maetaphysiques (Paris: Editions Hermann, 2013). Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944584
- ISBN
- 9780822944584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.18
€ 69.18
Paperback. Enlivened with profiles and vignettes of some of the remarkable people whose histories inform this study, Stepping Lively in Place shows how single, free women navigated life in a busy slave-encrusted river-port town before, during, and after the Civil War. It examines how single women coped with life unencumbered, or unprotected, by husbands. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820349725
- ISBN
- 9780820349725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.22
€ 49.22
Hardback. Addressing texts produced by writers who lived through the Civil War and wrote about it before the end of Reconstruction, this collection explores the literary cultures of that unsettled moment when memory of the war had yet to be overwritten by later impulses of reunion, reconciliation, or Lost Cause revisionism. Editor(s): Sweet, Timothy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 black & white images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSRC; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820349602
- ISBN
- 9780820349602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.68
€ 60.68
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFFE; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345574
- ISBN
- 9780820345574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.11
€ 71.11
Paperback. Editor(s): Kierner, Cynthia A.; Treadway, Sandra Gioia. Series: Southern Women : Their Lives and Times. Num Pages: 436 pages, 34 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820342658
- ISBN
- 9780820342658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.71
€ 49.71
Paperback. From the beginning, Georgia women were instrumental in shaping the state, yet most histories minimize their contributions. This title features essays that include women of many ethnicities and classes who played an important role in Georgia's history. It profiles reform-minded women like Mary Latimer McLendon, Mildred Rutherford, and Martha Berry. Editor(s): Chirhart, Ann Short; Wood, Betty. Num Pages: 392 pages, 18 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Volume 1 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820333373
- ISBN
- 9780820333373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.62
€ 49.62
Paperback. History has tended to be dominated by visual images, but the past was not silent. These essays explore attempts to access the sounds of the past, called historical acoustemology, auditory culture, or aural history. "Hearing History" is an introduction to an exciting new field of historical study. Editor(s): Smith, Mark M. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 b&w photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFC; PHDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325835
- ISBN
- 9780820325835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.68
€ 45.99
€ 40.68
Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People: Volume One:...
Craton, Michael, Saunders, Gail
Paperback. This comprehensive volume details the history of all the people who have ever inhabited the islands and explains the evolution of a Bahamian national identity within the framework of neighbouring territories in similar circumstances. Num Pages: 480 pages, 23 b&w photographs, 10 maps, 7 charts. BIC Classification: 1KJWB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820321226
- ISBN
- 9780820321226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.13
€ 44.99
€ 39.13
Memoir of My Youth in Cuba: A Soldier in the Spanish Army during the S...
Conangla, Josep. Ed(S): Roy, Joaquin
paperback. Presents a translation of the memoir Memorias de mi juventud en Cuba: Un soldado del ejercito espanol en la guerra separatista (1895-1898) by Josep Conangla. The English edition is based on the Spanish version edited by Joaquin Roy, who found the memoir and was given access to the Conangla family archives. Editor(s): Roy, Joaquin. Translator(s): Walker, Dolores J. Series: Atlantic Crossings. Num Pages: 184 pages, 5 B&W figures. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KJC; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780817358921
- ISBN
- 9780817358921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.72
€ 41.99
€ 39.72
Paperback. Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4"Out of Many, One People" paints a complex and fascinating picture of life in colonial Jamaica, and demonstrates how archaeology has contributed to heritage preservation on the island. Editor(s): Delle, James A.; Hauser, Mark W.; Armstrong, Douglas V. Series: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTQ; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 587.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356484
- ISBN
- 9780817356484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.72
€ 41.99
€ 39.72
paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWD; 3JJ; BM; HBTB; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Arizona Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816533992
- ISBN
- 9780816533992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.63
€ 33.63
Paperback. Between 1969 and 1980, Soviet archaeologists conducted excavations of Mesopotamian villages occupied from pre-agricultural times through the beginnings of early civilization. This volume brings together translations of Russian articles along with new work. Editor(s): Yoffee, Norman; Clark, Jeffery J. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816532810
- ISBN
- 9780816532810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.35
€ 60.35
Paperback. Papers from a seminar held in 2008 at the Amerind Foundation in Dragoon, Ariz. Editor(s): Holly, Donald H.; Sassaman, Kenneth E. Series: Amerind Studies in Anthropology. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: HD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816530434
- ISBN
- 9780816530434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.45
€ 51.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Scott, Elizabeth M. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; HD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816514991
- ISBN
- 9780816514991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Paperback. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 486 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815635116
- ISBN
- 9780815635116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.95
€ 41.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive account of Nigerian civil society groups in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Kew blends democratic theory with conflict resolution methodologies to argue that the manner in which groups - and states - manage internal conflicts provides an important gauge as to how democratic their political cultures are. Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution. Num Pages: 456 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; GTJ; HBJH; JPFF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634447
- ISBN
- 9780815634447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.51
€ 71.51
Hardcover. In Because of Eva, an American Jewish woman travels to Eastern Europe and Israel to solve mysteries in her family's past by delving into World War II and Holocaust history. Part memoir, part detective story, Because of Eva is an intimate tale of one woman's history within the epic sweep of world events in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HBTG; HBTZ1; HRJ; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634430
- ISBN
- 9780815634430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.16
€ 41.16