Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. Examines the largely unsung leadership of U.S. Army battalion commanders in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations of World War II and concludes that they were hugely instrumental in overcoming their German Adversaries to emerge victorious, first in North Africa (Operation TORCH) and then in Sicily (Operation HUSKY). Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- HAR/MAP
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618996
- ISBN
- 9780700618996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.75
€ 67.75
Hardcover. An authoritative history of the violence that plagued Cambodia from World War II until the end of the twentieth century--and an expose of CIA activities there, peeling back the layers of secrecy that surrounded the CIA's covert assistance to anticommunist forces in Cambodia during that span. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619009
- ISBN
- 9780700619009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.53
€ 68.53
Hardcover. An exceptionally detailed account of the German 6th Army's battle to take Stalingrad from the moment it reaches the Volga, through the desperate street battles, to final collapse and captivity. Tells this story from the unique perspective of the German officers and men trapped inside the Red Army's ever-closing ring of forces." Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619016
- ISBN
- 9780700619016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.71
€ 70.71
Hardcover. The first full-scale, balanced account of President Truman's civil rights policies, tracing how the Missourian outgrew the bigotry of his Jackson County upbringing to become the president who integrated the military and lobbied for key civil rights legislation. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619115
- ISBN
- 9780700619115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.71
€ 68.71
Hardcover. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 688 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619153
- ISBN
- 9780700619153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.15
€ 84.15
Hardcover. A study of Congress at the crossroads between the New Deal and the postwar era, showing that the wartime political dynamic established the dominant patterns for national politics through the remainder of the century. Reveals that moderates, not conservatives, determined the outcomes in key policy debates and examines how compromises were reached. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619177
- ISBN
- 9780700619177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.91
€ 74.91
Hardcover. This first detailed account of the Denver Anti-Chinese Riot of 1880 tells the complex story of how anti-Chinese nativism in the nineteenth century grew from a regional political issue to a full-fledged national concern. Provides a new way of understanding late nineteenth-century race relations, as well as American sectionalism. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBBWC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619191
- ISBN
- 9780700619191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.99
€ 74.99
Paperback. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; JFSL3; LAZ; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619269
- ISBN
- 9780700619269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.75
€ 35.75
Place Matters: Metropolitics for the TwentyFirst Century (Studies in G...
Dreier, Peter, Mollenkopf, John, Swanstrom, T...
Paperback. A thoroughly updated third edition of an urban politics classic. Analyzes the problematic trends facing America's cities and older suburbs and assesses what's needed to put America's urban crisis back on the national agenda. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPP; JPV; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619276
- ISBN
- 9780700619276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.35
€ 44.35
Guide to the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign (U.S. Army War College Guide...
Bowery, Charles R. Jr., Rafuse, Ethan S.
Paperback. The most thorough and accurate guide book available for one of the most complex and prolonged campaigns of the Civil War by two experts in military history and Civil War battlefield sites. Series: U.S. Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 141 x 36. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619603
- ISBN
- 9780700619603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.62
€ 44.62
Hardcover. The story of how Soviet children experienced the horrors of the Great Patriotic War, both as victims and as heroes who helped make victory possible. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620029
- ISBN
- 9780700620029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.77
€ 67.77
Paperback. The first and only book to cover the World War II exploits and contributions of Detachment 101 considered by many to be the forerunner of today's Special Forces in Burma against the Japanese Imperial Army." Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPSH; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620180
- ISBN
- 9780700620180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.74
€ 42.74
Hardback. In this significantly expanded second edition of The Presidency of George H.W. Bush , John Robert Greene takes full advantage of newly released documents to revisit BushAEs term, to consider his post-presidency accomplishments, and to enhance and clarify our understanding of his place in history. Series: American Presidency Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620791
- ISBN
- 9780700620791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.05
€ 75.05
Paperback. A compelling and entertaining account of the year that represents the apex of 1920s American culture. Shatters the stereotype of the Roaring Twenties as a time of frivolity and excess and reveals instead a society torn between holding on to its glorious past while trying to navigate a brave new world. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700621132
- ISBN
- 9780700621132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.22
€ 36.22
Paperback. Chronicles the first four decades of Mahattan, Kansas, as it grew from tent to town. Captures the origins and early life of this quintessential Kansas city in an engaging and informative history. Num Pages: 284 pages, 45 Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700621408
- ISBN
- 9780700621408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.44
€ 42.44
Paperback. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 are indelibly etched into our cultural memory. This is the story of how the legal ramifications of that day brought two US presidents, Congress, and the Supreme Court into repeated confrontation over the incarceration of hundreds of suspected terrorists and "enemy combatants" at the US naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; JPWL; LND; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700621705
- ISBN
- 9780700621705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.66
€ 37.66
Paperback. A non-partisan summary of American history as told through ideas rather than events. Editor(s): Seagrave, S. Adam. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700621743
- ISBN
- 9780700621743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.69
€ 40.69
Hardback. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 552 pages, 29 photographs, 38 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 174 x 45. Weight in Grams: 988.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700622832
- ISBN
- 9780700622832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.65
€ 81.65
Hardback. This sweeping history of popular religion in eighteenth-century New England examines the experiences of ordinary people living through extraordinary times. Drawing on an unprecedented quantity of letters, diaries,and testimonies, Douglas Winiarski recovers the pervasive and vigorouslay piety of the early eighteenth century. Num Pages: 608 pages, 23 halftones, 8 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; HRAX; HRCC2; HRCS; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469628264
- ISBN
- 9781469628264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.24
€ 70.24
Paperback. From the South's pageant queens to the importance of beauty parlors to African American communities, it is easy to see the ways beauty is enmeshed in southern culture. But as Blain Roberts shows in this incisive work, the pursuit of beauty in the South was linked to the tumultuous racial divides of the region. Num Pages: 384 pages, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JJ; JFCK; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469629865
- ISBN
- 9781469629865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.60
€ 42.60
Paperback. Presents a guide to the Antietam battlefield with comprehensive maps and descriptions of the action, narratives about key figures and events, and a variety of contemporary and postwar source materials offering stories and interpretations. Num Pages: 336 pages, Colour and black & white photographs, 31 full-colour maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469630205
- ISBN
- 9781469630205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.57
€ 25.99
€ 24.57
Paperback. Elegantly interweaving military and literary history, Cushman uses some of the US Civil War's most famous writers and their works to explore the profound ways in which the US's great conflict not only changed the lives of its combatants and chroniclers but also fundamentally transformed American letters. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 2. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469633398
- ISBN
- 9781469633398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.80
€ 35.80
Paperback. Examining the breadth of Northern popular culture, J. Matthew Gallman offers a dramatic reconsideration of how the Union's civilians understood the meaning of duty and citizenship in wartime. This groundbreaking study investigates how men and women, both white and black, understood their roles in the People's Conflict. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 336 pages, 69 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469633411
- ISBN
- 9781469633411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.04
€ 42.04
Paperback. Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898 Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; JFFK; JFSJ1; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469633503
- ISBN
- 9781469633503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.84
€ 41.84