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Paperback. Reveals the American showman P T Barnum as, by turns, a moral reformer, a habitual hoaxer, an insightful critic, a savvy puffer, a master of images, a sparkling writer, a relentless provocateur, and an early advocate of family entertainments. This title tracks the shifting personas of the great showman and his representational choices. Editor(s): Cook, James W. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 16. Weight in Grams: 553.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252072956
- ISBN
- 9780252072956
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.08
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Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBT; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 56. Weight in Grams: 858.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072833
- ISBN
- 9780252072833
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€ 49.99€ 44.29
€ 49.99
€ 44.29
Paperback. A study of Irish-Catholic Sisters' work in founding charitable organizations in New York City from the famine through the early 20th century. It argues that it was these nuns' championing of the rights of the poor - especially poor women - that resulted in an explosion of state-supported services and programs. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press Illinois
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072826
- ISBN
- 9780252072826
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.04
€ 35.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. The origins and impact of America's black Left Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072710
- ISBN
- 9780252072710
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.20
€ 36.99
€ 33.20
Paperback. Offering a portrait of leadership, conflict, and obstacles, this volume assesses the political alliances that brought black mayors to office as well as the accomplishments and challenges that marked their careers. It includes the profiles of Carl B Stokes (Cleveland), Richard G Hatcher (Gary), and 'Dutch' Morial (New Orleans). Editor(s): Colburn, David R. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780252072604
- ISBN
- 9780252072604
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Vodou, Santeria, Candomble and other religious practices in the African diaspora Editor(s): Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HRKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072055
- ISBN
- 9780252072055
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
Paperback. Feminists from 1848 to the present have rightly viewed the Seneca Falls convention as the birth of the women's rights movement in the United States and beyond. This title offers an account of this historic meeting in its contemporary context. It argues that this convergence foments one of the greatest rebellions of modern times. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252071737
- ISBN
- 9780252071737
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.72
€ 30.99
€ 27.72
Paperback. Tells the story of England's Queen Elizabeth as handed down by history. This volume describes Elizabeth's relationship with her father, Henry VIII, and the manoeuvring that led to her eventual coronation upon the death of her half-sister Mary Tudor in 1558. It contains over one hundred photographs of books and artefacts dating from her reign. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 5817 x 330. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252071614
- ISBN
- 9780252071614
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.64
€ 30.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. Music has flourished in the Mormon church since its beginning. This book examines the direction that music's growth has taken since 1830. It looks closely at topics including the denomination's first official hymnals; the views of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young on singing; and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780252071478
- ISBN
- 9780252071478
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
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€ 25.25
paperback. Presents a line of thought, a continuous thread, a tradition, a catena of protestation against living on Butchery. This title includes variety of the witnesses, the prophets of Reformed Dietetics who have shrunk from the regime of blood, including Gautama Buddha, Pythagoras, Plato, Hesiod, Epicurus, Seneca, Ovid, Thomas More, and more. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: HPQ; TDCT; VFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071300
- ISBN
- 9780252071300
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.49
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Paperback. Sets the professionalization of social work into a dynamic social context. The explicit political and economic framework of Wenocur and Reisch's model enables the authors to examine how various subgroups within social work lost or gained control of the professional enterprise at various points. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780252070730
- ISBN
- 9780252070730
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Explores one of the oldest traditions of American religious folksong: unaccompanied congregational singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist churches. Using interviews, field observations, historical research, song transcriptions, and musical analysis, the author explores the dynamic relationship between singing and theology in these churches. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGD; HRCC92. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252070037
- ISBN
- 9780252070037
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.49
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€ 25.49
Paperback. Since the early twentieth century, women's aspirations have taken a variety of forms in Protestant churches, shaped by such forces as feminism, secularization, social activism, and the professionalization of religious work. This volume launches an investigation into the story of women and religion in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Bendroth, Margaret; Brereton, Virginia Lieson. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069987
- ISBN
- 9780252069987
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.19
€ 24.99
€ 23.19
Paperback. Explores how traumatic loss affects identity and how those who are shaped by loss give shape, in turn, to the empty place where something - relationships, family, culture - was and is no longer. Taking the example of the decimation of European Jewry during the Nazi era, this title confronts the problem of transforming trauma into cultural memory. Editor(s): Epstein, Julia. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252069499
- ISBN
- 9780252069499
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
paperback. William Dannenmaier served in Korea with the US Army from December 1952 to January 1954, first as a radioman and then as a radio scout with the Fifteenth Infantry Regiment. This memoir offers an account by this common soldier. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252069260
- ISBN
- 9780252069260
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. A career-spanning collection of writings on labor history by one of the leading figures in the field, showing not only his growth as an historian but the growth of his field as well, exploring the subjects of workers, unions, and politics. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252068683
- ISBN
- 9780252068683
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.09
€ 35.99
€ 32.09
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive analysis of the politics that are implicit and explicit in Nietzsche's work. This book examines both the personal and the political sides of Nietzsche's writings to show how his writings can expand notions of democratic politics and democratic understanding. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Expanded ed.
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252068560
- ISBN
- 9780252068560
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.42
€ 42.99
€ 37.42
Paperback. Investigating topics such as law and public policy, immigration and tourism, narratives and discourses, race relations, and virtual communities, this title clarifies and challenges prevailing conceptualizations of post colonialism and accepted understandings of American culture. Editor(s): King, Professor C. Richard. Num Pages: 376 pages, 37 black & white photographs, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252068522
- ISBN
- 9780252068522
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.70
€ 42.99
€ 37.70
Paperback. Reveals the breadth of working-class black experiences and activities in Cleveland and the extent to which these were shaped by traditions and values brought from the South. The author shows how migrants' moves north established complex networks of kin and friends and infused the city with a highly visible southern African-American culture. Editor(s): Brody, David; Kessler-Harris, Alice; Montgomery, David; Wilentz, Sean. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JJF; 3JJH; HBTB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252067938
- ISBN
- 9780252067938
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.53
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€ 26.53
Paperback. Presents evidence that the saloon, played an important role in the working-class community life. Focusing on public drinking in Chicago and Boston, this book offers a discussion of the saloon, as a social institution and a locus of the struggle between middle-class notions of privacy and working-class uses of public space. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252067815
- ISBN
- 9780252067815
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.14
€ 46.99
€ 42.14