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Voters' Verdicts: Citizens, Campaigns, and Institutions in State Supre...
Bonneau, Chris W., Cann, Damon M.
Hardcover. Addresses contemporary concerns with judicial elections by investigating factors that influence votersAE decisions in the election of state supreme court judges. Chris Bonneau and Damon Cann demonstrate that the move to nonpartisan elections, while it depresses political participation, does little to mute the effects of partisanship and ideology. Series: Constitutionalism and Democracy. Num Pages: 192 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937595
- ISBN
- 9780813937595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.58
€ 56.58
Rot, Riot, and Rebellion: Mr. Jefferson's Struggle to Save the Univers...
Bowman, Rex, Santos, Carlos
Paperback. Award-winning journalists Rex Bowman and Carlos Santos offer a dramatic re-creation of the University of VirginiaAEs early struggles. Political enemies, powerful religious leaders, and fundamentalist Christians fought Thomas Jefferson and worked to thwart his dream. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937632
- ISBN
- 9780813937632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.19
€ 16.99
€ 16.19
Hardcover. Series: Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23 figures, 19 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937731
- ISBN
- 9780813937731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.86
€ 56.86
Hardcover. With volume 24 of the Revolutionary War Series, the conflict enters a new decade. New Year's Day 1780 finds Washington in winter quarters at Morristown, N.J., having established his headquarters at the Ford mansion there one month earlier. During the weeks covered by this volume, the Continental army experienced the harshest winter of the war. Editor(s): Huggins, Benjamin L. Series: Revolutionary War Series. Num Pages: 792 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BJ; HBLL; HBW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1247.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937823
- ISBN
- 9780813937823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.36
€ 133.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW3; JKVF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937830
- ISBN
- 9780813937830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.49
€ 18.99
€ 18.49
Hardcover. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938042
- ISBN
- 9780813938042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.82
€ 64.82
Hardcover. Martin Munro engages with the contemporary apocalyptic turn in Caribbean studies and lived reality, not only providing important historical contextualization for a general understanding of apocalypse in the region but also offering an account of the state of Haitian society and culture in the decades before the 2010 earthquake. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938196
- ISBN
- 9780813938196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.70
€ 96.70
Paperback. Martin Munro engages with the contemporary apocalyptic turn in Caribbean studies and lived reality, not only providing important historical contextualization for a general understanding of apocalypse in the region but also offering an account of the state of Haitian society and culture in the decades before the 2010 earthquake. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938202
- ISBN
- 9780813938202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.11
€ 43.11
Hardcover. By telling the story of France's noncitizen soldiers - who included not only men born abroad but also Jews and blacks whose citizenship rights were subject to contestation - Christopher Tozzi sheds new light on the roots of revolutionary France's inability to integrate its national community despite the inclusionary promise of French republicanism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBTV2; HBW; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938332
- ISBN
- 9780813938332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.82
€ 64.82
Hardcover. Editor(s): Mattern, David B.; Stagg, J. C. A.; Johnson, Mary Parke; Harbury, Katharine E. Series: Retirement Series. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1238.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938561
- ISBN
- 9780813938561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.60
€ 103.60
Paperback. Arguing that race has been the specter that has haunted many of the discussions about Latin American regional and national cultures today, Anke Birkenmaier describes Latin American anthropology as a field of knowledge that evolved dramatically in the period between the two world wars. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL1; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938790
- ISBN
- 9780813938790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.11
€ 43.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815601746
- ISBN
- 9780815601746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Paperback. A memoir written at 95, by America's oldest living conscientious objector. It tells of the harsh treatment meted out to conscientious objectors during World War I, his upbringing in rural upstate New York, and the impact on his thinking by socialist leaders such as Eugene Dobs and Norman Thomas. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; HBWN; JPWF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815602767
- ISBN
- 9780815602767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.71
€ 21.99
€ 20.71
Paperback. In an exposition of writer S.Y. Abramovitsh, this work shows the symbolic importance of his central character, Mendele the Bookseller, and explores the history of Yiddish fiction in Russia during the 19th century. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 373 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2ACY; DSBF; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815603306
- ISBN
- 9780815603306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.72
€ 24.72
Paperback. This biography tells of a man in the 18th century who embraced many cultures: Christian, yet Mohegan; an ordained Presbyterian minister, yet a business man and fund raiser; a native American speaker, yet fluent in English, Greek, Latin and French. He was also a founder member of Dartmouth College. Num Pages: 379 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815604365
- ISBN
- 9780815604365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.04
€ 22.04
Paperback. This work begins with a boy named Geraldo growing up Sicilian in Rochester, New York, and ends with the author breakfasting with Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House. It is a portrait of what it was like to come of age in the 1930s and 1940s. Num Pages: 388 pages, 41 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; DNF; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607168
- ISBN
- 9780815607168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.97
€ 13.97
Paperback. This text offers an interpretation of Egypt's so-called liberal era and an understanding of contemporary Egyptian society. It analyses both mainstream and conventional political and social forces and political activism among people from widely differing backgrounds. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 184 pages, map, 15 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; JFC; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815625315
- ISBN
- 9780815625315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.11
€ 28.11
Hardcover. Based on the author's lectures at the Judisches Freies Lehrhaus, these essays include notes for a group of lectures of 1920, "Faith and Knowledge", followed by a three-part lecture series of 1922, "The Science of God", "The Science of Man", and "The Science of World". Editor(s): Galli, Barbara E. (Aaron Aaronov Chair, Judaic Studies, University of Alabama, USA). Translator(s): Galli, Barbara E. (Aaron Aaronov Chair, Judaic Studies, University of Alabama, USA). Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 127 x 0. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815627883
- ISBN
- 9780815627883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.33
€ 46.33
Paperback. These essays offer a glimpse into the cultural and social dimensions of Franz Rosenzweig's thought - an aspect of his philosophy that has too often been ignored by an over-emphasis on his status as a religious thinker. Translator(s): Galli, Barbara E. Series: Library of Jewish Philosophy. Num Pages: 176 pages, index, notes. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628347
- ISBN
- 9780815628347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.10
€ 31.10
Paperback. This work offers insights into how specific films influenced the Americanization of the Holocaust and how the medium per se helped seed that event into the public consciousness. It provides an analysis of "Schindler's List" and the debate over the merit of Spielberg's vision of the Holocaust. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 272 pages, 37 photographs, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APFA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629269
- ISBN
- 9780815629269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.03
€ 29.03