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Hardback. The Emancipation Proclamation is responsible both for Lincoln's being hailed as the Great Emancipator and for his being pilloried by those who consider his once-radical effort at emancipation insufficient. Holzer examines the impact of Lincoln's announcement at the moment of its creation, and then as its meaning has changed over time. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064409
- ISBN
- 9780674064409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.33
€ 47.99
€ 40.33
Hardback. When the anthropologist returns to Kenya to begin fieldwork for a new research project, he meets a young man from the Taita Hills who is as interested in the United States as Smith is in Taita. This book tells the story of sorcery, redemption, and transnational friendship in the globalized twenty-first century. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281103
- ISBN
- 9780520281103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.64€ 73.14
€ 93.64
€ 73.14
Paperback. When the anthropologist returns to Kenya to begin fieldwork for a new research project, he meets a young man from the Taita Hills who is as interested in the United States as Smith is in Taita. This book tells the story of sorcery, redemption, and transnational friendship in the globalized twenty-first century. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281127
- ISBN
- 9780520281127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.00
€ 33.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Contents include: Cap badges. Airborne awards. Soviet Guards badges. Clasps. Military proficiency. Series: Europa Militaria. Num Pages: 64 pages, 120 colour photographs and colour plates. BIC Classification: HBTW; JWM; WCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 191 x 4. Weight in Grams: 230. Series: Europa Militaria. 64 pages, 120 colour photographs and colour plates. Contents include: Cap badges. Airborne awards. Soviet Guards badges. Clasps. Military proficiency. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBTW; JWM; WCK. Dimension: 255 x 191 x 4. Weight: 230.
- Publisher
- The Crowood Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847972811
- ISBN
- 9781847972811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.36
€ 14.99
€ 14.36
Paperback. This text explains why Elvis Presley is an enduring image in American popular culture. It demonstrates the power of pictures in visual culture and reveals much about American attitudes toward religion, sex, race and celebrity, and the construction of American identity in the late 20th century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 67 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613373
- ISBN
- 9780700613373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.86
€ 35.86
Paperback. Anglo-Saxon elves (Old English aelfe) are one of the best attested non-Christian beliefs in early medieval Europe, but modern interpretations of the evidence derive directly from outdated nineteenth- and early twentieth-century scholarship. This book traces continuities and changes in medieval non-Christian beliefs with a degree of reliability. Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835097
- ISBN
- 9781843835097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.91
€ 36.91
Paperback. Combines insights from Alexis de Tocqueville, John Dewey, and Jane Addams with sociology and addresses questions about civic and religious life that elude the 'social capital' concept. This book argues that to create civic relationships, groups need more than the right political beliefs or resources; they must learn new ways of being groups. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691096513
- ISBN
- 9780691096513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; JFFD; JFFN; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816697397
- ISBN
- 9780816697397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813932880
- ISBN
- 9780813932880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.56
€ 80.56
Hardback. This definitive biography of a major Canadian political figure provides a new perspective on federal politics from the 1960s through the 1980s and gives John Turner his rightful place in Canadian history. Num Pages: 536 pages, 41 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 38. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774822640
- ISBN
- 9780774822640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 47.84
€ 49.99
€ 47.84
Hardback. This book draws on the narratives of white women as English language teachers in the neocolonial world of international development. It explores the paradoxes of language as aid, and questions the mythical power of English to deliver on the promises of a brighter future for the developing world. Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; EB; GTF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847693044
- ISBN
- 9781847693044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.47
€ 155.47
Paperback. Elsie Clews Parsons was a pioneering feminist, eminent anthropologist and ardent social critic who challenged Americans to develop flexible and dynamic gender, family and social arrangements. This biography examines the connections linking Parsons' intellectual commitments to her life experience. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 538 pages, 52 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226139081
- ISBN
- 9780226139081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.81
€ 40.99
€ 31.81
Paperback. Series: Critical Interventions. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JFSL; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 193 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138654440
- ISBN
- 9781138654440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.10
€ 64.10
Paperback. Editor(s): Steekelenburg, E. M. van. Num Pages: 144 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: AM; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- KIT Publishers Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789068324730
- ISBN
- 9789068324730
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 25.42
€ 36.99
€ 25.42
Paperback. Examining the shift between American immigrant policy between 1924 and 1964, Ellis Island Nation traces the emergence of "contributionism," the belief that the newcomers from eastern and southern Europe contributed important cultural and economic benefits to American society. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223385
- ISBN
- 9780812223385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.33
€ 36.99
€ 34.33
Paperback. Series: Ohio Short Histories of Africa. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 107 x 12. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821422212
- ISBN
- 9780821422212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.62
€ 17.99
€ 17.62
Paperback. An authoritative dual biography of the two wives of Woodrow Wilson. Presents a rich and complex portrait of Wilson's marriages, first to the demure Ellen Axon Wilson and then to the controversial Edith Bolling Wilson, as well as his relationship with a "dearest friend," Mary Allen Hulbert Peck. Series: Modern First Ladies. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700621057
- ISBN
- 9780700621057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.94
€ 41.94
Paperback. Barbara Ransby chronicles Ella Baker's long political career as an organizer, intellectual and teacher, from her early experiences in depression-era Harlem to the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s. She paints a picture of the African American fight for justice and its intersections with progressive struggles worldwide in the 20th century. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16ill. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856161
- ISBN
- 9780807856161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.36
€ 46.99
€ 46.36
hardcover. Important and learned contribution to the cultural and educational history of Elizabethan England. Series Editor(s): Skinner, Quentin; Daston, Lorraine; Ross, Dorothy; Tully, James. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 718. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033123
- ISBN
- 9780521812924
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback. Here Graves provides a summary of conflicting interpretations of Elizabethan parliaments and seeks to present a different perspective - striking a balance between business and politics. A selection of documents illustrate the political, organizational and functional aspects of parliament. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; JPH; JPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582291966
- ISBN
- 9780582291966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 47.28
€ 50.99
€ 47.28