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Hardcover. Mary Dyer (1780 -1867) was at the centre of an aggressive anti-Shaker movement when her husband and the Shaker authorities kept her five children after Mary left the sect. This title examines the life of one woman to explore broader themes about religion, society and gender in the 19th century. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC9; HRCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 407.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295035
- ISBN
- 9780312295035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
paperback. Juxtaposing a discussion of state policy with ideas of race and citizenship in Canadian civil society, Carmela K. Patrias shows how minority activists were able to bring national attention to racist employment discrimination during the Second World War and obtain official condemnation of such discrimination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611283
- ISBN
- 9781442611283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Hardback. A comprehensive sourcebook, telling the story of Jewish radicals over seven decades Series: Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1; JPW; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814757437
- ISBN
- 9780814757437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.27
€ 91.27
Paperback. Political Discontent and Corporate Media in the Age of Obama. 272 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFM; JPL. Dimension: 153 x 237 x 19. Weight: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583672471
- ISBN
- 9781583672471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.32
€ 19.99
€ 18.32
Hardback. A veteran sports reporter recounts Alabama football's colorful history, and focuses on its season on the brink under the guidance of new coach Mike Shula, who overcame the Price scandal and other distractions to lead the team to bowl eligibility in its first year off probation. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 187 x 26. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589792791
- ISBN
- 9781589792791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.43
€ 30.99
€ 28.43
Four Years With The Iron Brigade: The Civil War Journal Of William Ray...
Ray, William; Herdegen, Lance J.; Murphy, She...
hardcover. Based on an major recent discovery-the Civil War as seen from the front ranks of a legendary fighting unit Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306811197
- ISBN
- 9780306811197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.19
€ 45.99
€ 33.19
Hardback. The series offers a detailed look at the 60 most important federal jobs filled by presidential appointment in the crucial science and technology work of goverment. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819184191
- ISBN
- 9780819184191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.61
€ 44.99
€ 39.61
Hardcover. Editor(s): Santiago, Nicole L. Num Pages: 127 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634820066
- ISBN
- 9781634820066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.42€ 145.07
€ 191.42
€ 145.07
Hardback. Editor(s): O'Neill, Johnathan. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403972361
- ISBN
- 9781403972361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Paperback. In the spring of 1865, President Abraham Lincoln travels through Washington, DC, after finally winning America's bloody Civil War. In the midst of celebrations, Lincoln is assassinated at Ford's Theatre by a famous actor named John Wilkes Booth. What follows is a thrilling chase, ending with a shoot-out and swift justice for the perpetrators. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 5AL; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 210 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250044297
- ISBN
- 9781250044297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.58
€ 18.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. Yuwipi is the Oglala Sioux version of an ancient and widespread ritual in which a shaman is bound and, in the darkness, calls spirits to come and free him and to communicate with his audience. This book shows how this ritual is related to two other old institutions, the vision quest and the sweat lodge. Num Pages: 113 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 113
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803287105
- ISBN
- 9780803287105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.53
€ 16.53
Hardback. What is the best management style for the police? This study discusses the values and norms inherent in American police mission and examines how police respond to challenges that arise while attempting to uphold this mission. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810832893
- ISBN
- 9780810832893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.68
€ 129.68
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Ross, Gary; Nordhagen, Ted. Num Pages: 12 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 215 x 3. Weight in Grams: 32.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Lone Pine Publishing,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 12
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551058979
- ISBN
- 9781551058979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.63
€ 9.99
€ 8.63
Hardcover. Makes a plea for black America to address its social problems by recourse to experience - and with an eye set on the promise and potential of the future. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226298245
- ISBN
- 9780226298245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.42
€ 41.99
€ 32.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; APF; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148719
- ISBN
- 9780231148719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.39
€ 36.99
€ 27.39
Hardback. In 1902, Professor Woodrow Wilson took the helm of Princeton University, then a small denominational college. But Wilson had a blueprint for remaking the too-cozy college into an intellectual powerhouse. This book tells how the University adapted and updated Wilson's vision to transform itself into the prestigious institution. Num Pages: 688 pages, 35 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; HBT; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126869
- ISBN
- 9780691126869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.69
€ 53.69
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Inter-American Development Bank United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597820608
- ISBN
- 9781597820608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.73
€ 35.99
€ 30.73
Hardcover. This book provides the first national study of this intense and challenging struggle which disrupted and refashioned institutions in almost every state. It also illuminates the context for one of the most transformative educational movements in American history through a history of black higher education and black student activism before 1965. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JFSL3; JNKS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117808
- ISBN
- 9780230117808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Paperback. Fascinating true stories of the most amazing women in American history They were pioneers and trailblazers, spies and ex-slaves, reformers and first ladies. They became America's first women nurses, doctors, preachers, and voters. Series: Outrageous Women. Num Pages: 132 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 234 x 193 x 8. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471229261
- ISBN
- 9780471229261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.44
€ 14.44
Paperback. This study concerns a pivotal but unexamined surge in frontier violence that engulfed the eastern forests of eighteenth-century Brazil. It focuses on social, cultural, and racial relations among settlers, slaves, and native peoples accused of cannibalism. Num Pages: 432 pages, 14 tables, 5 figures, 26 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804763387
- ISBN
- 9780804763387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53
hardcover. The first work to engage Shakespeare with distinctly Canadian debates addressing nationalism, separatism, cultural appropriation, cultural nationalism, feminism, and postcolonialism. Editor(s): Brydon, Diana; Makaryk, Irena R. Num Pages: 448 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802036551
- ISBN
- 9780802036551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.20
€ 97.20
Hardcover. The question: can - or should - the United States try to promote reform in client states in the Third World is at the heart of this book. The book focuses on three case studies of reformist intervention in Asia: China 1946-1948; the Philippines 1950-1953; and Vietnam 1961-1963. Num Pages: 374 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1FMV; 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005778
- ISBN
- 9780674005778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.30€ 48.11
€ 51.30
€ 48.11
Paperback. Spaniards in the Colonial Empire traces the privileges, prejudices, and conflicts between American-born and European-born Spaniards, within the Spanish colonies in the Americas from the sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries. Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 3J; HBJK; HBTQ; JFSL4; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196413
- ISBN
- 9781405196413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.77
€ 30.77
Paperback. This study of American behavioural and thought patterns analyzes Americans' perceptual processes and how they contrast with the ways of thinking of other cultures. It should help the reader examine the cultural dimensions of communication and their implications for cross-cultural interaction. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; GTC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877864018
- ISBN
- 9781877864018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95