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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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

€ 42.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. Over the years, Democrats and Republicans each have received about fifty percent of the votes and controlled about half of the government, but this has not resulted in policy deadlock. This title analyzes policy outcomes in light of the frequent alternation in power among evenly divided parties. Editor(s): Levin, Martin A.; Landy, Marc Karnis; Shapiro, Martin. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878408672
ISBN
9780878408672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.29

hardcover. In premodern English law, felons had the right to seek sanctuary in a church or ecclesiastical precinct. It is commonly held that this practice virtually died out after the medieval period, but Shannon McSheffrey highlights its resurgence under the Tudor regime and shows how the issue lay at the intersection between law, religion, and culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBLH; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Academic United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780198798149
ISBN
9780198798149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.64

Paperback. The political upheaval in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala had a devastating human toll at the end of the twentieth century. Many of those who survived the wars chose temporary refuge in neighboring countries such as Honduras and Costa Rica. This book tells the story of that migration. Num Pages: 289 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247017
ISBN
9780520247017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. This is the first book in either English or Chinese to study the group of students who came to the U.S. in the early 20th century to attend American universities and played pivotal roles in Chinese intellectual, economic, and diplomatic life upon their return to China. Num Pages: 348 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 625.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736961
ISBN
9780804736961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.75

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

€ 35.99
€ 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

€ 88.82
€ 68.28

Paperback. A reinterpretation of the iconic photographs of the black civil rights struggle. It shows how the very pictures credited with arousing white sympathy, and thereby paving the way for civil rights legislation, actually limited the scope of racial reform in the 1960s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 65 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268647
ISBN
9780520268647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. From 1918 into the early twenties, any African American who spoke out forcefully for their race-editors, union organizers, civil rights advocates, radical political activists, and Pan-Africanists - were likely to be investigated by a network of federal intelligence agencies. This title presents an account of this story. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213549
ISBN
9780253213549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.27

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

Paperback. Explores the camera work of five women who directed their visions toward influencing social policy and cultural theory. Doris Ulmann, Dorothea Lange, Marion Post Wolcott, Margaret Bourke-White, and Berenice Abbott. Melissa McEuen considers the prisms though which they saw American culture in the 1920s and 1930s. Num Pages: 376 pages, 54 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AJB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190945
ISBN
9780813190945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.58

Paperback. The American Revolution was a struggle not only for independence, but for the lands of American Indians. This is an account of the events surrounding the scorched-earth campaign against the Iroquois of New York and the eastern territories in 1779. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814756232
ISBN
9780814756232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

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

Hardback. From tanks rumbling across battlefields to submarines, blitzed cities and D-Day, this extraordinary flap book takes young readers right into the action of the Second World War. Illustrator(s): Pritelli, Maria Cristina. Series: Usborne See Inside. Num Pages: 16 pages, full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 4KHF; YNH; YNJ. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 277 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
16
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409523291
ISBN
9781409523291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

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

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

Hardback. Explores Soviet prosecution records to tell the hidden story of ordinary citizens who were arrested for expressing discontent during the Khrushchev and Brezhnev years. Editor(s): Kozlov, Vladimir A.; Fitzpatrick, Sheila; Mironenko, Sergei V. Translator(s): Livshin, Olga. Series: Annals of Communism. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300111699
ISBN
9780300111699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.87
€ 54.08

Hardback. The end of the 20th century finds the Atlantic Alliance partners in evolution toward a relationship in the key policy arenas of regional and international security. This title focuses on a European and American perspective of the issues of international security, world trade, and the globalization/environmental policy interface. Editor(s): Bonser, Charles F. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFE; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792377856
ISBN
9780792377856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.23

Paperback. aeo An exciting new introductory textbook that clearly lays out and explores both traditional and non--traditional approaches to security studies. aeo completely right up--to--date in its discussion of all the major new developments within security studies. aeo Accessibly written and suitable to readers with no previous knowledge of the area. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617732
ISBN
9780745617732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JM; GTJ; JHB; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 221 x 2. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137586773
ISBN
9781137586773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.98

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