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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Coming for to Carry Me Home examines the concept of race in the United States from the 1830s, when the abolitionists rose to prominence, until the 1880s, when the Jim Crow regime commenced. J. Michael Martinez argues that Lincoln and the Radical Republicans were the pivotal actors, albeit not the architects, that influenced this evolution. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 334 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442214996
ISBN
9781442214996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.51

Paperback / so. Series: The African American History Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442232815
ISBN
9781442232815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.41

Hardback. This unique collection of writings by the celebrated author David Madden provides a multitude of reflections on the Civil War and Reconstruction, from nonfiction to fiction. Num Pages: 260 pages, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442243484
ISBN
9781442243484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Hardback. Kathleen P. Munley and Paul R. Mazzoni give an insider's look the Commonwealth v. William J. Wright trial, looking at how a murderer was able to slip through the cracks of the criminal justice system. This book captivatingly and successfully weaves together the events of an unforgettable crime and a trial that changed a region forever. Num Pages: 326 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJPL; BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442245792
ISBN
9781442245792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442247314
ISBN
9781442247314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. In The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot: The Fort Stevens Story, historian B.F. Cooling documents the story of President Abraham Lincoln and the Battle of Fort Stevens in July 1864. Num Pages: 366 pages, 66 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442252783
ISBN
9781442252783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.07

Paperback. This multidisciplinary analysis uses historical records, town layout and architecture, landscape analysis, excavation data, and material culture analysis to provide a nuanced understanding of societal development during one of Australia's most dynamic eras. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBFW; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJM; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461428619
ISBN
9781461428619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardback. This book presents a collection of narratives describing people who lived in New York City in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, people whose lives archaeologists have encountered while excavating sites where they people lived or worked. Editor(s): Janowitz, Meta F.; Dallal, Diane. Num Pages: 369 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, 47 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
369
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461452713
ISBN
9781461452713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 477 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 755.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Number of pages
477
Condition
New
SKU
V9781468479072
ISBN
9781468479072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.93
€ 49.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; JFHC; JPWL2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Trine Day
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634240819
ISBN
9781634240819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062309921
ISBN
9780062309921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.72

Paperback. Fanny Trollope set sail for America with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, taking with her three of her children and a young French artist, leaving behind her son Anthony, growing debts, and a husband going slowly mad from mercury poisoning. This book describes her misfortunes, and is a satirical account of a nation. Editor(s): Neville-Singleton, Pamela. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACD; 3JF; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435610
ISBN
9780140435610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.94

Hardback. In addition to chronicling the lively chain of events leading to and stemming from the declaration of independence, this text studies the essential components of rebirth: the creation of domestic, foreign and security policies and the revitalization of an independent economy. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; 3JJPR; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739100271
ISBN
9780739100271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.29

Paperback. Combining statistical analysis with narrative history, this re-evaluation of the 1928 presidential election offers a portrait of the candidates and the campaign. The study is based on data from that election and other presidential elections from 1916 to 1940. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739101261
ISBN
9780739101261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.19

Hardback. Confronting the challenges of freedom that has pervaded the world at the turn of the millennium has been for many different reasons, a struggle for people across the world. This reader offers thoughts and insights on freedom's challenge. Editor(s): Novak, Michael; Brailsford, William; Heesters, Cornelius. Series: Religion, Politics & Society in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPA; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739101438
ISBN
9780739101438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.15

Hardback. This text examines the relationship between the Anglican Church and Spiritualism following World War I. It explores the rise in the popularity of Spiritualism after the war as Anglican's failed to find solace in the teachings of their own faith; and explores the connection of faith and bereavement. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HRAC; HRCC91; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739101612
ISBN
9780739101612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.15

Hardback. This study comprises an introduction, translation, and commentary to a 17th-century Russian account of the spiritual development and inspired resistance of a prominent female dissident. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; DSBD; HRAX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739101773
ISBN
9780739101773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.48

Hardback. This volume takes issue with the, apparently, prevalent attitude among Allied commanders during World War II that the Italian military was ineffective. It recounts the story of relatively unacknowledged Italian partisan formations that fought in Italy, France, Yugoslavia, and Greece. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739101957
ISBN
9780739101957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.72

Hardback. This text aims to provide a complete picture of social Christianity, a movement which worked to address various social issues. This analysis presents a case that argues social Christianity was the most widespread and influential religious social reform movement in American history. Num Pages: 560 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739101964
ISBN
9780739101964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 221.80

Hardback. This is a social history of seven anti-poverty "Community Action Programmes" (CAPs) in Milwaukee's inner city that were started in the 1960s. The book aims to dispel the notion that CAPs were a categorical failure and also to provide solutions to social problems in America's inner cities. Series: Studies in Modern American History. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFA; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739101995
ISBN
9780739101995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.14

Paperback. Was it possible to achieve peace between Jews and Arabs in Palestine in the 1930s? This study discusses the Fifth Avenue muti-millionaires who believed they could bring peace to the Middle East through secret diplomacy and a generous dose of "Baksheesh" (the Arabic word for bribery). Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJG; GTB; HBJF1; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102046
ISBN
9780739102046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.25

Hardback. This volume challenges assumptions about the disintegration of Yugoslavia. Using an "ecological" or holistic perspective, the book addresses questions such as the role of military intervention as coercive diplomacy and the influence of post-Cold War European democratic and economic reform. Num Pages: 640 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPR; GTB; GTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 39. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102121
ISBN
9780739102121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 245.48

Hardback. This study of Cold War history and Chinese foreign policy provides an interpretation of China's relations with Poland and its irreversible impact on the communist world. The book offers a threefold approach to the subject. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1FPC; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102350
ISBN
9780739102350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.76

Hardback. This is a study of the rise of two-party competition in South Carolina. During the two decades covered, the interplay between two clear factions shaped the growth of the party. In this text, the author demonstrates the implications of these developments for the rightward shift in national politics. Series: Studies in Modern American History. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102428
ISBN
9780739102428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.90

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