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Paperback. Poses a simple question: What makes a cultural phenomenon truly great? Exploring a variety of "king-sized cultural monuments," this title argues that one qualification for greatness is that a phenomenon be embraced by both the elite and the general public, and that it must be embraced repeatedly over time. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329093
- ISBN
- 9780820329093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.08
€ 29.99
€ 26.08
Hardcover. Covers Nobel Peace Prize winner, Jimmy Carter's achievements and setbacks in light of what has been at once his greatest asset and flaw: his stubborn, faith-driven integrity. This book includes the energy crisis, the Iran hostage situation, the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal and other treaties, and the diplomatic emphasis on human rights. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329147
- ISBN
- 9780820329147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.72
€ 153.72
Paperback. A collection of essays that offers insights into various ways that South Carolina women asserted themselves in their state and illuminates the tension between tradition and change that defined the South from the Civil War through the Progressive Era. Editor(s): Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Littlefield, Valinda W.; Johnson, Joan Marie. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 colour & 20 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Volume 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329383
- ISBN
- 9780820329383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.62
€ 44.62
Tennessee Women: Their Lives and Times (Southern Women: Their Lives an...
Sarah L. Wilkerson Freeman
Hardcover. Including suffragists, civil rights activists, and movers and shakers in politics and in the music industries of Nashville and Memphis, as well as many other notables, this collective portrait of Tennessee women offers fresh perspectives and insights into their dreams, their struggles, and their times. Editor(s): Freeman, Sarah L. Wilkerson; Bond, Beverly Greene. Num Pages: 456 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; BGH; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Volume 1 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329482
- ISBN
- 9780820329482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.35
€ 159.35
Hardcover. In Georgia during the Great Depression, jobless workers united with the urban poor, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers. In a collective effort that cut across race and class boundaries, they confronted an unresponsive political and social system and helped shape government policies. This book lets us understand the movement. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJG; HBTB; JPWF; KCFM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330457
- ISBN
- 9780820330457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.57
€ 155.57
Mississippi Women: Their Histories, Their Lives, Volume 2 (Southern Wo...
Elizabeth Anne Payne, Martha H. Swain, Marjor...
Paperback. Explores the historical forces that have shaped women's lives in Mississippi. This book acknowledges the state's diverse cultural and physical landscapes as they discuss how issues of race, gender, and class affected women's lives in various private and public spheres. Editor(s): Payne, Elizabeth Anne (Professor of History, University of Mississippi, USA); Swain, Martha H. (Cornaro Professor of History Emerita, Texas Women's University, USA); Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA). Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Volume 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820333946
- ISBN
- 9780820333946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.13
€ 45.13
Paperback. Explores southern food culture. This fifth volume spans the food cultures of the South, and celebrates food and the ways in which it forges unexpected relationships between people and places. It also features essays that examine Nashville's obsession with hot chicken and the South's passion for congealed foods. Editor(s): Sauceman, Fred W.; Edge, John T. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; JFCV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820335070
- ISBN
- 9780820335070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.84
€ 29.99
€ 26.84
Hardcover. Judy Chicago's art installation "The Dinner Party" was a sensation when it debuted in 1979 and is considered the most popular work of art to emerge from the second-wave feminist movement. Gerhard examines its popularity to understand how ideas about feminism migrated from activist and intellectual circles into the American mainstream. Series: Since 1970: Histories of Contemporary America. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820336756
- ISBN
- 9780820336756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.23
€ 125.23
Paperback. Second editor for v. 2: Kathleen Ann Clark. Editor(s): Chirhart, Ann Short; Clark, Kathleen Ann. Series: Southern Women : Their Lives and Times. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820337852
- ISBN
- 9780820337852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.09
€ 48.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820338910
- ISBN
- 9780820338910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.86
€ 38.99
€ 34.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Gillespie, Michele. Series: Southern Women : Their Lives and Times. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820340005
- ISBN
- 9780820340005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.80
€ 47.80
Paperback. By the twentieth century, North CarolinaAEs progressive streak had strengthened, thanks in part to a growing number of women who engaged in and influenced state and national policies and politics. This is the second of two volumes that together explore the diverse and changing patterns of North Carolina womenAEs lives. Editor(s): Gillespie, Michele. Series: Southern Women : Their Lives and Times. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820340029
- ISBN
- 9780820340029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.65
€ 47.65
Paperback. The study s use of local sources in Savannah, especially behind-the-scenes church records, provides a rare glimpse into church life and ritual, depicting scenes never before described. Blending history, ethnography, and Geertzian dramaturgy, it traces the evolution of black southern society." Series: Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820341262
- ISBN
- 9780820341262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.56
€ 39.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; AMG; JNB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820342481
- ISBN
- 9780820342481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.75
€ 31.99
€ 28.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Frystak, Shannon; Farmer-Kaiser, Mary. Series: Southern Women : Their Lives and Times. Num Pages: 400 pages, 13 black & white images. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820342702
- ISBN
- 9780820342702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.27
€ 49.27
Paperback. Despite its rapid transformation, Charlotte remains distinctively southern globalizing, not yet global. This book brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars and local experts to ask what happens when the forces of globalization combine with a city s internal dynamics to reshape local structures, landscapes, and identities." Editor(s): Graves, William; Smith, Heather A. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820343082
- ISBN
- 9780820343082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.42
€ 44.42
Hardcover. When Aldrich's friend took his own life, they had known each other many years. With this work, Aldrich struggles with her own failure to act on her suspicions about her friend's intentions. Intimate and austere, clear eyed and tender, this innovative work creates a new form in which to experience grief, remembrance, and reconciliation. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820343372
- ISBN
- 9780820343372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.16
€ 31.99
€ 28.16
Hardcover. International borders are increasingly militarized places embedded within domestic policing and imprisonment and entwined with expanding prison-industrial complexes. "Beyond Walls and Cages" offers scholarly and activist perspectives on these issues and explores how the international community can move toward a more humane future. Editor(s): Loyd, Jenna M.; Mitchelson, Matt; Burridge, Andrew. Series: Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVP1; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820344119
- ISBN
- 9780820344119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.87
€ 124.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820344232
- ISBN
- 9780820344232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.51
€ 47.51
Enterprising Women: Gender, Race, and Power in the Revolutionary Atlan...
Candlin, Kit, Pybus, Cassandra
Hardcover. Series: Race in the Atlantic World 1700-1900. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820344553
- ISBN
- 9780820344553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.25
€ 99.25