Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Published between 1842 and 1895, this work gathers together autobiographical narratives that document the experiences of eight former slaves who eventually took up residence in Worcester, Massachusetts. Each narrative tells a individual story, its author clearly visible in the dress of his or her own words. Editor(s): McCarthy, B.Eugene; Doughton, Thomas L. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496231
- ISBN
- 9781558496231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.78
€ 37.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. Designed as a corrective to colonial literary histories that have excluded Native voices, this anthology brings together a variety of primary texts produced by Algonquian peoples of New England during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and very early nineteenth centuries. It includes letters, signatures, journals, baskets, pictographs, and petitions. Editor(s): Bross, Kristina; Wyss, Hilary E. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 2JN; DQ; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496484
- ISBN
- 9781558496484
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Condition: New
€ 41.99
€ 41.99
Paperback. Tells the story of how the addict, a person uniquely torn between disease and desire, emerged from a variety of figures such as drunkards, opium-eating scholars, vicious slave masters, dissipated New Women, and queer doctors. This book traces the evolution of the concept of addiction through a series of recurrent metaphors. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496804
- ISBN
- 9781558496804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.52
€ 40.99
€ 40.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSK; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558497979
- ISBN
- 9781558497979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.26
€ 41.99
€ 39.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558498020
- ISBN
- 9781558498020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Knowing Who I Am: A Black Entrepreneur's Memoir of Struggle and Victor...
Middleton, Earl M., Barnes, Joy W.
Hardcover. Earl M Middleton (b 1919) has prospered in ways few African Americans have in the rural South. A World War II veteran, and as a owner of a successful business that cuts across racial lines and as a political leader in the cause of civil rights, Middleton has garnered hard-won recognition. This work tells his story. Num Pages: 216 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037153
- ISBN
- 9781570037153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Paperback. Consisting of "Blackways of Kent" (1955), "Millways of Kent" (1958), and "Townways of Kent", the "Kent Trilogy" forms a southern ethnography. This text presents an account of African American life in a small Southern town just prior to the Civil Rights era. It includes a preface on the origins and impact of the "Kent Trilogy". Series: Southern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Edition
- Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037252
- ISBN
- 9781570037252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04
Paperback. This text describes seven faculty members and a graduate student at one university, who engaged in a conversation about their own experiences in urban education over a three-year period. Authors used standpoint epistemology as visas of credibility for their border crossings to urban schools. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hampton Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572734364
- ISBN
- 9781572734364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04
Hardcover. Written by the author of "Through Animals' Eyes", this title tells stories that cover the humorous and the tragic, the surprising and the inevitable. It includes stories about the orphaned baby Rhesus monkey who found a new mother in an old monkey rescued from a lab, and the brave red-tailed hawk who was illegally shot, but healed to soar again. Num Pages: 144 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFZ; RNKH; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574412161
- ISBN
- 9781574412161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Hardcover. Series: Texas Folklore Society Extra Book. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574415896
- ISBN
- 9781574415896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
hardcover. Num Pages: 277 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578064533
- ISBN
- 9781578064533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.48
€ 55.48
Paperback. Marilyn Dell Brady introduces readers to the lives, languages, religions, and cultures of Chinese, Japanese, East Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, Laotian, and Cambodian Texans. Series: Texans All S. Num Pages: 160 pages, 61 b&w photos, 3 tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBBSX; GTB; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585443123
- ISBN
- 9781585443123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.56
€ 15.56
Paperback. Have humans always fought and killed each other, or did they peacefully coexist until organized states developed? Keith F. Otterbein draws on primate behavior research, archaeological research, and data gathered from the Human Relations Area Files for this study. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 figures, 5 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBT; JFFE; JHM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585443307
- ISBN
- 9781585443307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. The European Texans highlights the contributions of those who immigrated to Texas from Europe. Allan O. Kownslar introduces readers to the life and culture of French, English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Belgian, Swiss, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Wend, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Italian, Greek and Slavic Texans. Series: Texans All S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 88 b&w photos, 4 tables, 5 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBBSX; GTB; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585443529
- ISBN
- 9781585443529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.82
€ 16.82
Paperback. Long before Texas became the Lone Star State, or even a Spanish territory, Indian Texans called it home. From prehistory, through European and American invasions, to the beginning of the 21st century, author James M. Smallwood traces the survival and revival of Native Americans in Texas. Series: Texans All S. Num Pages: 160 pages, 62 b&w photos, 2 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585443543
- ISBN
- 9781585443543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.56
€ 15.56
Paperback. Rosalie Schwartz uses the 1933 RKO-Radio Pictures production "Flying Down to Rio" to examine the interplay of technology and popular culture that shaped a distinctive 20th-century sensibility. Series: Centennial of Flight Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFC; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585444212
- ISBN
- 9781585444212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. In 1916, 17-year-old Jesse Washington, a retarded black boy, was publicly tortured, lynched, and burned on the town square of Waco, Texas. Drawing on research from the national files of the NAACP, local newspapers and archives, and other sources, this book presents the reconstruction of the crime and how it influenced the antilynching campaign. Series: Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 b&w photos, map, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JFSL3; JKV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585445448
- ISBN
- 9781585445448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. Analyzes sporting experiences and organizations, as well as their impact on communal and individual lives. This title features contributions that spotlight diverse fields of athletic endeavor: baseball, football, soccer, boxing, track, and softball. It is useful for those interested in sports history. Editor(s): Iber, Jorge; Regalado, Samuel O. Num Pages: 272 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSL1; JHBS; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585445523
- ISBN
- 9781585445523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.06
€ 23.06
Paperback. Presents a thesis that offers a vision of Texas history and culture. This work presents an analysis that de-emphasizes the role of the Texas Revolution in Texas history and explores the ways in which Anglos and Mexicans developed tense ties following the US-Mexico War. Editor(s): Cotera, Maria Eugenia. Series: Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 b&w photo, 6 tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; HBJK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585445646
- ISBN
- 9781585445646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80
Paperback. In the decades following the Civil War, scores of African Americans served in the US Army in the West. This anthology focuses on the careers and accomplishments of black soldiers, the lives they developed for themselves, their relationships to their officers, and the discrimination they faced from the very whites they were trying to protect. Editor(s): Glasrud, Bruce A.; Searles, Michael N. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585446209
- ISBN
- 9781585446209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02