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Hardcover. This text tackles the major questions of philosophical inquiry, pondering the nature of truth and existence. It argues that the development of knowledge is a practice, pursued by humans because we have a need for its products. This approach satisfies our urge to make sense of our surroundings. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JMAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822941538
- ISBN
- 9780822941538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.38
€ 70.38
hardcover. "Twenty-first printing -- April 2008"--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 926 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Hendrickson Academic United States
- Number of pages
- 926
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781565637801
- ISBN
- 9781565637801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.52
€ 33.52
hardcover. Editor(s): Goldstone, Brian; Obarrio, Juan. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226402246
- ISBN
- 9780226402246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.09€ 78.11
€ 95.09
€ 78.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226276977
- ISBN
- 9780226276977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.52
€ 41.99
€ 32.52
Paperback. Editor(s): Steed, Robert P.; Moreland, Lawrence; Baker, Tod A. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817357368
- ISBN
- 9780817357368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Paperback. In spring of 2001, across the South, padlocks and logging chains bind the doors of silent mills, and it seems a miracle to blue-collar people in Jacksonville, Alabama, that their mill survived. In these real-life stories, Pulitzer Prize winner Bragg brilliantly evokes the hardscrabble lives of those who lived and died by an American cotton mill. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356835
- ISBN
- 9780817356835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.97
€ 17.99
€ 16.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356712
- ISBN
- 9780817356712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: HDD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356293
- ISBN
- 9780817356293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Paperback. The civil war in Colombia has waxed and waned for sixty years, with shifting goals, programs, and tactics among the contending parties. The author argues that the first administration of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez marks a decisive break in this seemingly endless cycle. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL4; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355593
- ISBN
- 9780817355593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 53 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBWN; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 33. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355456
- ISBN
- 9780817355456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.04
€ 46.04
Paperback. Addresses the approximately 7,000 years of the prehistory of eastern North America, termed the Archaic Period by archaeologists. This title focuses on a 380-mile section of the Lower Ohio River Valley, an area rife with temporary and long-term Archaic sites. It covers the duration of the Holocene and offers a compendium of knowledge of the era. Num Pages: 416 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HDDA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355418
- ISBN
- 9780817355418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.04
€ 46.04
Paperback. Institutions express community goals and values by defining the limits of socially acceptable behavior. Institutions are often vested with the resources, authority, and power to enforce the orthodoxy. This work instigates discussions on institutions in Western life, and the power of material culture to both enforce and negate cultural norms. Editor(s): Beisaw, April M.; Gibb, James G. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: HDA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355166
- ISBN
- 9780817355166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. Series: Judaic Studies S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; JFSR1; JPFN; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817353704
- ISBN
- 9780817353704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. Black Africans made up more than half of the British army that invaded Zululand in January of 1879 and went on to fight the storied battles of Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift, and Ulundi. This book presents an account of Britain's black allies in the Anglo-Zulu War. Num Pages: 188 pages, 17 illustrations, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817353681
- ISBN
- 9780817353681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. "To Command the Sky "is a scholarly record of the fight for domination of the skies over western Europe during World War II. Num Pages: 360 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817353469
- ISBN
- 9780817353469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. This volume supplements the work of ethnographer Francis La Flesche who recorded detailed descriptions of Osage rituals. Louis Burns's position as a modern Osage - aware of the white culture's expectations but steeped in the traditions himself and writing from an insider's perspective - makes this work valuable to scholar and layperson alike. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 4
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351816
- ISBN
- 9780817351816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
Paperback. This is a historical narrative of the genealogy, traditions and downfall of the Ispocoga or Creek Indian tribe of Indians by one of the tribe, George Stiggins 1788-1845. It describes the various tribes - the Alabamas, Natchez, Abekas, and Uchees and traces the events leading to the Creek War. Num Pages: 176 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350017
- ISBN
- 9780817350017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. This biography of Fred Shuttlesworth details the life of the controversial preacher who led integration efforts in Birmingham, Alabama with the courage and fervour of a religious crusader. From his 1956 founding of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, he made civil rights his mission. Num Pages: 576 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817311568
- ISBN
- 9780817311568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. When Dr. Martin Luther King arrived in Selma, Alabama, in January, 1965 to organize peaceful demonstrations against discriminatory voting, Sheyann Webb was aged eight and Rachel West Nelson aged nine. This is their account of the events of the winter of 1965 which changed American history. Num Pages: 168 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817308988
- ISBN
- 9780817308988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.18
€ 20.99
€ 19.18
Paperback. "Cracker Culture" is a provocative study of social life in the Old South that probes the origin of cultural differences between the South and the North throughout American history. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817304584
- ISBN
- 9780817304584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72